Rescue work continues for mudslide victims in Yunnan
2008-11-04 10:14:47
A firefighter crosses a river using a rope to rescue villagers in Lufeng county, southwest China's Yunnan province November 1, 2008.
Party boss sacked for molesting child
2008-11-04 07:48:25
Lin Jiaxiang, the Party secretary of the Shenzhen marine affairs bureau has been sacked for molesting a young girl while he was drunk, the Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.
Man admits stocks charge
2008-11-04 07:48:25
A man, who raised 4.8 billion yuan ($704 million) from thousands of people to invest in the stock market, pleaded guilty yesterday to manipulating stock prices.
Cabbies on rampage in Chongqing
2008-11-04 07:48:25
Taxi drivers smashed car windows and police vehicles as they went on the rampage through Chongqing yesterday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Death toll rises to 35 in Yunnan
2008-11-04 07:48:25
At least 35 people have been killed and 47 are still missing following landslides in Yunnan, the provincial civil affairs department said on Monday.
37 cholera cases confirmed in Hainan
2008-11-03 11:41:12
Seven more cholera cases were confirmed in China's southernmost Hainan Province on Sunday, bringing the total from the outbreak to 37.
Group wedding for migrant workers in Chongqing Municipality
2008-11-03 09:19:32
Newly-weds of migrant workers kiss each other during a group wedding in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, November 2, 2008.
Man gets death for govt office explosion
2008-11-03 06:56:14
A man who injured 18 people in July by causing an explosion in a government office in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, was sentenced to death on Saturday, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.
Twenty dead, 42 missing in SW China mudslide
2008-11-02 20:20:40
Twenty people died and 42 were missing after landslides and mud-rock flows hit southwest China's Yunnan Province over the weekend, said local authorities.
Nine dead or missing, 70,000 evacuated in south China floods
2008-11-02 17:45:21
Rescuers have found seven bodies and are searching for two missing people after floods triggered by torrential rains hit parts of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Climate change to force pandas north in Sichuan
2008-11-02 10:15:50
Climate change could force pandas to shift their homes, a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) study revealed - and the results on Sichuan's tourism industry could be far-reaching.
Container ship sinks off NE China, 8 missing
2008-11-02 08:55:13
Eight sailors went missing after a container ship sank off a port in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Saturday, rescuers said.