Beijing police patrol on Harley motorcycles

2008-12-09 14:32:37

Three traffic police officers rode brand new Harley Davidson motorcycles when on potrol missions along the Chang'an Avenue on Monday morning.

Reporter arrested for accepting bribes

2008-12-09 07:54:48

A journalist from CCTV was arrested by a district procuratorate in Shanxi province on Thursday on a charge of accepting bribes, the Beijing Youth Daily reported on Monday.

China's Zhejiang on track to provide safe water for all rural residents

2008-12-08 10:13:02

All rural residents in east China's Zhejiang Province are expected to have access to safe drinking water next year, the provincial water resources department said on Sunday.

Beijing police launch campaign against phone call fraud

2008-12-08 10:09:58

Beijing police on Sunday launched a 50-day crackdown on a fraudulent scheme that has led to people handing over bank deposits to swindlers who claim to be police or telecoms employees.

Sichuan school rises from quake rubble

2008-12-05 10:07:42

No blackboards or chalk can be found at the Jianyong May 12 Experimental School, about a 90-minute bus ride from this city, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Cut-price homes for migrants in Guangzhou

2008-12-05 07:36:48

Skilled migrant workers in Guangzhou are being offered low-cost housing and free education for their children, the provincial government said Thursday.

Beijing gets population size warning

2008-12-05 07:33:35

Beijing's population is approaching the saturation point, Wei Chenlin, director of the municipal bureau of land and resources, said on Tuesday.

Four Chinese officials reprimanded for lavish U.S. "study tour"

2008-12-05 09:52:20

Four officials in east China's Zhejiang Province were punished on Thursday for a lavish study tour to the United States early this year.

Cut-price homes for migrants

2008-12-05 07:45:00

GUANGZHOU: Skilled migrant workers here are being offered low-cost housing and free education for their children, as part of a series of measures to help them counter the effects of the financial crisis, the provincial government said yesterday.

Landslides near Three Gorges 'no threat'

2008-12-04 07:51:36

The landslides on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the reservoir area of the Three Gorges Dam that started last week have not threatened the safety of residents or local shipping, authorities said in Beijing yesterday.