Thursday, November 19, 2009
China's last surviving veteran from the D-Day landings of Allied troops in northern France has died at the age of 91, state media reported Wednesday. |
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A state media report says a massive landslide in northern China partially has buried a village and killed at least 23 people, and that rescuers are seeking survivors. |
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
An elementary school cafeteria in northern China collapsed under heavy snow, killing three students and injuring 28 others, state media reported Thursday. |
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A Communist Party official in China has died from excessive drinking, the third such alcohol poisoning case that highlights the problems of a drinking culture connected with government and business work, an official newspaper reported Monday. |
Money can't buy you love - but in one Chinese city it can get you an introduction to beautiful, well-educated single women. |
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
A woman called the "godmother" of a mafia-style gang in China's southern city of Chongqing was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for running underground casinos and bribing government officials. |
Chinese workers are trying to clean up dangerous chemicals in the central reaches of the Yangtze River and an oil spill near an eastern Chinese port, after two shipping accidents this weekend. |
A moderate earthquake hit southwest China Monday, injuring 28 people, toppling more than 1,000 houses, and killing hundreds of livestock, local authorities reported. |
Monday, November 2, 2009
A rescue operation Sunday airlifted 37 crew members from an Iranian-registered cargo ship that ran aground in heavy weather at the mouth of China's Yangtze river, state media said. |





