Man arrested over stabbings against women
2011-04-08 15:26:18
A man has been arrested over a series of stabbings involving young women in a case that sparked a wave of panic across the country, Shandong Business Daily reported.
Former governor gets life imprisonment
2011-04-08 14:37:25
A court in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday sentenced Li Tangtang, former vice chairman of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, to life imprisonment for taking bribes.
Tour bus crash kills two in S China
2011-04-08 13:20:50
Two people have been killed and 55 others injured after a bus carrying a tour group slammed into a road maintenance vehicle on a highway in South China's Guangdong province, traffic police said Friday.
Expressway tunnel blast kills 4 in NW China
2011-04-08 11:30:04
Rescuers retrieved another two bodies from a Northwest China's expressway tunnel, driving up the death toll to four in a traffic accident that caused a blast and a fire early Friday morning, local authorities said.
Work on Shanghai Disneyland starts
2011-04-08 11:14:49
Construction work on the Shanghai Disney resort project began Friday, sources with the Shanghai Shendi Group said.
Beijing taxi fuel tax rises to 2 yuan
2011-04-08 11:14:14
Beijing is to raise its taxi fuel surcharge from one to two yuan (30 US cents) from Saturday to help with rising fuel prices, Beijing Times reported Friday.
Death toll from scaffolding collapse rises to 7
2011-04-08 11:11:04
Death toll from a construction accident Thursday morning in North China's Shanxi province rose to seven after one seriously injured man died in hospital, local authorities said.
China to advance digital publication of science periodicals
2011-04-08 11:10:02
The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) plans to increase investment in advancing the digital publication of the country's leading science periodicals in the next five years, with the goal of enhancing their influence at home and abroad.
Advanced drainage pump for mines put into use
2011-04-08 10:57:17
Chinese researchers have recently developed and put into use a high-efficiency submersible pump, a move to improve safety in the nation' s coal mines, researchers said on Thursday.
Food poisoning kills 3 children in NW China
2011-04-08 10:54:15
Three children have died of food poisoning in northwest China's Gansu Province and investigators suspected they had drunk nitrite-tainted milk, the local government said Friday.
China to learn recycling tricks from Japan
2011-04-08 10:53:00
Four Chinese cities, including Qingdao, Guiyang, Xining, and Jiaxing, are planning to test an urban-waste recycling program with the help of Japan over the next four years.
Farmers eye music industries in rural Beijing
2011-04-08 10:42:36
Geng Guosheng is a native of Donggaocun township in Pinggu district, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base." The township produces nearly 300,000 violins, violas and cellos annually, or one third of the world's production volume, according to the district government.