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Excessive lead was found in the blood of 84 children in Heqing county of Southwest China's Yunnan province as of 3 pm on Sunday, local authorities said on Sunday evening.
The construction of a section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which will run through the Chinese white dolphin national nature reserve in the Pearl River estuary, has received the go-ahead to proceed conditionally during the breeding season, which will cost an extra 3.67 billion yuan ($541million).
Police in Chongqing in Southwest China have arrested 46 people for their alleged involvement in a mafia-style gang - including two local government officials and a major shareholder of the Hilton Chongqing that had been shut down last month over prostitution.
Relentless rains triggering flooding across the country this summer have drained some 20,000 visitors from an ordinarily must-see UNESCO World Heritage mountain adjacent to the Yangtze River so far this month, based on ticket receipts.
Electronics manufacturer Foxconn has confirmed that the plant will shift some of its production lines from Shenzhen to interior China, a Taiwan newspaper reported on Sunday.
Even with a tremendous amount of manpower and funds, the upcoming nationwide census in China will still face challenges getting real population data, demographics officials and experts said.
Premier Wen Jiabao has told officials to prepare for "more serious floods and disasters", after water levels at the Three Gorges reservoir fell from a record high.
Water levels drop in Three Gorges dam
111 killed, 167 missing as floods hit Shaanxi
A new wave of blisteringly high temperatures has hit the capital at the same time as high humidity air has made Beijing feel even hotter.
Eggs cooked the Beijing way
The minimum monthly and hourly wages in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have been increased, regional authorities said Sunday.
Deadly mishap raises questions over amusement park lapses.
A senior official from the Guangdong provincial capital has denied rumors that the city will scrap Cantonese to promote Mandarin in the near future.
China's national grain reserves may be polluted by genetically modified (GM) rice after tainted rice was discovered in Central China's Hubei province, Greenpeace representatives warned on Tuesday.
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