Quake affects 6,000 in SW China: ministry

2011-04-11 20:43:36

More than 6,000 people in southwest China's Sichuan Province have been affected by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Monday.

Gas blast kills 4 in Beijing apartment building

2011-04-11 20:28:25

The death toll from a residential building blast has risen to four, with one person injured as of Monday afternoon after rescuers pulled more bodies out from debris in downtown Beijing, local authorities said.

Ma Ying-jeou pledges to promote communication with mainland

2011-04-11 20:11:12

Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou said on Monday that Taiwan authorities will continue to improve cross-Strait relations by promoting communication with the mainland and opening colleges to more mainland students.

No obvious change monitored on radiation level

2011-04-11 19:28:27

No obvious change has been found on the levels of radioactive material in the environment and food samples in the Chinese mainland, compared with the situation of the previous day.

1 killed in apartment building blast in Urumqi

2011-04-11 17:09:16

At least 1 killed, 9 injured in apartment building blast in China's Urumqi.

China plans to curb rampant antibiotics use

2011-04-11 16:46:42

China's health authority will draw up a regulation to curb the overuse of antibiotics in the country, said an official with China's Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday.

Shenzhen evicts 80,000 'unstable' residents

2011-04-11 15:43:15

Shenzhen has ejected about 80,000 “potentially unstable residents” in a bid to secure social stability for the upcoming 26th International University Sports Federation (IUSF), the Shenzhen Economic Daily reported.

No new case of superbug NDM-1 found in China

2011-04-11 15:36:03

Since October 2010, China has found no new cases of NDM-1, a kind of multi-drug resistant super bacteria, said an official with China's Ministry of Health on Monday.

China's first official VIP bodyguard service

2011-04-11 15:35:18

China's inaugural official VIP private bodyguard service was unveiled to the public on Sunday, the first in an industry once deemed illegal and run in secret, Modern Express reported Monday.

14 hospitalized after industrial gas leak

2011-04-11 14:18:24

Altogether 14 workers were hospitalized after an industrial gas leak at a pharmaceutical plant in East China's Zhejiang province, local sources confirmed Monday.

Baidu refuses to comment on Facebook deal

2011-04-11 13:21:37

Chinese search engine Baidu.com and Facebook have already signed an agreement to introduce world's largest social networking service into China, Sohu.com reported citing a source close to Baidu.com.

Apartment building blast kills one in Beijing

2011-04-11 11:26:29

At least one person was killed and one more was injured in an explosion at a residential building in downtown Beijing Monday, local fire fighters said.