Topic: China News Service

China executes "land granny" for corruption spree

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese official dubbed the "land granny" was executed after amassing 145 million yuan ($23 million) in bribes and illicit wealth, media reported on Thursday, offering a glimpse into the country's underground economy in land deals.Luo Yaping was ...

China floods kill 34 in drought-hit provinces

BEIJING (Reuters) - Torrential rain in two drought-stricken central China provinces triggered landslides and brought down houses, killing at least 34 people and leaving 30 missing, state media said on Friday.More than 60,000 people were evacuated after downpours hit Xianning city ...
China's local governments must start construction on all of the 10 million affordable homes targeted for this year by the end of November, the...

China economy to grow 9.8% in 2011: think tank

A Chinese government think tank has forecast the nation's economy will grow around 9.8 percent this year, with inflation likely to come in at 3.7 percent, state media reported Sunday.Experts at the Chinese Academy of Sciences also predicted ...

Mob violence leaves nine dead at China mine

Police have arrested 10 people, including rival coal mine owners, after mob violence that left nine dead and 48 injured in southwest China, state media reported.The violence involving explosives and gunfire broke out after an underground shaft from one mine broke ...
Doctors in central China are puzzling over a 10-month-old baby boy who weighs 20 kilos (44 lbs) -- about as much as a normal child of six years -- but is otherwise healthy, state media reported.The infant, whose name was not given, was ...

Forty seven rescued in NE China plane crash-report

Forty seven passengers have been rescued after a plane carrying more than 90 passengers overshot the runway and crashed in the northeast Chinese city of Yichun, the official China News Service said.. The plane, travelling from Harbin, the provincial capital of northeast ...

China rescuers seek dozens missing after landslide

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese rescuers scoured a remote valley in the nation's southwest for survivors on Thursday after a landslide leveled a village, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens missing.The landslide in Puladi, a settlement in Yunnan province, was ...

China rescuers seek 90 missing after landslide

Chinese rescuers scoured a remote valley in the nation's southwest for survivors on Thursday, after a landslide decimated a village, killing at least one person and leaving 90 missing.. The landslide in Puladi, a settlement in Yunnan province, was the latest ...
The grandson of Chairman Mao Zedong, the first leader of the People's Republic of China, has become the country's youngest army general, state-run...