More foreign dairy products found unsafe

The amount of unsafe foreign dairy products seized during importation is on the rise in recent months amid the unalleviated public concern over unsafe milk formula in the country.

Landslide kills 10, 38 missing

The death toll from mudslides that hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province late Wednesday has climbed to four, and 44 people are still missing. Zhouqu Landslide 

China growth 'means EU opportunities'

Chinese and European Union (EU) officials held a high-level strategic dialogue on Tuesday amid heightened international discussion on where China is headed after displacing Japan as world's second-biggest economy.

China Beijing

Tiffany diamond stolen from Beijing mall

Police with the Dongcheng branch of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau confirmed on Wednesday that they received a report of a diamond ring stolen last Friday from the Tiffany store at Beijing's Oriental Plaza.

246 stranded tourists evacuated from east China island

All 246 tourists were evacuated Wednesday after being stranded for more than two days on an island in east China's Zhejiang Province due to approaching tropical storms.

China gets pregnant with C-sections every August

Outside the consulting room of a maternity hospital in Nanjing, an expectant mother, surnamed Lin, was trying to persuade a doctor to perform a cesarean section on her.

ID rule sparks privacy concern

Although the majority of mobile phone users have backed a new policy that requires them to register their real names, some of them are worried the rule, which came into effect nationwide on Wednesday, may violate their privacy.

Business

NBS to reform housing price statistics

The Chinese government is trying to improve statistics on housing price and a draft of the statistics reform will be published before Oct 1.

Banks announce merger plan

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co, China's second-largest insurer listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges, plans to merge its banking unit Ping An Bank with Shenzhen Development Bank Co.

China Pacific plans $735m investment in regional bank

China Pacific Insurance, the country's third-largest life insurer by premium, plans to invest 5 billion yuan in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank's (SRCB) private placement, Shanghai Securities News reported Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

World

17 immigrants kidnapped in N Mexico

A group of 17 migrants has been kidnapped in Tijuana, the largest city in the northwest Mexican state Baja California, authorities said Wednesday.

US southern states woo China investment

When Alabama Governor Bob Riley took over as chairman of the Southern Governors' Association (SGA) last year, he set a simple but far-reaching goal: to boost economic development in the US South by attracting international investment.

Gunman killed at Discovery Channel HQ

Police shot a gunman who had taken three people hostage at Discovery Channel's headquarters on Wednesday, ending a tense four-hour standoff near Washington.

NYC man survives 39-story fall

A New York City man who plunged 39 stories from the roof of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.

Sports

China on brink of Turkey exit

China's young basketball team failed to bounce back from its loss on Tuesday night to Puerto Rico and is now on the brink of World Championship elimination after falling to Russia, 89-80, on Wednesday.

Ivanovic moves on with easy win over Zheng

Unseeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia advanced to the third round of the US Open with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over 21st-seeded Zheng Jie of China.

Bolt: Sprint rival Gay 'hates my guts'

Olympic champion Usain Bolt said American sprint rival Tyson Gay "probably just hates my guts" because he has dominated major championships.

Opinion

'China threat' theory is absurd

when it took off on the road to rapid economic development, the West's unease began turning into fear, giving rise to the "China threat" theory which is bandied about so rampantly across the world today.

Fueling economic exchanges

Under the multilateral framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), substantial progress has been made in regional economic cooperation, trade and investment in recent years.

Web Comments
Patrick Mattimore

Can America's press serve the public and the bottom line?

When partisan American news sources, such as Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, behave unethically, it is no surprise.

Think Tank

Changing rules of the nuclear game

The US has been pointing a finger at China, directly or indirectly, over the past several months, especially over issues involving China's relations with its neighbors.

Regional

Taipei primary school invites grandparents

A Taipei primary school held an event for both students and their grandparents, which included kids serving tea to express their thanks, and grandparents giving bamboo dragonflies as gifts, symbolizing the transmission of wit.

Prehistoric villages ruins found in North China

Archeologists in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region said Monday they have found the ruins of two prehistoric villages in Tongliao City of eastern Inner Mongolia.

Life

Nolan dreams up box-office winner

Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception, which has become a global sensation, hit Chinese mainland theaters yesterday, untouched by censors.

Between the lines

Writing for the Web is fast emerging as an attractive option for both writers and publishers. But can online books ever shake off the feeling this is not serious literature?

Visitors brave rainstorms to visit  Expo

An expected typhoon did not affect the high spirits of visitors to the ongoing Shanghai World Expo.

Tennis masters swing into Expo

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