Mainland's Taiwan affairs chief expresses condolences over Taiwan quake again

BEIJING - Zhang Zhijun, the Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief, on Monday conveyed condolences from leaders of the mainland to the victims o...

Chinese investors renew 'gold rush' as market prices rocket up

A "gold rush" during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday and chaos in the global stock market have pushed the price of gold up on a daily basis...

Lost foreign tourists receive help from local police

A local policeman attempts to communicate with a Russian tourist to provide help in Yuchen city, East China's Shandong Province

A thirst for change in polluted waterways

The quality of China's water resources has been in decline for several decades. Now, measures are being introduced to return the country's lakes,...

Chinese Visit Temple Fairs During Spring Festival Holiday

A folk artist performs during a Spring Festival temple fair held

Watch this space for signs of alien life

The surest indication that intelligent life is out there is that they have not tried to contact us. We, on the other hand, have been trying for d...

Why Spring Festival reunion is important

In recent Spring Festivals, I've been a road warrior alternately visiting my parents and parents-in-law who live thousands of kilometers apart.

Red-Letter Day: Uncovering Beijing’s Literary and Ideological Past

It’s a bitterly cold Beijing morning with flurries of snow floating around us. I’m joining Nelly Alix from Beijing by Heart (who also took us on ...

Netcoms executives deny porn allegation

Four executives from a former online video service company pleaded not guilty to spreading pornography on the Internet when they stood trial in a...

Nanjing gets defensive about city wall after claims by Xi'an

The Tourism Administration Bureau of Xi'an has apologized for suggesting that while its city wall has stood for more than 600 years, walls in Nan...