Former Beijing vice mayor appeals against suspended death penalty
2008-10-28 17:18:25
Former Beijing vice mayor Liu Zhihua has lodged an appeal against his death sentence with a two-year reprieve after being convicted on corruption charges, one day before the appeal deadline.
Eleven dead in SW China crane accident
2008-10-29 11:35:59
Eleven building workers died and 12 were injured after a crane container fell at a bridge construction site in southwest China.
1st blasting demolition operation on bridge in Three Gorges area
2008-10-29 10:42:29
Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2008 shows the blasting demolition moment of Nanxi bridge in Yunyang county, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. It is the first blasting demolition operation in the Three Gorges reservoir area on the way of a rise in the water level to 175 meters.
Trio 'admits' killing school headmaster
2008-10-28 07:49:31
Three men who allegedly stabbed to death a local political advisor in Lianjiang, Guangdong province, were arrested over the weekend, Lianjiang police bureau confirmed.
Melamine discovered: Shanghai on egg watch
2008-10-28 09:20:22
Shanghai's food and drug authorities said yesterday they would closely monitor eggs sold in city markets.
Two missing after snowstorm hits Tibet
2008-10-28 08:58:18
A heavy snow, which began to fall on Sunday in southwest China's Tibet, has left two people missing and blocked roads in many places. Armed police are struggling to clear roads to restore traffic.
15 injured, 8 arrested after E. China riot
2008-10-28 08:30:57
Police in east China said they have arrested eight forestry security guards and are seeking others after a riot involving almost 200 people last week left 15 injured.
43 students sickened in S. China
2008-10-24 00:04:28
More than 40 teenagers showed symptoms of diarrhea or vomiting at a school in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, but the source of the malaise remained unknown, local health authorities said on Thursday.
Survivors' pain concealed 5 months after earthquake
2008-10-23 10:47:12
When darkness falls, Liu Xiubi brings out simple equipment from her makeshift room to roast mutton shish kebab, a popular snack food, in Guanzhuang Township, Qingchuan County, in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Major changes in quake protection
2008-10-24 07:18:24
The standards by which densely populated buildings like schools and hospitals are able to withstand earthquakes would be raised if a proposed document is passed into law.
Domestic market for the elderly keeps growing
2008-10-23 17:53:43
The domestic market for the elder population will grow steadily in the coming decades, providing more business opportunities, said Li Bengong, chairman of the Gerontological Society of China on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the 5th Senior Health & Lifestyle Expo in Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning province.
Beijing cuts rates, taxes to boost housing
2008-10-22 21:29:36
Beijing has decided to reduce taxation on home buying, do away with property stamp tax, and cut the mortgage rates by as deep as 30 percent, in a concerted package of new policies to stave off a housing sector slump.