First female Taoist abbot recruits graduates
2011-03-23 15:38:50
Chinese first female Taoist abbot has recruited eight undergraduate and graduate students as her disciples for Taoism culture communication in Changchun Taoist Temple in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province.
Pig farmers using garbage as feed
2011-03-23 15:27:47
Dozens of farming families, living around the garbage landfills in Shuige village in Nanjing's Jiangning district, East China's Jiangsu province, have been making their living by raising pigs with garbage collected from the landfills.
Shanghai looks for alternative water sources for use in future emergencies
2011-03-23 07:22:43
In response to discoveries of radiation-tainted water following the nuclear plant explosion in Japan, Shanghai water authorities said the city has plans to draw water during emergencies from more than 50 deep wells by 2015.
Jiangsu drives final nail into homicides
2011-03-22 07:11:25
The number of murders in East China's Jiangsu province has decreased by 10 percent over the past year, while 97 percent of the cases were resolved, a senior officer with the criminal investigation authority in the province said.
Micro blogs help crack cases
2011-03-22 07:04:05
Thirty criminal cases and more than 300 misdemeanor cases have been resolved with the help of micro blogs since becoming the subjects of investigations by public security authorities one year ago in South China's Guangdong province, a senior local police officer said.
Rule breakers in frame during city's shame campaign
2011-03-21 07:40:37
The authorities in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, have rolled out a controversial policy aimed at cracking down on bad behavior.
Dusts continue to contaminate Beijing's air
2011-03-20 22:10:06
Dusts which polluted Beijing's air Friday backflowed Saturday from Beijing's east and south and continued to contaminate the capital's air on Sunday, according to an environmental expert.
Four missing after cargo sinks off E China coast
2011-03-20 17:53:16
Four people were missing and another two were saved after a cargo ship sank Sunday near the sea off East China's Fujian province, an official said.
19 saved after Kiribati tanker looses power
2011-03-20 15:25:38
Nineteen people on a Kiribati tanker were saved by Chinese rescuers Sunday morning, after the tanker lost control off south China coast, an official said.
Police nab 196 in pyramid selling fraud
2011-03-19 15:49:59
Chinese police have cracked down a pyramid selling ring involving 198 people that operated in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for five years.
Sandstorms to last until Monday
2011-03-19 07:59:50
Most parts of North and Northwest China have witnessed sandstorms since March 12, with Beijing wrapped in sand and dust on Friday.
Quake reconstruction makes fast progress
2011-03-19 07:40:42
Qinghai province will fulfill its plan to rebuild residences in its rural areas in the Yushu region that were destroyed by an earthquake in 2010.