Houseware, leisure fair to kick off in SW China
2011-06-15 22:46:05
The three-day Chengdu Houseware, Leisure Goods and Gifts Fair will kick off in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Friday.
Village extracts good money out of snakes
2011-06-15 22:35:03
Residents of Zisiqiao Village, also known as the snake town, raise over 3 millions snake a year for the food and medicinal proposes.
Circus tiger attacks girl and father in E China
2011-06-15 22:32:01
The father risked his life to save his daughter when a circus tiger suddenly bit the girl. Local police said the circus didn’t acquire a permit to perform.
One-year countdown for Asian Beach Games to begin in East China
2011-06-15 22:29:30
The third Asian Beach Games, one of the five major sports events in Asia along with the Asian Games, will launch one-year countdown in the host city of Haiyang in East China’s Shandong province on June 16, officials from the organizing committee of the event said on Wednesday.
NPC to mull over amendment to income-tax law
2011-06-15 21:54:12
The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, will for the second time deliberate an amendment to the Personal Income Tax Law in an upcoming bimonthly session from June 27 to 30.
Inner Mongolian grassland gnawed by rodents
2011-06-15 21:21:53
Burrows are seen over grassland in Ewenki Autonomous Banner, Hulunbuir city, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, June 15, 2011.
20 officials punished over coal mine dispute
2011-06-15 19:58:46
Twenty local government officials have been dealt with over a fatal shooting and an explosion that were triggered by a dispute over coal mine resources in southwest China's Yunnan Province last November, local officials said Wednesday.
Famed artist Yue Mingjun ‘smiles’ in Beijing
2011-06-15 18:59:26
A boy looks at a painting by Chinese artist Yue Minjun during a display at the 798 Art Zone in Beijing, June 15, 2011. The display, titled Road, shows 6 paintings of Yue Minjun, whose paintings and sculptures feature the smiling face.
CPC epic film eyes box-office record
2011-06-15 18:09:29
"The Founding of a Party," an epic film to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is expected to set a new box-office record.
Man gets death penalty for drug trafficking
2011-06-15 16:56:45
One man was sentenced to death and another was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking crime by a court in northeast China's Jilin Province on Wednesday.
Traditional art struggles to regain lost ground
2011-06-15 16:52:54
Instead of whiling away their free time watching movies like many other Chinese youth, some college students and young white-collar workers in major Chinese cities have become followers of a more traditional pastime.
New round of rains leaves 7 dead, 7 missing
2011-06-15 15:50:20
A new round of rains and flooding in Central and South China has left seven people dead and seven more missing over the past three days, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in Beijing Wednesday.