Eight Tibetan monks named Geshelharampa
2013-04-05 20:43:26
Eight more monks have passed the annual debate challenges and were accredited as the highest scholars of the Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism Thursday in Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
Shanghai to suspend live poultry markets
2013-04-05 20:24:34
Shanghai will temporarily close its live poultry markets starting Saturday after six H7N9 bird flu cases, including four fatalities, were reported in the city, local officials said here Friday.
Tomb-sweeping Day saw 8.31 million railway trips
2013-04-05 17:21:51
China's Qingming Festival, or Tomb-sweeping Day, saw a total of 8.31 million railway trips on Thursday, the railway authorities said Friday.
Over 20,000 birds disposed of after H7N9 detected
2013-04-05 16:24:46
A total of 20,536 chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons from a live poultry trading zone in Shanghai were slaughtered after the H7N9 virus was detected there.
Sixth death from H7N9 bird flu reported
Heavy rain continues in S China
2013-04-05 14:22:17
Heavy rainfall will continue hitting most of south and northeast China until Saturday, meteorological authorities forecast on Friday.
Tianjin to build cruise liner tourism zone
2013-04-05 13:56:43
A national cruise liner tourism development zone in northern China's coastal city of Tianjin has received approval to be built, local authorities said Thursday.
SW China road accident kills 5
2013-04-05 13:49:47
Five people have died and another person was injured in a road accident in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Friday, local authorities said.
Sixth death from H7N9 bird flu reported
2013-04-05 13:17:53
East China's Zhejiang province on Friday morning reported that a man has died from the H7N9 bird flu, bringing the death toll from the new deadly strain to six in the country.
5 dead, 30 injured in NW China road accident
2013-04-05 10:48:29
Five people were dead and another 30 injured after a passenger bus overturned in Northwest China's Shaanxi province on Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday.
Thumbing a ride to adventure across the nation
2013-04-05 02:20:00
Li Shengbo, 24-year-old undergraduate in Beijing, stopped school for a year to hitchhike around China.
Follow your heart to discover the world
2013-04-05 02:15:50
For many it could be a moment of worry, alone in a foreign land, but for 27-year-old Yuan Tian it was another part of a great adventure that took her deep into the culture of the African country.
Shanghai begins culling poultry
2013-04-05 01:54:10
Authorities in Shanghai closed a live poultry trading zone in a market and began slaughtering all birds there after detecting H7N9 bird flu virus from samples of pigeon from the market.