151 materials on blacklist in food safety fight
2011-04-25 08:11:31
A committee under the State Council, or China's Cabinet, has published on Saturday a list of 151 ingredients and additives that have been banned during the past nine years.
Doubts raised over quality of housing projects
2011-04-25 08:04:50
Families living at a govt social housing in Baotou city found that the surface of their walls had cracked and peeled off in places, raising worries over the quality of the buildings.
Micro blogs popular among officials
2011-04-25 08:04:09
At least 2,428 Chinese governmental agencies and officials have been posting short messages online using domestic micro-blogging services that are similar to Twitter.
Senior official who made fengshui threat promoted
2011-04-25 07:47:21
A former district Party chief in Chongqing, who hit the headlines when he ordered a developer to stop work because a project was ruining the fengshui of a govt building, has been promoted.
Models gear up car sales
2011-04-25 07:46:10
Just by being glamorous, Wang Tingting plays a part in driving China's car boom and gets a decent return from it.
Tainted food sickens more than 300
2011-04-25 07:36:47
Two food poisoning cases over the weekend sent more than 300 people to hospitals. One case appears to be caused by tainted milk, an all-too familiar culprit that keeps unnerving jittery consumers.
Using ink, wax? Noodle makers in hot water
Bacteria taints tap water, sickens residents
2011-04-25 07:29:47
About 9,000 people in a northeastern China county have to line up in front of temporary water supply stations to get drinking water after their tap water was found polluted, authorities said Sunday.
Noodle makers in hot water
2011-04-25 07:29:07
Seventeen starch noodle manufacturers in Dongguan city, Guangdong province, were ordered to stop production over the weekend after claims emerged that they had been using illegal additives.
Tsinghua University marks century of learning
2011-04-25 06:45:08
Institutions of higher education should place quality at the top of their agenda and enhance innovation and research, President Hu Jintao said as Tsinghua University marked its centennial on Sunday.
Flooded coal mine in SW China traps 8
2011-04-25 06:22:06
A coal mine in Panxian County, Guizhou Province in Southwest China, was flooded on Sunday evening, trapping eight miners.
Tsinghua University celebrates centenary
2011-04-24 23:04:37
China's Tsinghua University, one of the country's premiere institutions of higher learning, celebrated its centennial anniversary on Sunday.
63 hospitalized for suspected food poisoning
2011-04-24 22:28:01
Sixty-three villagers in Liujiang county, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, were hospitalized Sunday afternoon for suspected food poisoning, according to local officials.