Society

Lantern Festival to see biggest festive moon in 52 years  2009-02-09 16:56:06

China's traditional Lantern Festival will witness the biggest and roundest moon for the past 52 festivals Monday night.



Snow closes three airports in NW China, strands 300 travellers  2009-02-06 09:26:43

Heavy snow in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region stranded more than 300 travelers Thursday as three airports were forced to close.



Guangdong lowers social insurance premiums to save jobs  2009-02-05 21:04:32

South China's Guangdong Province on Thursday vowed to lower company-contributed social insurance premiums by 15 billion yuan this year to save jobs amid the global financial crisis.



Piling 28 Dices, a New Record in China  2009-02-05 17:05:20

44-year-old Cai Dongsheng rolls 28 dices up and piles them up in a straight line on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.The 44-year-old man, Cai Dongsheng, broke the same record last year with 27 dices piled up.



Residential Building in Downtown Wuhan on Fire  2009-02-05 16:47:49

The Yuanxiang Building in the Hanzhengjie Wholesale Market in downtown Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, is seen on fire on Thursday, February 5, 2009..



Two killed, four injured in apartment blast in Henan  2009-02-05 15:43:31

Two people were killed and four others injured in a blast that ripped through an apartment in central China's Henan Province Thursday.



Teen attempts suicide to save dad  2009-02-05 07:49:38

Brave heart Chen Jin is the name on everyone's lips at Wuxi People's Hospital.



Teen attempts suicide to save dad  2009-02-05 07:49:38

Brave heart Chen Jin is the name on everyone's lips at Wuxi People's Hospital.



Fog strands thousands at NW China airport  2009-02-03 21:28:41

More than 3,600 people were stranded at an airport in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tuesday after thick fog affected 76 domestic flights.



9 hospitalized amid fake drug scandal in NW China  2009-02-03 21:18:26

Nine people were hospitalized after taking a counterfeit diabetes drug in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.



Drought put north China on red alert  2009-02-03 15:30:00

Fog strands 13,000 in Chengdu airport  2009-02-02 18:54:01

17 killed in blaze at Fujian bar  2009-02-02 07:44:41



Young lovers lifted out of deep pit  2009-01-24 10:57:11



Sneaky thief pleads for his freedom  2009-01-24 10:57:11

Car accident killed 8 in Jiangxi  2009-01-22 11:38:13

Opera star commits suicide for love  2009-01-22 10:15:38

Shandong

Shandong expands railway network

Construction work began on three railway lines in Shandong province on November 29— Handan-Jinan Railway Line, Dezhou-Dajiawa Railway Line and Longkou-Yantai Railway Line.

Garlic beats gold as China's hot new asset

Shao Mingqing was a jobless young man with only a junior high school diploma when his luck turned around a few months ago with the skyrocketing price of garlic.

Tianjin

S Korea's bank to open 2 branches in Tianjin

According to Yun, the IBK needs to sharpen its competitiveness in China where many Korean companies are running their operations.

First foreign developer breaks ground in Eco-city

It is the first foreign property developer to push ahead with the construction of eco-homes in the Eco-city.