Traffic accident kills six, injures 27 in C. China
2008-09-06 10:40:32
Six people died and 27 others were injured after a bus overturned at a highway toll station in central China's Hunan Province, local traffic police said.
Foreign maids in Guangzhou told to pack up their mops
2008-08-29 08:51:22
Foreign maids working here under false pretenses face being deported under a new move to get tough on illegal aliens, the city government was reported as saying Thursday.
Gang members arrested in Shenzhen
2008-08-29 08:44:07
The former community head of the Bao'an district of Shenzhen and his brother have been arrested for allegedly heading a criminal gang involved in gambling and racketeering and commiting criminal assaults, the Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily reported Thursday.
Shanghai folk get 1m free bicycles
2008-08-29 08:53:50
A Shanghai advertising firm is offering people across the country up to 1 million free bicycle rides a day, as part of a scheme that will run until 2010.
Nine trapped as illegal mine collapses in N. China
2008-08-29 11:17:46
Police were notified early on Friday that nine workers were trapped in an illegal coal mine that collapsed on Wednesday in the Guye District of Tangshan, a city in north China's Hebei Province.
Shanghai World Financial Center to open to the public
2008-08-27 10:50:51
The 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Center, 492 meters high, will open to the public on August 30.
Shenzhen looks to fill 560,000 jobs
2008-08-28 09:15:08
Authorities here are looking to attract 560,000 workers from rural areas of Guangdong over the next five years in a bid to counter rising labor costs, a provincial official said on Tuesday.
16 cops die in Kashgar terror strike
2008-08-05 07:00:07
Sixteen policemen were killed when two terrorists drove a truck into an electricity pole and threw two home-made explosives on the cops in Kashgar, Xinjiang, around 8 am Monday.
China getting serious on clearing up rural pollution
2008-08-04 06:38:06
When the central government announced plans to conduct China's first rural pollution survey last December, some took it as a sign that the authorities were serious about tackling the serious issue.
Shenzhen's new residence system help migrant workers
2008-08-01 07:42:06
The lives of the 12 million migrant workers in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen look set for a major change starting Friday.
Guangzhou set to cut cost of dog ownership
2008-07-31 07:27:24
Dog owners here can look forward to paying less to keep their pets under a revised government ruling set to take effect soon, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
Passengers vent anger at Kunming airport
2008-07-30 07:28:52
Passengers stranded at Kunming airport due to a rainstorm, scuffled with security guards after their demands for information on rescheduled flights were not met.