Fatigue led to Great Barrier Reef ship accident
2011-04-14 14:59:50
The final investigation into the grounding of a coal carrier on Australia's Great Barrier Reef found fatigue was a major factor causing the accident.
China's passenger, cargo traffic grew fast in Q1
2011-04-14 14:25:11
China's Ministry of Transport said Thursday in a statement on its website that both passenger and cargo traffic saw fast growth in the first quarter.
China mourns dead, steps up rebuilding quake-hit town
2011-04-14 13:58:16
Large crowds of people stood in silence early Thursday to mourn more than 2,200 people killed in a quake that razed the plateau town of Gyegu in northwest China's Qinghai province exactly a year ago.
Sinopec's huge spending on liquor exposed
2011-04-14 13:20:17
Copies of invoices exposed online show that 1.68 million yuan ($0.25 million) had been spent on luxury wines in one week in 2010 by a branch company of Sinopec Group in Guangdong province, and 93.8 percent of netizens surveyed on sina.com.cn believe that the alcohol was for personal use at public expense.
'Westerners should know more about China'
2011-04-14 11:11:51
Gerhard Heiberg, a member of the International Olympic Committee, said on Wednesday that people in the West should know more about China by going to China and see what's happening there.
China urges water conservation supervision
2011-04-14 11:08:18
China's ministries of supervision and water resources on Wednesday ordered local departments to increase supervision of water conservation projects in order to guarantee agricultural production and public interests.
Green iguana enjoys spring sun in NE China
2011-04-14 10:32:52
The 6-year-old iguana is a pet of Wu Jianfeng, who lives in Jilin. The reptile is 90 centimeters long and weighs more than one kilogram. Wu is fond of raising cold-blooded animals such as poisonous spiders, lizards and boa constrictors.
Efforts afoot to prevent pollution from sandstorms
2011-04-14 08:26:40
More efforts are needed to prevent toxic coal-dust storms in China and to protect the public's health, warn environmental activists.
Optional Bible learning dropped amid controversy
2011-04-14 08:17:02
Students of a middle school in Chongqing municipality have lost their option to learn Biblical sayings amid a public debate on whether the "literature class" they are in runs athwart of education laws, the head of the school said on Wednesday.
EU's rules on traditional treatments to cost millions
2011-04-14 07:54:40
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal treatments will be outlawed in European Union (EU) countries starting in May in a move that is likely to cost the industry $500 million a year and put about 100,000 practitioners out of work.
Police look into children with obscure IDs
2011-04-14 07:46:34
The Ministry of Public Security is carrying out a six-month inquiry to learn who certain children with obscure identities are and will hold the leaders of the local police departments accountable if child abductions occur, the ministry said on Tuesday.
Investigation heats up on scandal-hit bakery
2011-04-14 07:38:42
A local bakery that allegedly recycled and resold stale bread and cakes is coming under the microscope.