In
a way, time stopped at about 4.30pm on August 3 for Cao Zhengxian. Just
before that, the Zhaotong fault deep below Ludian county in the Wumeng
mountains in Yunnan province slipped, unleashing a...
20 Aug 2014 - 5:05am
A
former deputy chief of the government agency in Taiwan that handles
relations with the mainland is under investigation for alleged breaches
of national security.
20 Aug 2014 - 4:59am
Chinese
naval and air forces will hold their first joint air combat drill,
putting their personnel through realistic confrontations rather than
scripted scenarios to improve battle readiness.
Updated 20 Aug 2014 - 9:12am
Authorities
have arrested nearly 1,000 members of a Christian sect since June after
its members were accused of murdering a woman at a McDonald's
restaurant the previous month.
Updated 20 Aug 2014 - 9:13am
Two
people have died in a Tibetan region of southwestern China after they
were injured by police gunfire while protesting the detention of a local
leader, overseas Tibetan rights groups said.
20 Aug 2014 - 3:53am
In
light of President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, which has
unveiled officials with all kinds of investments and holdings, China is
unlikely to ease its restrictions on overseas...
19 Aug 2014 - 2:09pm
A
Chinese aircraft was forced to delay its landing after two air traffic
controllers nodded off, reports said on Tuesday, sparking a wave of
online anger about airline safety.
Updated 20 Aug 2014 - 9:22am
20 Aug 2014 - 8:43am
Opinion
20 Aug 2014 - 1:50am
Today's Poll
- 42
- 58
Total number of votes recorded: 504
President
Xi Jinping called for the country to build a homegrown new media
industry yesterday as he chaired the powerful central leading group for
deepening reform.
19 Aug 2014 - 7:31am
Mercedes-Benz
has been found guilty of fixing prices for car parts and after-sales
services, according to antitrust authorities in Jiangsu.
19 Aug 2014 - 5:53pm
China
will sign a series of energy and infrastructure deals with Mongolia as
part of President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit to the neighbouring
country this week, according to the Foreign...
19 Aug 2014 - 5:13am
A
group of Japanese lawmakers said yesterday that Vice-President Li
Yuanchao had agreed that the two countries both need to make efforts to
mend relations badly damaged over territorial and...
19 Aug 2014 - 3:19am
It
has been three weeks since the formal announcement of an investigation
into retired security tsar Zhou Yongkang but party leaders in some
provinces have been puzzlingly slow to publicly declare...
19 Aug 2014 - 6:30pm
Their
marriages were arranged for cash, but some of the Vietnamese women who
have found unlikely Prince Charmings in remote villages on the mainland
say they are living happily ever after.
19 Aug 2014 - 5:37pm
A
former senior official from Taiwan's top cross-strait affairs agency
denied yesterday that he was under investigation despite an official
announcement that the authorities were looking into "...
19 Aug 2014 - 3:19am
Hongkongers
who participated in the anti-Occupy Central march on Sunday were pushed
by pro-democracy forces to take to the streets, a mainland newspaper
said.
18 Aug 2014 - 4:40pm
Tong
Mingqian, a former senior political adviser in Hunan, was sentenced to
five years in prison for official negligence by a Beijing court on
Monday morning.
18 Aug 2014 - 4:53pm
A
marriage registry office in Xian, Shaanxi Province, has been accused of
intruding on basic rights after saying it will grant just 15 divorces a
day.
18 Aug 2014 - 7:09pm
Police
have detained seven suspects for allegedly forcing 10 people, including
seven teenagers, into “selling” their own blood in a county in
northwestern China, police said on Sunday.
18 Aug 2014 - 9:39pm
Dengue
fever is spreading in Guangzhou, as the number of cases has surged
rapidly over the past month, local health authorities say.
18 Aug 2014 - 4:29pm
Safety
certificates for the only homegrown experimental genetically modified
staple food crops to have the credentials expired, with no sign that the
Ministry of Agriculture will renew the...
18 Aug 2014 - 6:13pm
Disgraced
former Guangzhou deputy mayor was part of a web of corruption on urban
renewal involving senior government officials, village chiefs and
property developers.
18 Aug 2014 - 10:37am
Yunnan
was struck by another earthquake, more than 100km from the epicentre of
the magnitude 6.5 earthquake two weeks ago, leaving more than a dozen
people injured.
18 Aug 2014 - 10:40am
Cancer
patients in Shanghai will soon have access to the world's most advanced
radiotherapy equipment, offering recipients shorter and pain-free
treatment.
18 Aug 2014 - 10:41am
A
University of Macau academic suspended for "imposing his political
beliefs" on students will not have his contract renewed and will leave
his post at the end of the month.
18 Aug 2014 - 1:17pm
Photographs
of Mao Zedong's arch-enemy Chiang Kai-shek adorn the walls of a Beijing
restaurant and his face looks up at diners from the menu.
18 Aug 2014 - 5:36am
A
reservoir in Chongqing has been contaminated by a sulphur processing
plant, threatening the safety of water supplies to more than 50,000
villagers in nearby areas, state media reported.
18 Aug 2014 - 5:36am
A
knife-wielding man in a northeastern Chinese city near the North Korean
border went on a slashing spree on Sunday, killing two people and
injuring 14 others, a state broadcaster said.
18 Aug 2014 - 7:51pm
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