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Drug maker shuts after shots sicken patients

National
2009-5-26

A DRUG producer in northwest China has been shut down temporarily while authorities investigate claims that its herbal injection caused chills and high fever in some patients, local drug regulators said yesterday. ...

Decades of work uncovers life in Chang'an 2,000 years ago

National
2009-1-30

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are uncovering the details of city life as it was 2,000 years ago in the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an. As the capital of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24 AD), Chang'an was a metropolis...

University official tries to detain reporter

National
2008-12-19

A UNIVERSITY official threatened to detain a reporter on Wednesday during an interview about the school's credit-card application scandal. Qiang Jianzhou, the head of the press office of Xidian University and...

3 men selected to live among wolves

Odd
2008-12-8

THREE brave men have been selected from more than 1,700 candidates to live amongst wolves for a 72-hour period in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. Xi'an Qinling Wildlife Park published an advert on December 2. It...

School officials face charges over deadly poisoning in dorm

National
2008-12-5

A HEADMASTER of a school, his deputy and a teacher are now facing criminal charges over a fatal carbon monoxide leak at a school dormitory in Shaanxi Province. Eleven female students were killed in the accident. ...

Released red ibis have three chicks in the wild

National
2008-5-5

A PAIR of artificially bred red ibis that were among the first batch of 26 released into the wild a year ago in northwest China have successfully produced three chicks. The pair began to build their nest on a...

Minhang police catch suspected ring of cab robbers

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-4-14

POLICE in Minhang District have caught nine members of a gang that allegedly robbed 12 taxi drivers since February. The nine suspects are between the ages of 17 and 20, unemployed and from other parts of China....

Fire threatens famous mausoleum

National
2008-3-3

A FIRE burned trees and shrubs on a mountain that shrouds one of the most famed imperial mausoleums in the ancient city of Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province, but no damage was caused to the cultural...

China gives jumbo aviation green light

Business | Airlines and airports
2008-1-8

CHINA is a step closer to realizing its "super-size" aircraft ambitions with a commercial manufacturing company earmarked for March - and Shanghai the hot venue favorite. A senior official of the Commission of...

Footprints but no tiger as yet

National
2008-1-2

STATE Forestry Administration investigators found more than 100 suspected footprints of a South China tiger last week in Shaanxi Province, where photos of the big cat taken by a farmer caused a national controversy...