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Locals say luxury villas encroach on nature

2010-04-15 19:18:07

As western China's development strategy pushes forward Yunnan's real estate industry and tourism, more and more tourism plans for natural reserves are getting involved. Erhai Lake in Dali, the second largest highland lake in China, is one of them.

Teachers pull 27 students from quake rubble

2010-04-15 17:21:26

Twenty seven students were rescued from the rubble of their collapsed school by teachers using their bare hands.

China's fiscal revenue up 34% in Q1

2010-04-15 17:01:48

China's fiscal revenue increased 34 percent year-on-year to 1.96 trillion yuan ($287.8 billion) in the first quarter of this year, due to factors such as increasing tax revenue in the continuing economic recovery, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday.

Official in oxygen scandal still being paid

2010-04-15 15:38:52

An official who was expelled from the Communist Party in the industrial oxygen scandal is still getting a salary, the Guangzhou Daily reported Thursday.

SARFT refutes ban on English abbreviations

2010-04-15 13:31:41

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said Wednesday its notice of avoiding using certain English abbreviations in Chinese programs was misunderstood.

Junk man, 83, donates 100,000 yuan to charity

2010-04-15 11:10:03

An 83-year-old junk man who makes his living by collecting garbage in Yancheng, in Jiangsu province, donated 100,000 yuan (US$14,700) to the city's charity association for disaster relief Tuesday.

China's urbanization speed to peak about 2013

2010-04-15 11:06:55

China's urbanization speed would slow down about 2013 after years of accelerated pace, chinanews.com.cn said Wednesday, citing a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

China's GDP grows 11.9% in Q1

2010-04-15 10:05:25

China GDP grew 11.9 percent in the first quarter of 2010, 5.7 percentage points higher than the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.

Drought takes heavy toll on boarding schools

2010-04-15 07:34:42

Lining up to get a few litres of water; no bathing or tooth brushing for weeks; clouds of flies crawling on the bed sheets, along the edges of bowls, and over the latrines; green vegetables a rarity in their diet. These are the realities of daily life for more than 24,000 students and teachers in 68 boarding schools in Shizong County, one of the areas worst-hit by the severe drought in Southwest China’s Yunnan province.

Former Chongqing official sentenced to death

2010-04-14 17:29:48

The Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday sentenced Wen Qiang, former deputy police chief of Chongqing municipality, to death for protecting mafia-style gangs, taking bribes, rape, and owning huge amounts of money and assets he could not justify.

New rule on insurance investment coming

2010-04-14 17:26:15

China will soon release detailed regulations on property investment for insurers, the China Securities Journal reported.

1.8 m tall inmate dies weighing 35 kg

2010-04-14 17:00:58

A prisoner who was 1.8 meters tall died mysteriously on April 9 with a body weight of only 35 kilograms in Tangshan's Hehuakeng labor camp in Hebei province, the Beijing News reported Wednesday.