BEIJING – The improper allocation of funds by the Red Cross Society of China and its overspending problems, which were revealed on Monday, have added fuel to the public’s anger at the organization. The…
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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…
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…
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L) speaks in a meeting attended by a panel of more than 30 experts, who convene to discuss ongoing health care reforms, in Beijing, capital of China, June 23,…
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…
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…
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — Most Chinese real estate developers kept their distance from repeated appeals by officials to accelerate the country’s affordable housing construction that aim to rein in the runaway property market, according…
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…
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…
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…