A county urban management official in Shaanxi province was detained after allegedly raping his female subordinate, Huashang Daily reported on Friday. The former director of Luochuan county urban management bureau, surnamed Dang, reportedly raped the woman in his car on Monday night, and he was arrested the next morning. Dang was dismissed from his position on Tuesday. The case is under further investigation.
It's indisputable that the property market of some cities is entering an adjustment period, but it goes too far to say the market is verging on collapse."
Employee claims management was trying to cut costs; company denies allegations
Instant messaging tool providers said on Friday they will clean up unhealthy public accounts and rumors using the real-name system required by China's Internet watchdog starting this week.
Police in Hubei province arrested a bus hijacker after a standoff of nearly six hours on Friday. No casualties were reported.
A severe drought in China's major crop-producing regions threatens to end 11 consecutive years of annual growth in the country's harvest.
The Chinese government has granted scholarships to 72 Cambodian students to pursue bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at various universities in China.
Entrepreneur traveled 40 hours to feed villagers in hard-hit zone
Hours after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck Yunnan province, a team of eight psychologists were rushing to the quake's epicenter in Ludian county to provide counseling.
Shanghai is attempting to transfer to qualified families the custody of children who have been abandoned in hospitals but cannot be categorized as orphans.