3 dead after bizarre accident in downtown street

2011-05-21 08:28:48

Guangzhou police are investigating a serious car accident on Thursday, in which three people were killed and seven injured.

Student's death penalty to stand

2011-05-21 08:24:11

A court in Northwest China's Shaanxi province on Friday rejected a death sentence appeal filed by a music student who stabbed a cafe waitress to death to cover up a hit-and-run accident.

Appeal likely against driver's life sentence

2011-05-21 08:19:41

Chen Jia, a high-profile drunken driver, was given a life sentence on Friday for killing two people and injuring two others in a traffic accident in Beijing last year.comments (26)

Beijingers name public order concerns

2011-05-21 08:14:26

Illegal taxis, people passing out advertising fliers, pickpockets and drunken drivers top the list of Beijing residents' public order concerns, according to a survey by Beijing police.

Two dead, 16 injured in Foxconn plant explosion

2011-05-21 08:03:06

Two people were killed and 16 others injured Friday after an explosion hit a Foxconn plant in Southwest China' s Sichuan province, said local authorities.

Companies abused benefits

2011-05-21 07:33:53

A number of State-owned enterprises have been illegally using their employee's benefit funds, the National Audit Office said.

China launches fishery research in Yellow River

2011-05-20 22:51:02

China launched a fishery resources survey along the Yellow River, the country's second largest, on Friday, fishery authorities said.

Multiple factors blamed for bursting watermelons

2011-05-20 22:05:31

An expert with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) said Friday multiple factors have caused watermelons to burst in East China's Jiangsu province this month.

MLB to foster China's baseball Yao Ming on plateau

2011-05-20 21:56:42

Sanandaj is a member of the baseball team of Hainan No. 1 Minzu Senior Middle School in the Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Northwest China's Qinghai province. Since the establishment of the team in 2006, the baseball side from the Tibetan Plateau has shown a strong performance in national junior tournaments, which drew the attention of MLB (Major League Baseball) China.

Building collapse kills 2, injures 7 in C China

2011-05-20 21:51:46

The death toll from a building collapse in central China now stands at two as another body was found under the rubble Friday, a local official said.

8 officials punished for lead poisoning

2011-05-20 21:44:31

Eight government officials in East China's Zhejiang province have been punished over a lead poisoning case in which 332 people, including 99 children, were found to have excessive lead levels in their blood, local authorities said on Friday.