• Chinese court rules hydropower company to protect rare plant

    2020-12-21

    A local court has ordered a hydropower company to strengthen the environmental impact assessment on a critically endangered plant before building a new power station in southwest China.

  • Hospital ordered to pay 760,000 to family in baby mix up case

    2020-12-08

    A court in Central China's Henan province ordered a hospital to pay more than 760,000 yuan ($116,384) in compensation to a family of three.

  • Court orders return of stolen Zhang Gong Patriarch statue

    2020-12-07

    A Chinese court on Friday ordered that the Dutch collector of the famous Zhang Gong Patriarch-a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue containing the mummified remains of a famous monk-must return the stolen relic to its original owner: two village committees in Fujian province.

  • Man who killed schoolboys executed

    2020-12-04

    Huang Yichuan, the man who killed two 10-year-olds near the gate of an elementary school in Shanghai, was executed on Thursday, the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court announced.

  • Man sentenced to death for raping 4-year-old

    2020-12-03

    A man surnamed Liu from Harbin, Heilongjiang province, was sentenced to death for rape by the Harbin Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday, according a statement released on the court's social media account.

  • Taiwan academic gets jail time for espionage

    2020-11-26

    A mainland spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday that Tony Shih, a Taiwan academic, was sentenced to four years in prison for espionage by a district court in Anhui province.