Global financial crisis hits Beijing in foreign trade
2008-12-25 21:38:14
Beijing reported 18.01 billion US dollars worth of imports and exports in November, down 5.4 percent from the same month last year.
Equipment failure cuts off heat supplies in NE China city
2008-12-25 11:06:25
An equipment failure cut off heat supplies in parts of Qiqihar City, one of the coldest regions in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Gas leak kills 17 at steel plant in north China
2008-12-24 20:51:38
The death toll has risen to 17 from a blast furnace gas leak at a steel plant in northern Hebei Province after 10 workers died in the hospital Wednesday afternoon, local authorities said.
Wenzhou speculators find new profit twist
2008-12-24 10:30:16
Real estate speculators from Wenzhou who poured funds into Shanghai and helped drive up local property prices to record highs are now selling some of their apartments at deep discounts.
Coffee bar explosion injures one in Kunming
2008-12-24 15:29:04
A man was seriously injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a coffee bar here in southwest China's Yunnan Province, police and witnesses said.
Shanghai to set up an allergic center
2008-12-24 14:47:36
Shanghaiis expected to establish a citywide allergic center to fight against allergic diseases.
Guangzhou contributes 48.6 bln yuan to clean up Pearl River
2008-12-24 10:59:25
A total of 48.6 billion yuan (about 7.1 billion U.S. dollars) will be spent by mid 2010 to clean up the Pearl River and its tributaries in China's southeastern Guangzhou City, the municipal government said Tuesday.
Police arrest poachers for killing 10 sturgeons
2008-12-24 00:12:06
Chinese police have arrested eight suspects for allegedly killing 10 rare Chinese sturgeons and selling them for meat, police sources said Tuesday.
Manager detained for Shanghai building collapse, 3 killed
2008-12-24 00:02:44
The construction manager who oversaw the construction of a building that collapsed in Shanghai, killing three workers and injuring seven others, was detained Tuesday, local authorities said.
Road accident kills seven in SW China
2008-12-23 14:14:29
At least seven people were confirmed dead and four others were injured when a heavy-duty truck hit a minivan on Tuesday in southwest China's Guizhou Province, the local government said.
Cold fronts to continue southward
2008-12-23 07:42:18
The cold front that began on Friday has hit 16 provinces and regions, and is continuing to head south, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said Monday.
Tiger pics were real all along - Farmer
2008-12-23 07:55:25
Zhou Zhenglong, the man who won his appeal for a lighter sentence after being found guilty of producing fake photographs of the endangered South China tiger, has now claimed the images were real all along.