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Fudan poisoning case suspect to be arrested, the probe still on

Staff Reporter   | Apr 19, 2013 07:47 PM EDT

Shanghai police department declared a request has been submitted to a local procuratorate for approval to arrest a suspect in the Fudan University poisoning case for intentional homicide. read more

Has President Xi really taken an urban legend?

Staff Reporter   | Apr 18, 2013 06:42 PM EDT

In China, some of the popular TV drama are based on the adventures of Emperor Kangxi who is a Qing ruler in the 17th century sometimes would slip off his yellow dragon-embroidered silk robes to travel incognito among his people. All of a sudden, for several hours Thursday, a story went viral on the Chinese Internet that the new Communist equivalent of the emperor, President Xi Jinping, had pulled the same trick. read more

Fudan University poison case increasingly gets attentions

Staff Reporter   | Apr 17, 2013 07:58 PM EDT

Classmates of Huang Yang who was allegedly poisoned by his roomate for some reason and died with multiorgan failures commented massively these days. read more

China deadly bird flu cases increased to 82 with 17 deaths

Staff Reporter   | Apr 17, 2013 01:38 PM EDT

China confirmed five more H7N9 new infection cases, including one in Shanghai and four in Zhejiang Province. read more

Shanghai postgraduate died from a sip of poisoned water

Staff Reporter   | Apr 16, 2013 07:56 PM EDT

A medical postgraduate Huang Yang, who is 28 years old and from Fudan University, was alleged to be poisoned by his roommate and died at 3:23pm today following multi-organ failures. read more

World flu experts heed China request for help

Staff Reporter   | Apr 16, 2013 06:49 PM EDT

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that an international team of eight flu experts, including four from the WHO, is coming to China to help with the investigation into the deadly H7N9 virus. read more

A tall basketball player wants to be superb as Yao Ming

Chinatopixstaffwriter   | Apr 16, 2013 05:07 PM EDT

A high school student Yao Haoyan, who was born in 1996, comes from Harbin, is 2.22 meter high which is extremely high in his peers even in average people in China and wants to be a professional basketball player as Yaoming. read more

In China, 3,000 pigeons confined due to H7N9 flu

Staff Reporter   | Apr 15, 2013 08:50 PM EDT

Authorities in China's Henan Province locked up about 3,000 pigeons in cages at Zijingshan Park in Zhenghou due to the H7N9 flu that has already claimed at least 14 lives. read more

Yunnan drug addicts make great escape

Staff Reporter   | Apr 15, 2013 05:41 PM EDT

The local government of Zhenxiong county, Yunnan Province, confirmed on Monday that 39 detainees, all drug addicts, managed to break out of a local detention center on April 6. read more

Szechwan parkour enthusiast's body found

Staff Reporter   | Apr 15, 2013 01:41 PM EDT

Yesterday, on the 8th day of Wang Zijian's disappearance, his body was found over 10 kilometers away downstream in the Yangtze River. read more

Beijing Reports First Suspected Case Of New Strain

Staff Reporter   | Apr 13, 2013 04:09 PM EDT

Chinese capital Beijing reported on Saturday its first suspected case of a new strain of bird flu, state news agency Xinhua said, which would be the first time it has been found in a human outside of eastern China. read more

Two-headed pig born in China

Staff Reporter   | Apr 13, 2013 12:12 PM EDT

A two-headed piglet was born in China earlier this week. It was born on April 10th in a village in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. read more

Detained Mum Sues Over Girl's Rape

Staff Reporter   | Apr 12, 2013 04:44 PM EDT

A Chinese woman sent to a labour camp for demanding the punishment of seven men who kidnapped, raped and forced her then 11-year-old daughter into prostitution has gone to court for compensation. read more

Greenhouse gases make high temps hotter in China

Staff Reporter   | Apr 12, 2013 04:40 PM EDT

China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. read more

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