Over 1,200 taxi drivers on strike

2009-11-25 21:11:11

More than 1200 cab drivers in Putian, Fujian province have been on strike for eight days to protest the local government's overhaul of taxi regulations.

Police detain at least 4 in soccer gambling

2009-11-25 19:19:33

Chinese police have detained at least four people on suspicion of match-fixing and gambling in a nationwide crackdown on soccer corruption.

TV hit mirrors housing dilemma among urban youth

2009-11-25 16:57:06

In "Dwelling Narrowness," one of the main characters becomes the mistress of a government official in order to help repay her older sister's mortgage.

China police officers jailed for juvenile death in custody

2009-11-24 22:46:33

Four police officers were given jail terms at a northwest China court Tuesday for the death of a 19-year-old student in custody in March, local authorities said.

Runaway Inner Mongolia school principal arrested for fraud

2009-11-24 20:56:20

A former principal of a traditional medical school in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region who had fled to Mongolia has been arrested on fraud charges, local police said Tuesday.

Bank job applicants outnumber openings 9 to 1

2009-11-24 08:43:11

GUANGZHOU: Four State-owned banks offering about 2,000 vacancies for university graduates next year attracted more than 18,000 candidates in a job fair in this capital of Guangdong province yesterday.

Official says gang trials fair,just

2009-11-24 07:28:01

CHONGQING: A local official has said the ongoing crackdown on gangs will not evolve into a "movement" that goes too far, reassuring people that trials will be "fair and just".

Toll in Guangxi school bus accident rises to six

2009-11-23 21:07:55

Two adults and four children were killed after a school bus collided with a truck Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a local official said.

Five dead as school bus hits truck in south China

2009-11-23 15:20:47

Five people, including three preschoolers, are dead after a school bus hit a truck early Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, rescuers said.

US magnate Dow helps rebuild quake-zone schools

2009-11-23 14:44:52

Third-grader Lan Haodong heads to school early on the morning of November 21, but this was no ordinary lesson.

Cops hit by bricks over market row

2009-11-23 07:35:04

Police in Kunming have detained more than 25 suspected organizers of a mass protest in which officers were pelted with bricks at the weekend.

Beijing residential land sold at $739 million

2009-11-21 14:18:16

Dalong Estate, a Shanghai-listed property developer owned by Beijing's Shunyi district government, had acquired a parcel of residential land in Shunyi for 5.05 billion yuan ($739 million), the Beijing Times reported on Saturday.