New tropical storm to hit SE China

2011-06-21 13:22:11

A new tropical storm formed early Tuesday morning and is expected to bring more rain and gale force winds to southeastern China.

New tropical storm to hit SE China

2011-06-21 12:39:59

A new tropical storm formed early Tuesday morning and is expected to bring more rain and gale force winds to southeastern China.

Reservoir, full to brim, lets flood water go

2011-06-21 11:47:17

Authorities on Tuesday ordered the operators of major reservoir at risk of overflowing, amid torrential rains in East China, to start discharging water from it.

All aboard new career

2011-06-21 08:27:24

Guo Chaonan's childhood dream was to fly the skies. Instead she'll be riding the rails.

Shanghai goes global; so do drug crimes

2011-06-21 08:20:41

More than 30 percent of the 158 cases of drug smuggling handled by Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court since 2009 involved foreign defendants, according to the court.

Heritage bulldozed as history levelled

2011-06-21 08:18:32

In 2006, Herman Smushkovich still held the key to the front gate of his family's home in Harbin, even though he had moved away about 50 years earlier. Tears filled his eyes when a friend from China told him the key would never again open the door. The house was gone.

Guangdong's smuggling cases jump

2011-06-21 08:17:07

The number of drug-smuggling cases in Guangdong province skyrocketed between January and May, according to a senior customs official on Monday.

Floods put strain on dikes

2011-06-21 08:06:50

More than 70 kilometers of dikes are in danger of overflowing in the eastern province of Zhejiang as rain-triggered floods that have killed at least 175 people and left 86 missing across southern China continue to pose problems.

Angry young man's journey to a new view

2011-06-21 07:59:27

When Adrian Geiges visited China in 2000, the former communist had become the CEO of a German publisher's Chinese subsidiary, the sort of "capitalist" he despised in his youth.

Dealers targeting province's rural areas

2011-06-21 07:58:24

Drug-related crime in Guangdong province is spreading from the big cities into its rural areas, posing new challenges for police, a senior officer said on Monday.

Breach of privacy as students' details for sale online

2011-06-21 07:53:25

Private information about elementary and secondary school students and their families is for sale online, which legal experts say constitutes an invasion of privacy.

Power plants will double output of Three Gorges Dam

2011-06-21 07:52:51

The China Three Gorges Corporation says four planned hydroelectric power stations being built on the Jinsha River will be capable of producing twice as much power as the Three Gorges Dam.
 Floods have claimed 175 since early June
 Floods put strain on dikes Special