Hailstones leave at least 12 dead in S China
2011-04-17 22:57:58
Hailstones, thundershower and gales pounded south China's Guangdong province Sunday, leaving at least 12 dead and 27 injured as of 7 pm.
HK actor detained for allegedly taking drugs
2011-04-17 21:15:25
Beijing police said Sunday they have detained Hong Kong actor Max Mok for allegedly taking drugs.
No obvious change in radiation levels
2011-04-17 19:39:21
China's National Nuclear Emergency Coordination Committee said Sunday in a daily notice that no obvious change had been found in the levels of radioactive material in the environment and food samples on the Chinese mainland.
Oil tankers collide in Macao water, no injury
2011-04-17 18:59:46
Two oil tankers collided with each other on Sunday in seas off the Macao International Airport, leaving 2,000 liters of oil leaking into sea, the Macao authorities confirmed.
Workshop shut down for dying steamed buns
2011-04-17 17:33:38
Authorities in an eastern Chinese city have closed an unlicensed steamed bun workshop whose products were found to contain prohibited chemicals.
Romance courses touch off heated controversy
2011-04-17 17:18:57
Can romance be taught? Is falling in love so important that it has to be included in courses in universities?
Deer, goats from Taiwan to give birth
2011-04-17 17:07:11
The spotted deer and goats sent by Taiwan as gifts are expected to give birth to cubs in the Chinese mainland, Jason Yeh, Taipei Zoo director said on Saturday night in Weihai.
Quake-hit Tibetan monasteries to be restored
2011-04-17 16:57:28
Construction workers will in this year finish rebuilding 62 Tibetan monasteries damaged in last year's 7.1-magnitude earthquake that leveled the plateau county of Yushu in northwest China
Netizens debate throwing money to save dogs
2011-04-17 16:53:59
Over 500 dogs being delivered to a butcher house were saved by a Chinese animal protection organization and redeemed with 100,000 yuan ($15,300) Friday.
Shanghai building fire put out; no casualties
2011-04-17 15:45:10
A business building under partial renovation at the heart of Shanghai's commercial area briefly caught fire on Sunday. No casualties were reported.
Over 500 dogs rescued on the way to slaughter
2011-04-17 14:37:07
Animal protection activists Friday stopped a truck on the way transporting 520 dogs to a slaughterhouse in Northeast China's Jilin province on the Beijing-Harbin Highway. LeepPet Holding Corp, a pet service company, and Shangshan Animal Charity Fund finally bought all the animals with 115,000 yuan ($17,606) from the dog trader early Saturday morning.
Efforts made to tame forest fire in N China
2011-04-17 11:39:56
Fire-fighting authorities in North China on Sunday ordered the firing of rainmaking rockets to rain down on a wild fire in a forest that has been burning for five days.