4 dead in Xinjiang police station attack

Four people, including a police officer, and an unconfirmed number of rioters were killed on Monday after a police station was attacked and set on fire in Hotan, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local police…

Airport charges to deliver confiscated items home

A Beijing Capital International Airport employee checks a passenger’s belongings Monday. Passengers can send items banned from flights via express delivery. Photo: Wang Zi/GT A new airport delivery service aimed at passengers who do not…

China’s bid for gold sweep gathers pace

China’s Wang Hao (front) and Chen Ruolin dive during the 10m platform synchro final Monday. Photo: Lu Yun/GT China doubled their gold medal haul at the world championships’ diving events Monday as their bid for…

Crowding concern for capital city

BEIJING – China’s think tanks called on Monday for stricter steps to be taken to control the capital’s fast-increasing population and said population pressures are likely to become stronger in the next 20 years. Visitors…

Interest rates stifle small firms

China’s inflation escalated to the highest level in three years, with the consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, jumping 6.4 percent year-on-year in June. Chinese leaders have vowed to give priority to…

Ear to the ground

Yu Jianrong at his house on the outskirts of Beijing. Behind him is a picture he painted of a petitioner. Hou Zhihui / for China Daily Related reading: An outsider with inside information Yu Jianrong has…

Champion gymnast’s downfall shocks China

A champion gymnast forced to turn to begging after injury ended his career prematurely has become a media sensation in China after a fan recognised him eking out a living on the streets of Beijing….