Recently added articles from China Daily:
Office workers finding it harder to breathe easy
Jul 23, 2007; ... Pent-up office workers dissatisfied with not enough money and freetime now have another bugbear: good, clean air. A recent survey of office workers found most of those polledbelieved they were working in unhealthy environments. The complaints included not having enough ...
Tax hike a blessing
Jul 23, 2007 ... With the country already bracing itself for rising inflation, itwas a hard choice for policymakers to hike taxes on resources thatmight further boost the price of several products. However, the decision by the Ministry of Finance and the StateAdministration of Taxation to ...
UN suspends Moroccan troops in Cote d'Ivoire
Jul 23, 2007 ... The United Nations has suspended a Moroccan military contingentfrom its peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire while it investigatesallegations of widespread sexual abuse, the world body said onSaturday. Soldiers from the 734-strong battalion are alleged to havesexually abused ...
Students plagued by poor health
Jul 23, 2007; ... SHANGHAI: Soon after one student catches a cold, sniffles andsneezes are heard in every classroom, and not just at kindergartens -universities are also hotbeds for germs. Shanghai Jiaotong University recently carried out a survey on thelifestyles and health conditions of students ...
26 Poles killed in bus crash
Jul 23, 2007 ... Twenty-six Polish pilgrims died yesterday when their coach crashedoff a mountain road at a notorious accident blackspot in the FrenchAlps and burst into flames, police and officials said. Another 24 people were injured, 14 critically, when the coachsmashed through a roadside ...