Officials Dismissed for Shanghai Fire

Results from an internal government investigation into officials responsible for the Shanghai fire last November which killed 58 people have yet to be released to the public.   (Beijing) — Several senior city officials in…

China forms association of Internet music operators

  BEIJING — China’s first association of Internet music operators and Internet music content providers, the Internet Music Industry Development Consortium, has been formed in Beijing, according to a statement issued by Ministry of Culture…

Bountiful harvest, terrible market

A total of 750 kilograms of cabbage netted this farmer 170 yuan, hardly enough to buy a bag of fertilizer. Farmers at the wholesale market where there are few buyers.   For months, farmer Liu Anxiu…

Drug giant accused of toxic emissions

The Chinese mainland’s biggest antibiotics producer, in Harbin , Heilongjiang province , has been polluting its neighbourhood with poisonous gas and wastewater since the 1950s, according to a China Central Television report yesterday. CCTV report…

Country striking up patriotic tunes

BEIJING – Red songs are no longer the exclusive property of Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality The whole nation has begun a musical campaign to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party…

Student falls to death before exam

  CHANGSHA – A high school graduate fell to his death from a dormitory building Tuesday in central Hunan Province ahead of the national college entrance examination, local authorities confirmed Wednesday. The public security bureau in…

Some families refuse melamine money

BEIJING – By the end of last year, the families of 272,000 victims of melamine-tainted milk and dairy products had signed up for one-time compensation payments, said a compensation fund manager. At least six babies…