Shanxi coal mine rescue chamber tested
2011-04-11 06:37:44
A team of 80 volunteers finished a 48 hour stay in an emergency refuge chamber in a coal mine on Sunday to test the capacity of the underground rescue facility.
Mudslide-hit Zhouqu rebuilding roads
2011-04-10 22:50:45
Traffic reconstruction of the massive mudslides-hit Zhouqu county, Northwest China's Gansu province, which claimed thousands of lives in August 2010, started on Sunday, local authorities said.
Milk poisoning confirmed as intentional
2011-04-10 21:51:47
Milk poisoning that left three children dead and 36 people sickened in northwest China has been confirmed as an intentional food poisoning case, local authorities said Sunday.
5.3-magnitude earthquake hits SW China
2011-04-10 18:52:20
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit Luhuo county in Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan province at 5:02 pm Beijing Time Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
China launches 8th satellite for global navigation
2011-04-10 17:34:30
China early Sunday morning successfully launched its eighth orbiter which will form part of its indigenous satellite-navigation and -positioning network.
Public servant exam draws 100,000 candidates
2011-04-10 17:31:39
Anhui kicked off a written test for the selection of civil servants Sunday, attracting more than 100,000 candidates for 5,352 vacancies.
Huge opportunity in China's clean energy market
2011-04-10 14:13:12
China's clean energy market offers huge business opportunities, experts said at the Harvard China Forum here Saturday.
NW China shopping mall fire put out
2011-04-10 13:53:51
The fire which killed one woman in a large shopping mall in the downtown of Xining City, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, was put out Sunday morning, local authorities said.
Int'l Healthy Life Style Exhibition to kick off in Hangzhou
2011-04-10 11:42:53
The International Healthy Life Style Exhibition will be held in Hangzhou, capital city of East Zhejiang province from Nov 17 to Nov 20.
Tainted pig feed case solved with 95 in custody
2011-04-10 11:24:13
The police of central China's Henan Province announced Saturday that they have closed investigations on the tainted pork in a subsidiary of China's largest meat producer.
Five killed after motorcycle hits parked van
2011-04-10 10:45:19
Five people on a motorcycle were killed Saturday night after their vehicle crashed into a parked truck in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local police said Sunday.
Hainan to develop uninhabited islands
2011-04-10 10:33:35
Hainan, an island province in southern China, is planning to develop six uninhabited islands this year, according to local official sources.