More than 1,000 disgruntled taxicab drivers stopped work in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou Monday morning, complaining about gas price hikes and worsening traffic jams. Local police and traffic authorities staff have been dispatched…
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A Shanghai man was sentenced to three years in prison for raping his wife, though he will be allowed to serve his entire sentence under probation, the Pudong New Area People’s Court announced Friday. The…
A college student in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province has threatened his teacher in an attempt to receive a higher score on the final exam, as reported by the China Youth Daily on August 1. Yang Hua…
HSBC Bank (China) Co announced on Friday that it has been approved as a member of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, becoming the first overseas bank to engage in China’s gold futures market. “China is an…
E-commerce giant Alibaba will receive between $2 billion and $6 billion from an eventual IPO of the controversially spun-off payment company Alipay, representing 37.5 percent of its total market value, the company announced on Sunday….
China should press ahead in diversifying its foreign exchange reserves to reduce the impact of the turbulence hitting the US economy, but the immediate effect of any default or downgrading in Washington would be unavoidable,…
BEIJING – Oil leaks continue at two platforms operated by ConocoPhillips in Bohai Bay, more than two weeks after authorities ordered them to shut down, China’s ocean watchdog said on Friday. The State Oceanic Administration…
BEIJING – Beijing has established the nation’s first support group for sufferers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare disorder characterized by rapidly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, to deliver information and help patients improve…
An online campaign and heated comments on micro blogs saved 600 plane trees that a “green assessment” in March had said would be removed to make way for subway construction in Nanjing. Residents found out…
BEIJING – The passenger was hobbling along on crutches, struggling to make his way through the crowds as he tried to find the waiting room for his train at Beijing Railway Station. “Let me take…