Heavy smoke rises from a construction site at Kaide shopping center in Xicheng district of Beijing after plastic inside the building caught fire on Dec 15, 2011.
Bolivia's President Evo Morales (R) wearing air force crew member uniform is seen on a Chinese K-8 aircraft in Cochabamba, Dec 14, 2011.
A total of 50,000 artificially propagated acipenser sinensis, Chinese sturgeon, have been born in Yichang, Central China's Hubei province to increase wild stocks of the rare species.
Seven people were killed on Wednesday afternoon after a truck drove into a restaurant in Delong county, northwestern Ningxia Hui autonomous region, said local police.
International scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe after the Big Bang.
A Finnish man who's been working in Fuzhou, Fujian province for 11 years decided to use tai chi to stop cars when crossing the road.
A cute 100-day-old panda is weighed at Chongqing Zoo, in Chongqing, Southwest China, Dec 13, 2011.
Eighty-six people, including more than 20 children, in two townships have contracted hepatitis C virus in a suspected case of hospital-caused mass infection.
The Haijian 50's maiden voyage is to guard the country's territorial rights and marine interests there.
The 106-year-old Jin Jifen and 109-year-old Yang Shengzhong have been recognized as the oldest living couple in the country by the Gerontological Society of China.
A statue of a swan girl emerges from a snow pile in Sun Island of Harbin, capital city of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, Dec 12, 2011.
Experts call for reforms as ministry looks to restore confidence in rail network.