THE former railway minister exaggerated the potential performance of trains on the Shanghai-Beijing high-speed link, a former deputy chief engineer at the ministry has claimed. Liu Zhijun, who was dismissed in February in a…
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Whether 2 million bacteria in 1 milliliter of fresh milk qualifies for the label “the globally worst”, as some have called it, is probably debatable. But we do know that the new national dairy safety…
GUANGZHOU – Tangxia township government officials in the city of Dongguan, Guangdong province, have recently come under heavy criticism after local media exposed the luxury villa homes they have built in recent years. The officials…
BEIJING – Officials will explore additional ways for talented people from outside the capital to acquire the city’s hukou (permanent residency permit), as long as the applicants accumulate enough grading points, according to a proposal…
The recent media coverage of William Lindesay, a British national who has persisted in picking up garbage littered on the Great Wall for 13 years, has attracted wide public attention and caused people to reflect…
Chinese authorities on Saturday said allegation that Shi Yongxin, the current abbot of Shaolin Temple, was arrested for soliciting prostitutes was totally rumor. The confirmation that disproved Shi’s alleged sex scandal from a statement by…
The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, which is scheduled to open soon, represents a milestone in Chinese and even world railway history. It is even more significant than the high-speed railways linking Beijing to Tianjin, Wuhan to…
BEIJING – Experts called for a lifting of the ban on golf course construction in China, as nearly 600 courses are running without government approval. Su Derong, head of the golf course committee under the…
BEIJING – China claims to have detection methods for all food additives that can be legally used in the country. In response to recent media reports that 60 percent of additives cannot be detected,…
The photo was taken when he alive Another official suspended over death in custody A mid-ranking official has become the latest official to be suspended following the death in custody of a popular local legislator…