Notebook may hold key in bribery probe
2011-04-28 08:15:20
Authorities are looking into the private notebook of a Chinese lobbyist in an investigation into the real estate corruption in North Chian's Taiyuan city.
Power cuts worst for smaller businesses
2011-04-28 08:07:35
Power shortages across the country in recent weeks have forced some provinces to ration electricity for industrial use, causing severe financial losses to private enterprises.
Factory-rich provinces thirst for electricity
Tsai Ing-wen secures DPP nomination
2011-04-28 08:06:25
Taiwan's main opposition party said on Wednesday that it will nominate its chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen for next year's "presidential" election, following her narrow win an island-wide telephone poll.
Shopping mall fire sounds alarm for safety
2011-04-28 07:59:34
A blaze at a large shopping mall on Wednesday in downtown Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, caused no casualties but sounded an alarm on prevention and control of big fires in Chinese cities.
Mountain train ride turns deadly
2011-04-28 07:47:21
At least five people were killed and 107 injured after a small train carrying mostly mainland tourists overturned in a mountainous region of southern Taiwan on Wednesday.
Growing concern over school milk program
2011-04-28 07:31:53
A national school milk program intended to improve children's health has soured again.
IOM, China cooperate on trafficking
2011-04-28 07:06:33
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director-General William Lacy Swing said on Tuesday that more cooperation is needed on migration issues between source, transit and destination countries.
'Health check' of major dam on Yangtze starts
2011-04-28 00:41:08
China began a routine "health check" on the Gezhouba Dam, the first water control project on the Yangtze River, on Wednesday.
Drought leaves major rivers at record low levels
2011-04-28 00:17:43
A severe drought has dropped the water level of major rivers in East China's Jiangxi province to their lowest point since officials began keeping records, making farming impossible in large areas of paddy fields, even during flood season.
38 jailed over pyramid selling scheme in S China
2011-04-28 00:12:31
Thirty-eight people involved in a pyramid selling scheme in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region were sentenced to prison, with terms ranging from 18 months to three years, police said on Wednesday.
Professor accused of sex crime in US dismissed
2011-04-27 22:59:37
A university in North China's Tianjin municipality has dismissed a professor who was accused of committing sex crime in the United States several years ago, university officials said Wednesday.
Mainland, Taiwan keep cooperating in phone fraud case
2011-04-27 22:26:05
Prosecutors from Taiwan have visited the mainland over the past few days to discuss further cooperation in dealing with a recent major phone fraud case, said a mainland spokesman Wednesday.