Rainstorms cause misery for millions
2008-07-07 07:10:21
Heavy rainstorms that swept most parts of China from last Tuesday till the weekend have affected around 3 million people, leaving at least 12 dead and seven missing.
Porcine quake survivor gets free insurance
2008-07-04 11:07:04
A pig that survived 36 days in rubble after the Sichuan earthquake has been named Zhu Jianqiang, which means "strong pig."
5 killed by floods in Yunnan
2008-07-04 08:06:33
Since Monday, heavy rains in Yunnan province have killed five people and affected more than 60,000 others, local authorities said Thursday.
Rainstorm-disrupted highways re-open in Guizhou
2008-07-03 09:01:34
Two expressways and 20 provincial highways in south China's Guangdong Province, which were previously closed by continuous rainstorms, were re-opened to traffic on Wednesday, a provincial transportation bureau official said.
Karaoke bars, discos ordered to have transparent partitions
2008-07-03 07:35:37
To fight drugs and prostitution, the government has ordered all karaoke bars and discos to have transparent partitions between their rooms and ensure that their staff are not skimpily dressed from Oct 1.
Scandal over exam paper leak in Anshan
2008-07-03 08:17:11
More than 12,000 students in Anshan, Liaoning province, were forced to retake two tests in the senior high school entrance exam on Monday, after a massive cheating scandal was uncovered.
Forum wants new Beijing airport rail fare to be 25 yuan
2008-07-03 07:27:11
The majority of participants in a public hearing on Wednesday agreed on the price of a ticket for the new Beijing airport rail - 25 yuan ($3.65).
Two dead, possibly 16 trapped in N.W. China mine collapse
2008-07-02 06:38:38
Two miners are dead and an estimated 16 others are trapped after a coal shaft collapsed on Tuesday in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Man charged with raping daughters
2008-07-02 07:42:22
A father of five in this southern city has been charged with raping his two teenage daughters since 2002.
Man detained after stabbing police in Shanghai
2008-07-01 17:21:05
A man was detained at the scene after he assaulted nine police officers and one security guard at a police branch in the Zhabei district of Shanghai on Tuesday morning.
Inner Mongolia fights rampant locusts
2008-07-01 14:16:55
Inner Mongolia in north China is mobilizing 33,000 people, including 1,100 technical staff, to wipe out a plague of locusts in the past two weeks.
11 die in traffic accident in Jinhu
2008-07-01 07:52:46
Eleven people died in a traffic accident on Sunday in Jinhu, Jiangsu province, after an agricultural vehicle ploughed into a van, Nanjing-based Moder Express said yesterday.