2 Boeing 747s find buyers in online auction

SHENZHEN - Two Boeing 747 Freighters were auctioned off on Tuesday by a bankruptcy court on Taobao, the shopping platform of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

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Workplace accidents see decline

While China saw fewer total workplace accidents and deaths this year compared with 2016, the top work safety authority is asking enterprises to take precautions against risks that could grow in the year's final weeks as companies hurry to meet output targets.

Corrupt Xinjiang ex-official sentenced

A former deputy security chief of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, including taking bribes and arranging jobs in the legal system, according to China Judgments Online (wenshu.court.gov.cn) on Monday.

Six fired for bungling response to TB

Six officials in Hunan province have been fired for their handling of two tuberculosis outbreaks in their county.

Hero who risks life rewarded with fish heads

A brave Alibaba employee who saved four people from drowning in a Hangzhou lake has been rewarded with a lifetime supply of fish heads.

Foreign businesses admire their Party workers as a 'symbol of excellence'

When members of the Communist Party of China applied to set up a branch of German medical supplier Fesenius Kabi, one manager asked a lot of questions:

Nuclear sub designer, 93, is honored

The chief designer of China's first generation of nuclear submarines rose to national prominence again recently when he was greeted by President Xi Jinping at a recent ceremony.

16 detained over environmental damage in reserve

Sixteen people have been detained on suspicion of destroying environmental resources in Qilian Mountains National Natural Reserve in Gansu province, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Monday.

Smog in North China to spike on Tuesday

Beijing has issued a blue alert for severe air pollution, which is forecast to peak on Tuesday and ease that night, the city's environmental authority said on Monday.

Medical services for transgender people needed, survey finds

A survey released on Monday found that transgender people are in high need of medical services, with 62 percent having a demand for hormone therapies, and 51 percent having a demand for gender reassignment treatment.

2 drug dealers get death sentences; 82 involved

CHENGDU - Two drug dealers have been given death sentences with a two-year reprieve by a court in Mianyang, Sichuan province.