Beijing

BEIJING - Residents in Beijing would now have to think twice before dumping their garbage at an improper spot around residential areas as they might end up paying up to 200 Yuan (30 dollar) if they fails to follow the guidelines of an upcoming household waste classification system.

BEIJING - China has reportedly executed an official of Hebei province on Friday for stealing and selling 259 cultural relics, including many on the state protection list.

BEIJING - A growing interest in religion is helping boost religious tourism in China, where about 130,000 religious sites have been turned into tourist attractions.

BEIJING - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), General Ma Xiaotian, and Charles Freeman, a China specialist at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, have held a meeting to help improve the bilateral ties between China and the United States.

BEIJING - China Telecom, a major wireless service provider in China, has denied allegations that its servers had "hijacked" nearly 15 percent of the world's Internet traffic, including data from the US Department of Defense and other government and commercial websites, in April.