Gao Jinlong arrives for the interview by moped, typical transportation for the thrifty Shanghainese. Wearing glasses, striped blue shirt and black trousers, he looks a little chubby for an amateur swimmer. “I don’t swim anymore,”…
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The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen’s decision to clear out 80,000 “high-risk” people ahead of next month’s Universiade is a vital security step to ensure the country is not embarrassed in front of the world,…
Chinese and foreign health experts in Beijing are urging China to print large warning pictures on cigarette packs, a week after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a report on the global tobacco epidemic on…
In China, where someone is killed in traffic every five minutes, one entrepreneurial doctor has an unusual approach for making roads safer: Treat bad driving like a disease you can diagnose before the driver even…
China’s railways ministry has promised to fix problems with power outages and other malfunctions that have plagued the showcase new high-speed line between Beijing and Shanghai since it opened last month. Railways Ministry spokesman Wang…
BEIJING – Peabody Energy Corp on Thursday that it has entered into a framework agreement with the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to develop a surface coal mine with annual production of 50 million tons. As…
After 55 years apart, a couple’s love story begins again In the autumn of 1953, French-Chinese teacher Danny Li fell in love with handsome young student Yuan Dibao. Then fate forced the two apart –…
China is working to ensure there is one clinic for each village or a “countryside doctor” for every 1,000 farmers in order to improve rural health care services, according to a guideline released on Thursday….
China’s State Council, the Cabinet, has urged more support for affordable housing construction while continuing government tightenings to cool the market. Officials attending an executive meeting of the State Council, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao,…
An early Friday cave-in in east China’s Hangzhou City left at least a truck driver injured and closed down a pivotal road bridge, police and witnesses said. The cave-in happened at around 2 a.m., leaving…