Part of the pressure on the rental market has come from Beijing's measures to cool property prices, introduced in May 2010.
A knife-wielding man allegedly injured four people, including two children, on Monday near a Carrefour store in Beijing.
A 61-year-old woman from Hebei province, is in critical condition after being infected with the H7N9 virus, the latest known case of bird flu on the mainland.
Guangdong provincial authorities promised on Sunday to look into the alleged unjust treatment of a disabled man who police say set off an explosive device the day before at Beijing Capital International Airport.
Several officers from the chengguan, or urban management authority, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, have been suspended after allegedly beating a watermelon seller on the head.
In Mo Qun's eyes, Sansha, the country's youngest city, will become China's Maldives, attracting tourists for island-to-island trips in the near future.
The police on Saturday detained six urban management officers who allegedly attacked a married couple selling watermelons on the roadside, leaving a man dead and his wife in a coma.
The elevator glides noiselessly to the top floor of a 10-story residential building in Beijing's Sanyuanqiao area, and I step toward apartment number 1009 with the same anticipation I came with last week. I am hoping Master Liu Qing will beat me with a stick. Two sticks, in fact.
A woman from north China's Hebei Province Saturday became the latest confirmed case of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, said health authorities in Beijing.
Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli met four foreign leaders who will attend the opening ceremony of the Eco-Forum Global Annual Conference in Guiyang.
The top court will ask 14 local courts to set up enforcement command centers to help deal with emergencies and mass incidents during the implementation of rulings.
Choschok Rigzin, a doctor at the disease control and prevention center in Hainan, Qinghai province, travels hundreds of kilometers every year to 15 monasteries to teach tuberculosis intervention.