Nanping accident caused by speeding
2009-03-31 11:34:10
Eighteen people died and seven others were injured in a bus accident in Nanping, southeast China's Fujian province, last Friday afternoon, police said.
Health plan for Shanghai teens in pipeline
2009-03-27 09:13:10
More and better mental healthcare will be given to children and adolescents here, a source from Shanghai Mental Health Center (SMHC) said Thursday.
12 killed in SW China plant collapse
2009-03-24 13:59:28
The death toll rose to 12 Monday in a chemical storage facility collapse after the last body was recovered in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
Three women rescued from hostage-taker
2009-03-23 14:52:39
A man was captured by police Monday morning after holding three women hostage for more than three hours inside a pawn shop in the southeast Chinese city of Fuzhou.
Infection at hospital kills 5 infants in N China
2009-03-23 08:53:37
The death toll of newborns contracting infection in a hospital of north China's Tianjin Municipality rose to five as one more infant was confirmed dead Sunday.
6 held, 89 surrender after Qinghai riot
2009-03-23 09:46:48
Police have arrested six and 89 others surrendered after a riot in Qinghai province on Saturday, the authorities said Sunday.
4.7-magnitude quake rocks SW China
2009-03-23 09:45:22
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale jolted Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County of southwestern Guizhou Province at 20:48 p.m. Sunday, according to China's seismological network.
Spurious diabetes drugs found again in W. China
2009-03-20 09:05:02
Only two months after fake diabetes drugs killed two people in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, authorities have again found fake medicine being given to patients.
Web store staff held over porn charges
2009-03-20 09:06:54
Four employees at an online store have been arrested over the production and distribution of erotic audiobooks as part of a government crackdown on pornography.
After funerals comes the wedding in quake-hit Beichuan
2009-03-19 10:18:37
The county government of Beichuan in Sichuan province, ravaged in the massive May 12 earthquake last year, will next month sponsor a Qiang-style group wedding for 20 couples, who lost their spouses in the 8.0-magnitude quake.
Guangzhou to provide cheaper medical insurance for migrant workers
2009-03-19 10:25:13
The labor and social security bureau here will release a new medical insurance scheme for migrant workers this year, which will allow them to reclaim as much as 278,000 yuan ($40,882) each annually, a top official said yesterday.
Headmaster closes school to organize son's wedding
2009-03-16 11:04:08
The headmaster of a primary school got into some hot water after she closed the school for five days in order to help her son plan his wedding in Yucheng county, Henan province.