Protesting workers in talks with officials
2008-11-12 07:31:49
Workers at a diesel engine factory in Jiangsu province were in talks with local officials on Tuesday after days of protests over job security at the troubled firm, locals and police said.
Bad milk could make good bricks
2008-11-12 07:27:33
Milk tainted with melamine might be used to make bricks and cement, authorities here said on Tuesday.
Sanya cabbies continue strike
2008-11-12 07:25:06
Taxi drivers in Hainan province continued their strike Tuesday as their counterparts in a Gansu county ended theirs after the local government promised to address their concerns.
Sale of ephedrine products limited in Beijing
2008-11-11 08:13:25
Pharmacies across Beijing on Monday began limiting the sale of products that contain ephedrine, following the introduction of a new regulation from the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).
Beijing announces $34b traffic plan
2008-11-11 07:51:22
Beijing's traffic infrastructure budget in the next five years will be more than the one for the previous five years, a senior transport official with the municipal government has said.
Two hurt as earthquake hits Qinghai
2008-11-11 07:26:57
Two men were injured on Monday when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit a mining area in the Haixi Mongolian and Tibet autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province, the local government said on its website.
Cabbies go on strike in Hainan, Gansu
2008-11-11 07:26:28
Cab drivers in two more places have gone on strike, seeking government intervention to reduce the "high monthly rentals" they pay to vehicle owners and ban unlicensed taxis.
N. China coal mine accident kills 4, injures 13
2008-11-10 13:40:52
Four workers were killed and 13 others injured after a conveyer belt snapped at a coal mine in north China's Hebei Province on Monday morning.
Chongqing cracks down on unlicensed cabs
2008-11-10 11:47:24
Traffic authorities and police in China's fourth-largest city on Sunday launched a crackdown on unlicensed taxis, which were partly blamed for triggering a rare strike by licensed drivers last week.
Landslide divides village in half in S China
2008-11-09 10:57:55
The aerial view photo taken on November 6, 2008 shows the Dasongshu Village of Xishelu Township in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province is dived into two by the landslide.
Quake-hit Beichuan county gets new home
2008-11-10 07:09:16
Marking a major step in reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake that hit Sichuan province on May 12, local authorities in the city of Mianyang have decided to rebuild its county seat of Beichuan, one of the worst-hit areas in the quake.
Hard times for Guangdong migrants
2008-11-07 07:54:18
Thousands of migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta are packing up and heading home, as jobs and decent wages in the region become increasingly hard to find.