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China cuts gasoline, diesel prices
2023-12-06The retail price of gasoline has been cut by 0.91 yuan (13 US cents) per liter, and diesel by 1.08 yuan, as of midnight, the country's top economi...
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Netizens call for interactive govt websites
2023-12-06A large number of the country's Internet users are not satisfied with government websites and want them to be more "interactive" and &qu...
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Man jailed for running out on mom
2023-12-06A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday for abandoning his mother in a public square over a year ago, the Zhabei district people's co...
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From fishing village to bustling metropolis
2023-12-06If Peter Pun had put a bet on how large Shenzhen would grow, it's more likely than not he would have lost it.When the then director of planning of...
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Artifacts from Beijing's Palace Museum and Taipei's "National Palace Museum" are on course to be displayed together after nearly six...
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The extravagant beards and moustaches proudly sported by generations of Indian men are under threat, according to a new book that celebrates the count...
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Special unit to tackle gangs
2023-12-06A new division is being planned to combat growing mafia-style gangs in the country, a senior official of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has sai...
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Jobs for graduates atop govt agenda
2023-12-06College graduates' employment is on top of the government's agenda, Premier Wen Jiabao told students at a Beijing university on Saturday.The s...
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Their deployment as a makeshift missile robbed US President George Bush of his dignity and landed their owner in jail. But the world's most notori...
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Nanjing official under investigation
2023-12-06A real estate management official in Nanjing spotted in a photograph wearing a high-end luxurious wristwatch and smoking expensive cigarettes is under...