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TV hostess gives first lecture as guest professor

2006-12-08 15:25:24

Famous central China Hunan Satellite TV singer and presenter Li Xiang is in the headlines again, this time, on the podium at a normal university as a guest professor.

Undergraduate VP of multinational company

2006-12-08 14:53:41

Wu Yingying, 21, holding patents for three of her 100 inventions, has become Asia operations vice president with TopCoder, a Connecticut-based multinational company before her graduation, reported the Beijing News Friday.

Gay man accuses Tsinghua of discrimination

2006-12-07 13:42:33

Xiao Tian, a gay man, sparked an uproar in the gay community in the capital after he accused the prestigious Tsinghua University of discriminating against gays, xmnext.com reported on December 6.

Lawyer criticizes police infringement on prostitute's rights

2006-12-05 18:03:54

It is daytime. Under tight police escort, 100 johns and prostitutes wearing surgical masks were paraded in front of thousands of residents through Sansha in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province.

The term 'pseudo science' should be abolished

2006-12-05 17:25:33

Song Zhenghai, a senior researcher with the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), has recently launched a campaign among academic circles, calling for the elimination of the term "pseudo science."

Transsexual woman campaigns for AIDS awareness

2006-12-05 15:56:14

Transsexual woman Liu Xuanyi in the costume she made with condoms poses for photographs in a move to arouse AIDS awareness in people in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region December 4. [CFP]

Bribing guards landed inmate additional 5 years

2006-12-01 16:30:39

He could go back home or drop in on friends whenever he wanted while still serving his 15-year sentence for misappropriating public funds amounting to 53 million yuan (US$676,900). But bribing his jailors recently landed him another five years in jail, reported the Huaxi Metropolitan Daily Friday.

Only children face employment discrimination

2006-11-30 16:06:44

China's decades-old one-child policy helped reduce the population of the world's most populous country by an official 30 million, but has also brought about discrimination against only children when they hunt for work on the cutthroat employment market.

Director Zhang Yimou shrugs off online video pranks

2006-11-30 12:47:06

Chinese director Zhang Yimou has laughed off a spate of online video spoofs mocking his blockbusting films.

Couple with HIV lose son, share story

2006-11-29 15:30:06

An HIV-positive couple who recently lost their infant son to AIDS, sat down at Xiang Ya Hospital in Changsha, Hunan Province with a reporter on Nov. 28 to tell their story, reported the Xiao Xiang Morning News on Wednesday.

Woman helps homeless man survive

2006-11-28 17:02:34

A woman in Xi'an traveled 120 kilometres nearly every weekend for more than a half year to take care of a deaf and dumb homeless man living in a cave, newsphoto.com reported on November 26.

Yahoo China head quits after barely 40 days

2006-11-28 14:26:03

Yahoo China's president has resigned after barely 40 days on the job, said its Chinese owner Alibaba.com, which is revamping the Internet search firm in an effort to make it profitable.