Crackdown on foreign garbage
Customs officials across the country have been ordered to check every container labeled "waste" after mountains of discarded foreign garments were found in the coastal area of Guangdong province.
Residents opposed to incinerator project
GUANGZHOU: Residents of the Panyu district in this southern city are strongly opposed to the construction of a planned garbage incinerator in their neighborhood, according to the results of a questionnaire released yesterday.
Rape trial begins for petitioner from village
A woman who was held by guards at a Beijing hotel, and claims she was raped by one of them, complained the rape trial was unfair because the judge had snubbed her requests to speak.
Farmers selling blood to make ends meet
More than 6,000 poverty-stricken farmers in Central China's Hubei province are selling their blood on a routine basis to make extra money, with some saying it's the only way they can earn enough money to pay bills.
Olympic artifacts go up for auction
A man who has acquired many Olympic-themed artifacts is putting some of them up for auction, including one unusual item: 5,000 condoms left over from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
300 'dead' with stroke of a pen
Hundreds of Chinese villagers in Dancheng, Central China's Henan province, are protesting that reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated after they were registered as dead and removed from village lists.
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