Adolescence education campaign benefits two million families
2011-04-06 14:00:26
The 2011 family education campaign for adolescent girls started Tuesday in Beijing. Two million families from 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, will benefit from the activity.
Talkative Beijing taxi drivers clam up on sex
2011-04-06 13:56:09
Beijing's taxi drivers can usually be relied on to be able to discuss almost any topic. But there's one subject that many of them would rather not talk about, especially here in China: sex.
Film director urges soul-searching in education
2011-04-06 13:30:54
Chinese film director Lu Chuan urged educational reform to promote people’s awareness of humanity and develop their ability for self-reflection to deal with tragedies such as death, ahead of the upcoming Tomb-sweeping Day, which falls on April 5.
Observation network to monitor East China Sea
2011-04-06 09:34:02
A 40-million-yuan project is under way to set up a marine observatory network under the East China Sea within the next five years, according to a top marine geologist.
Warning sounded for aquatic diversity
2011-04-06 08:12:51
Nearly 70 percent of the fish resources in the Pearl River, the third longest river in China, are under threat as a result of excessive damming, overfishing and water pollution, according to a study.
Knife attack rumors create panic among women
2011-04-06 08:10:43
Police have confirmed that at least seven young women have been stabbed by the same man in a series of frightening assaults across two provinces.
Tainted lamb fears surface after tests
2011-04-06 08:02:17
Consumers who were sent into a panic recently after a banned and hazardous additive was found in pork are facing up to the fact that the same substance may also be tainting lamb.
Report: Work on Disney park will start on Friday
2011-04-06 07:56:21
The construction of Walt Disney Co's new theme park and resort in Shanghai will start on Friday, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Chinese pay respects to Yellow Emperor
2011-04-06 07:54:15
More than 10,000 people gathered on Tuesday to pay their respects to the emperor believed to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese.
Deceased get spring clothing
2011-04-06 07:51:24
Wang Qiming pressed a yellow paper ribbon onto his grandson's burial mound, while his wife burned joss paper in silence.
Relatives mourn victims of Shanghai high-rise blaze
2011-04-06 07:48:25
Tearful family members and friends on Tuesday mourned loved ones at the site of last year's high-rise apartment inferno that claimed 58 lives and injured more than 100.
Radioactive water to pose little danger to China
2011-04-06 07:33:42
Chinese authorities said on Tuesday that the country is under no immediate threat from the radioactive pollution that will result from Japan's plan to release 11,500 tons of radioactive water into the sea.