Researchers from Greenpeace and Nanjing University find ‘strong motive to sell land and do remediation as quickly as possible’ in some big cities.

E-commerce platforms, courier companies in the cross hairs as public security ministry announces latest campaign to close distribution channels.

After stalled East Coast Rail Link gets back on track with fresh agreement, analysts say Beijing is willing to negotiate on terms, including lowering costs.

Police intervene after school dismisses parents’ claim they found bruises on their son’s face and body.

Inner Mongolian cadre accepted more than US$22 million from officials and businessmen and hid the proceeds in chicken coops and disused water tanks.

Microblogging platform says dozens of accounts have been suspended or closed for publishing ‘politically harmful’ material.

Hundreds of workshops in Shijiazhuang, Hebei were told to halt production in November to help curb smog over winter – but machinery still lies idle at some.

Chen Jiangang was stopped at Beijing Airport on Monday en route to take up fellowship funded by the US State Department.

Disciplinary watchdog urges members to ‘celebrate’ by retaking party oath, attending study sessions and meeting superiors to discuss their shortcomings.

Two activists who were arrested in 2016 were found guilty over baijiu labels urging people to remember deadly 1989 crackdown, while two others face trial this week.

CAS and CAE – which give policy advice to the government – have nominated at least seven specialists from private firms for the titles since start of the year.

Advocate was first held as part of the ‘709’ crackdown on human rights activists in 2015; her husband says she was freed less than 24 hours after she was detained in Beijing on Wednesday.

Xu Zhangrun has been placed under investigation by the university after he wrote several articles that were critical of political and social issues in China.

Scientists in Heilongjiang province take sample from spleen of pig but don’t know when they will be able to immunise animals.

China has set up a task force to investigate the cause of a blast at a chemical plant where 13 safety issues were found in an inspection last year.

Agriculture ministry declares tentative victory, but industry figures fear many cases are not being reported with journalists ordered not to cover the story.

Children among injured as blast at Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant damages nearby residential buildings, school and vehicles.

Education ministry and securities regulator agree to include financial knowledge on national curriculum in the future.

Company that owns private high school in Chengdu, legal representative and two local officials are also under investigation over the incident.

IPR is a key area of tension in trade relations between the US and China.

China has abandoned its one-child policy but the worries are not over for unmarried women and parents struggling to afford childcare.

President joins delegates from Inner Mongolia at National People’s Congress, telling them not to ‘attempt to breach the red line of ecological protection’.

• Rate of coal consumption was four times national average and output of several industries was found to account for 40 per cent of national total, while most bulk materials were transported by diesel trucks.