A lesson in hardship for migrant kids

2011-06-09 07:59:28

Parents face tough choices as kindergartens forced to shut.

Chemical firm investigated over toxic leak

2011-06-09 07:51:03

A chemical company in East China's Zhejiang province is being investigated on the suspicion that it discharged waste that polluted a local river and disrupted tap water supplies.

Red art comes in multiple forms

2011-06-09 07:45:06

Experts also said red art embodies many admirable revolutionary traditions and should serve as a guide to the public, rather than merely commemorate great deeds of the past.

Mainland tourists to visit Taiwan as individuals

2011-06-09 07:40:31

Tourists from selected cities on the Chinese mainland will be able to travel across the Taiwan Straits as individual tourists by the end of June, said a senior mainland negotiator on Wednesday.

Songs proclaim glory of founding fathers

2011-06-09 07:39:17

In honor of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, a concert setting the poetry of revolutionary figures to music was recently held at the National Center for the Performing Arts.

Country striking up patriotic tunes

2011-06-09 07:30:11

The whole nation has begun a musical campaign to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, which falls this year.

Some families refuse melamine money 

2011-06-09 07:22:23

Some 22,000 families of melamine-tainted milk haven't signed up for one-time compensation money to boycott what they deem to be an "unfair" remedy.

8 labor camp officials removed for inmate death in Hainan

2011-06-09 06:25:32

Eight labor camp officials in Hainan have been removed from their posts for dereliction of duty after the death of an inmate, local authorities said Wednesday.

Student falls to death before exam

2011-06-09 04:06:17

A high school graduate fell to his death from a dormitory building Tuesday in central Hunan Province ahead of the national college entrance examination, local authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Individual travel to Taiwan to be allowed in June

2011-06-08 22:53:29

Tourists from selected cities of the Chinese mainland will be able to travel across the Taiwan Straits as individual tourists by the end of June, said a senior mainland negotiator here on Wednesday.

China makes progress in improving human rights

2011-06-08 22:29:50

China has made gratifying progress in improving human rights and ruling the country by law through Chinese government's constant efforts, said Luo Haocai, the President of China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), in Sydney on Wednesday.

Compensation fund for tainted milk victims run smoothly

2011-06-08 22:26:42

The fund established in 2009 to compensate victims of China's tainted-milk scandal has been run efficiently, according to a statement posted on the website of the China Dairy Industry Association.