Illegal taxis, people passing out advertising fliers, pickpockets and drunken drivers top the list of Beijing residents’ public order concerns, according to a survey by the city’s police. Bike thieves, street beggars, nuisance dogs and…
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An expert has stated that newly published regulations allow for dangerous antiseptics to be used in rice production, that could be harmful to human health, the Beijing News reported Friday. The new Standards for the…
According to the data from the Yangtze River Hydrometric Station, the water levels of the Yangtze River have declined abnormally during the main flood period. Some hydrometric stations on the middle and lower reaches saw…
A top official from Tibet regional government said yesterday that the Dalai Lama’s retirement will have a very limited impact on Tibet, and the official ruled out any talks with the Dalai’s “government-in-exile” in northern…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the fourth trilateral leaders’ meeting between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in Tokyo from May 21 to May 22. Afterward, Wen will visit Japan’s earthquake-hit areas to…
After the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis in Japan, nuclear energy has once more come under the spotlight after a period of rehabilitation. China’s current energy system is…
8,900 trained professionals volunteer time to protect kids BEIJING – China has formed the world’s largest network of volunteer lawyers in a bid to protect minors’ rights. The network, which now has 8,900 lawyers on…
On May 23, 1951, the central people’s government and the former local government of Tibet signed the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, also known as the 17-Article Agreement, bringing about the…
Beijing and Seoul also made a commitment to support Tokyo’s massive reconstruction plan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. In a joint declaration issued after the summit the leaders of the three East Asian…
Beijing — For a sense of how this country’s changing demand for food is reshaping world markets, Liu Shuwen’s journey from street chicken vendor to poultry industrialist is a good start. There are the…