Antique seller sues police over obscenity label

Many of Beijing’s antiques dealers are shelving their antique porn after one woman was punished with three days of administration detention.

Cost cutting causes Shanghai building collapse

A nearly-finished 13-story apartment building in Shanghai’s Lotus Riverside complex collapsed Saturday, killing one worker. The complex was praised for its quality in 207 by construction quality supervision authorities.

Church seeks tenant for ‘haunted houses’

The Beijing Catholic diocese is seeking tenants for the capital’s two most famous ghost houses.The two dilapidated three-story buildings at 81 Chaoyangmen Nei Dajie belong to the Beijing Catholic diocese. Stories circulating on the Internet about the buildings have propelled them to the top of the list of the capital’s haunted houses.

Buddha body relics returned to Beijing temple

Two relics said to be from the body of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, were returned Tuesday to the Beijing Yunju Temple, where they were first found.

Traditional Medicine masters honored with new title, task Chinese Medicine heritage

Thirty herbal doctors were granted the title Traditional Chinese Medicine Master by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Health and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing on June 19.

Court says pro counterfeit buyers normal consumers

The Shijingshan court became the country’s first to lay down a public decision that professional counterfeit buyers are to be treated as consumersin all cases involving fraud, the Beijing Youth Daily reported Tuesday.

City gets tough on H1N1 prevention

Beijing’s government organizations, business and public institutions found negligent in implementing A/H1N1 flu emergency measures will be fined up to 200,000 yuan, te local government said Tuesday.

Fire safety exercise marks anniversary

For the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the fire department of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau began a series of fire safety activiies to safeguard cultural relics and ancient buildings.
Firefighters in Dongcheng District held a combat exercise in Gulou, the drum tower, to gain familiarity with firefighting in [...]

Tax measures fall on both liquor and tobacco

Local media reported that new regulations on the excise tax of baijiu, Chinese spirits, are expected to go public this week and take effect next month. The new regulation would double the tax currently paid by liquor companies.

Gov to amend state secrets law, avoid Internet leakage

The top legislature Monday reviewed for the first time a draft revision to the Law on Guarding State Secrets, underlining the severing of Internet or other public network access to confidential information.