HEIXIAZI ISLAND, Heilongjiang – Heixiazi Island, a border island linking China and Russia, opened as a resort destination for Chinese tourists on Wednesday as part of an experiment to see if that change will prove…
Category: Society
Beijing – Private car owners might have to accept higher charges as the city’s traffic authority plans to further improve public transport and reduce the use of vehicles to ease traffic congestion. Liu Xiaoming, director…
BEIJING – China will strengthen the system it uses to mitigate the harm caused by rural disasters and to issue early warnings about impending danger. A senior officials said those changes are coming because places…
The number of privately-owned vehicles in China has exceeded 70 million units, chinanews.com quoted statistics from the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Control Department as reporting. The figure makes up a total of 98.46 million…
Three Singaporean youths will get to work with scientists in China on how to combat climate change after winning this year’s HSBC/National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) Youth Environmental Award. Some 60 entries were received for…
Taiwan-funded Foxconn Technology Group, one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers, tried Tuesday to contain damage from a suspected suicide attempt by one of its employees by contending that the employee’s fall was not due…
XI’AN – Those who are thinking about getting a dog in Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, soon won’t be able to do so without first considering the city’s dog-ownership ordinance, no matter where…
China’s think tanks have expressed concerns over the capitals’ fast increasing population and said population pressures are likely to become stronger in the next 20 years. According to the Annual Report on Analysis of Beijing…
Already dominating the diving pool at the world championships, China took its performance to an even higher level in men’s 3-meter synchro. Qin Kai and Luo Yutong earned 10 perfect marks on their way to winning…
HOTAN, Xinjiang – Police shot down 14 rioters who attacked a police station in Hotan city of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday noon, a Communist Party official in Hotan said Wednesday. The official,…