Intl Horticultural Expo to start in E China
2013-04-17 21:39:34
Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, will host a series of flower-related competitions from April 25 to Oct 25 next year, during the 2014 Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition, organizers said at a news conference in Shanghai on April 17.
H7N9 patients get compensation from restaurant
2013-04-17 21:37:26
A restaurant chain featuring chicken dishes in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality promised to pay the medical expenses of any customer who gets infected with H7N9 avian influenza from eating chicken there.
A father's naked love
2013-04-17 21:35:49
Short of money, a 47-year-old father took off his clothes and posed nude at an art studio in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, to raise money for his children's medical expenses, Henan Business Daily reported on Wednesday.
Lesbian couple calls for more understanding
2013-04-17 21:30:26
A lesbian couple in Guangzhou hosted a public "wedding" on Wednesday to call for more understanding and tolerance for same-sex marriages.
Boy dies after screen falls on him in Shanghai
2013-04-17 20:40:18
A 3-year-old British boy was killed on Monday when a folding screen fell on him as he played at a restaurant in Shanghai.
Crackdown on websites publishing pornography
2013-04-17 20:13:39
Anti-pornography departments and public security sectors cracked down on 198 websites publishing pornographic information in a 20-day special campaign, according to the National Anti–Pornography Office on April 17.
Tests rule out new Bohai Bay spill
2013-04-17 20:12:34
Tests conducted by a marine environment watchdog have ruled out another Bohai Bay oil spill.
H7N9 still confined to live poultry markets
2013-04-17 19:58:45
Animal infections of the H7N9 avian flu have only been detected in live poultry markets and a single wild pigeon, agricultural authorities said Wednesday.
Beijing's 1st H7N9 patient discharged
2013-04-17 19:43:40
A seven-year-old girl in Beijing who was infected with H7N9 bird flu, the first such case in the Chinese capital, was discharged from hospital Wednesday afternoon, local health authorities announced.
Shanghai postgrad dies after alleged poisoning
2013-04-17 19:36:45
A postgraduate student in Shanghai died Tuesday, more than two weeks after he drank water that was allegedly poisoned by his roommate.
Officials removed from posts in drugs probe
2013-04-17 19:16:33
The director and deputy director of Tieling Prison in Liaoning province, suspected of being involved in trading methamphetamine, have been removed from posts, prison officials said on Wednesday.
8,000 sturgeon released into Yangtze
2013-04-17 19:15:05
Conservationists released 8,000 Chinese sturgeon into the Yangtze River on Wednesday.