8 sentenced to death for terrorist attacks

Shanghai Composite Index surpasses 3,000 mark

Chinese stocks rallied on Monday, with 90 shares soaring by daily limit. The Shanghai Composite Index edges over 3,000 for the first time since 2011.

• IPO reform to help sustain stock market boom

Five killed in school wall collapse

Five teenagers were crushed to death after a wall collapsed at a junior high school in east China's Anhui Province on Monday, local authorities said.

• Stampede kills six pupils in Southwest China

China to ban sleep deprivation in interrogation

China's highest court is drawing up a document that defines confessions obtained through depriving the suspect of sleep as illegal evidence.

Student charged with murder goes on trial again

Lin Senhao, a former university student, appealed after being convicted of killing his roommate by poisoning and was sentenced to death in February.

• Student who killed roommate apologizes

China faces more pressure as Nov imports drop, exports slow

China's imports shrank while export growth slowed, fuelling concerns that the world's second-largest economy could be facing a sharper slowdown.

• Economists call for increased public spending

Countdown to China's new space programs

A top space scientist revealed China's plans to put a rover on Mars around 2020 and complete a manned space station around 2022.

• China looks toward Mars as rover model debuts