Macao becomes drug transit point: police

2011-07-13 19:44:09

Macao police chief warned that the city had become a transit point for international drug trafficking, the Macao Daily Times reported on Wednesday.

Beijing service industry gets $462m input

2011-07-13 19:43:17

Beijing will receive up to 3 billion yuan (about $462 million) of funding from the central government over the next three years to improve the development of its service industry.

Rain-triggered landslide block national road

2011-07-13 16:37:43

A rain-triggered landslide in southwestern Sichuan Province blocked a national road and stranded four people Wednesday morning, local authorities said.

Rescue work to start at flooded mine

2011-07-13 13:23:32

Rescuers are expected to enter a flooded iron ore mine in east China's Shandong Province Wednesday afternoon as drainage sped up three days after flood water trapped 24 workers underground.

Death toll in central China fire climbs to 14

2011-07-13 10:30:29

The death toll in Tuesday's fire that ripped through a two-story warehouse in central China's Wuhan city has climbed to 14, the local government said Wednesday

Regional plan to strengthen anti-pollution campaign

2011-07-13 08:05:46

A senior environmental official has revealed that the capital, Tianjin and Hebei province will establish a long-term joint project to clean up air pollution.

Migrants keen to see new hukou reforms

2011-07-13 08:01:38

Chen Xin has fared well as a middle school student in the capital. His grades are good and he has made many friends.

Guangdong looks to relax family policy

2011-07-13 07:50:13

China's most populous province has officially asked the central government for permission to relax the application of the country's family-planning policy.

Power goes out again on new railway

2011-07-13 07:48:42

More than 30 bullet trains were brought to a halt by a power failure on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway on Tuesday.

Warehouse blaze claims 12 lives

2011-07-13 07:46:40

Twelve people were killed in a raging blaze on Tuesday in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, the local government has confirmed.

China reports 30,000 illegal land use cases half year

2011-07-13 07:43:00

China saw 30,000 instances of illegal land use in the first half of this year,an official from the Ministry of Land and Resources said Tuesday.

Drive to play golf puts pressure on land

2011-07-13 07:44:20

Despite the fact that the construction of new golf courses has been strictly forbidden since 2004, new courses nestled between luxury villas have continued to appear across China, said a senior official.