Beijing, Shanghai top China's well-being index
2011-06-19 09:07:12
Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin topped the charts of a well-being index that is part of an academic report in review of the overall development of people's livelihood in China during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010).
Three Gorges ship lock marks 8 years of operation
2011-06-18 21:27:05
The five-tier ship lock of the Yangtze River's Three Gorges Project has handled 400 million tonnes of freight after eight years of operation, China Three Gorges Corporation said in a statement Saturday.
Chemical spill on east China expressway
2011-06-18 21:14:20
Half a tonne of cyanuric chloride spilled on an expressway in Zhejiang province early Saturday after barrels of the chemical slipped from a trailer truck.
Building cultural bridges through language
2011-06-18 19:55:54
For this year's Spanish Language Day on June 18th, Instituto Cevantes in Beijing has a special guest, Mario Vargas Llosa, the 2010 Nobel Laureate for literature.
E China workshop blast kills 5, injures 13
2011-06-18 19:19:13
Five people were killed and 13 others injured in a workshop blast in East China's Jiangsu province Saturday, the local government said.
27 students hospitalized after chlorine gas leak
2011-06-18 18:59:10
Chlorine gas leaked from a chemical plant has hospitalized 27 students in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
Fewer cities report home price growth in May
2011-06-18 18:49:47
Less Chinese cities have seen month-on-month decline in prices of both new homes and second-hand homes, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday.
Contentions over Russia gas supply BRICS to reform world financial system
Students told to respect ethnic groups
2011-06-18 16:41:19
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu told students to respect, enjoy and learn from the cultures of all ethnic groups with an "open and rational attitude" on Saturday during a meeting on the 60th anniversary of Minzu University, which was founded specifically as a higher-education institute for China's ethnic minorities.
GSK ordered to recall tainted drug
2011-06-18 15:25:16
The State Food and Drug Administration has ordered leading healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline Plc. to recall an antibiotic product laced with a plasticizer.
Rain, floods continue to batter S China
2011-06-18 14:05:14
Heavy rain and ensuing floods continued to batter southern China Saturday, swelling rivers and causing landslides that forced the evacuation of thousands.
Drought persists in NW China as downpour drenches south
2011-06-18 13:26:35
Zhang Zhongyi delightedly removed the humid earth in his cropland, only to find, in despair, that the drizzle wet less than two centimeters underneath the arid land.
1 missing in Xinjiang mountain torrents
2011-06-18 13:06:16
One person was missing and 61 others were saved after mountain torrents swept a construction site in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Friday, the local government said Saturday.