Two of China’s largest lakes along the Yangtze River, the Poyang and Dongting, face extreme water shortages, local authorities and environment observers have said. Last year, Poyang, China’s largest freshwater lake, entered its low season 54 days earl… read more
China will stick to the basic tone of “seeking progress while maintaining stability” in this year’s economic work to ensure stable and healthy development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday. “China will strive to improve the quality and effici… read more
A 58-year-old male patient who had tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in southwest China’s Sichuan Province has been cured and left the hospital on Tuesday, provincial health authorities said. The man was treated in a hospital in Suining cit… read more
In Kunming, there is a group of female bus currency counters who wear blue uniforms and count tens of thousands of small bills and coins every day. There are 4,000 buses receiving about US$174,000 in cash daily, which means that each of the bus curre… read more
Togtoh Power Plant in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region officially became the world’s largest operating fossil fuel power plant after two of its 660MW ultra-supercritical units were put into service, said China Datang Corporation, parent compan… read more