More foreign interns seek work in China
2011-06-17 08:26:07
Students lured by opportunities, report Xu Junqian in Shanghai and Duan Yan, Wang Yan in Beijing.
Rains force Mogao Grottoes to close
2011-06-17 07:57:50
Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, a world heritage site in NW China's Gansu Province, was temporarily closed to visitors as of Thursday because of torrential rains, according to local sources.
China has 657 cities at all levels: report
2011-06-17 07:57:18
After a series of administrative changes to urban divisions last year, China currently has 657 cities at all levels, said a report released by the country's Ministry of Civil Affairs Thursday.
Chinese company to build port in Cayman Islands
2011-06-17 07:55:36
The prime minister of the Cayman Islands has signed an agreement with a Chinese developer that has pledged to finance and build a cruise ship port in the capital of George Town.
Concern grows over plasticizers used in medicines
2011-06-17 07:52:26
While China's health authorities are busy protecting its people from food contaminated by harmful plasticizers, the risk appears to be spreading into the pharmaceutical industry. 'No DEHP in instant noodles'
Tests find no DEHP in instant noodles
2011-06-17 07:48:25
The Japanese and South Korean brands of instant noodles made in China, which were suspected of being tainted with plasticizers DEHP, are now back on supermarket shelves following the release of authoritative test results.
Modest heroine just being a good neighbor
2011-06-17 07:46:10
During the recent flood season, a grassroots leader has been exhausted by her efforts to protect her community in Central China's Hubei province.
Rivers struggling to cope as flood crisis deepens
2011-06-17 07:40:01
Floodwaters inundated 88 villages along the Puyang River in Zhuji city of East China's Zhejiang province after the river burst its banks on Thursday.
Chinese ministers join in red chorus
2011-06-17 07:33:28
A total of 90 ministers and vice-ministers sang in a red song chorus in Beijing on Thursday to celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
Fragile environment on Plateau gets protection
2011-06-17 07:25:11
The State Council on Thursday published a comprehensive plan to protect the environment and ecology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over the next 20 years.
Deaths from rainstorm climb in SW China county
2011-06-17 07:04:30
The death toll has climbed to 37 in Wangmo County in southwest China's Guizhou Province since the downpours started on June 3, leaving 15 others missing and 1,715 injured, local authorities said Thursday.
China dispatches disaster relief teams to flooded south
2011-06-17 06:52:00
China's central authorities on Thursday upgraded its emergency response to level 4 -- the highest-- and sent disaster relief teams to Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces -- where heavy rainfall has triggered serious floods claiming lives.