Chinese visiting other countries, regions up 20%
2011-07-14 20:42:23
About 32.21 million Chinese mainland residents made overseas trips in the first half of this year, up 19.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Macao's package tour arrivals up 2.2% in May
2011-07-14 19:23:24
Macao's visitor arrivals in package tours in May increased by 2.2 percent year on year to 582,596, according to figures released by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) Thursday.
Spectacular sunset as fog shrouds E China city
2011-07-14 18:50:53
Advection fog hovers over buildings as the sun sets in Yantai city, East China’s Shandong province, July 13, 2011.
ConocoPhillips says oilfield leak 1,500 barrels
2011-07-14 17:20:00
Two oilfield platforms in China's Bohai Bay are estimated to have leaked 1,500 barrels of oil, or 240 cubic meters, following two oil spills last month, the operator ConocoPhillips said on Thursday.
Chengdu Information Solutions Center unveiled
2011-07-14 15:31:17
Chengdu Information Solutions Center has been completed. The center, jointly bulit by Dell and Intel, contains leading technologies for education, medical treatment, cloud computing and mobile government.
International Education Forum opens in HK
2011-07-14 15:26:39
International Education Forum and Expo opened Thursday in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, the first of its kind organized by the local government.
New Israeli ambassador to China partial to Chengdu
2011-07-14 14:59:36
The Israeli ambassador to China Amos Nadai has made no secret of his 'preference' to Chengdu. He has come to Chengdu so many times that he cannot recall the number of times.
'Tiger dad' cheers for kids' brutal fight
2011-07-14 14:50:43
The image of a little gril ruthlessly beating up her younger cousin on the ground was disturbing enough. What's more, her father was standing there, cheering. He even took a video before putting it online, for what he said was a tiger dad's teaching.
Tibet completes first expressway
2011-07-14 14:48:48
Tibet has finished building its first expressway, a 38-km long, four-lane road linking Lhasa's city center with Gonggar Airport in the neighboring Shannan Prefecture.
Anti-trafficking campaign rescues 27,388
2011-07-14 13:45:45
A National anti-trafficking campaign launched by the Chinese government in April 2009 has solved 9,165 cases of trafficking in women and 5,900 cases of trafficking in children by the end of 2010.
Bridge collapse leaves one dead, 22 injured
2011-07-14 13:18:59
One person was killed and 22 others were injured after a bridge collapsed Thursday in East China's Fujian province, according to local authorities.
10 more foods from Taiwan blocked for DEHP
2011-07-14 11:17:41
Ten more types of food and food additives imported from Taiwan were held up at the border ports after being found to contain the toxic plasticizer DEHP, Beijing News reported on Thursday, quoting the mainland's quality control watchdog.