City takes a stand against bad taxis

Taxi drivers who refuse or try to cheat passengers will be punished in a new 12-day citywide campaign. It includes a crackdown on drivers who decline fares when they have the “available” light on, or…

On the road to progress

Medog in Tibet has transformed itself in just a decade from sleepy, cut-off county to a prosperous and environmentally aware tourist destination. Cheng Weidong reports. The first time I visited Medog, a remote county on…

Fatigued Zhang ousts Dokic

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – China’s Zhang Shuai fought off fatigue to upset Australian fourth seed Jelena Dokic 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the second round of a $220,000 WTA hardcourt event in suburban Washington….

Cleaning Cash

For Xu Maiyong, a former deputy mayor of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and Jiang Renjie, a former deputy mayor of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, their common ground is not merely that they were both sentenced to death…

Foreign parents taking more disabled orphans

BEIJING – A growing number of Chinese orphans suffering disabilities or birth defects are finding homes with families overseas. Official figures show more than 4,900 foreigners registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs’ adoption service…

Ministry to baby buyers: no sale

Eighty-nine rescued babies will not be returned to the people who bought them, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Wednesday, unlike the 29 who they gave back to the buyers in the last anti-trafficking…