Airplane- enthusiast farmer builds 'military helicopter'

2016-03-28 14:08:41

A farmer in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province, recently spent more than 100,000 yuan ($15,000) to make an old Chinese military helicopter model.

Beijing promotes eco-friendly burials ahead of Tomb-Sweeping Day

2016-03-28 14:30:09

With Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, around the corner, Beijing issues new regulations to encourage eco-friendly burials.

More female students who study abroad are returning to China

2016-03-28 13:55:52

More Chinese students are returning home after studying overseas, largely because of the difficulty in finding a suitable partner, the Yangcheng Evening News reported on Sunday.

Problems the Northeast must solve

2016-03-28 07:54:28

Editor's Note: Now that the Chinese government has adopted its growth strategy for this year and the nation's five-year plan from 2016 to 2020, we have decided to publish a regular Policy Review Page to brief our readers about what the policies are and what they include, their underlining realities and political considerations.

Tough strut from world's factory to fashion empire

2016-03-25 13:56:30

Che Yong wants to build his garment factory into a fashion empire like H&M, the Swedish clothing chain that has dominated China's young fashion street, but so far his designs have only gathered dust.

China and UK team up in smart city development

2016-03-25 09:58:15

The Sino-UK cooperation in building smart cities is expected to gain steam when Future Cities Catapult (FCC), one of the UK's leading platforms for urban innovation, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China.

Officials to be accountable if negligence stirs trouble

2016-03-25 08:05:33

Local Party chiefs and government leaders will be held accountable if their negligence leads to major criminal cases, mass incidents or accidents endangering the public in the provinces or regions they are responsible for, central authorities said on Thursday.

Train rides through blossoms

2016-03-25 16:32:09

Photos show a high-speed train that resembles a dragon winding through a sea of blooms. When the train blasts through blazes of spring flowers, time seems to stand still at this moment.

Harvard University offers Nanjing twin sisters admission

2016-03-24 14:54:14

Sun Yumeng and Sun Yutong, both English majors at Fudan University in Shanghai, receive admission offers from Harvard University on March 5, 2016.

Chinese spent $215 billion on 2015 overseas travel

2016-03-24 13:54:33

Despite a slow economy and stock market turmoil at home, people from the Chinese mainland spent $215 billion traveling abroad in 2015, 53 per cent more than in 2014, according to a global report on travel and tourism.

Capital vows to protect police officers

2016-03-24 13:32:14

Police officers in Beijing will be better protected following an attack earlier this month that left a policeman hospitalized with a stab wound to the neck, the city’s police authority has pledged.

Over 400,000 graduates return to China in 2015

2016-03-24 09:52:10

A total of 409,100 Chinese students returned from overseas after graduating in 2015, said an official on Wednesday.