Party focuses on drought, flood battle
2011-07-11 07:19:20
China is aiming to upgrade its water-handling facilities during the coming five to 10 years in a bid to mitigate the impact of droughts and floods.
Gay men hit hard by HIV/AIDS
2011-07-11 07:13:02
Gay and bisexual men account for around one in every three new cases of HIV in China, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health.
Power failure halts bullet trains
2011-07-11 06:54:00
Thunderstorms caused a power failure on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway on Sunday, paralyzing southbound trains for 90 minutes.
Tourist bus overturns in Taiwan, injuring 7
2011-07-11 06:44:33
A tourist coach overturned in Ali Mountain, Taiwan, Sunday afternoon, injuring 6 tourists from the Chinese mainland and one local tour guide.
26 confirmed dead in road accident last week
2011-07-10 23:01:41
Police in Central China's Hubei Province confirmed on Sunday that 26 people aboard a bus and a truck had died after a rear-end collision on July 4.
Most parts of China to embrace rainfall: forecast
2011-07-10 21:39:39
Most Chinese provinces would see rainfall in the next 24 hours with a tropical depression approaching the south, the country's meteorological authority said.
3 rescuers die of heat stroke at E China mine
2011-07-10 19:32:39
Three rescuers died of heat stroke in fighting a coal mine fire on Sunday in East China's Shandong province, according to the rescue headquarters of Zaozhuang Fangbei Coal Mine.
Tower crane collapse kills three in N. China
2011-07-10 18:10:58
Three workers were killed and another one injured after a tower crane collapsed at a construction site of a residential building in Bayan Nur City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sunday morning.
Fugitive surrenders to police after 8 years on the lam
2011-07-10 15:00:06
A woman wanted by police in northeast Liaoning Province has turned herself in after fleeing to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for eight years, police said on Sunday.
Railways carry 910m passengers in first half
2011-07-10 11:24:07
China's railways transported nearly 910 million passengers during the first half of the year, up 12.2 percent from the same period in 2010.
Two miners rescued after trapped 180 hours
2011-07-10 10:04:42
Two workers were rescued 188 hours after they were trapped in a coal mine collapse in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, rescuers said Sunday.
Life signs detected 180 hours after accident
2011-07-10 09:06:12
Life signs were detected 180 hours after a coal mine collapsed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, rescuers said Sunday morning.