12 trapped in tunnel cave-in rescued
2011-07-19 18:48:03
All 12 people who were trapped by a tunnel cave-in in northeast China's Liaoning Province have been pulled out alive at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, local authorities said.
Property prices cooling in more areas
2011-07-19 07:52:47
More cities experienced cooling property prices in June, compared to May, as policies targeting speculation kicked in.
Battle to keep key route open
2011-07-19 07:52:47
Landslides play havoc with traffic on major national highway, Hu Yongqi reports from Wenchuan, Sichuan.
Battle to beat blood shortage
2011-07-19 07:43:45
The capital is battling a 10 percent drop in the daily supply of blood from donors at a time when there is usually a rise in demand.
Crowding concern for capital city
2011-07-19 07:33:51
Population increases will be the biggest worry for Beijing administrators during the next five years.
Foundation, UN to transform Buddha site
2011-07-18 07:47:57
As part of a plan to raise $3 billion to turn Buddha's birthplace in Nepal into a Mecca for Buddhists, a Hong Kong-based transnational foundation signed a memorandum last Friday with a United Nations agency that promotes industrialization in developing countries.
Minor oil seepages persist in Bohai
2011-07-18 07:37:59
Oil leaks at China's largest offshore may be continuing as the company has failed to take effective remedial measures.
Airlines quick to drop discounts
2011-07-18 07:15:07
Seeing a string of malfunctions and delays on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway,airlines have stopped giving deep discounts.
Chemicals 'threaten grain output'
2011-07-18 06:59:25
The heavy use of agrochemicals has led to a severe deterioration of arable soil and poses a serious threat to domestic grain output.
Travel made easy on 'roof of the world'
2011-07-18 06:47:01
The first expressway in Tibet opened to traffic on Sunday, with Vice President Xi Jinping cutting the ribbons at the opening ceremony.
A green headache for E China city
2011-07-17 09:12:38
Several of the bathing beaches in the coastal city hQingdao have been attacked by enteromorpha prolifera, a sea plant that reproduces rapidly, for the past week and the clearing work is under way.
2 bodies found in iron ore mine
2011-07-17 09:10:04
Two bodies were found in a flooded iron core mine in east China's Shandong province as rescue work has entered the seventh day on Saturday.