BEIJING – The State Council’s decision to slow the operating speeds of China’s high-speed trains on Wednesday is receiving a tepid welcome from many Chinese. The safety of the railways was brought into question when…
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HOHHOT – More than 370,000 people and 580,000 livestock living in pasture areas in the western part of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region are having difficulties securing drinking water due to a severe drought….
NANCHANG – Seventy-seven people were hospitalized after eating lobsters in a city in EastChina’s Jiangxi province, local authorities said Friday. The residents of the city of Ruichang suffered vomiting and diarrhea after attending a lobsterfeast…
URUMQI – Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit NorthwestChina’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake rocked a border area between the region’s city of Atux…
Dead fish are seen in Zijiang River in Xinshao county, Central China’s Hunan province, August 11, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua] CHANGSHA – A large number of fish were found dead over the past week in a river…
SHENYANG – Nine more people are suspected of being infected with cutaneous anthrax inNortheast China’s Liaoning province, bringing the total number of reported cases to 30, localhealth authorities said Friday. Among the reported cases, three…
BEIJING – The deadly high-speed train crash that killed at least 40 passengers in July was “a completely avoidable accident” and “should not have happened”. That’s what the leader of a team looking into the…
BEIJING – China CNR Corp Ltd will recall 54 high-speed trains used on the Beijing-Shanghaihigh-speed rail line over safety concerns, the company said in a statement Friday. The Shanghai-listed train maker said in a statement…
Cleanup may take longer than expected, says ConocoPhillips BEIJING – China’s ocean watchdog urged ConocoPhillips China, the company responsible for a pair of oil leaks off China’s northeast Bohai Bay, to apologize to the public…
BEIJING – Following the continuing oil leak in Bohai Bay, experts warned that fast offshore development is polluting China’s fragile sea. With marine economy becoming another engine for the country’s economy in the 12th Five-Year…