Guangzhou restaurant fires clumsy robot waiters

Out of three Guangzhou restaurants that used robots to serve customers, two have closed and the third has fired its robot waiters, the Workers' D...

EMBA applicants to take national exams in 2017

All Chinese executive MBA (EMBA) applicants will be required to take the national post-graduate entrance exam starting from 2017, the China Natio...

Big floods along Yangtze River likely, authorities warn

China's flood control authorities are warning of possible big floods this summer as weather and hydrologic factors closely resemble those of 1998...

Two people died, dozens injured in east China's highway pileup

on April 2, 2016 shows the accident site where vehicles pile up at the Changzhou section of the highway linking Shanghai and Nanjing, East China'...

International jockeys compete in Sichuan turf races

Eleven jockeys who had experience in the United Arab Emirates racing season competed in five turf races on 50 horses in pursuit of a total purse ...

Landslide in SW China leaves one dead, three missing

CHENGDU - A landslide that happened on Friday in Southwest China's Sichuan province has left one dead and three others missing, rescuers said on ...

Chinese tweak tradition to adopt eco-friendly burials

On Saturday, Chen Qi, an undertaker from Dalian in Liaoning province, set sail for another sea burial. It was an especially busy day for Chen, wh...

Couple Hitchhikes, Shoots Wedding Pics as 56 Chinese Ethnicities

After resigning, a newly-married young couple recently decided to take a one-year honeymoon hitchhiking around China, and shooting wedding photos...

Ability in English no longer needed for promotion

A recent policy change by top authorities means that people seeking higher ranks in technical and professional fields will no longer need to pass...

Chinese-American Girl Returns to Look For Her Biological Parents

Yang Bing, whose English name is Erika Pioch, a Chinese-American girl who was adopted and brought to the U.S. 16 years ago, recently returned to ...