HK adds $1.46 for mainland drought relief
2010-04-12 16:40:28
The Hong Kong government Monday approved three more grants totaling HK$11.4 million (US$1.46 million) to relieve drought victims in the Chinese mainland.
43% of Macao youth have sex before 18: survey
2010-04-12 14:12:55
A survey has indicated that 43 percent of the interviewed young people in Macao have had sex before 18, the Macao Daily Post reported on Monday.
Toll hits 35 in flooded mine, 3 still missing
2010-04-12 11:22:24
Rescuers retrieved two more bodies Monday from a coal mine that was flooded two weeks ago in north China's Shanxi Province, bringing the death toll to 35.
ECFA to bring mainland, Taiwan closer
2010-04-12 10:09:23
Entrepreneurs and economists of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have considered the expected signing of a cross-Strait economic pact as a top priority in further development of their trade relations.
Officials penalized over ID forgery
2010-04-12 09:53:03
Two high-rank officials of Shijiazhuang city had been given administrative penalties over involvement with a woman politician who forged identity documents to gain rapid promotions.
Stockpile collapse kills 2 in Hunan, 4 missing
2010-04-12 09:48:47
The death toll of a manganese nodule pile collapse in central China's Hunan Province rose to 2 after another body was retrieved Sunday noon, local authorities said.
Four bodies found in Xinjiang mine collapse
2010-04-10 15:06:44
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of four miners 11 days after an unfinished coal mine collapsed in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the local authorities said.
Heroine mastiff gives birth to 26 pups
2010-04-10 11:05:28
A heroine Tibetan mastiff gave birth to an astonishing 26 pups, all healthy, on Tuesday in Mudanjiang City, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Shanghai mayor's Taiwan trip hits home
2010-04-10 10:04:16
Shanghai mayor Han Zheng sealed memoranda of understanding on culture, tourism, high-tech industrial investment and environmental protection during his four-day trip to Taiwan that ended on Friday.
Guangzhou cracks 79 grafts by top state execs
2010-04-09 14:06:09
A government discipline watchdog group in South China's Guangzhou has cracked 356 transgressions in 2009 within its municipal jurisdiction, 79 of which involve grafts by top executives at state-owned enterprises, local daily Information Times reported Friday.
Womanizer official under probe for bribery
2010-04-08 17:48:34
A man accused of sleeping with over 500 women in a bombshell news report sweeping across the internet is now under investigation for taking bribes, said an official press circular.
Taiwan investors eye Shanghai property boom
2010-04-08 15:14:44
Shanghai is the top choice for Taiwan investors who are interested in property market outside the island, leaving Tokyo and Singapore immediately trailing behind, the China News Agency citing a local newspaper report.