Legal dilemma faced by private orphanages

For at least three months, Ban Aihua has tried to legalize her privately run foster home, a humble shelter for 68 children.

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Taking the road less traveled

Suning Appliance Co, China's largest electrical appliance retailer by sales revenue, donated 41.4 million yuan ($6.65 million) to charitable causes on Dec 26 to commemorate its 22nd anniversary.

To be or not to be

When a local finance bureau official's mistress, the head of a kindergarten, needed a school bus, the official compelled a businessman to "donate" one.

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Top hotel caters for pandas

Li Desheng, deputy chief of the administrative bureau of the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, gets excited when he recalls his recent participation in bamboo planting in the neighboring city of Dujiangyan.

Committee reports flaw in China's Red Cross style of management

A special supervisory committee for the Red Cross Society of China has confirmed the mismanagement of donation boxes in Chengdu, in Southwest China's Sichuan province.

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Scouting out a greener future

Procter and Gamble personal care and consumer goods company announced its support for the Little Green Scouts program in Beijing, a drive aimed at helping Chinese youths to study, observe and experience nature and the environment.

China 'needs green dividend' in M&As

A leading expert in sustainable business, Professor David Wheeler of Plymouth University in the United Kingdom, told a Shanghai audience that China needs to include a "green dividend" in its dealings with the West on important mergers and acquisition projects.

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Thrills in england, but racism reared up again

English soccer enjoyed the most heart-stopping climax to a top-flight season ever in 2012, and yet a spate of racism cases drew a pall over the Premier League as the year came to a close.