Beijing police Wednesday seized 3,185 pieces of suspected ivory. The products — weighing 48.3 kg combined — were on display at seven stalls in the Guanxin Market in Chaoyang District. Ten people have been held for questioning. Police said their inve… read more
A total of 30,538 Chinese officials were investigated for work-related crimes in the first half of 2017, according to a seminar for chief procurators on Wednesday. The number came from 29 provinces, with Beijing, Shanxi and Zhejiang, the pilot provinc… read more
A man has been arrested in central China’s Hunan province for alleged rape and murder of children and teenagers, said local police. Yao Changfeng, the suspect, was caught on Saturday while attempting to rape an 11-year-old girl by a road in Yuanling c… read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping received the credentials presented by eight new ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday. The ambassadors are Selim Belortaja from Albania, Jose Bernal from Mexico, Usenov Azamat from Kyrgy… read more
A large part of China is sweltering in intolerable heat as temperatures in central and eastern regions have soared to 40 degrees Celsius. Not only humans are suffering, so are the animals. With its mouth wide open, a rhino at the Beijing Zoo greedily … read more