Taiyuan, China News

A woman walks on a street in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi, yesterday when the mercury dropped by 16 degrees Celsius in some parts of the northern province.

TAIYUAN: A Karaoke bar in Taiyuan, capital of northern Shanxi Province, became the first to be closed over copyright infringement as court police sealed its front door Wednesday.

Zhang Jigang always has innovation on mind for stage productions, and "Liberation" is the latest example.

To say heavy snowfall has almost paralyzed North China is to state the obvious. Vehicles on many highways and expressways in north, northeastern and northwestern China have either come to a standstill or are moving at a snail's pace.

BEIJING: China will put into space a civil high-definition survey satellite, the first of its kind in the country, in 2011, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping said here Friday.

Major British and U.S. companies are focusing on a return to revenue growth in 2010 over cost-cutting, and IT is central to their recovery strategies, according to a survey by consultants Gartner.

Temperatures plummeted in Beijing and other Chinese provinces Tuesday, causing flight delays and highway closures.

China has put into orbit its first public-welfare mini satellite, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported.

China will launch a remote-sensing satellite, " Yaogan VIII" in the coming days from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province, the center said Sunday.

TAIYUAN:A China will launch a remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan VIII" in the coming days from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province, the center said Sunday.

In Taiyuan, the capital of north China's Shanxi province, the gate of a water plant is nearly blocked by garbage.

Iranian hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday the Islamic state will produce 20 percent enriched fuel for its nuclear reactors, state television reported.

NEW DELHI/LONDON - China and other big developing nations rejected core targets for a climate deal such as halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 just five days before talks start in Copenhagen, diplomats said on Wednesday.

TAIYUAN: Thirteen people were sentenced in north China's Shanxi Province for the fatal landslide which left 43 deaths and two missing last year.

TAIYUAN: An explosion killed four in a village of north China's Shanxi Province Tuesday, local authorities said Wednesday.

Photos by Brendan Worrell At the age of 14, Aman was forced to quit school, leave home and seek asylum in neighboring Iran.

A vendor smokes as he sells garlic at a wholesale market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, in this file... A vendor smokes as he sells garlic at a wholesale market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, in this file photo.

A court in northern China has sentenced five leaders of an unauthorized Protestant church to prison terms of up to seven years on charges including illegal assembly, rights groups reported Thursday.

The undated photo shows Guo Xinxuan taking pictures, in Taiyuan city, capital of north China's Shanxi Province.

SHANGHAI'S stock market almost remained unchanged in the morning session with investors staying cautious as the benchmark index fluctuated around 3,300 points.