State grain depots mired in $26m Ponzi fraud
2011-06-10 15:58:56
Nine directors of a number of state-owned grain depots in Lanxi county of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province have been charged with fraud after swindling a bank out of 170 million yuan ($26 million).
Dramatic climate shifts due to global warming
2011-06-10 15:07:17
Chen Zhenghong, senior engineer at the Meteorological Bureau of Central China's Hubei province, said the sharp shift between drought and flood in East and Central China was a result of global warming, Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
Over 70,000 Chinese got US green cards in 2010
2011-06-10 14:56:11
Over 70,000 Chinese applicants obtained a US green card in 2010, according to statistics released by the US Department of Homeland Security, reported China News Service Friday.
No case of E. coli reported in China
2011-06-10 14:58:08
China said on Friday that no case of E. coli (EHEC) has been reported in the country.
China to embrace this year's 1st tropical storm
2011-06-10 14:55:31
Sarika, the year's third tropical storm, may become the first to land in China this year, local meteorological authorities said on Friday.
Crescent Moon Spring in Gansu
2011-06-10 14:24:06
Tourists ride camels on the Mingsha Sand Dunes during a visit to Crescent Moon Spring on the outskirts of Dunhuang, Gansu province June 9, 2011.
Flood leaves 15 dead in Hunan
2011-06-10 13:07:02
China's flood death toll continued to rise Friday, with 15 more confirmed dead in the central Hunan province alone.
China reports no E. coli case so far
2011-06-10 11:25:33
China said on Friday that no E. coli (EHEC) case has been reported in the country so far.
Rain, floods kill 18 in C China
2011-06-10 11:10:19
A new round of rain and floods battered central China Thursday night and Friday, killing 18 and injuring more than 100 in Hubei Province, the local government said.
20 trapped as floods topple homes in Jiangxi
2011-06-10 10:01:49
About 20 people were trapped after their homes collapsed in rain-triggered floods early Friday in East China's Jiangxi province, the local government said.
Pharmaceutical plant blasted for pollution scandal
2011-06-10 09:08:29
Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, a major pharmaceutical company in northeast Heilongjiang province, drew criticism after news broke detailing pollution problems at one of its factories.
Einstein exhibition still possible in Shanghai
2011-06-10 09:03:38
A Swiss diplomat said Thursday that although the Historical Museum of Bern canceled its Einstein exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (SSTM), the city still has a chance to hold the show at another venue.