6 workers killed after school building collapses

2011-05-02 08:07:11

Six workers were killed and five more were injured when a school hall under construction collapsed Sunday morning in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Farmers need help with crop choices

2011-05-02 07:59:10

The current drop in vegetable prices that is causing so much hardship to farmers in China is due to the lack of an information platform to guide farmers to plant according to market demand, experts said.

Hu stresses public rental housing for people

2011-05-02 07:57:12

Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged local governments to make greater efforts in developing public rental housing units for the country's medium- and low-income earners.

13 crimes exempted from death penalty

2011-05-02 07:20:50

Several important changes to China's laws came into effect on Sunday, addressing such things as which crimes deserve the death penalty and appropriate punishments for producers of tainted food.

Chinese workers seeking leisure on Labor Day

2011-05-02 00:35:35

Mai Zhiping was not interested in the seemingly attractive overtime pay. Instead, he decided to visit his girlfriend's family on the Labor Day.

Traditional Chinese medicine taking root in Europe

2011-05-02 00:31:22

Louise Van Der Kley is now a regular user of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), although many of her Dutch friends used to say "it's only psychological if it helps."

People injured in money grabbing publicity stunt

2011-05-01 22:10:36

Maybe you don't believe that money could ever fall from the sky; however, it can. To attract potential house buyers, a real estate company in Zhenjiang made it happen on Saturday – by getting beautiful girls in hot air balloon baskets to pour money onto tourists.

Forest fire put out in N China, no casualties

2011-05-01 21:55:09

Firefighters had extinguished a lightning-triggered forest fire that lasted nearly 46 hours in North China's Shanxi province.

Radiation levels remain normal in China

2011-05-01 21:18:46

The Chinese mainland's environmental radiation levels remain normal, according to a daily notice posted by China's National Nuclear Emergency Coordination Committee on Sunday.

3 killed, 27 injured as bus rolls down hillside

2011-05-01 21:16:25

Three people were confirmed dead and 27 more injured after a coach bus fell off a freeway along a hillside Sunday in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.