Shanghai index surpasses 3,000 mark

Eight sentenced to death for Xinjiang terrorist attacks

A Xinjiang court sentenced eight to death on Monday in connection with two terrorist attacks that occurred in April and May in Urumqi.

• Curbs on religious extremism beefed up in Xinjiang

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