Basketball superstar Yao Ming and famed soprano Peng Liyuan yesterday became the new faces of China's anti-smoking campaign, which health officials said is still a tough task in the world's largest tobacco market. Both Yao and Peng were not... [More]
This autumn has been longer and warmer than previous years, prompting doctors to warn that it could lead to a rapid spread of flu infections. "The flu virus is very active in a warm autumn and can reproduce and spread very quickly, especial... [More]
Zhang Jianshun, 23, selects a snowboard at a winter sports store yesterday. As the capital got its second dumping of snow yesterday, Beijingers flooded into stores to buy up new snowboarding and skiing gear before hitting the slopes. Winter... [More]
Growing up as a farmer's son, Lin Zuojun used to play hide-and-seek with his friends in the bamboo forest of Fujian province. Little did he know back then that he would one day make millions of yuan by selling those most common plants of th... [More]
Dell Inc. on Tuesday said it is using packaging made from bamboo in shipping its computers, representing the personal computer maker's latest move to be a green technology company. Bamboo material is being used first in cushions cradling De... [More]
A youthful online group that calls itself the "Low-Carbon Tribe" is leading the way to an eco-friendly lifestyle. Tribe members, who range in age from 20 to 40, say they are trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in a relaxed and fashion... [More]
Twenty environmental protection organizations in Nanjing have issued a joint call to citizens to start the fight against climate change from the little things right under our noses because a truly low-carbon society needs a low-profile life... [More]
The Ministry of Health will make public a list of "smoke-free" healthcare facilities by the middle of next year to encourage public supervision, an official said on Thursday. All the listed facilities and health administrations will be subj... [More]
For some 20,000 Beijing cleaners, the New Year holiday was abruptly cut short at about 3 am yesterday, when heavy snow started blanketing the capital's streets. Li Xiangdong, a Beijing municipal environmental management official, said 492 d... [More]
There was an increase in the number of citizen complaints this year regarding drinking water quality, revealing the questionable quality of secondary supply water in the city. Statistics from the Beijing health inspection institute show the... [More]
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