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Guo Haidong was sentenced to death Monday in North China's Shanxi province over an illegal demolition that killed one and injured another last year.
The trade volume of Shanghai's housing market slumped 40 percent on the first day of a new local property tax, and transaction volumes fell further over the weekend, according to figures from the Shanghai Real Estate Trade Center.
Seven people were killed and one person injured when a minibus collided with a heavy truck on a highway in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region Monday morning.
A resident in Huludao city, Northeast China's Liaoning province, looks at the ice piled at a local beach on Saturday, Jan 29, 2011. Chilly temperatures caused thousands of hectares of sea surface to freeze this winter.
China's far western Xinjiang region plans to invest 30 billion yuan ($4.56 billion) in airport construction between 2011 and 2015, local authorities said Jan 30.
Zhou is a resident from Dianjiang county of Chongqing. She makes a living and pays for her two children's education by selling wintersweet from 6 am to 11 pm every day.
More than 8,000 families enjoyed a feast that boasted a record-breaking number of dishes.
A fifth-grader has penned a poem to her mother requesting a break from the burden of homework assignments.
A mainland tycoon on a charity tour of Taiwan gave NT$70,000 ($2,420) to an elderly woman who had been waiting for him at his hotel in Taipei, media reported on Jan 27.
Migrant workers in Zhaoqing city return to their homes in South China’s Guangxi province by motorbike before the arrival of Spring Festival.
The toys, made of cloth, were designed and sewn by local handywoman Liu Qinghua and her neighbors for the upcoming Year of the Rabbit.
A light fair is held at Fuyang Ecological Park to celebrate the forthcoming Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 3.