Wei Minzhou, a senior legislator in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, is being investigated for severe disciplinary violations, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Monday. Wei has been vice head of the Shaa… read more
Chinese police have extended surveillance of social media, after the recent spread of the “Blue Whale” suicide game targeting the country’s youth. Drawing a blue whale on a piece of paper, or carving it onto your body, and watching horror movies are j… read more
Four teams of inspectors are undertaking a month-long investigation into online pornography and fake news organizations across 11 Chinese provincial-level regions. The investigation, which will finish May 26, aims to clean up “harmful” information onl… read more
A panda in southwest China has given birth to the first set of captive-bred twins this year. Sichuan Province’s Chengdu panda research base announced Monday that the male twins were born on April 24. They have passed the critical first month of life a… read more
Pharmaceutical company Merck recently won approval from the China Food and Drug Administration to sell its human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, to help women fight cervical cancer. Developed by the US-based company in 2006, the vaccine has proved e… read more