China executed two former vice-mayors from two booming eastern cities for taking millions of dollars in bribes, the Supreme Court and state media said on Tuesday, as the government strives to show it is being…
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China’s largest search engine, Baidu, has begun offering downloads of its new Internet browser, which boasts its own collection of 30,000″ apps” that can quickly connect users to online games, videos and other tools. A beta…
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…
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…
Coins and bills from a Red Cross Society of China collection box are counted as donors hope the money is going to disaster relief. Photo: CFP Surely some people must feel sorry for Guo Meimei,…
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently released the “2011 Blue Book on Public Services.” It shows that culture and sports have the highest public satisfaction while social security and employment have the lowest. According…
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…
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…
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….
Li Shixin slipped into the water with barely a splash on his final dive, then climbed out of the pool and held up his index finger to signal No. 1. Indeed, China was tops again….