The escalator which malfunctioned on Tuesday leaving one dead and 30 injured in Beijing, has flaws in its design and manufacture, and its producer OTIS should be held accountable, local authorities said Thursday. The accident…
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China has fired officials including a local Communist Party secretary and charged 11 people over rioting in the country’s southern industrial heartland in June, state media reported on Thursday. The town chief and Communist Party…
BEIJING – A list of nominees for a nation charity award has raised eyebrows for including a businessman battling accusations of donation fraud and a mining company that poisoned thousands of fish. The Ministry of…
A Chinese real estate tycoon who pledged to spend 500 million yuan ($77.3 million) to boost soccer in the country over the next three years has taken offence at comparisons with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich….
Li Na, the first Chinese Grand Slam singles title winner after her success at the French Open, rejected an offer to take up a government post – the latest in a series of rewards from…
A Drug Control Law Enforcement Workshop for Afghanistan Senior Narcotics Control Police Officers is to be launched in China on Wednesday, an official with China’s Embassy said. Talking to Chinese news agency, Qin Hua, Police…
A new round of heavy downpours in southwest Sichuan Province that began Monday evening has left one dead and another missing, bringing the rain-triggered death toll to seven since June 30, the provincial flood control…
More than 20,000 college students are part of a paid internship program offered by Chongqing municipal government this summer, China Youth Daily reported Wednesday. The program, launched by the government last year, offers college students more than…
Zuo Kaihua makes her living memorializing the dead. Since the 40-year-old Tibetan farmer’s house was destroyed by the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake and her land – located at the edge of what became a mass grave…
BEIJING – The Ministry of Public Security announced Tuesday that the country’s security guards, totaling 4.2 million, will start putting on a new type of uniform and badge, beginning late this month. The new uniform,…