Foreign diplomats begin four-day visit to Henan
2010-10-12 23:08:35
A delegation of 12 foreign diplomats from eight embassies in China, including Ethiopian Ambassador Hailekiros Gessesse, began a four-day cultural visit to Henan province on Monday.
China to raise minimum purchase price for wheat
2010-10-12 21:39:45
China's top economic regulator said Tuesday it would increase the state minimum purchase price of wheat in major wheat-growing areas in 2011.
Nearly 1,000 dispersed following wage protest
2010-10-12 21:58:58
Police in southwest China's Dujiangyan city dispersed nearly one thousand people who blocked a highway Tuesday after a wage dispute left one person dead and another wounded.
Domestic consumption creates surge in billionaires
2010-10-12 20:18:50
Domestic consumption has been the major driver of the rising number of China's dollar billionaires, which rose by 69 to 189 this year, said the compiler of the Hurun Rich List 2010 Tuesday.
440,000 evacuated as floods ravage Hainan
2010-10-11 22:18:11
More than 440,000 people had been evacuated by Sunday as floods wreaked havoc in China's southernmost island province of Hainan, authorities said Monday.
Nitrite caused fatal food poisoning in Sichuan
2010-10-11 15:35:29
Health authorities said Monday they had found a huge amount of nitrite in food samples taken from a hotel in southwest China's Sichuan Province where food poisoning killed one diner and sickened 42 others Friday.
2 dead, 2 missing after tidal surge on river
2010-10-11 20:50:20
Two people drowned and two are still missing after a tidal wave washed the four into a river in east China's Zhejiang Province Sunday.
Flood-hit Hainan gets $150,000 relief aids
2010-10-10 22:29:05
The All-China Federation of the Trade Unions on Sunday allocated 1 million yuan ($150,000) of emergency funds to assist workers in Hainan Province, which has been battered by the worst floods in half a century.
Expo to kick off Macao Week on Wednesday
2010-10-10 22:05:28
"Expo 2010 Shanghai China -- Macao Week" and a series of related activities will be held in Shanghai from October 13 to 17, Macao Government Tourist Office (MGTO) said Sunday.
Chemical spill sickens 90 in E China city
2010-10-10 21:10:38
Ninety people have been sent to hospitals since Saturday in a city in east China's Jiangxi Province after industrial gas leaked out of a chemical plant, hovering parts of the city for three hours。
Five stand trial for attack on 'Science cop'
2010-10-10 20:28:12
Five people allegedly involved in the attack on Fang Zhouzi, a famous science writer known for his efforts in exposing academic fraud, went on trial Sunday in Beijing, a court said.
Six swept away by surging tides in E China
2010-10-10 17:45:03
Six people are missing after the tide surged up over a levee and washed eight people into a river Sunday afternoon in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, rescuers said.