Govt officials fail to make it to the CAE list

2011-12-09 21:04:16

None of the government's official candidates made their way into the final list of the newly elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the Beijing Morning Post reported Friday.

Fire breaks out at hospital in C China

2011-12-09 18:00:15

A fire broke out in a hospital building under construction in Changsha, the capital city of central China's Hunan province, around 1:00 pm on Dec 9, 2011.

Zara back on blacklist after quality check

2011-12-08 16:09:05

Clothes sold by Zara, a Spanish retail giant, were declared substandard after the latest quality inspection in Shanghai, pushing the brand back onto the blacklist for the third consecutive year in China, Metro Express reported.

Campus statues spark controversy in NW China

2011-12-08 12:18:34

Two statues, one of Athena and one of Nu Wa, were found at Northwest University in Xi'an, with the faces of two school officials, Beijing Morning Post reported Thursday.

Dismissed officials’ move must be transparent

2011-12-07 17:19:31

It is a must for a rational administration to face up to the public worries about “dismissed” officials being reassigned and establish a better way of dealing with it.

Tough draw for Guangzhou Evergrande in AFC Cup

2011-12-07 14:23:01

China's newly-crowned champions Guangzhou Evergrande will meet South Korean and Japanese powerhouses in the toughest of the eight groups for next year's AFC Champions League.

Parents feed kindergarteners in cold winter winds

2011-12-06 17:36:16

Children attending Jing Ming Kindergarten sit in a line on a corner against the kindergarten's wall, fed by their parents.

Civil servants to lose 'iron rice bowl'

2011-12-06 16:27:45

A job as a civil servant in China used to mean a life-long position with an unbreakable "iron rice bowl" from cradle to grave.

China's first human rights base established

2011-12-05 16:09:21

China's first human rights education and training base was opened in Tianjin’s Nankai University Sunday, chinanews.com reported.

Restoring old Summer Palace sparks new debate

2011-12-05 12:23:34

A proposal to restore China’s oldSummerPalacewhich was torched by invading British and French forces in 1860 has sparked an intense debate, People's Daily reported Monday.

China's income gap widening fast

2011-12-02 14:30:02

China's annual salary gap ratio between different industries was renewed to 4.2 :1 in 2010, People's Daily reported on Friday.

Shanghai prison's management innovation

2011-12-02 10:51:15

Approximately 10,000 people are convicted and jailed in Shanghai, and adult males with jail terms of more than one year serve their time in the New Criminal's Prison for one to three months for discipline training before being sent to one of the other seven locations in Shanghai or other prisons in the country.