Cancer is still the second most deadly disease in Shanghai despite a gradual slowdown in its spread, says the city’s disease control and prevention bureau.
China would see royalty this coming March as Britain’s Duke of Cambridge is set to tour Beijing, Shanghai and the province of Yunnan together with incoming British ambassador to China, Janet Woodward.
A 911 dispatcher at Virginia's Galax Police Department was recently faced by a dilemma whether or not to break the rule and help save a little boy’s life.
The number of Chinese citizens dying from cancer has continued to surge upward every year, with the disease becoming the leading cause of the death in the country.
After President Xi Jinping likened the environment to one's "own eyes" and human life last month during a tour of the Yunnan Province, Shanghai has announced a series of environmental preservation projects worth 100 million yuan ($16 billion).
TransAsia pilot Liao Chien-tsung was hailed a hero after flying his failing plane into a Taiwan river, which signalled distress right before the disaster, in an effort to avoid smashing into buildings.
Experts are calling for the Chinese government to put into place effective legal protection system that would give the citizens some form of protection against telephone harassment.
Railway stations and airports in China have tightened their security in preparation for the exodus of travelers during the Spring Festival holiday.
Roads in Beijing should not be named after Chinese politicians, foreigners or beetles, says the Beijing municipal government.
Advocates in China push for stricter regulations on tobacco during the United Nation’s World Cancer Day despite opposition from those in the big leagues.
China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) is currently proposing using gold foil in a Chinese liquor called the baiju.
A TransAsia Airways plane hit a bridge and dived into a river near the capital Taipei in Taiwan, leaving at least 11 people confirmed dead, and 19 others still missing.
A team of Chinese scientists have discovered six new genetic predispositions for leprosy.
