Eight missing in SW China mud-rock flow
2011-07-03 15:02:10
Eight people were missing when mud-rock flow caused by heavy rain drowned a dormitory building at a chemical plant in southwest China's Sichuan Province early Sunday.
Rescue work continues for 19 trapped miners
2011-07-03 10:53:53
Rescuers have dug 300 meters into the main shaft of a coal mine in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where a cave-in trapped 19 workers and killed three on Saturday.
Expressway pileup kills 2 in NW China
2011-07-03 10:00:15
Two people died and 41 others were injured in a pileup that involved 11 vehicles on an expressway in northwest China's Shaanxi Province Saturday, police and witnesses said Sunday.
Rain to hit most parts of China
2011-07-01 14:46:15
Heavy rain will fall in most parts of China later Friday, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC).
Beijing drenched in downpour
2011-07-01 09:53:04
Beijing was drenched in downpour Friday morning, and the weather bureau forecast heavy rain will continue in the coming 12 hours.
Plant blast kills 4, injures 11 in Jiangsu
2011-06-30 16:27:53
At least four people have been confirmed dead and another 11 injured in a gas explosion that occurred at a factory in East China's Jiangsu province on Thursday morning, according to local police.
Mainland tourists can order Taiwan taxis by Dazhong
2011-06-27 17:14:42
Shanghai Dazhong Transportation Group joined hands with www.Taiwan Taxi.com.tw by signing an agreement on Monday to provide the taxi-ordering service for tourists from the city and the island.
Downpour in Beijing causes flight delays
2011-06-24 07:44:32
The heaviest rainstorm this summer pounded the capital city on Thursday afternoon, causing flight delays and cancellations not only in Beijing but nationwide.
Chengdu's agricola becomes agri-tainment model
2011-06-23 09:17:30
China's high-speed urban development has created a potential new industry for big city suburbs. City dwellers in need of leisure activities and farmers in need of new profit engines have led to the startup of agri-tainment projects around the country.
4 die, 2 hurt after car hits bridge guardrail
2011-06-23 07:19:53
Four people, including a child, died and two others were injured in an automobile accident in East China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday.
Downpour lifts border wildfire threat in Inner Mongolia
2011-06-23 07:19:53
Heavy rains have swept grasslands on the China-Mongolia border's eastern section, lifting the threat of a prairie fire spreading from Mongolia to north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
City's second airport to be ready by 2017
2011-06-22 08:19:12
A new airport in the capital city, which will handle soaring passenger traffic in and out of the booming metropolis, is expected to be completed by October 2017, an airline source told the Beijing News.