Stranded rail passengers finally home
2011-06-20 08:04:45
Zhang Yun was so excited he kept saying "Home, sweet home" loudly to a train attendant when Train K114 reached Chengdu Railway Station North in Southwest China's Sichuan province at 4:52 am on Sunday.
Dairy firms blamed for poor milk
2011-06-20 07:50:17
China's dairy industry has the lowest quality standards in the world and much of the blame is down to the large companies that dominate it and the rock-bottom prices they pay farmers for raw milk, said industry experts.
Banned chemical leads to recall of medicine
2011-06-20 07:46:11
China's top drug authority ordered the recall at the weekend of an antibiotic medicine that is laced with a banned plasticizer as public concern about plasticizer-tainted products builds.
Power shortage hits offices, malls in Shanghai
2011-06-20 07:44:43
Shanghai's shopping malls and office buildings are being urged to close on extremely hot days this summer to save power for residents' use in the midst of a shortage of supply.
Building collapse buries 16 in East China city
2011-06-20 07:31:21
Firefighters use special equipment to look for signs of life in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Sunday morning in Huishan district, Wuxi, Jiangsu province.
Millions hit by flood havoc in China
2011-06-20 07:25:04
Floods, triggered by days of torrential rain, continued to hit most parts of southern China on Sunday, affecting millions of people in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong provinces. Special
Stranded passengers home 175 killed since June
China 'in crucial moment' in flood control
2011-06-20 07:20:00
Severe floods triggered by heavy rains will continue to threaten southern parts of China and bring the country into a crucial moment for flood control, Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei said Sunday.
Turkish drama takes top prizes in Shanghai
2011-06-20 06:59:16
A Turkish drama about an immigrant from Macedonia coping with the death of her mother and her grieving father has clinched the top prize at China's top international film festival in Shanghai.
32 hospitalized after chlorine gas leak
2011-06-20 06:49:17
A chlorine gas leak from a plant has hospitalized 32 students in southwest China's Guizhou Province, five more than that was reported Saturday, the local government said Sunday.
Wu calls for boosting Xinjiang's development
2011-06-19 22:51:59
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo has called for promoting "leapfrog development" and "lasting stability" of northwest Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region during his four-day visit of the far western area.
Three Gorges Dam 'hugely beneficial'
2011-06-19 22:49:33
China Three Gorges Corporation said Sunday that the Three Gorges Dam provides huge benefits to society and economy in terms of its functions in flood control, drought prevention, clean energy and navigation.
Downpour continues to lash southern China
2011-06-19 20:50:08
Heavy rains and ensuing floods continue to plague southern parts of China, affecting millions of people and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.