Hasty burial of wreckage sparks suspicion

Beijing – Burying parts of the wreckage from Saturday’s deadly high-speed rail accident was a part of the rescue operation and not an attempt to hide evidence, a spokesman for the Ministry of Railways said….

Dedicated postie’s 15-year, 200,000km journey

Luo Xiying, a female postal worker, carries a bag of mail across a small bridge in Chenfang town, Qianshan county, East China’s Jiangxi province, July 19, 2011. Luo, who has been delivering mail since 1996,…

Unanswered questions over rail dispatch system

BEIJING – Insiders have questioned why the rail dispatch system failed to prevent the rear-end collision between two bullet trains on Saturday in Wenzhou. The first bullet train was traveling south from the Zhejiang provincial…

Rescued girl shows vital signs, tough road ahead

WENZHOU, Zhejiang -The last survivor pulled from Saturday’s deadly train accident – a 2-year-old girl – showed good vital signs the morning after her first surgery. But she will have to live in a changed…

Public wary of high-speed railway – Survey

WENZHOU, Zhejiang – Although a spokesman for the Ministry of Railways said on Sunday that China’s high-speed rail technologies are advanced, passengers have not regained confidence in the service after Saturday’s deadly accident in Zhejiang…

How legal system pushes some to limit

In a fit of desperation, after being ignored by the legal system for years, Wang Qiang finally resorted to violence. In July last year, the 34-year-old villager from Qinhuangdao of Hebei Province stabbed four court…

Extra buses aid stranded passengers

Long-distance bus operators in Shanghai put more than 60 vehicles on standby on Sunday, using extra buses to transport additional daily passengers south to aid commuters stranded by the train accident on Saturday in Wenzhou,…