National lab for clean energy to open
2011-04-20 15:49:51
The National Laboratory for Clean Energy is expected to go into operation in September, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said at an conference in Dalian on April 11.
China to close down 5,000 publications in 5 yrs
2011-04-20 13:48:12
The Chinese government will shut down nearly 5,000 small scale news agencies during its 12th Five-Year Program, in a bid to optimize and reallocate publishing resources.
HIV tests axed for Chinese back from abroad
2011-04-20 13:12:28
The controversial regulation ordering Chinese nationals to take a compulsory HIV test if they have lived abroad for more than a year has been cancelled, Beijing Morning Post reported Wednesday.
Police admits torture in suspect's death
2011-04-19 13:47:59
Two policemen have been arrested in Gansu for a suspect's sudden in interrogation, Xinhua reported Tuesday. Authorities admitted there was use of torture.
China mulls hasher penalties on drunk driving
2011-04-19 11:24:12
Drunk drivers will have their license revoked for five years under a draft proposal amendment being considered to China’s traffic safety law, sources told Legal Evening News Tuesday.
China vows to double workers' pay in 5 years
2011-04-19 11:18:43
China is striving to increase the average Chinese wages by 15 percent annually in a bid to achieve a two-fold increase in pay by the end of 2015, the Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security (MHRSS) said.
You may tweet FM on Sina micro blog now
2011-04-19 11:07:13
The micro blog account Waijiao Xiaolingtong, literally foreign affairs information, believed to be the official account of China's Foreign Ministry, attracted 37,925 followers in six days after posting its first message.
Rape victims choose silence lest stigma
2011-04-18 17:21:53
Most of the 116 women who were raped by a farmer over 17 years in East China's Anhui chose bitter silence, rather than justice, for fear of losing face, media reported.
60k nests make birds of a feather flock together
2011-04-18 16:11:07
Beijing has built more than 60,000 man-made bird’s nests in the city's gardens and forest farms in the past ten years, attracting over 20,000 pairs of birds to settle down and nest in the capital each year, Beijing Daily reported on Monday.
Health chiefs investigate false HIV results
2011-04-18 14:04:06
Health authorities in East China's Jiangsu province have begun an investigating a false HIV diagnosis made in 2009, Beijing Times reported Monday.
Beijing traffic congestion eases
2011-04-18 13:32:49
Beijing witnessed a one hour reduction in traffic congestion in the first quarter of the year, thanks to the latest efforts to tackle the gridlock, qq.com reports.
Beijing college students to get lessons in love
2011-04-18 10:52:50
The capital's lovelorn students are set to get a helping hand after it was reported a course in the art of love could be included in the college curriculum in Beijing.