Society

Weak ceiling has family wearing helmets at home  2009-11-24 08:59:55

Members of a family in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, are forced to wear helmets inside their home to avoid chunks of their rather weak ceiling falling on their heads.



Man sues daughter-in-law after brawl over sex  2009-11-24 08:57:07

A district court in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, opened a public hearing on a case filed by an old man against his daughter-in-law and her parents on Wednesday.



Man faints after girlfriend gifts him snake  2009-11-24 08:57:01

A man in Chongqing municipality fainted when his girlfriend gifted him a snake last Thursday.



Woman phones police as blind date goes crazy  2009-11-24 08:55:53

A woman was forced to phone the police when the man she met on a blind date became obsessed with her at first sight in Tianjin municipality last Sunday.



Chinese children adopted by overseas families begin root-tracing trip  2009-11-23 22:19:16

Chinese children adopted by 37 overseas families from six countries are in China for a root-tracing trip to learn more about their birth country.



Hubei official responds to 'fake' diploma  2009-11-23 19:18:12

Authorities in Central China's Hubei province are trying to work out a solution to the problem of "fake" diplomas issued to primary and middle teachers in the province, reported www.people.com on Sunday.



Over 100 graduates work as chengguan in Anhui  2009-11-23 17:57:00

101 college graduates are working as urban management officers (chengguan), patrolling on 40 streets in Hefei, capital of East China Anhui province. 90 of them have a bachelor's degree and 11 are postgraduates majoring in law, computer science, urban planning, advertising, and public service.



Beijing residential land sold at $739 million  2009-11-21 14:18:16

Dalong Estate, a Shanghai-listed property developer owned by Beijing's Shunyi district government, had acquired a parcel of residential land in Shunyi for 5.05 billion yuan ($739 million), the Beijing Times reported on Saturday.



Man, 31, making money out of breakups  2009-11-21 10:21:11

A man in Chongqing municipality has made a business out of helping couples break up.



Dog 'commits suicide' after pup's death  2009-11-21 10:11:16

A female dog possibly jumped off a building in Xinyi, Guangdong province, and committed suicide just days after its newborn pup died on Monday.



Cabbies in strike in E. China  2009-11-20 21:12:13

Pigs get ID chips in central China  2009-11-20 19:18:09

City opens arms to freezing homeless  2009-11-18 07:56:23

Children critical after explosion  2009-11-16 08:16:24

Five die in south China killing spree  2009-11-15 17:23:41



Teachers strike in Chengdu  2009-11-09 13:45:52

Better education for disabled kids  2009-11-06 11:43:40



Tourists confused by Qianmen maze  2009-11-05 09:11:18

Man poisoned by winter gas heating  2009-11-05 10:28:21

Shandong

Haier Group named China's most valuable brand

"China's Most Valuable Brands List" was announced in New York on Wednesday, with 100 Chinese consumer brands making the cut.

Honors for foreign talents in Shandong

Thirty foreign talents arewere honored with this year’s Qilu Friendship Award for their outstanding contribution to Shandong’s development.

Tianjin

Li Ruihuan donates 27 mln yuan to fund‎

Li Ruihuan, former chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has donated a painting worth 27 million yuan ($4 million) to SangZi education fund in Tianjin to help more college students in poverty, China News Service reported yesterday.

Tingyi gets nod for Taiwan share sale

TAIPEI: Tingyi (Caymen Islands) Holding Corp plans to raise as much as NT$17.1 billion ($532 million) in Taiwan depository receipts, the biggest offering by an overseas Taiwanese company returning to the island's stock market.