Children’s clothes to be tested for DEHP

LOCAL children’s clothes manufacturers are set to start testing their products for DEHP – the cancer causing chemical at the center of a recent food scare in Taiwan. A new standard on China’s mainland is…

Son arrest for airport stabbing

PROSECUTORS yesterday approved the arrest of a Shanghai student who stabbed his mother nine times during a dispute at Pudong International Airport. The suspect, Wang Jiajing, aged 23, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and has limited…

Building collapse kills seven workers in NW China

XI’AN – Local authority in Northwest China’s Shaanxi province confirmed Sunday that seven construction workers were killed when a building collapsed late Saturday. Twelve workers were adding one more floor to an existing 5-storey residence…

China issues drug rehabilitation regulation

BEIJING – China on Sunday issued a regulation on drug rehabilitation that encourages drug users to voluntarily undergo rehabilitation programs. The regulation took effect Sunday as a supplement of the country’s anti-drug law that was…

China’s billionaires: Madame Zhou Xiaoguang

As a teenager Zhou Xiaoguang hauled a 60kg bag of trinkets around China on night trains selling her wares. Now her company, Neoglory, is the world’s market leader in costume and fashion jewellery. Neoglory once…

Guard held over sex assaults on kindergarten girls

  TALL walls, restricted entrance and police patrols, all strong security measurements to prevent school attackers, failed to protect seven girls, aged 6 and 7, from being sexually molested in a kindergarten in Shanghai. A…