'US doesn't want to contain China'
2012-02-07 09:43:00
The United States has no interest or intention of encircling China in the Asia-Pacific region, and both countries have clear mutual interests in seeing the Six-Party Talks work more effectively.
Canadian PM heads to China to enhance partnership
2012-02-07 04:15:49
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper left Ottawa on Monday for an official visit to China in a bid to enhance the Sino-Canadian strategic partnership.
New rule on HIV disclosure sparks debate
2012-02-07 07:59:37
HIV-positive men and women in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region may soon be required by law to tell partners their status.
Agency to advise on cross-Straits marriage
2012-02-07 07:52:25
The Ministry of Civil Affairs will establish a marriage counseling agency for couples in which each spouse comes from a different side of the Taiwan Straits.
Rapid growth triggers environmental accidents
2012-02-07 07:24:23
China is suffering from an increasing number of environmental accidents, mainly triggered by the rapid growth of the chemical industry.
Worker's body found in Sudan
2012-02-07 06:18:37
The Sudanese side will hand over the missing worker's body to China as soon as possible.
City eyes new drinking water source
2012-02-06 22:29:13
A southern Chinese city on Monday announced a plan to build an alternative drinking water source after a spill of toxic cadmium in a river threatened drinking water supplies for millions. More environmental accidents hit China
China gripped by unusual cold spell
2012-02-07 07:29:49
China is experiencing a colder winter than usual and temperatures will continue to fall.
Wealth gap survey to be published
2012-02-07 09:25:59
Urban and rural income surveys will be standardized amid plans to publish an internationally accepted measure of how wealth is distributed, a leading statistician said.
Chinese snap up luxury products
2012-02-07 07:56:47
Observers predict nation will soon be biggest in the world for high-end designer consumer goods.
Airlines barred from EU carbon scheme
2012-02-06 10:23:40
China's airlines are not allowed to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the Europe Union.
Police official claims torture in trial
2012-02-06 08:00:15
A police chief in an eastern China county, who stood trial over the weekend in a case of an inmate who died in a suspected forced confession, claimed that he was also tortured while being questioned.