From Chinese Media
Studying hard in basement room
2011-01-12 23:01
Huang Jing, a young woman who is preparing for her postgraduate entrance exam, lives in a basement room of three square meters, sina.com.cn reported.
Hotel rooms booked near exam schools
2011-01-12 21:52
During the weekends of the postgraduate entrance exam, most people are willing to live in a hotel near the schools where they are going to take the exam, but in Jinan, Shandong province, it is very hard to book a room, Qilu Evening News reported.
260,000 apply for master's in Beijing schools
2011-01-12 18:54
Among the 1.5 million people who will take the postgraduate entrance exam in 2011, 260,000 are applying to universities in Beijing, Beijing News reported.
Required reserves ratio may rise: Experts
2011-01-12 15:40
Banking experts said the central bank may raise Chinese commercial banks’ required reserve ratio to tame surging domestic liquidity and inflation, China Securities Journal reported Wednesday.
City reaching -10C stops heating to cut emissions
2011-01-12 15:22
A central China city cut off its heating supply from Jan 5 as the temperatures dropped to -10C during a cold spell recently, the Beijing News reported on Wednesday.
New Confucius landmark near Tian'anmen Square
2011-01-12 15:17
A 9.5-meter-high bronze Confucius statue highlighting traditional Chinese culture has become a new landmark at the north square of Chinese National Museum nearby Tian’anmen Square Jan 11, 2011.
Man poisons supermarket food for ransom
2011-01-12 11:17
A man suspected of contaminating food with rat poison at a supermarket in Guangzhou's Haizhu district, including rice, fish and meat, has been arrested, Guangzhou Daily reported, citing Tuesday's notice by the district government.
Peddlers use interphones to escape city watchdog
2011-01-11 21:11
Banks to trim loan size in 2011
2011-01-11 17:37
Man survives eight organ transplants
2011-01-11 17:10
Farmer gets life sentence for toll evasion
2011-01-11 15:35
Police arrest 15 in $24 mln fake Hermes, LV goods scam
2011-01-10 12:47
40 BMW and Mercedes-Benz cars for employees
2011-01-10 11:30
Beijing sells 900,000 new vehicles in 2010
2011-01-10 11:25
Shandong power plants report deficit
2011-01-10 11:21
Minister of commerce favors online shopping
2011-01-07 22:30
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