Nurses 'must be more patient'

2015-03-20 07:48:26

Nurses are being urged to improve their service and stop being impatient when answering patients' questions.

Silk Street eyes upmarket transition

2015-03-20 07:48:26

Popular shopping mall plans to rebrand itself as seller of high-end goods and services

Couples remarry after fake divorce

2015-03-20 07:48:26

Loophole lets spouses avoid capital gains tax by splitting up before selling second homes

7 tourists crushed by falling boulder

2015-03-20 07:47:56

A huge boulder tumbled down a mountain smashed into a dock teeming with people, killing seven and injuring 25 in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Thursday morning.

Medical cost forces parents to consider giving up child

2015-03-19 06:59:45

Six-year-old Siyao and four-year-old Mengmeng play at a flower garden in their hometown in Sichuan province. They had to drop out of school after their father was diagnosed with lung cancer.

China set to count its wild Siberian tigers

2015-03-19 07:33:09

China is going to conduct a national survey of wild tigers to provide bases for their research and management, said a senior official of the country's wildlife watchdog.

Sector floats into calmer waters

2015-03-19 07:33:09

China's maritime industries shifted to the "new normal" in 2014, with slower but more sustainable growth, according to the annual maritime economic statistics report released by the State Oceanic Administration on Wednesday.

Selfie sticks on way to being banned

2015-03-19 07:33:09

China's major museums are ready to say no to "selfie sticks", but are still considering whether to close their doors completely to the world's newest camera accessory.

Mother of executed teenager sees murder case files

2015-03-19 07:33:09

The mother of Nie Shubin, who was executed in 1995 after being convicted of raping and killing a woman in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, left a court on Wednesday with copies of all the files related to her son's case.

Agony leads to joy of walking tall

2015-03-19 08:04:58

The woman from Xiamen, Fujian province, had been suffering from an extremely serious congenital condition known as genu recurvatum since she was born. The rare disease made her legs below the knees bend backward about 90 degrees.

Xinjiang: Productivity versus pollution

2015-03-19 08:00:24

Farmers in China's arid western regions have long regarded plastic film as a boon for business, but the environmental problems resulting from its use are prompting scientists to look for alternatives.

China's first female fighter pilots claim their half of sky

2015-03-19 07:45:02

Flying one of the world's most lethal warplanes makes Yu Xu, Tao Jiali, Sheng Yifei and He Xiaoli different from others their age.