Taxi camera offends woman passenger

2008-07-18 08:47:46

Taxicabs in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, that are newly installed with cameras recently encountered their first hostile reaction from a woman who said they violated her privacy and image.

Olympic co-host city dismisses rumor of epidemic

2008-07-18 09:58:08

Olympic co-host city Qingdao on Thursday shrugged off a rumor of an ongoing epidemic outbreak in the coastal resort, saying it was groundless.

Injured fisherman rescued by North Sea No.1 Search and Rescue Flying Service

2008-07-17 16:42:24

A fishing boat from Liaoning Province crashed and sunk, leaving its fishermen lost at sea early in the morning on July 16.

Residents near airport in Pudong to be moved

2008-07-17 06:55:50

In response to growing public pressure, Shanghai would relocate 4,000 residents living near Pudong International Airport who are affected by the noise, a local newspaper reported.

Teacher blamed for student's death

2008-07-17 07:15:58

Yang Jinggui, a teacher at Wudian Middle School, Anhui province, was ordered to pay 100,000 yuan ($14,300) in compensation to the family of a student who died in a fight with another student.

Top cops in NE China city protected gangsters

2008-07-17 07:20:27

Eleven police officers, including a deputy chief of the Shenyang public security bureau, have been prosecuted for acting as "protection umbrellas" for three major gangs in Liaoning province, Beijing News reported Wednesday.

Sugar daddy reneges on agreed parting fee

2008-07-15 07:35:01

Jinchengjiang District People's Court in Hechi, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has overturned the lawsuit filed by a local woman surnamed Ye regarding her lover's non-payment of a 500,000 yuan ($72,000) "break up fee."

Dating agency scam defrauds a thousand luckless bachelors

2008-07-15 07:35:01

Forty-year-old migrant worker Li Hai thought his chance to get-rich-quick had arrived when he saw the tabloid advertisement: "Rich woman willing to pay 3 million yuan for sperm donor."

3 cops injured in Zhejiang attack

2008-07-15 07:33:26

Hundreds of migrant workers attacked and injured three policemen in Yuhuan county of Zhejiang province on Thursday.

10 miners trapped in N. China coal mine flood

2008-07-14 13:54:29

Three miners escaped a flooded coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province early on Monday while 10 others remained  trapped, said local rescuers.

People crowd summer spots to escape the heat

2008-07-14 10:06:08

Locals crowd Fujiazhuang Beach in Dalian, a coastal city of northeast China's Liaoning province, July 13, 2008. Tens of thousands of people swarmed the beach on Sunday to escape from the heat in the city.

Student still in danger after lab blast in SW China

2008-07-14 07:34:57

A student remained in critical condition after an explosion in his laboratory at Yunnan University on Friday, said doctors at the General Hospital of Chengdu Military Command in Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan Province.