Snow cripples apartment sales
2010-01-04 17:36:55
Only 30 second-hand residential apartments sold in the first two days of the New Year, a drop of 37.5 percent compared to 2009 and 67.7 percent for the same period in 2008, the Economic Information Daily reported.
Explosion in firecracker factory kills 9
2010-01-04 12:50:20
At least 9 people have died and 8 injured following an explosion in Northwest China's biggest firecracker production base.
Beijing residents celebrate New Year with shopping frenzy
2010-01-04 08:54:37
Beijingers rang in the New Year by going on a spending spree, according to statistics from the city's commerce commission.
University sophomore owns up to 'murder'
2010-01-04 08:51:09
A second-year university student surrendered to Haidian police on Saturday morning with claims she had murdered a female classmate in a hotel.
Snowfall turns roads into slippery nightmare
2010-01-04 08:48:02
City's heaviest snow since 1951 causes increasing number of minor accidents
Heavy snow sweeps Beijing and other regions
2010-01-03 16:42:17
Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday to close expressways, delay flights and disrupt bus services.
China extends alert against cold wave
2010-01-03 10:45:45
The Central Meteorological Station Sunday extended the warning against strong cold wave, snowstorm and heavy fog by issuing another orange alert. Slides
Heavy snow sweeps Beijing, other regions
Officials get job threat over village demolition
2010-01-02 10:19:09
A director of Dongchang district in Liaocheng, Shandong province, has threatened to sack more than 40 of his officials unless they persuade their relatives to sign a demolition agreement in the area.
Peking Univ. polls out top ten squanderings
2010-01-01 19:47:11
Students at China's prestigious Peking University (PKU) have listed issuing excessive leaflets among the top 10 wasteful phenomena on campus.
Shanghai dairy shut over tainted milk products
2010-01-01 19:15:33
Chinese authorities shut down a dairy in Shanghai and arrested three of its executives after tests found some of its milk products were tainted with the same industrial chemical at the center of a milk safety scandal more than a year ago, local media said Friday.
Moderate quake hits Tibet
2010-01-01 15:10:40
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Xigaze in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Friday morning, according to the national seismological network.
Official's career rebirth triggers outcry
2010-01-01 09:43:45
A former court chief, who was sacked for organizing luxurious overseas travel at public expense, has been appointed as a local provincial-level leader - a move triggering an outcry from the public.