Shaolin Abbot worry about new structures nearby

2011-04-30 13:42:17

Abbot of world cultural heritage Shaolin Temple said Saturday that his temple has nothing to do with the buildings being constructed outside the temple.

Sandstorms hit NW China, damage crops

2011-04-30 11:36:48

Severe sandstorms have swept across parts of northwest China's Gansu Province, disrupting people's lives and damaging thousands of hectares of crops, local authorities said on Friday.

The Chinese Knot

2011-04-30 08:41:09

Couples wanting a one-of-a-kind wedding are spawning a whole new industry that specializes in the tailor-made, reports Huang Ying and Wang Zhuoqiong.

14 receive sentences in tainted milk cases

2011-04-30 08:32:18

Local courts in Shanxi and Hebei provinces in North China convicted and sentenced 14 people on Friday for producing or selling tainted milk powder.

4 Shanghai officials punished in dyed bun scandal

2011-04-30 08:15:31

Four officials in Shanghai have been punished for dereliction of duty in relation to a recent food safety scandal involving steamed buns, local authorities said Friday.

7 dead, 4 injured after fuel tank fire in SW China

2011-04-30 08:15:00

A fuel tank truck burst into flames on an expressway linking Chengdu with Chongqing in southwest China on Friday afternoon, leaving seven people dead and four injured, a road safety watchdog told Xinhua.

Almost 600,000 foreigners counted in China

2011-04-30 07:53:31

Nearly 600,000 foreigners were living on the Chinese mainland at the end of 2010, results from the sixth national census released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday showed.

10,000 government employees under probe

2011-04-29 22:05:24

A total of 10,535 former officials or government employees were placed under investigation, in the first three months of this year, for being suspected of having committed crimes in abusing their power, said the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Friday.

7 dead, 4 injured after fuel tank catches fire

2011-04-29 21:58:36

A fuel tank truck burst into flames on an expressway linking Chengdu with Chongqing in southwest China at about 4 pm Friday, leaving 7 people dead and 4 injured, local road safety watchdog told Xinhua.

Chinese focus on 'Wedding of the Century'

2011-04-29 21:57:49

As Prince William and Catherine Middleton tie the knot just one day before China's three-day Labor Day holiday, many Chinese have chosen to celebrate the occasion by purchasing dresses, arranging their own marriages and creating handicrafts.

Chinese women could be in space by 2012

2011-04-29 21:43:39

China’s female astronauts could fly into space as soon as the latter half of next year, said a senior official in charge of the manned space program on Friday.
China to launch two unmanned space modules

China jails 14 for selling tainted milk powder

2011-04-29 20:27:47

Local courts in Shanxi and Hebei provinces in northern China convicted and sentenced 14 people on Friday for producing or selling tainted milk powder.