Authorities in Beijing are planning to use cleaner petroleum and diesel to power its five million vehicles in the first half of next year in a bid to reduce pollution. The Beijing municipal environmen...

A heavy fog blanketed parts of northern China on Monday, delaying flights and causing hundreds of cancellations , while smog hung in a dark haze over Beijing. As of 2 p.m. (0600 GMT), 126 flights had...

China's top broadcasting watchdog has banned the TV shopping programs of 19 companies from screens after they were found to have less registered capital than the minimum amount required for such progr...

The Chinese central government decides on Tuesday to raise its standard in defining the poverty line for the nation's farmers. The threshold is to be raised to 2,300 yuan (about $362) in terms of the...

China's refitted aircraft carrier sailed for its second sea trial on Tuesday for relevant scientific research and experiments, Chinese Ministry of National Defense said in a press release. According t...

Huang Lianfei , a worker at a metal craft workshop, stands on a ladder as he drills to construct a model robot based on a character from the cartoon "Transformers", in Shenyang , Liaoning province Nov...

Siemens' angry costomers smash Siemens refrigerator in front of Siemens Beijing headquarter 20th Nov. 2011.

Luo Yuanpin , a 48-year farmer from Longzui Village of Hefei city Anhui province, was called as "Putin Brother" as his apperance is similiar to Russian Putin.

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying Chuangxin 1-03 and Shiyan Satellite 4 blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov 20, 2011. T...

China will likely loosen its restrictions on the country's property market in the third quarter of next year, as plummeting prices could slow the growth of the economy, according to a university repor...

It is dance drawn from one of the most sensual books in Chinese history. The specially commissioned production for an arts festival was a sell-out success, but it may never be staged in the mainland....

A head-on collision between an overloaded van and a coal truck left at least 20 people - including 18 preschoolers - dead and another 44, mostly children, injured on Wednesday. The van, which containe...