Change to HK permits 'will affect business and family'

2015-04-14 08:02:34

A decision to restrict visits by residents of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, to Hong Kong will affect regular business and family trips.

Serial killer appeals death sentence

2015-04-14 10:56:00

Convicted serial killer and rapist Zhao Zhihong is now standing second trial in Inner Mongolia autonomous region's high court on Tuesday.

Polluting regions summoned for talks

2015-04-14 08:03:09

Government officials in six districts and cities in Hebei province have been summoned to talk about their pollution problems with the provincial and national environmental watchdogs.

Workers balance on planks to build mountain road

2015-04-14 10:57:23

Workers construct a mountain road thousands of feet above the ground in Pingjiang County, Hunan province. With no ropes or safety harnesses, and only hard hats to protect them if they fall, these men spend their days hauling heavy planks and wheelbarrows full of cement over a rickety wooden walkway.

'Long johns building' almost complete

2015-04-13 10:21:24

The Gate of the Orient, nicknamed the "long johns building" by netizens, a new landmark of Suzhou city, in East China's Jiangsu province, will soon be complete in autumn after 11 years of construction, April 11.

Campaign to promote coming anti-smoking measures

2015-04-13 13:56:21

Beijing will roll out strict anti-smoking regulations on June 1, 2015. In a pre-launch campaign for the anti-tabacco measures, which kicked off this past Sunday, officials explained the forthcoming regulations in detail and initiated a series of activities concerning the tobacco control regulations.

Soldier's cooking marathon essence of love

2015-04-13 14:27:47

A family reunion often comes with romantic and touching moments. For one border soldier based in Tibet, the romance expresses itself in a cooking marathon to stock up a year's supply of food and snacks for his wife.

Coming or going, migrants alter dynamics of labor

2015-04-13 06:42:26

The number of migrant workers more than doubled to 245 million from 2000 to 2013, representing 18 percent of China's total population in 2013.

Cancer surge in China prompts rise of special patient hotels

2015-04-13 09:36:38

Hotels have sprouted up near hospitals in big cities to give patients an affordable, cozy place to wait for appointments and undergo outpatient treatment.

Ten photos you don't wanna miss - April 13

2015-04-13 07:41:05

Ten photos you don't wannna miss - April 13

China bans online medical diagnoses

2015-04-12 20:23:35

Hospitals offering medical advice online should not provide diagnoses via these services, ruled China's health regulator Sunday.

3,000 Chinese sturgeons released into Yangtze River

2015-04-12 20:39:51

A total of 3,000 Chinese sturgeons, a top-level protected species in China which lived at the same time as dinosaurs, were released by the Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute (CSRI) under the China Three Gorges Corporation on Sunday.