Chinese find world's largest canyon below Antarctic

2016-01-19 14:50:40

Researchers from China's 32nd scientific expedition to the Antarctic discovers a 1,000 kilometer-long canyon beneath an Antarctic ice sheet.

Central China police bust cross-border drug gang

2016-01-19 13:54:33

Police in the central Chinese province of Henan apprehended 114 suspected members of an organized cross-border drug syndicate.

Three dead, 19 injured after car hits crowd in China

2016-01-19 13:54:27

Three students died and 19 others were injured as a man drove his car into a crowd on Tuesday morning in East China's Jiangxi province, government sources said on Tuesday afternoon.

Pipeline leak halts heating supply in part of Beijing

2016-01-19 12:10:07

A leaking pipeline has caused suspension of heating supply to 420 households in downtown Beijing on Monday night.

Glitch halts traffic on NW China high-speed rail

2016-01-19 12:09:52

Traffic on a section of a high-speed rail line linking northwest China's Xinjiang with its neighboring provinces has been halted since Monday morning due to a fault on the line.

Police rescue 15 babies from child-trafficking ring, dozens nabbed

2016-01-19 12:06:14

Police rescued 15 babies and nabbed 78 suspects after they broke up a child-trafficking ring in East China's Shandong province who were suspected of kidnapping babies in Southwest China's Sichuan province and selling them to Shandong.

Counterfeit shoes worth $150,000 seized in east China

2016-01-19 11:37:18

Xiamen Customs in East China's Fujian province seized more than 14,000 pairs of fake Adidas, Nike and Puma shoes with a street value of $150,000.

Young Chinese shooting victim mourned in US

2016-01-19 10:46:21

Jiang Yue, a 19-year-old Chinese exchange student from Chongqing, was shot and killed in a road rage incident in Arizona over the weekend.

Square dance lovers find underground garage their new stage

2016-01-19 10:39:00

Square dance lovers don't stop even when the temperature drops below freezing in winter. The temperature fell to minus 10 degrees Celsius on Sunday and minus 12 degrees Celsius on Monday, by far the city's coldest day this winter.

Microsoft, IBM eye technology to forecast air pollution in China

2016-01-19 10:26:24

Air pollution in China is a constant threat, and two US companies —Microsoft and IBM — are looking to use their technology expertise to provide air-quality forecasting.

30 seized in S China for making, selling explosive materials

2016-01-19 10:12:29

Police in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region announced on Monday they had detained 30 suspects for manufacturing and selling explosive materials.

Tibetan museum establishes digital records of collection

2016-01-19 09:40:49

Tibet Autonomous Region Museum, located in the regional capital of Lhasa, is digitally cataloging its precious collection.