24 workers and a translator were riding a bus to their plant when they were stopped by locals on a road in Arish.
The cadmium pollution in a South China river is under control, a local environmental protection official said.
Three people died and 14 others were injured after a farmer in Northeast China set his neighbor's house on fire Monday night.
The leading agricultural scientist was presented the 2011 Mahathir Science Award for his contribution in developing hybrid rice.
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday called for accelerating follow-up negotiations on a cross-Taiwan Strait economic cooperation deal so as to "enlarge its effect."
China is mulling a new round of efforts to regulate the sizzling property market after the moves it imposed about a year ago to limit purchases of residential apartments effectively brought down prices.
A new regulation on the emergency management of the market supply of daily necessities will take effect on February 1, stipulating punishments that cover up abnormal fluctuations in local markets.
7 people have been detained on suspicion of industrial waste discharges that polluted a south China river and threatened water supplies in a major downstream city.
China's net international investment position at the end of September 2011 was positive to the tune of $1.89 trillion, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced Tuesday.
China has sent a Foreign Ministry-led working group to Sudan to assist the rescue of 29 Chinese workers abducted by local rebel forces.
China's official statistics institutions plan to publish more economic indices to better show the condition of production activities in both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors.
Shanghai is striving to become a global financial center by establishing its leading position in the trading of yuan-denominated financial products, according to a state plan, said authorities of Shanghai financial services on Tuesday.