Largest international theater in NW China draws attention

2013-03-19 20:36:23

The new Xi'an Qujiang International Studio, the largest such theater in Northwest China, was shown to the media on March 19.

Online rumormongers punished

2013-03-19 20:35:59

Two people have been held in administrative detention and two others have been fined for making and distributing false information over the Internet, the Hangzhou-based Qianjiang Evening News has reported.

Nanjing railway station's roof leaking: report

2013-03-19 20:35:45

The roof of Nanjing South Railway Station has several leaks, China News Service reported on Tuesday.

Quick response codes given trial run on Shanghai buses

2013-03-19 18:39:06

Quick response codes, or QR codes, have been introduced to 153 Shanghai buses on seven routes.

Famous Buddhist mountain to improve environment

2013-03-19 18:38:48

April will see the kick off of a project to improve environmental conditions on Mount Wutai, one of four sacred Buddhist mountains in China, the local government announced.

Users losing privacy on smartphone apps: report

2013-03-19 17:12:24

DCCI Data Center of China Internet, a leading Internet research and data information provider, has revealed in a new report that 66.9 percent of smartphone apps are capturing users’ private data and 34.5 percent are crossing the bounds by invading people's privacy.

Tibet to invest $3.5b in transport

2013-03-19 16:47:07

Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region will invest 22 billion yuan ($3.5 billion) in transport construction this year.

Fashion designers gather for Beijing workshop

2013-03-19 16:41:52

Young fashion designers from China, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Canada have gathered in Beijing to exchange ideas on fashion concepts.

Chengdu has world's largest quake monitor

2013-03-19 16:39:27

The Institute of Care-Life, a non-government earthquake warning system in Chengdu, has become the world's largest earthquake monitoring system.

1st anniversary for Panyu Prison inmates' journal

2013-03-19 16:32:22

A Chinese and English language journal circulated in Panyu Prison in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, and written by Chinese and foreign inmates, marks its first anniversary on Wednesday.

Student dead, 6 injured in training center fire

2013-03-19 16:19:23

One student died and six others were injured after a fire at a private training center in east China's Zhejiang Province, the local government said Tuesday.

4 sentenced to 6 months in jail for damaging car

2013-03-19 16:06:06

Four people who seriously damaged a Toyota car belonging to the consul-general of Italy in Guangzhou during a protest march against Japan’s "purchase" of China's Diaoyu Islands last year were sentenced to six months in jail by the Guangzhou Tianhe District Court, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.