One door closes, another opens. That's one way of describing the China operations of US-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc, these days. The world's largest retailer is aggressively revamping its strategy in the nation that is key to its international ambitions to emphasize quality and safety after Chinese co...

A 39-berth sleeper coach is saddled with 111 passengers in Changsha, Hunan province, on July 4, 2012. [Photo/China Daily]Traffic police see an increase in cases of seriously overloaded vehicles during the summer vacation when children travel to see their parents who are working in other areas of the...

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the nation's largest oil producer, said it has started a 680 million yuan crude oil storage project in Jinzhou, Liaoning province.The project consists of six crude oil storage tanks, each with a capacity of 100,000 cu m, CNPC said on its website.The compa...

Despite a slight 1.2 percentage points down in export growth and 2.4 percentage points up in import growth, China's trade surplus last year expanded to a record 177.5 billion dollars, up 74 percent from the previous record of 101.9 billion dollars set in 2005. The surplus kept surging 67.3 percent i...