Crackdown aims at pollution in recycling industry

China is taking steps to standardize its solid waste recycling industry, which despite being a burgeoning green sector has stoked environmental concerns due to reckless expansion.

Media forum to bring youth together

The 2nd China-Russia Internet Media Forum and China-Russia Youth Innovation Union will be held in less than a month in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

New clues reveal Japan's germ war atrocities

HARBIN - New evidence of human experiments and germ war crimes by Japan's notorious Unit 731 were released by a museum on Friday in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by Japanese Army Unit 731 has added written confessions, a transportation record of human experiments, old photos of the unit's soldiers and an incubator for producing plague bacillus.

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Official: Tainted eggs won't enter mainland

Eggs tainted by the pesticide fipronil in Europe do not pose a threat to the Chinese mainland, as no European countries have approval to send eggs or egg products here, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday.

Food safety inspections to begin nationwide next week

A new round of nationwide food safety inspections will take place between Aug 26 and Sept 10 to reduce the risks posed by small workshops, vendors and restaurants that produce substandard food.

US hands over another fugitive to authorities

A Chinese fugitive suspected of fraud on the order of 380 million yuan ($57 million) has been repatriated to China from the United States to face justice, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday.

Six jailed for vicious attack on tourist in Yunnan

Six men have been jailed in Yunnan province for a vicious late-night attack in the old town of Lijiang that targeted three people, including a tourist who received disfiguring injuries to her face.

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Body altered by PM2.5, study finds

Chinese scientists have discovered that exposure to PM2.5 could significantly increase stress hormones in humans, as well as cause metabolic changes in blood glucose, amino acids and lipids.

Experts: Beauty will return after quake

CHENGDU - Most of the lakes in quake-hit Jiuzhaigou National Park remain undamaged, although it may take a long time for the UNESCO World Heritage site to recover from last week's earthquake, geologists said on Tuesday. The national park contains around 20 tourist sites and is known for its spectacular waterfalls, lush forests, serene plateau lakes and karst rock formations.

See which subway is busy. Then what?

The Beijing subway system has come up with a way to help passengers beat the crush by showing them in real time how crowded subway lines are.