Security guard wins offer from top art academy

Walking from the east gate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts to its main studio takes less than 30 minutes, but for Li Cheng, a former campus security guard at the academy, the journey has taken almost a decade.

Donor inspires with free blood sacrifice

At the end of last month, Craig Allen Ruhstorfer offered another 400 milliliters of blood, unpaid, to a donation service station in Pingdu, a county-level city in Shandong province.

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Man sentenced to death for mass killing

A man who killed 19 people, including his parents and a 3-year-old, was sentenced to death on Friday, according to a local court in Yunnan province.

McDonald's outlets in Shanghai pass health inspections

Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration inspected four McDonald's restaurants in the city on Thursday and didn't find any food safety problems, the Information Office of Shanghai Municipal Government said late on Thursday.

Most-wanted fugitive stands trial

China's most-wanted graft fugitive, Yang Xiuzhu, who had been on the run for 13 years, stood trial on Friday at a court in Zhejiang province.

Shaolin Temple prepares 'Great Meeting'

The first "Great Meeting Open to All" will be held at the Shaolin Temple from July 29 to Aug 4 in Dengfeng, Henan province.

Result of academic fraud investigation announced

The result of an investigation into a scandal in which a foreign medical journal retracted 107 papers from China because of peer review fraud was announced by the Ministry of Science and Technology on Thursday.

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Beijing-Shanghai rail trips will go faster

Bullet train trips between Beijing and Shanghai will get even faster in September when the maximum speed on the line will be raised to 350 kilometers per hour, six years after it was reduced to 300 km/h.

Inspections led to safer workplaces, watchdog reports

Workplace accidents and deaths in China dropped in the first half of this year as the government stepped up inspections, the top safety watchdog said on Thursday.

6 dead, 3 missing in flooded Shaanxi province

A flood triggered by rain left six dead and three missing in Shaanxi province, local authorities said on Thursday.