More than 70 percent of the tap water in Beijing’s main urban areas comes from the Yangtze River, thanks to a huge water diversion project that was designed to ease water shortages in the north. Beijing has received 2.28 billion cubic meters of Yangtz… read more
Chinese railcar-maker CRRC unveiles a new product called Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, June 2, 2017. [Photo: Thepaper.cn] Chinese railcar-maker CRRC on Jun. 2 unveiled a new product called Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) i… read more
A bus catches on fire inside a tunnel in Weihai city, east China’s Shandong Province, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. [Photo: thepaper.cn] A fatal school bus fire that killed 11 children and two adults in eastern China’s Shandong Province on May 9 was all… read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) started a “smoke-free generation” media campaign in Beijing Thursday targeting young Chinese. China is in the grip of a national tobacco epidemic, and children are most susceptible with cigarettes portrayed as fashi… read more
From left to right: Hou Jianguo, Li Ganjie and Wang Menghui. [Photo/China Daily] The central government has announced the appointments of several senior officials in the past week, which experts said reflect the trend that China will have more seni… read more