Ex-senior official is sentenced to 15 years

Zhang Yue, a former senior official in Hebei province, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for taking bribes.

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China rises on list of innovators

China's capability to innovate won't be affected by a trade war with the United States, though such a war would pose a challenge to the international flow of knowledge, experts said.

Nuisance calls, online spam targeted

China will take strong measures to curb spam and nuisance phone calls, and strengthen the management of customers' telecommunication charges, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday.

Standards for national parks to be drafted

China will draft a series of standards for the construction of national parks and will put an estimated 50 locations on the priority list, forestry authorities said on Wednesday.

Professor loses job over sexual harassment

Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has fired a professor after he was found to have sexually harassed female students and colleagues.

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All bodies accounted for after tour boat disaster

The bodies of all 47 Chinese passengers who died after their tour boat sank off the coast of Phuket, Thailand, a week ago have been found, the island province's governor said on Wednesday.

Smoking in home raises risk to pregnancy

Pregnant women whose partners smoke at home are 17 percent more likely to miscarry than women with nonsmoking partners, highlighting the need for tougher tobacco control in families, a Chinese study found.

Kissing bugs don't do it for love - they can be deadly

People are cashing in on the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention's offer to buy so-called kissing bugs - dead or alive. The triatomine bugs can spread the potentially fatal Chagas' disease.

Top students get 1 kg of pork as prize

NANNING - An innovative practice of rewarding students at a Chinese primary school with bags of pork has garnered praise from netizens.

Tributes pour in for prominent magnate in HK

Many sectors of Chinese society mourned the death of renowned Hong Kong philanthropist and prominent industrialist Tin Ka-ping, who died at the age of 99 in the city on Tuesday morning.