Better testing to secure safe blood supply

2015-01-12 03:25:22

China's top HIV/AIDS specialist revealed that each year about 10 people get HIV virus via a blood transfusion due to limitations of screening technology.

World leaders gather for Paris march

2015-01-11 21:30:39

Dozens of world leaders are joining huge crowds to march through Paris in tribute to victims of this week's terrorist attacks.

Shanghai nixes famed lantern festival after stampede

2015-01-11 14:19:36

China's financial hub of Shanghai has canceled its famed Lunar New Year lantern festival in the wake of a stampede that left 36 people dead.

1st female pilot steers manned sub

2015-01-11 13:14:38

China's first female pilot trainee dived as copilot with deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong, China's first such sub, in the southwest Indian Ocean.

French police hunt female suspect

2015-01-10 20:59:18

French police are hunting the wife of one of the slain suspects, considered dangerous herself and the possible key to helping authorities dismantle what could be a terrorist network.

Legislature OKs ban on full veils in Xinjiang

2015-01-10 19:25:50

Regulation to introduce the ban on full-face veils and full-body coverings in public in Urumqi was approved by the legislature.

Improperly freed convicts back in jail

2015-01-10 08:23:57

Guangdong's provincial procuratorate returned 138 convicts to jail last year after finding they were unqualified to serve their terms outside of prison. The number included 12 former officials at the department level.

Yunnan cases given extra scrutiny

2015-01-10 08:23:57

Southwest China's Yunnan province is emerging as the center of an epidemic of corruption connected to the case of ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang.

Shanghai auto show may shut door on model girls

2015-01-10 06:03:06

Female models may no longer be seen at one of the country's most important auto shows, the biannual Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, scheduled for April.

6 dead in Paris siege, female suspect wanted

2015-01-10 00:48:09

Two brothers suspected of a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout Friday, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages.

Shooting in Texas leaves 2 dead, 1 injured

2015-01-09 14:21:14

Two brothers were killed and the son of one of the victims was wounded in a shooting at a used car dealership in the US city of Houston Thursday, local media reported.

Dunkin' Donuts to open 1,400 outlets in China

2015-01-09 13:32:39

Hoping to emulate the success of US chains like McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Starbucks, coffee and baked-goods company Dunkin' Donuts plans to open 1,400 restaurants in China over the next 20 years.