5 March 2010, 7:09 pm
Seven people died after a bus plunged off a bridge on to a riverbank Wednesday in central China's Hunan Province, police said. The bus carrying 52 people crashed through the guardrail and fell off a seven-meter-high bridge on a highway in Shaoyang City at 9:30 a.m., said Tan Ping, a police officer o... Read More »
3 March 2010, 6:17 pm
From "online bystanders" to an outspoken force, netizens have begun to play a large role in setting China's social agenda. By repeatedly exposing injustices and corruption, the Internet has become an effective tool in policing officials, say digital media analysts.... Read More »
3 March 2010, 5:28 pm
Photo taken on March 3, 2010 shows the site of car crash in Shaoyang, central-south China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao) Seven people died after a bus plunged off a bridge on to a riverbank Wednesday in central China's Hunan Province, police said.... Read More »
1 March 2010, 10:19 pm
ZHENGZHOU: For this year's Lunar New Year holiday, police officers in a county of central China's Henan province were especially cautious when partying with mining and entertainment bosses.... Read More »
24 February 2010, 7:33 pm
Is a life worth more if a person holds a foreign passport? That is what some people are asking after a court in Central China's Hunan Province ruled that the family of a Singaporean citizen, who was killed in a car accident, should be compensated more than a typical Chinese victim's family, the Chin... Read More »
22 February 2010, 10:11 am
No sanctuary for whalers and whale-huggers... Read More »
22 February 2010, 1:21 am
According to the website of China's Ministry of Public security, during the 7 days of Spring Festival holiday, railway police uncovered 228 criminal cases and 450 cases of scalping tickets, captured 446 suspects selling tickets with high prices and destroyed 47 tickets scalping sites. Railway police... Read More »
17 February 2010, 8:36 am
Duan Yuelin and Chen Zhijin, his mother, who get children from the rural poor and adopt them out to foreigners, talk about their business in their home in Changning, China. Chen says the children are better off with their new parents.... Read More »
15 February 2010, 2:25 am
Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Snowfalls in eastern China at the start of a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday forced officials to scramble to keep rail lines open yesterday after earlier disruptions to travel in the nation.... Read More »
14 February 2010, 7:52 pm
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Snowstorms in eastern China disrupted road, air and rail traffic stranding and delaying travelers at the start of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday.... Read More »