Driver slips into coma after stopping vehicle
2013-03-13 07:16:04
Colleagues and passengers of a bus driver in East China who managed to pull over his vehicle on an expressway before slipping into a coma have flocked to his bedside.
Unsafe bridges get a face-lift
2013-03-13 07:02:44
More than 21,600 hazardous bridges in China have been renovated in the past 12 years, and transportation authorities across the country are attaching more importance to this issue.
Beijing pollution fight 'greater than for Olympics'
2013-03-13 06:47:30
A leading figure of the Beijing Olympics said the capital is doing more to ensure blue skies than it did for the historic event.
21 killed in colliery accident in SW China
2013-03-13 04:49:56
Twenty-one miners were killed and four others were missing in a coal and gas outburst Tuesday evening in a coal mine in Guizhou Province in southwest China, local authorities said early Wednesday.
Call to prevent harassment in the workplace
2013-03-13 02:54:50
Legal experts are calling on legislators to shore up the commitment of China's employers to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
Epidemic ruled out as cause of dead pigs
2013-03-13 02:54:50
A mass swine epidemic is not what killed nearly 6,000 pigs that have floated downstream to Shanghai from Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, officials said.
Breast-feeding needs more public support
2013-03-13 02:54:50
Breast-feeding is hard. For Chinese mothers, the absence of a wide support system makes it even harder, according to mothers and medical experts.
Mother's milk
2013-03-13 02:54:50
When the Hong Kong authorities decided to restrict the amount of baby formula (two cans or about 1.8 kg) that visitors can take out of the city, that regulation sent ripples of indignation throughout the mainland, and many cried foul, and even more said the new rule was merciless.
Efforts needed to nurture ethnic culture and language in Yunnan
2013-03-13 02:54:50
National legislators and political advisers have called for improved efforts to protect the unique heritage in Yunnan province, where the language and culture of some of its 25 ethnic groups are in danger of dying out.
Coach falls off Yangtze bridge, 14 killed
2013-03-13 00:05:29
At least 14 people were killed and nine injured when a double-decker sleeper coach fell off the Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge in central China's Hubei Province on Tuesday evening.
Health authorities reiterate ban on surrogate motherhood
2013-03-12 23:59:30
An official from the Ministry of Health (MOH) stressed on Tuesday that surrogate motherhood remains banned in China.
Coniferous trees ‘better able to help decrease PM2.5 levels'
2013-03-12 21:21:30
Coniferous trees are believed to have a better effect on air quality control, especially in decreasing PM 2.5, particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, according to an expert.