China's population is projected to reach 1.4 billion by the end of 2015, when the urban population will become the majority for the first time, officials said.

3 comments - 155 views - Mon, jul 05 09:31 2010

A missing 6-year-old boy has been found by Shunyi police after being sold by his mother's online lover, Beijing Times reported on Tuesday. The man has since been detained.

1 comments - 132 views - Fri, jul 02 09:24 2010

"喝西北风" literally means to breathe the northwest wind. This phrase describes a straitened circumstance where there's nothing to eat but the wind. There are different stories attributed as the origin of this habitual phrase: one story suggests that "喝西北风" advocates the ideal state of a Taoist: living solely by breathing air; another story suggests that in China, the northwest wind is the most frigid wind during winter, breathing this wind while having nothing to eat further exacerbate the pain of hunger and cold.

0 comments - 358 views - Thu, jul 01 14:38 2010

Food safety is Chinese people's No 1 concern, with 72 percent putting it ahead of 10 other issues including social security, and medical and marriage safety, according to a recent survey.

0 comments - 132 views - Thu, jul 01 10:56 2010

Google plans to stop automatically sending users in mainland Chinese to its uncensored Hong Kong site, in an effort to appease Beijing as it seeks to renew its license to operate in China.

0 comments - 130 views - Wed, jun 30 09:18 2010

China has indicated that it will allow its currency to appreciate - following months of pressure from the US. Some refer to the currency as the yuan, others call it the renminbi. Who is right?

0 comments - 154 views - Tue, jun 29 09:15 2010

Chinese Internet users may become more skeptical following a spate of reports exposing the profit-seeking manipulation of Internet hot topics that are designed to amuse the public, experts warned on Monday.

1 comments - 176 views - Mon, jun 28 09:37 2010

Dressed in a crisp suit, Li Zhirui, sitting on the window seat of a Beijing bus, silently gazes at the European-style villas, luxury cars and illuminated shopping malls as they pass him by.

0 comments - 173 views - Fri, jun 25 09:29 2010

Eighteen wealthy men from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have launched a program to seek out beautiful young partners, albeit with certain conditions.

0 comments - 173 views - Thu, jun 24 09:55 2010

This phrase originated from a 1950s comic dialogue which the main character in this comic dialogue was named “马大哈.” 马大哈 was a careless, casual, jovial, and indifferent person. Ever since the comic dialogue, people who are forgetful, careless, and have an indifferent attitude are called “马大哈.”

1 comments - 185 views - Thu, jun 24 09:46 2010