Torrential rain kills one, affects 360,000 in S China
2008-07-14 07:33:41
Torrential rain has been slamming south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region since Friday, leaving a three-year-old girl dead and more than 364,700 people affected.
Road security beefed up for Games
2008-07-10 09:02:23
A policeman inspects the contents of a box at a checkpoint on a national highway leading to the city of Beijing, in Tongzhou district July 10, 2008.
Five buried in north China landslide
2008-07-10 12:24:20
Five people were buried on Thursday morning in a landslide in north China's Shanxi Province, local police said.
Shanghai property tycoon held for loan fraud
2008-07-10 07:32:13
Shanghai police have detained a major highway and property development tycoon on suspicion of bank loan fraud involving 4.6 billion yuan ($671 million), the Oriental Morning Post reported Wednesday.
One dead, nine ill after drinking rice wine in S China
2008-07-10 07:10:49
One man died and nine others were hospitalized after drinking rice wine in a village in the southern Guangdong Province on Wednesday afternoon.
More Shanghai people unhappy about income: survey
2008-07-09 21:10:17
More citizens of China's eastern metropolis of Shanghai were not satisfied with their salaries and may postpone buying houses or cars, a survey shows.
Police in Xinjiang shoot dead five 'resisting suspects'
2008-07-09 06:31:00
Police shot and killed five people, whom they said were criminal suspects violently resisting arrest Tuesday.
Couple gets deep in debt caring for abandoned baby
2008-07-08 16:00:47
He Chengsheng and his wife He Genyu of Haikou, Hainan province have accumulated debts worth 50,000 yuan ($7,200) on medication and treatment for their adopted son who suffers from encephalatrophy.
Care for nonagenarian touches local hearts
2008-07-08 15:47:17
Local residents in the city of Gaoyao, Guangdong province are moved by retired teacher Zhou Cai'an's devotion to a lone, elderly lady.
Broken beam injures 41
2008-07-08 07:26:05
Forty-one people were injured when a cement beam collapsed in the Tianjin Digital Television Mansion on Sunday, Eastday.com reported yesterday.
Rioters in Shaanxi damage police cars
2008-07-08 07:02:08
Relatives of a farmer who drowned in the Yellow River on Thursday went on the rampage in Fugu county of Shaanxi province on Saturday and Sunday, clashing with police and damaging their cars, the Xi'an Evening News reported Monday.
Heat wave poses threat to power supply in E China
2008-07-08 08:31:44
Scorching heat continued to bake most of eastern China Monday, as surging energy demand prompted suppliers in many places to consider temporary power cutoffs to deal with shortages.