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…
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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…
Twenty-five participatants of the first “International Program for Teachers of Chinese Culture” attended their graduation ceremony at Yilun Hall of the Imperial College in Beijing on Saturday. The first batch of “seed teachers” comprises American…
KASHGAR – A group of religious extremists led by culprits trained in overseas terrorist camps were behind the weekend attack on civilians in China’s far-western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region that left 6 dead and 15 others…
LANZHOU – An overloaded bus overturned Sunday on a highway in Gansu province, leaving four dead and eight others seriously injured, local authorities announced Monday. The accident occurred around 8 pm Sunday on a highway…
MACAO – Macao’s licensed motor vehicle numbers reached 200,169 by the end of June, a year-on-year increase of four percent, the Macao Post Daily reported on Monday. The newspaper quoted the latest figures by the…
China will adjust the price of jet fuel every month to better reflect movements in global oil prices, the country’s top economic planner National Development and Reform Commission announced on Monday, chinanews.com reported. Starting from…
BEIJING – The high-speed train crash on July 23 and consequent public fury led to a rout of related stocks listed in China and overseas markets, which may cast a shadow over train-making and railway…