Shenzhen the 26th Unversiade vowed to avoid any food accident during the event, according to Shenzhen Universiade Organizing Committee spokeswoman Wang Mei. “The organizing committee has set a goal of ‘zero accident’, ‘zero outage’ and…
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In an attempt to explore Chinese influence around the world and spot the most well-known Chinese enterprises, people and cities, the Global Times began researching in January with the aim to compile a list. The…
According to the China News Service (CNS), Shenzhen has set up a comprehensive security system to ensure safety during the 26th Summer Universiade. The event opens at the Bay Sports Center today. A range of…
Anhui Province auditors are investigating a district government for boosting residency figures to obtain larger relocation compensation, the Beijing News reported. The whistleblowers are Zhuzhuang villagers including Wang Huaiguang who all live on the outskirts…
A Communist Party secretary humiliated, admonished and punished about 10 officials caught dozing off during a county government 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) meeting in Jiangsu Province on Tuesday, the Yangtze Evening Post reported. Wang Bin…
A popular Starbucks coffee mug has upset descendants of a Song Dynasty judge, the Jianghuai Morning News reported on Wednesday. During trial operations for its first store in Anhui Province on Sunday, Starbucks released a…
The long-anticipated Shanghai Disneyland due to open in 2016 will struggle to turn a profit in its first five years, tourism experts warned Thursday. Their skepticism greeted the confident Shanghai tour of Tom Staggs, chairman…
Li Chong demands discount travel as outlined in the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Protection of Disabled Persons outside the Ministry of Railways in Xicheng district on Wednesday morning. Photo: Courtesy of…
A nearly 15 million yuan ($2.35 million) furniture bill for the Yunnan Provincial Communist Party School has raised more than a few online eyebrows. Four Guangdong Province and three Yunnan companies had won the furniture…
Families of the 36 victims of a high-speed train crash have agreed to accept government compensation, authorities announced. The family of each victim will receive 915,000 yuan ($143,000), almost double from original offer of 500,000…