Tests show survivor 'not poisoned'

Han Fengqun, who was found at the center of the Tianjin blast site about 60 hours after the accident, is in stable condition and shows no signs of being poisoned by toxic chemicals, a doctor said on Sunday.

Guide standards reach tipping point

While travel agencies look into performance-based bonuses for tour guides, anecdotal evidence suggests that efforts to get Chinese tourists to tip could prove tricky.

Digital forms aim to curb illegal operators

Travel agencies booking group trips to Hong Kong and Macao will be urged to use digital forms for government approval starting on Sept 1, in a move aimed at curbing illegal travel operators in Guangdong province that might cheat mainland tourists.

Pollution lawsuit rejected by court

An environmental group on Sunday vowed to appeal to a higher court after its lawsuit against eight chemical plants over pollution in the Tengger Desert was rejected.

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Three people have been confirmed dead after their bodies were dug out of the debris of a landslide that buried a section of a road in Funing county on Saturday evening, local authorities said on Sunday.

Scientists ponder exoskeletons

In the US movie Iron Man, businessman Tony Stark developed a robotic suit that gave him inexhaustible power to fight the bad guys.

Tsinghua biologists solve genetic puzzle

A team of molecular biologists at Tsinghua University reported a milestone breakthrough in molecular biology and gene expression on Sunday.

Finding a family in the fog of war

One day in 1953, a policeman arrived at the home of Sumie Ikeda in Mudanjiang city in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang. He asekd yo speak with her mother, and requested that the 8-year-old girl leave the room so the adults could speak freely.

From Japanese soldier to Chinese hero

Hirosumi Kobayashi was thrilled to showoff his invitation to the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), which will be held in Beijing on Sept 3.

Open door in sensitive cases helps

National prosecutors are required to provide information to litigants and others directly involved in judicial cases when such cases involve major and sensitive matters, a senior official under the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.

Mao's ex-security chief dies at age 100

A former senior official of the Communist Party of China, Wang Dongxing, died at age 100 early on Friday, said the General Office of the Party's Central Committee.

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