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Netizens watch murder trial live
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| A court in South China's Guangdong province broadcast a trial live online on Tuesday as part of the province's efforts to invite public scrutiny of its judicial system. |
Official could face death penalty over driving fatalities
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| Drunken postal chief arrested after killing five |
Migrant workers can earn degrees
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| Yang Shuai never imagined he would take a university course seven years after he forwent the national college entrance examination and became a migrant worker in Shanghai. |
Football officials to stand trial on corruption charges
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| Chinese-Belgian soccer agent arrested as crackdown continues |
Wealth gap creates inferiority complex
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| More than 45 percent of Party and government officials believe they belong to the "vulnerable" segment of society, a recent survey found. |
New rule allows lawyers to attend interrogations
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| In a major effort to prevent torture and forced confessions, local prosecuting authorities have published the first regulation to guarantee suspects the right to have their attorneys present during interrogations. |
Don't say 'no' to Cancun proposals
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| China hopes that negotiators refrain from saying "no" and work on solutions to settle their differences, said Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese climate change delegation, in his first meeting with the media since he arrived in Cancun on Saturday. |
New climate text tabled in Mexico
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| A negotiated document is seen as progress |
Cancun data highlights global warming
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| A series of figures released on the sidelines of the ongoing Cancun climate talks highlight the serious impact of climate change on people, cities and countries all over the world. |
Chemicals in adjoining shop destroyed Internet cafe in SW
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| Chemicals illegally stored in an adjacent room caused the blast that destroyed an Internet cafe, leaving seven dead and 38 injured on Saturday night in Southwest China, local police said on Sunday. |
Grassland fire kills 22
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| A spreading grassland fire in a mountainous Tibetan region in Southwest China proved deadly when it trapped soldiers and local residents trying to put it out, killing 22 and injuring four as of press time on Sunday night, local officials said. |
New customs limit fails to dampen shopping tourism
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| The outbound tourism sector in Guangdong province is enjoying a busy winter season but tourists may have to shorten their shopping lists due to tougher customs regulations. |
UN climate chief: no secret Mexican text
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Skincare invasion stretches to low-end market
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| Cosmetic industry experts in China are striking an alarmist tone over the stepped-up efforts by multinational corporations in recent years to acquire domestic skincare brands. |
HK gets tough on Chinese medicine
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| A sudden change to laws regulating the proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) industry in Hong Kong could render nearly one-third of local pCm products illegal and turn unwitting users into criminals. |
Bloggers help police capture murderers
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| Micro-bloggers have helped police in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, catch a couple who have confessed to murdering their 3-year-old daughter and dumping her body in the sea, local police said on Wednesday. |
Rural dwellings need a face-lift
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| China has 1.33 billion square meters of dangerous rural dwellings in need of renovation or demolition due to their age or state of disrepair, housing officials said. |
Temperature highs recorded for 2010, warming trends continue
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Small island states seek global fund
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| A group of 43 small island states called for a global insurance fund to help vulnerable countries cope with climate change. |
Extension of Kyoto vital, says Brazil
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| Securing a guarantee for an extension of the Kyoto Protocol is crucial for the nations to move the climate negotiations forward, said Sergio B Serra, Brazil’s ambassador for climate change on Wednesday. |
Japan decision vexes meeting
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| China’s chief climate change negotiator, two days into the two-week conference, voiced his frustration to Japan’s forceful rejection of an extension to the gas restrictions set under the Kyoto Protocol, calling the decision “not a very welcomed position”. |
Beijing seeks diplomacy for ROK-DPRK tensions
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| China said on Tuesday that it believed all parties will seriously consider its proposal for an emergency meeting by representatives of the Six-Party Talks, urging the relevant sides to resolve their respective concerns in the framework of the multi-lateral dialogue. |
HP sets sights on China's rural market
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| Editor's note: This year marks Hewlett-Packard's 25th anniversary in China. Like many high-tech companies, HP has found it harder to turn a profit from big cities in China, where markets are highly saturated. |
UPS eyes China parcel biz
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| Company in the running for domestic license from authorities |
Tainted dairy imports cause concern
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| 670 tons of imported milk found to be substandard |
Car accident fires debate on morals
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| A university student who allegedly stabbed to death a young mother he had injured in a car accident has been arrested, police said. |
Sino-US book gap more than just language
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| Western publishing companies continue to face problems in penetrating China's vast book market as well as getting Chinese books into the United States, industry insiders say. |
Activists clamor for vegetarianism
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| Being a vegan now has a whole new meaning for Ko Yong-seok. He believes his lifestyle helps fight climate change, which has brought Ko and several other vegan activists to the United Nations climate change negotiations, which begins on Monday. |
Minimum wage rise is mooted for migrants
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| Move seen as key to solving labor shortagein province |
School stampede sends 170 students to hospital in China
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| At least 41 young students were injured, seven seriously, in a stampede on Monday at a primary school in Aksu city, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local health authorities said. |
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