Rich Chinese splurge on sportswear as luxury's lustre dims

HONG KONG - GPS sport watches, compression leggings and hydration packs are the new must-haves for wealthy Chinese, pumping up the multi-billion ...

Hospitals to require advance bookings

Patients with nonemergency conditions will soon have to make advance appointments before going to a major hospital in Beijing.

China to ease permanent residence application process for foreigners

BEIJING -- China will ease the permanent resident application process for foreigners, according to a circular issued by the general offices of th...

More youth involved in drug trade

The number of youths using illegal drugs increased last year, accounting for 62 percent of registered users nationwide, the 2015 China Drug Situa...

Moms cry out for baby-care upgrade

Experts and the public have called for improved baby-care rooms, sparked by a celebrity's online account of her recent embarrassing experience.

Legendary lane attracts thousands

Top official's visit and prime spot on New Year TV gala cements popularity and story of historic walkway

Spring Festival brings rural property mini-boom

BEIJING -- For many Chinese rural migrant workers, the Spring Festival holiday is a chance to buy their own home where they can eventually settle...

Ties shine during Lunar New Year in US

Perhaps someday the growing camaraderie between China and the US over Lunar New Year could spill into the political arena.

Failing eco-protection bureaus in the firing line

China's revised law on pollution control allows a wider range of litigants to bring cases against government departments that neglect their dutie...

China's last gun-toting tribe

Some 2,500 residents of Basha Miao ethnic village in remote Congjiang County of southwest China's mountainous Guizhou Province continue to preser...