Post office on Confucius established in China
2016-06-12 16:13:43
The first Confucius post office has been opened in Qufu, hometown of the educator and philosopher, the post company said Sunday.
China renews storm alert for the south
2016-06-12 15:59:55
China's meteorological authority on Sunday announced the continuation of its blue alert, the lowest in a four-tier warning system, as storms will hit some southern regions.
Explosion rocks Shanghai airport
2016-06-12 15:42:25
An explosion of firecrackers rocked the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
Now and then: Graduate revisits same university spot 19 years later
2016-06-12 10:33:10
A graduate from Sichuan Agriculture University in Southwest China's Sichuan province posing at the campus 19 years ago (left) and now. She posted a series of images on Sina Weibo, a popular Twitter-like service, that show her posing at the same spot in the same pose she was photographed nearly two decades ago.
Teen returns to China after bid to beg in Dubai fails
2016-06-12 14:48:47
A poor teenager from Southwest China's Sichuan province returned home after he was detained by police in the United Arab Emirates for illegally entering the country with the intention of becoming a beggar to earn money for his family.
A ride on China's cheapest train
2016-06-12 11:29:25
Known as the cheapest train ride in China, the eight-hour journey along 485 kilometers of the southern branch of the historic Silk Road costs just 28 yuan (about $4.25) per person.
Incubation platform for Taiwan start-ups launched in Xiamen
2016-06-12 10:09:07
An incubation and coaching platform for start-ups from Taiwan is launched at a cross-Strait innovation and entrepreneurship base located in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province.
Oxford Dictionary among Top 10 most disliked textbooks
2016-06-12 09:32:24
The Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary is among the top 10 bestselling second-hand textbooks that fresh graduates are trading in an online flea market, a sign of how much the dictionary and other textbooks were disliked by their owners, Hong Kong Economic Times reported on Tuesday.
Room with a view: Shanghai's creative cabins
2016-06-12 09:30:26
Fifty-eight creative cabins, each made of 40 polypropylene boards and measuring around 8 square meters, were unveiled in an international contest on architecture design held by Tongji University in Shanghai on Friday. The event has attracted 500 participants from 22 colleges across the world.
14 confirmed dead, 1 still missing from SW China capsizing
2016-06-12 09:27:41
Death toll from a leisure boat capsizing in Southwest China's Sichuan province rose to 14 after more bodies were found, rescuers said on Saturday.
World heritage site opens to public in Central China
2016-06-11 21:38:41
Ruins of the Tangya Tusi fortress, one of the three Tusi sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List last year, opens to public on Saturday, the Chinese Cultural Heritage Day.
Four students drown in south China reservoir
2016-06-11 20:12:11
Four students celebrating the end of the college entrance exam were drowned in a reservoir in South China's Guangdong province, local authorities said on Saturday.