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Man seeks help over stingy wife

2011-06-28 10:51:39

A 41-year-old man surnamed Chen knocked at the door of a women's organization to ask for help to deal with his wife and her penny-pinching habits, the Wuhan Evening News reported.

Guangdong plans big rewards for tipsters

2011-06-28 10:00:13

South China's Guangdong province may reward those who report corruption according to the amount of ill-gotten money involved in the case, xinhuanet.com reported.

Mainlanders live in luxury in Hong Kong

2011-06-27 16:57:03

Mainlanders own the majority of Hong Kong's top-end mansions, according to real estate figures.

Officials go bananas over rotting stock

2011-06-27 15:04:11

City officials have a launched a drive to boost banana sales to avoid a potential catastrophic harvest for farmers, Nanguo City News reported.

NPC reviews personal income tax proposal

2011-06-27 11:07:17

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) will for the second time deliberate a proposed amendment to the country's personal income tax law. The committee will meet from Monday through Thursday this week, Chinanews.com reported.

Club with conscience to aid more

2011-06-27 11:00:08

A total of 79 Peking University graduates have become billionaires in the last decade, outperforming all other universities in Chinese mainland, according to the principal Zhou Qifeng, the Beijing News reported.

New York legalizes gay marriage

2011-06-26 11:11:10

The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan became the birthplace of gay and lesbian rights movement in the United States in 1969.

Drug users hooked by bad friends

2011-06-24 19:41:05

Bad friends have become the main reason juveniles develop drug addiction in Beijing, Legal Evening newspaper reported on Friday.

80 pupils hospitalized in gas leak

2011-06-24 19:09:19

More than 80 school pupils have been admitted to hospital after inhaling poisonous gas released from a nearby chemical factory, www.gog.com.cn reported today.

Nobel laureate: Tsinghua, Peking universities trump Harvard

2011-06-24 17:17:12

Tsinghua and Peking universities, commonly believed to be China's top two universities, have contributed more to China's development over past decades than Harvard University has done to the United States, reported China National Radio Thursday, quoting Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, the Chinese-American Nobel laureate.

Worst feared for 2 men swept into drainage

2011-06-24 16:40:10

Two men were swept away by torrents on Pingguoyuan South Road, Beijing's Shijingshan district, caused by the downpour about 5:30 pm on Thursday. Chances of survival are slim.

At 38 minutes, Beijingers have longest commute

2011-06-24 16:16:43

People in Beijing spend an average of 38 minutes to go to work, the longest among 50 cities in China, said a report by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).