Peaks' name change 'not due to Avatar'
2010-01-28 09:14:24
In response to the increasing criticism on the renaming of its mountain peaks, tourism bureau officials in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, said the name was not changed due to the movie Avatar.
ChinaCoal official arrested for taking bets
2010-01-28 08:52:18
A former top executive of a State-owned enterprise has been arrested over allegations he accepted money from people on the mainland to place bets in Macao special administrative region, one of the biggest gambling centers in the world.
More Chinese women duped to be drug mules
2010-01-28 07:43:37
Foreign drug traffickers are duping an increasing number of Chinese women, especially young victims, into carrying drugs into China, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) has said.
$34m of quake aid misused, NAO says
2010-01-28 07:23:41
The country's top auditing authority said yesterday that 230 million yuan ($34 million) of reconstruction funds for the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province had been misused.
Rise in sea level reaches record high
2010-01-28 07:19:32
The sea level in China late last year hit a record high for the past three decades, threatening the safety of thousands of people in the coastal areas, the national ocean agency said yesterday.
Caps on cell phone use for kids mulled
2010-01-28 07:17:09
Legislation should prohibit children younger than 12 years old from using mobile phones to ward off the influence of pornography on mobile WAP sites, experts said.
At least 10 injured in firework mill explosion
2010-01-28 06:30:26
At least 10 people were injured after an explosion in a firework factory Wednesday morning in Hohhot, capital city of northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
S. China county faces most serious drought in 50 yrs
2010-01-27 19:16:24
More than 80,000 people in south China county of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are suffering water shortage due to the most serious drought in 50 years, said local authorities Wednesday.
Guangxi achieves fastest export growth due to FTA plan
2010-01-27 15:40:46
Despite the impact of the global economic crisis, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region achieved rapid economic development in 2009 thanks to the region's enormous efforts to develop the free trade area (FTA) with its Southeast Asian neighbors and robust government investment.
Movie rating system 'unfeasible'
2010-01-27 09:40:43
A movie rating system cannot be implemented at the present time, a municipal official said on Sunday.
Peking Opera hopes to resonate with UNESCO
2010-01-27 09:02:27
Peking Opera is "very likely" to be included on the World Intangible Cultural Heritage list this year, the president of the Peking Opera Troupe told METRO yesterday.
Sichuan to finish 90 pct of reconstruction in 2010
2010-01-26 23:06:49
The quake-stricken Sichuan province will accomplish more than 90 percent of its reconstruction projects in 2010, Sichuan governor Jiang Jufeng said Tuesday.