Capital among most polluted cities for first time

Beijing was among the worst 10 cities in China for air quality in July, the first time this year the capital has dropped so low.

Neglectful parents face punishment

Parents who fail to take care of their left-behind children properly will be deprived of their guardianship rights, according to a guideline that aims to improve care for such youngsters in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province.

Nine confirmed dead after Shaanxi landslide

Nine out of 65 people missing in a landslide in Shaanxi province last week have been confirmed dead after their bodies were found over the weekend, according to Shanyang county government.

'Lost' movie brings home horror of occupation

Zhou Yong will always remember the day he signed an agreement to bring a long-lost 1941 Oscar-winning documentary to China for the first time.

Research results in lucky discovery for Sino-American filmmaker

Robin Lung discovered the long-lost movie Kukan in 2009, when she began researching the life of Li Ling-Ai for a documentary.

Former serviceman takes on porter role

In the local dialect of Chongqing, porters with ropes and bamboo poles are called bang bang. They are a distinctive group known for helping residents carry heavy items in the mountainous port city along the Yangtze River.

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Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp must pay more than 20,000 yuan ($3,170) to a passenger who was injured in an accident, according to a court ruling.

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Item from Aug 17, 1983, in China Daily: One of the big pump stations in the Tianjin Luanhe River diversion project undergoes trial operations. The operations began on Monday on China's biggest water diversion project, which directs water from the Luanhe River in eastern Hebei province to Tianjin, a major port and industrial city ... The completion of the project will put an end to Tianjin's reliance on the salty Haihe River for drinking water.