Heat wave? What heat wave? Heilongjiang residents shiver

While people have sweltered in eastern China over the past two weeks, inhabitants of northeastern areas were putting on thicker clothes this week.

3 panda keepers, bitten by two bears, criticized after online video surfaces

Three panda keepers bitten by two bears were reprimanded after an online outcry over their rough handling of the normally docile animals at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province, according to a base official.

Guangdong aims at railway scofflaws

Fare dodgers and people caught smoking on trains in Guangdong province could be banned from traveling by rail if they break the rules more than twice.

Former Tianjin mayor admits to corruption on TV

Huang Xingguo, former acting Party chief and mayor of Tianjin, appeared on television for the first time since he was placed under investigation for graft.

Public Security Ministry targets pyramid schemes

The Ministry of Public Security will conduct a campaign against financial crimes that raise money from the public, including pyramid schemes, in a bid to safeguard economic security and social stability.

Couriers could face fines for data leaks

Express delivery companies could face fines of up to 100,000 yuan ($14,820), or could even be shut down, for leaking customers' personal data, according to a draft regulation that aims to make the industry more secure.

Tourists exposed again in safari park

Security at a Beijing safari park is in the spotlight again after two groups of tourists opened their car windows to feed dangerous animals over the weekend.

More graduates choosing to work in 2nd-tier cities

After graduating from Tsinghua University this summer, Xu Yingqiang left Beijing to work for a chemical trading company in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

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Fight club for orphans investigated

Officials from a remote part of Sichuan province have launched an investigation after two local boys appeared in a viral video about a fight club for orphans and "left-behind" children in Sichuan.

Much of nation to keep on sweating

A warning issued on Tuesday by the National Meteorological Center marked the 19th consecutive day of hot weather alerts, during which some eastern cities have seen record high temperatures.

Cinema debuts on S. China Sea island

SANSHA - More than 200 residents and soldiers on Yongxing Island watched the Chinese movie The Eternity of Jiao Yulu on Saturday, marking the opening of China's southernmost cinema.