Men jailed for illegal texts
2011-03-30 16:20:28
Four men were sentenced to 13 to 18 months in prison for sending millions of text messages in the first case of its kind.
95-year-old netizen enjoys surfing online
2011-03-30 14:02:00
Qin Faxiu, a 95-year-old retiree in Wuhan of Hubei province, is living proof that age doesn’t matter in the Internet world, Wuhan Evening News reported Wednesday.
Helping females get ahead
2011-03-29 19:09:09
Special classes designed to help females get ahead will be given to high school students in Guangdong province under a pilot program.
9 dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in Shanxi
2011-03-29 16:45:54
Nine people died from carbon monoxide poisoning about 1:30 pm on March 29, 2011, in Jiexiu, Shanxi province. Eight people were hospitalized.
Shanghai sets home prices controlling target at 8%
2011-03-29 16:26:11
Shanghai officials announced Monday that the price increase for newly-built homes in 2011 should be smaller than the increase in the city's annual economic growth or the local residents' incomes, the financial website Caijing.com.cn reported Tuesday.
Tickets on sale for Horticultural Exposition
2011-03-28 17:12:48
Tickets for the 2011 International Horticultural Exposition, which will be held in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on April 28, were put up for sale to foreign tourists on Friday.
Blogger Han Han appeals to Baidu CEO on copyright
2011-03-26 15:48:00
China's leading blogger Han Han made an emotional online appeal to Robin Li, CEO of Baidu.com to rectify copyright infringements on the largest Chinese search engine.
Father picks up daughter by unauthorized chopper
2011-03-26 15:16:26
A helicopter landed at Dezhou University, Shandong province to pick up a female student on March 19, 2011, stirring an online sensation.
Universiade program unveiled in Shenzhen
2011-03-25 17:24:47
A record 24 sports including 306 events will be held at 41 venues in the upcoming 26th Shenzhen Universiade to be held in China in August.
County funds 300,000 yuan for CEOs' education
2011-03-25 16:14:09
The government of Wuwei county in East China's Anhui province paid 300,000 yuan for 43 cable factory CEOs to receive one-week of study at China's elite Tsinghua University in Beijing earlier this month, sparking a storm of controversy.
China to raise resource tax on rare earth exports
2011-03-25 15:34:42
China will increase the resource tax on rare earth exports next month to a level 10 times higher than current standard, Shanghai Securities News reported Friday.
Peking University clamps down on radical thought
2011-03-25 13:58:34
China's prestigious Peking University is planning to enforce screening all its students for "radical thoughts," raising concerns that a lack of free thinking will stifle students in a place famed for open discussions.