Qinghai flushes $4m on toilets
2012-03-22 10:48:44
Qinghai province in Northwest China is to invest 27 million yuan ($4.3 million) in building 80 public toilets alongside main roads and tourism routes this year, People’s Daily reported.
China’s Botox backlash is about to hit a wrinkle
2012-03-20 16:37:58
A boom in recent years in cosmetic injections like Botox and dermal fillers in China is about to suffer a backlash as beauty experts claim the side effects from the mass use of fake products will start to appear.
Local official goes missing after debt rumors
2012-03-13 16:54:08
The Chenzhou Agricultural Machinery Bureau published a missing persons notice in the Chenzhou Daily seeking its deputy chief Wang Changhong, who had been missing for months, according to Xinmin net.
Saplings need long-term care for survival
2012-03-13 16:44:14
Gardening experts say the lack of long-term management after planting is a major cause of low survival rate of sapling, according to China Network Radio, www.cnr.cn , on March 12, which was China’s 34th Arbor Day.
8 detained for 14m yuan in highway robbery
2012-03-09 11:00:18
Eight suspects have been detained in Guangzhou in the robbery of about 14 million yuan ($2.2 million) on highways, Chinanews.com reported.
90% support Chinese cars for governmental use
2012-03-06 17:30:50
Nearly 90 percent of respondents in a survey are in favor of China's domestic independent-brand automobiles for governmental use.
American fined for illegal mapping in Xinjiang
2012-03-06 14:53:24
An American citizen was fined for illegal mapping in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the Xinjiang Bureau of Surveying and Mapping said.
Movie extra was a fugitive in E China
2012-03-06 14:03:44
A movie extra in Zhang Yimou's new movie The Flowers of War , who was also running from the law, was arrested at Hengdian Chinese Film Industrial Park in Jinhua.
Let’s include S China in heating, says adviser
2012-03-02 13:42:48
The heating program in northern China should be expanded to include the south, a political adviser said, Nanfang Daily reported.
Girl, 21, donates body after death
2012-03-01 16:46:59
A freshman student in Nanjing decided to donate her body to her school for medical research after dying of melanoma, the Nanjing Daily reported.
Province denies cutting ties with Aichi
2012-03-01 10:50:49
The government of Jiangsu province in East China denied cutting off contact with Aichi Prefecture in Japan, dismissing reports from several Japanese media, Xinhua Daily reported.
Shanghai to invest $1.6b to control PM 2.5
2012-02-29 15:54:45
Shanghai will invest 10.3 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in 53 projects to control pollution from PM 2.5, tiny floating particles that measure 2.5 micrometers in diameter or less.