300,000-yuan reward to help capture gunman
2011-06-29 09:48:18
A 300,000-yuan ($46,000) reward has been offered to help capture a gunman who shot a man in Changsha, the capital of Central China's Hunan province, the Beijing News reported Wednesday.
Coca-Cola price hike won't affect China
2011-06-28 17:40:03
A US price hike by soft drink giant Coca-Cola won't affect Coca-Cola prices in China, China Business News reported Tuesday.
Official confident in China’s IPO market
2011-06-28 16:30:32
China became the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO) market in 2010 and will cement this position during the next 10 years, the Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News reported Monday, citing an official from the country’s securities watchdog.
2,000 yuan pickle only a sales gimmick
2011-06-28 16:25:01
A report released by Citic Securities Co Ltd (CITICS) on an exorbitantly priced mustard tuber, a kind of pickle popular in China, is a stunt as the product has been on sale for several years and has little effect on the producer's profits.
PLA's first self-developed military game released
2011-06-28 14:06:50
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has released its first military game designed to train soldiers, China News Service reported Tuesday.
Official apology for doctored photo
2011-06-28 11:21:01
Government of Huili county, Southwest China's Sichuan province apologized for posing a doctored picture of its officials on Monday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Man seeks help over stingy wife
2011-06-28 10:51:39
A 41-year-old man surnamed Chen knocked at the door of a women's organization to ask for help to deal with his wife and her penny-pinching habits, the Wuhan Evening News reported.
Guangdong plans big rewards for tipsters
2011-06-28 10:00:13
South China's Guangdong province may reward those who report corruption according to the amount of ill-gotten money involved in the case, xinhuanet.com reported.
Officials go bananas over rotting stock
2011-06-27 15:04:11
City officials have a launched a drive to boost banana sales to avoid a potential catastrophic harvest for farmers, Nanguo City News reported.
NPC reviews personal income tax proposal
2011-06-27 11:07:17
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) will for the second time deliberate a proposed amendment to the country's personal income tax law. The committee will meet from Monday through Thursday this week, Chinanews.com reported.
Club with conscience to aid more
2011-06-27 11:00:08
A total of 79 Peking University graduates have become billionaires in the last decade, outperforming all other universities in Chinese mainland, according to the principal Zhou Qifeng, the Beijing News reported.
New York legalizes gay marriage
2011-06-26 11:11:10
The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan became the birthplace of gay and lesbian rights movement in the United States in 1969.