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Two bodies were retrieved and four people remained missing Tuesday morning after a bridge collapsed on Sunday in Central China's Hunan province, local authorities said.
Three stressed-out hikers who were trapped for nearly two weeks in Yarlung Zangbo River Canyon in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region are likely to receive adequate medication Tuesday, rescuers said.
Shadow puppetry performer Zhou Wei prepares the shadow puppet for the upcoming performance, Shanghai, May 14, 2012.
Renowned journalism schools from China and abroad highlighted the importance of specialized in-depth reporting and professionalism as the way forward in facing the challenge of social media.
Four workers were suffocated to death Monday while cleaning a waste pulp sink at a paper mill in Central China's Hubei province, local authorities said.
Zhao Qiaofa never imagined traditional fans would bring the winds of change to his life.
Torrential downpours have ravaged parts of southern China this month, triggering floods, damaging buildings and farmland and claiming tens of lives.
A man who shocked China by detonating a bomb in front of a bank in Wuhan, Hubei province, was sentenced to death on Monday, according to the city's intermediate people's court.
Had it not been for coal mining, Wang Jun may never have made his most important discovery: a forest buried by a volcanic eruption almost 300 million years ago.
Sixteen medical and emergency relief workers from national and regional departments of Indonesia started a five-day training course in Beijing to enhance their skills.
Nearly 90 percent of Chinese families own their houses or flats, a figure much higher than the world level, which stands at about 60 percent.
An online shop was banned from search results for 12 days after its owner mailed burial clothes to a buyer who left a negative comment about the shop.
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