S China city recalls DEHP-tainted green tea powder
2011-06-14 06:54:48
Authorities in South China's Guangdong province said Monday that they have sealed 5,069 cans of green tea powder, which sample tests have revealed is tainted with the industrial chemical DEHP.
Sodium nitrites blamed for SW China food poisoning
2011-06-14 06:49:42
Sodium nitrites were blamed in the food poisoning of the 74 students and four other teachers in a middle school in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
103-year-old likes playing mahjong
2011-06-13 20:52:40
Wu Xiuqiong was born in Guizhou in 1909 and gave birth to six children, one of whom is a former manager of a local football club. She plays mahjong almost every day and likes to watch soccer matches.
Rain-triggered floods, landslides kill 105
2011-06-13 19:52:41
Rain-triggered flooding and landslides in south China have left 105 people dead and 63 more missing over the past 10 days, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
Indulgence after Gaokao
2011-06-13 19:16:46
Students smoke during a party after the National College Entrance Exams in Shanghai June 12, 2011.
Boat patrols to stop lake swimmers
2011-06-13 17:47:16
Staff members of the urban administration office try to dissuade a man from swimming in Shichahai Lake in Beijing, June 13, 2011. The office dispatched employees to cruise the lake from 7 am to 2 am to prevent people from swimming.
Next-generation cloned goat measures up
2011-06-13 17:50:36
A worker weighs a one-month-old kid in Hefei, capital of central China's Anhui province, June 13, 2011. The lamb was born on May 12 to a genetically modified goat, cloned in Hefei last year, and weighs 4.3 kilograms.
Amendment aims to end forced confessions
2011-06-13 17:28:16
China's drafting amendment of criminal procedural law will likely include better measures to prevent the extraction of confessions through torture or violence, a legal expert said in a report in Monday's Beijing News.
Landslide traps over 100 on Tibet highway
2011-06-13 17:23:53
More than 100 people in nearly 60 vehicles were trapped after a rain-triggered landslide Monday interrupted traffic on a highway in Tibet autonomous region.
Rains ease drought in regions along Yangtze
2011-06-13 17:00:12
The nation's drought relief and flood control agency said Monday recent rains have helped alleviate the severe drought in the regions along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Chinese consumers choosier, web-savvy: report
2011-06-13 15:15:17
Chinese consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their tastes and expect a wider range of better products, according to a report released Monday that says local companies lead foreign ones in using e-commerce to expand sales.
US White Paper praises Chengdu
2011-06-13 14:58:07
Chengdu, now one of the fastest growing cities in the world, earned high praise from a recently released 2011 China Investment White House published by the American Chamber of Commerce in China.