Judiciary vows to keep up drug fight

Chinese judicial authorities vowed to continue to fight drug-related crimes and strictly punish drug traffickers and manufacturers to keep society safe.

After rehab program, companies offer jobs

Sixty-one employers offering 400 jobs participated in a job fair at the Shanghai Female Drug Rehabilitation Center on Tuesday.

Country making progress in helping addicts

KUNMING - Beyond its tough anti-drug efforts, China has been making efforts to improve its drug rehabilitation system. In a rehab center in Shanxi province, calligraphy, painting, music and traditional Chinese classics have helped people suffering from drug addiction.

Court orders no smoking on slow train

A Beijing court ordered a railway authority on Monday to eliminate smoking areas and remove ashtrays on trains to provide a better traveling environment for passengers.

Heavy rains expected for most of country

The national weather observatory issued a yellow alert on Monday, as heavy rain will sweep most parts of the country.

Poor supervision led to fatal fire

A high-level investigation into a Beijing apartment building fire that killed 19 people in November has concluded that the tragedy was caused by a combination of illegal practices and poor supervision.

Chinese woman's body frozen in advanced procedure

The frozen body of a woman who died in Shandong province on June 17 has become the first in China to undergo a full cryonics freeze procedure - using a technique known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO - in a city 100 kilometers from where the body was frozen.

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China, ROK to share on environment

An environmental cooperation center was launched on Monday to facilitate two-way technology and data exchanges between China and South Korea.

Bamboo, rattan aid clean development

China will continue to promote sustainable development by boosting the bamboo and rattan industry and deepening cooperation with developing countries to implement the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Premier Li Keqiang said in a congratulatory letter to an intergovernmental organization's annual meeting on Monday.

Funding gap stalls project to build toilets

A construction project undertaken as part of the country's "toilet revolution" is being investigated after the roofs and walls of the structure were left unfinished - leaving embarrassed villagers to use the "open toilets".

Man, family receive death threats after he killed teddy bear dog that bit toddler

Tong Wei never thought that killing the dog that bit his son would result in his wife attempting suicide and all his family members being threatened with death.