Train derailed by rock fall near Chengdu
2008-06-08 21:59:11
A train's locomotive and 10 freight cars are derailed at around 2:40 a.m. on Sunday at Jintang County, more than 80 kilometers northeast of Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan. [Asianewsphoto]
Buddhists gather to pray for quake victims, raise funds
2008-05-30 08:21:10
Xiao Xiaoping, a 40-year-old restaurateur from this city's Xindu district, seldom gets up early, as she works late in her restaurant near the Baoguang Temple.
Chemical fire poisons four in quake-hit town
2008-05-30 06:45:33
Gas from a chemical fire in southwest China's quake-hit Sichuan Province poisoned four people and forced more than 800 to evacuate Thursday.
Provincial authority outlines school collapse reasons
2008-05-29 08:43:23
Design defects and obsolete buildings are among the reasons that many schools collapsed in the strong earthquake in Sichuan Province, the provincial education authority said on Wednesday.
Floods, hail leave 18 dead, 12 missing in Guizhou
2008-05-28 08:30:51
Houses are flooded in a village of Anshun, southwest China's Guizhou province May 27, 2008. Heavy rain began pouring Sunday night in several cities in Guizhou, killing at least 18 people and 12 missing as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday. [Xinhua]
Subway to connect Shanghai, Jiangsu
2008-05-28 07:43:41
SHANGHAI: A proposed inter-city subway line could soon allow Jiangsu province residents to commute conveniently to work in Shanghai.
Lijiang school offers orphans bright future
2008-05-28 07:42:25
LIJIANG, Yunnan: Forty-one children orphaned by the Sichuan earthquake began rebuilding their lives yesterday at the Lijiang Orphan School.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive to visit Shanghai
2008-05-27 11:00:10
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang will visit Shanghai in late May in a trip aimed at strengthening ties and cooperation between the two cities.
Top judge vows penalties on quake-related corruption
2008-05-26 22:15:33
China's Chief Justice Wang Shengjun on Monday asked local courts in the quake-hit zone to impose a firm hand on crimes including corruption.
Hand-foot-mouth disease declining in Anhui Province
2008-05-26 10:22:43
The outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) has ebbed in east China's Anhui Province, which was worst-hit by the viral epidemic since April, the provincial department of health said on Friday.
Jiangsu gearing up for coming visit of KMT Chairman
2008-05-26 07:20:23
Eastern Jiangsu Province and its capital Nanjing are ready for receiving Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung.