In land of bicycle, car boom brings freedom of open road: In car terms, life really began in China around the millennium. Some 1.2 million cars rolled off the lots in 2002, a spike in demand of 30 to 40 percent. That figure jumped 70 percent in 2003, to about 2 million. Last year, Chinese bought 2.4 million cars, according to official figures, and growth is expected to be about 15 percent this year, with 10 percent becoming the annual norm by 2015.
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China suicide bus bombing wounds 31: A 42-year-old farmer with terminal lung cancer set off a home-made bomb aboard a bus in southeastern China on Monday in a suicide attack that wounded 31.
Food Safety Becomes People's Top Concern: A nationwide online survey recently revealed that food safety has become the No 1 concern for the country's urban residents.
Maternity leaves granted to students on campus: Maternity leave has been granted to married female students of Suzhou University in East China's Jiangsu Province. The newly issued school regulation stirs the nerves of the public in a nation where sex and reproduction remain a taboo, especially on campus.
China approves human trials for new SARS vaccine: China has approved a new vaccine for the pneumonia-like disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to go through human trials.
Parents keep adopted children in touch with their roots: Samantha Lucas was celebrating her fourth birthday yesterday afternoon with her "Chinese sisters," the girls she grew up with as a baby in the Yangzhou Welfare Institute, an orphanage in China's Jiangsu Province.
Typhoon Matsa Batters East China: Typhoon Matsa has been wrecking havoc in east China after its landing at Zhejiang Province early Saturday morning.
Typhoon batters China, 1.24 million evacuated: Typhoon Matsa battered China's eastern coast with strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday morning, killing one and forcing more than a million people from their homes, state media reported.
Typhoon drives million from homes: More than a million people have been forced from their homes in China's Zhejiang province as Typhoon Matsa hit the country's eastern coast. One person was killed in Shanghai and there has been widespread disruption to shipping and aircraft.
Soccer fever sweeps China: After waiting for 44 frustrating years, China is joining the soccer elite in the World Cup finals which start this weekend in South Korea and Japan. "It's been the dream of the whole Chinese people."
'This Is Really Home': A massive influx of migrants has created a new problem for city authorities—slums.
China's 'hairboy' aspires to be a rock star: He is an aspiring rock star, but Yu Zhenhuan's claim to fame for now is that he is the hairiest man in all of China.
Pet dogs tie the knot in Changchun: Pet dogs Wang Wang (L) and Xu Xu pose for a photo after getting a marriage certificate in a pet store in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province.
Chinese baby traffickers shift focus to girls: Low prices and strong demand have created a boom in the trafficking of baby girls in the mainland's hinterland provinces. In the past, most babies rescued from traffickers had been boys, but in some areas this year more than 80 per cent have been girls.
