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Xi pledges not to sacrifice environment for economy

2013-5-25

CHINA will not sacrifice the environment for temporary economic growth, President Xi Jinping said yesterday. It will have to carefully balance eco...

Worries of a rising middle class

WITH two cars, foreign holidays and a cook, one Beijing family epitomizes the new middle class created by China's decades of rapid economic growth - a...

School principal, government clerk face rape charge

Cyber crimes increase 65% in Q1

Premier on song in Switzerland

Universities invite overseas experts to inspire students

SHANGHAI universities are inviting more international experts to give lectures to undergraduates, hoping they can inspire students to be more creative...

Illegal tofu production facilities shut down

AUTHORITIES yesterday busted illegal bean curd production facilities in neighboring Taicang City, and officials said most of the products were destine...

Construction of castle begins at Disneyland

CONSTRUCTION began yesterday on Shanghai Disneyland's main castle, setting another milestone in the amusement park's development. The Enchanted St...

WeChat prostitution ring

An undeniable eye for fashion

Red Cross says students are not forced to join the organization

Woman loses job for sick leave violation

NK willing to take 'positive actions' to ensure peace on the peninsula

A NORTH Korean envoy told Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday that his country was willing to take "positive actions" to ensure peace and stability...

Man makes it a mission to save Great Wall

ACCORDING to a Chinese saying, "One who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a hero." If the opposite is true, there's no questioning how Fu Kaishun s...

Nanny put poppy in soup

A NANNY put poppy straw in the soup of a young mother so her breast milk would contain morphine and make her newborn baby sleep longer, Qianjiang Even...

Official fired over sexual harassment allegations

Taiwan patient recovers

TODAY IN HISTORY

A Chinese mountaineering team reached the summit of Mount Everest from the north side of the mountai...

MAY

Jolie's jewels in HK

US, China agree to share audit documents

CHINA has signed an agreement with the United States to share company audit files, paving the way for more investigations into accounting scandals inv...

EU, China spar over talks to end solar panel spat

THE European Commission has rejected Chinese trade association statements that talks to resolve a dispute over allegations of dumping of solar panels ...

Yuan gains strength as PBOC sets record rate

Expansion of property tax trial mulled

Huiyuan to buy unit from its chairman

Green cars get advance subsidies

Shanghai shares rebound on economic prospect

Aircraft-making set to earn US$16b income

No. 29: A mere 3 stories of French elegance

2013-5-15

All albums

Wolfsburg victorious

Pacers steal Game 2 from Heat, 97-93

ROY Hibbert scored 29 points, West knocked away two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers in the final minute, and the Pacers evened the East titl...

Liverpool manager's son found not guilty

LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers voiced his family's relief after his footballer son Anton was cleared yesterday in a sex case at England's central c...

Di Luca tests positive for EPO, risks life ban

Nadal, Djokovic on semis collision course in Paris

Bridge linking US and Canada collapses

THE major link between the US and Canadian sides of the Pacific Northwest region was severed after a bridge collapsed, dumping a handful of vehicles a...

Security services tried to recruit London killing suspect: 'friend'

AN alleged friend of London soldier murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested at the BBC after telling the broadcaster that British security servi...

British zoo worker mauled to death by tiger

A British zoo worker mauled in a tiger attack has died of her injuries, police said today. Sarah McClay, 24, was attacked yesterday in the big cat...

Arrests made after UK fighters escort plane

Victims urge Japanese mayor to resign

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Xi'an - Living history

DATING back 630 years, Xi'an's city wall offers visitors a fine vantage point as they zoom around its ramparts on bicycles. And as a proud civic symbo...

Taking to the air brings visitors closer to favelas

TIANA Martins stepped gingerly into the red cable-car gondola, giggling from nerves as the doors slid shut, the ground dropped precipitously beneath h...

Modern technology hub and ancient Terracotta Warriors

MODERN Xi'an is an important hub for science and technology. More than 10 percent of its population have college degrees, the highest proportion in Ch...

Yueju Opera celebrates 70 years of ladies first

TV hosts seek shortcut to fame

Local carrier to Lhasa

Ctrip cruise sets sail

New Juneyao routes

Auction houses hammer out new strategies to tap mainland market

Kunming metro trial