The number of drug-related crimes handled by China's courts is on the rise, with more criminals shifting to modern synthetic drugs, the Supreme People's Court revealed on Wednesday.
Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman looks for a location using a model duck for his big yellow duck show at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, June 26, 2013.
Two pieces of looted Chinese cultural relics, bronze sculptures of a rabbit head and a rat head, are expected to return to China this week.
Applicants whose driving licenses were revoked in Shanghai may be exempt from compulsory training at a qualified driving school.
Heavy rain that has affected the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River since Monday is expected to last for about a week.
A serial killer appealing his death sentence in Hebei province repeated a confession that he committed a rape and murder for which another man was executed almost 20 years ago.
When 18-year-old Zhang Guoqiang came to Beijing to work as a temporary security guard at the prestigious Peking University in 1994, having only a middle-school diploma, he probably never expected he could go to a top college himself one day.
More than 200 major cases have been filed, and three ministerial-level officials prosecuted, by Beijing People's Procuratorate since 2010.
China's urban management system is frequently criticized for the excessive and sometimes brutal force they employ to carry out those duties.
A system allowing residents to follow cases they reported has been set up to cover all grassroots prosecuting authorities in Beijing.
The death toll of a drowning accident in Central China's Hubei province rose to six after another body was found on Sunday night, local authorities said Monday.
Well-preserved site was resting place of Tang Dynasty military governor, wife