Airlines edged out by Wuhan-Nanjing trains

2011-03-31 17:07:36

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has decided to suspend all flights on the Wuhan toNanjing route from March 27, due to the successful introduction of a high-speed train, the Wuhan Evening News reported Thursday.

Education on death leads to better life

2011-03-31 16:51:02

Have you imagined what it will look like when your Judgment Day falls and you are about to bid farewell to the world? Fearful, anxious? What does death really mean?

Do young Chinese need death education?

2011-03-31 16:36:45

Everyone is afraid of death, many think. But just as the girl who wondered about death, people need knowledge about it.

After death, life continues

2011-03-31 16:34:02

Gao Min is a voluntary tissue and organ donation coordinator for the Red Cross Society of China Shenzhen Branch. Her work is to help arrange tissue and organ transplants.

Caring for life at end

2011-03-31 16:28:13

Yuan Shuping tried to sound older over the phone, yet her voice glistened with the mellowness of a 20-year-old who has been working as a rest home nurse for three years.

Luxury train to Lhasa costs $10,000 a ticket

2011-03-31 16:14:40

A luxury train from Beijing to Lhasa with a ticket price of more than $10,000 is expected to go on sale this year, according to an official with China Tibet Tourism Bureau.

Evergrande's net profits surpass Vanke

2011-03-31 15:36:45

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd has surpassed China Vanke to become the mainland's second most profitable property developer, Securities News reported Wednesday.

Plan for industrial upgrades may be released soon

2011-03-31 15:30:33

The national plan for industrial transformation and upgrades may be submitted to the State Council for approval in the first half of this year, together with four other plans for different sectors, the China Securities Journal reported Thursday.

Hong Kong to restrict mainland babies

2011-03-31 14:15:45

Hong Kong is considering issuing restricted immigration regulations to stem the frenzied flow of mainland women who give birth there, the Guangzhou Daily reported yesterday

Man mourns wife with large billboard

2011-03-31 13:26:25

A man set up a large advertisement-like billboard near a highway in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sunday accusing a hospital of being responsible for the death of his wife in what seems to be his way of grieving.

Industry chain behind hacker attacks on government websites

2011-03-30 17:59:19

Two young men, Fan Dongdong and Wen Chao, who have only a junior high school education, received 18- and 12-month sentences for hacking into the website of the country's Supreme People's Procuratorate - the top agency for legal supervision - and more than a dozen other government websites.

Beijing to curb new home prices

2011-03-30 16:44:55

The Beijing municipal government pledged to keep new home prices steady or even lower them this year in response to the Central Government's call to keep housing prices in check, local and international media outlets reported Wednesday.
Shanghai sets target for home-price rise