Police hunt for jail breaker in China

2014-11-01 17:33:05

A manhunt for a male inmate who escaped from the local Beijiang Prison in South China's Guangdong province this morning.

Alibaba: trading volume to exceed Walmart in 2-yr

2014-11-01 13:24:09

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its online sales volume will exceed the worldwide sales of global retail giant Walmart in two years.

China amends law to support citizens suing gov't

2014-11-01 13:14:45

China's top legislature adopted an amendment to the Administrative Procedure Law Saturday, aiming to expand the people's right to sue the government.

China ratifies national Constitution Day

2014-11-01 12:56:14

China's top legislature decided to designate December 4 as national Constitution Day amid efforts to enhance the document's implementation and advance the rule of law.

China passes Counterespionage Law

2014-11-01 11:04:38

The bill specifies espionage's definition: foreign organizations and individuals who conduct espionage activities or who instigate and sponsor others in conducting them will be punished.

Space tourism set back by accident

2014-11-01 10:13:18

The wait for paying passengers to see Earth from the vantage point of space looked a lot longer on Friday, following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic's first spaceship.

United Airlines expands further in China

2014-11-01 07:40:59

United Airlines Inc will expand into more Chinese cities and keep leading the market in the decades ahead, although many other carriers also covet the market.

Foshan reaps benefits of shifts in focus

2014-11-01 07:40:59

A well-developed economic structure and an increasingly open investment environment have helped the traditional southern manufacturing city of Foshan.

Youku the perfect choice for Alibaba

2014-11-01 07:40:59

As billionaire Jack Ma browses Hollywood for movies and TV shows, he may discover that part of what he needs is actually in his own backyard.

China Internet companies find Brazil attractive

2014-11-01 05:35:14

During his visit to Brazil in July, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff watched the launch of the Portuguese version of China's Baidu search engine.

US spaceship test flight failure kills at least one

2014-11-01 03:39:18

A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic crashed during a test flight on Friday at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, the company said.

China convicts over 13,000 officials for bribery

2014-10-31 14:15:06

China prosecuted 21,652 officials accused of bribery in the first nine months of the year, with 13,414 of those cases resulting in convictions, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) revealed Friday.