IPhone 4S available online in China

2012-02-02 14:09:27

Apple inChinabegan selling its iPhone 4S model online at 11am Wednesday, much to the delight of its fans, Oriental Morning Post reported.

HK launches iPhone lottery to curb scalpers

2012-02-01 15:52:03

Apple inHong Kongwill introduce a lottery system for the iPhone 4S to ease the problem of scalpers that led to the launch of the new model in the capital being suspended.

70 pct get fat after festival holiday

2012-01-30 17:48:48

Are you getting fat after Spring Festival holiday? An ongoing survey posted Sunday by the popular micro-blogging site Sina Weibo shows that 71 percent of the 4,223 participants became fatter due to food binging.

Railway system reform under way

2012-01-18 16:05:33

The central government approved railway courts to be removed from the Ministry of Railways, said Cao Jianming, chief of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.

Man bites off daughter's fingers while drunk

2012-01-18 15:37:10

A two-year-old girl nicknamed Leilei lost two fingers of her left hand when her father, Wang Ai, bit them off while drunk.

Free education expands to 15 years in Tibet

2012-01-17 17:15:19

Children in the Tibet autonomous region will get free preschool education starting this fall.

More Chinese travel to ROK for beauty

2012-01-17 17:10:51

The South Korean Embassy in Beijing announced on Monday that 1,073 visas for medical tourism were issued in 2011, a 386 percent increase from a year earlier.

First private think tank wins approval

2012-01-17 10:36:01

A province in southChinahas approved the first registered private think thank to help advise officials on key issues.

Moutai ranked fourth most valuable label

2012-01-12 17:43:36

Maotai, China's national liquor served at official occasions and state banquets, has been ranked fourth in a top ten of the world’s most valuable labels.

Law shows more concern for work hazards

2012-01-10 13:00:00

A series of work diseases such as mouse hand, tech neck and death from stress are all included in a National Occupational Disease Prevention Law Amendment, the Chengdu Daily reported Tuesday.

Customer shot in head during bank robbery

2012-01-06 17:18:38

A customer has been shot in the head and robbed of 300,000 yuan ($47,569) during a daylight village bank heist, Xinhua news agency reports.

New Year housing sales drop 60% in Beijing

2012-01-04 15:14:19

A total of 570 houses were sold in Beijing during the three-day New Year holiday, a 60 percent drop compared with the same period last year.