Pharmacist and daughter arrested over illegal sale of vaccine

2016-02-24 19:25:03

Police in east China have arrested a former pharmacist and her daughter for illegally selling hundreds of millions of yuan worth of vaccines.

Former Shanxi legislator stands trial for graft

2016-02-24 16:57:17

A former senior legislator in north China's Shanxi Province stood trial on Wednesday for accepting bribes.

Tianjin blast-damaged train station to be rebuilt

2016-02-24 16:41:16

Reconstruction of a train station severely damaged in the fatal warehouse blasts in north China's Tianjin City last year will start in March, authorities said on Wednesday.

Mainland slams proposal to abolish Sun Yat-sen portraits in Taiwan

2016-02-24 16:41:01

A Chinese mainland spokesman on Wednesday criticized a Taiwan legislator's proposal that would remove portraits of Sun Yat-sen from schools and government buildings in the island.

Stolen guide dog turns up bearing note of apology

2016-02-24 16:05:15

A guide dog that had been missing for 35 hours was sent home around 6 pm on Tuesday together with a note reading: "We do beg your forgiveness".

Guide dogs lead the way for the visually impaired

2016-02-24 15:47:11

Guide dogs, often Labrador retrievers or golden retrievers, are sent to foster families when they are puppies and are socialized for nearly a year. Dogs that show promise receive another year of training.

Shanghai business school earns coveted accreditation

2016-02-24 14:54:53

Just six years after it was created, the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University has earned the accreditation of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.

80 live tortoises confiscated at customs

2016-02-24 14:47:41

Customs officers found a male Chinese mainland resident trying to take more than 80 live tortoises totaling 34 kilograms to enter the southern city of Shenzhen from Hong Kong at around 9 pm on Sunday evening, the city's customs authority said.

Gated communities will open 'gradually', says ministry

2016-02-24 13:24:59

Emphasizing that legal rights of residents will be protected, the government says it will not take one-size-fits-all approach in opening up communities.

Seven-year-old village kid cares for her grandparents

2016-02-24 11:40:14

Yi Miaomiao, a seven-year-old girl, whose father died and who was abandoned by her mom, is staying and taking care of her ailing grandparents, undertaking much of the housework, in a isolated, poverty-stricken village in Yichang city, Central China's Hubei province.

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region can reach air quality standard but going will be tough

2016-02-24 11:13:47

China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the most polluted area in China, may solve the air pollution problems in 2030, but only with the joint effort and full support from all cities and industries, said a report released on Tuesday.

Demolition of former Shanghai 'comfort station' suspended

2016-02-24 10:36:56

The demolition of a former Japanese military brothel used during World War II in Shanghai has been put on hold, according to the local government on Tuesday.