Officials urge to ease subway overcrowding

BEIJING – Subway bosses have been urged to prevent overcrowding on trains and in stations, as officials look to step up safety in the wake of several fatal accidents on public transport. Gou Zhongwen, deputy…

Grassroots football in China

My first step on Chinese soil, the first thing that hit me was the early June hot weather. I bent down to the ground and touched my hand to the ground for my belief that…

Newlywed helps families grieve

WENZHOU, Zhejiang – Hu Danqi was looking forward to her honeymoon in Wenzhou. Instead, the 26-year-old survivor of Saturday’s high-speed train crash is volunteering her help at a funeral home. “I need to do whatever…

Clinton cites Hong Kong’s strength as business base

US state secretary highlights free, transparent, fair market in SAR US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday praised Hong Kong’s economic achievements under the “One Country, Two Systems” policy. In an address to…

Post bureau to launch new standard

The State Post Bureau of China is preparing to launch in August the country’s first rating standard for express delivery companies, an expert from the Logistics Association of China told the Global Times on Monday….

Officials close 2 of 5 fake Apple stores

A customer looks at products in a fake Apple store in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, on July 22. The store was made famous by a blog posting that said even a store worker there…