China's overseas remote sensing satellite station starts operation

China's first satellite station overseas was put into trial operation on Thursday.

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Cases involving misuse of poverty relief funds rising

Between January and October, 8,888 officials were investigated for alleged corruption

Parents sue all high rise tenants

Unable to find out who threw a yogurt bottle out of a window, the parents of a 2-year-old girl who was hurt by it sued 448 suspected homeowners.

Ex-official jailed for bribery

Qiu He, former deputy Party chief in Yunnan province, has been convicted of bribery and sentenced to 14 years and six months in jail, according to a court in Guizhou province.

Man executed for drowning debtor

A man who was convicted of illegally detaining and killing his debtor by putting the victim in an iron cage and throwing him into a lake was executed on Tuesday.

Tickets on sale for Spring Festival

Train tickets went on sale on Thursday for the first day of Spring Festival rush, the 40-day travel peak during the Chinese New Year holiday.

Rescued crew returned to company

Twenty-one crew members of a Taiwan fishing boat, rescued by two fishing vessels from the Chinese mainland on the high seas off Peru, were returned to their company on Wednesday.

Kin apply for pay over wrongful execution

Parents of Nie Shubin, who was executed for rape and murder 21 years ago and pardoned earlier this month, applied to a court in Hebei province for State compensation of more than 13.9 million yuan ($2 million) on Wednesday, lawyers of the family announced.

Ex-Party chief of Nanjing imprisoned

Yang Weize, former Party chief of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, was sentenced to 12 years and six months behind bars for taking bribes worth 16.4 million yuan ($2.4 million).

Number of deaths in 2012 flood 'hidden'

A county government in Liaoning province was found to have hidden the real number of deaths after a heavy flood in 2012, local authorities announced on Wednesday.

Graduates in Beijing face tough test to land jobs as the capital caps population

Cao Ran, a postgraduate student in Beijing, is one of the most intellectual students in his class, but his high scores are not getting him a job offer. Cao graduates next summer, and in the past few months, he has been busy looking for jobs.