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Family members of the victims of a drunken driving fatality in Nanjing last June have sought the death penalty for the alleged perpetrator, with one calling yesterday's life term "too lenient".
Enforcement of a new law trying to put the cork in the country's drinking culture has so far come up dry.
New oil pricing system prompts question marks over its fairness.
Yan, a government employee in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, says his wife paid more than 700 yuan ($100) this week to get a protruding balcony cage outside the window of their bedroom removed.
Plans for a tall tower at the renowned West Lake scenic spot that were shelved two years ago for exceeding the height limit were recently brought up again - with the building's design still taller than is allowed.
Netizens are playing a larger role in the nation's anti-graft fight and flocking to a government website to blow the whistle on alleged corruption, says the top discipline inspection body of the Communist Party of China.
Anti-graft chief urges use of online info
China vows to enhance int'l anti-graft co-op
Party demands full asset disclosure to curb graft
Crackdown on graft gets tough in Guagnzhou
In an attempt to put the cork in booze-filled banquets that have been blamed for alcohol-related deaths across the country, the city of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, has given officials their last call.
Video footage provided by local police yesterday showed a burglary suspect had attempted to commit suicide before he was found dead at a detention center.
The wife and brother of a United States green card holder, who burned himself to prevent the demolition of his father's house, have decided to hire lawyers to sue their village committee for allegedly leveling the house without permission.
With authorities taking a harder stance on unlicensed audio and video download sites, Beijing's illegal DVD vendors are anxiously awaiting a possible increase in sales.
Families of the eight students killed in Monday's stampede at a central China school will each get about 350,000 yuan ($51,200) in compensation.
Beijing Internet users are scrabbling for downloads from BitTorrent (BT) websites following speculation that authorities will shut them down as early as this week.
