Excessive levels of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical, in tap water have affected more than 2.4 million people in downtown Lanzhou, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, provincial authorities said on Friday
Microblogger Qin Zhihui, also widely known by his screen name Qin Huohuo, stood trial for defaming others and fabricating and spreading rumors online in Beijing on Friday.
A man was executed on Friday for the killing of his ex-girlfriend and her unborn child when he set fire to her home in Wuzhou City in Guangxi.
China has suspended a newspaper after two of its post chiefs extorted money from county officials and enterprises by threatening to expose their malpractice, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television said in a statement Friday.
The Hong Kong government attaches great importance to protecting foreign domestic workers' rights and interests, Secretary for Labor and Welfare Matthew Cheung said Friday.
China will kick off a nationwide examination of run-down residential buildings following several deadly collapses, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced on Friday.
Courts' microblogs have provided valuable lessons for Chinese, many of whom will never get chance to observe court proceedings in their lives.
Yao Mugen, vice governor of east China's Jiangxi Province was removed from his post on Friday for severe disciplinary and legal violations.
A man confessed to spreading rumors about Chinese celebrities and the government during his trial at Chaoyang District People's Court in Beijing on Friday, accepting he made up stories and information to defame others.
Student protesters started to leave the “Legislative Yuan” in Taipei on Thursday after occupying the building since March 18 in protest at a cross-Straits service trade pact.