As government officials' salaries have steadily risen in rural China, so to has public anger over corruption. State-run CCTV News reports on one town in Shixing County, Guangdong province, that is doing all that they can to increase transparency o...

A 23-year-old man has been kept alive for seven years with a homemade respirator after being in a near-fatal car accident. The family couldn't afford surgery, so they alternate between pumping air into their son's lungs manually and switching on a...

Chinese infamous Train 2667 has the distinction of being the cheapest, slowest, and coldest train in the country. The temperature drops from -15 degrees Celsius to -47 degrees as it crawls for 37 hours, taking residents home for the Spring Festiva...

Beijing's municipal government has told 103 high polluting factories in and around the city to either stop production or cut it considerably. They are also cutting the use of government vehicles by 30 percent. But as CCTV News reports, the factori...

Heavy smog is back in many of China's largest cities after a brief respite, and this time it is disrupting the Spring Festival travel rush. CCTV News reports on delays to plane and train systems due to poor air quality during the world's largest a...

Japan reached out to China this week in an attempt to resolve the ongoing dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi went to Beijing with a proposal to end the hostilities. State-run CCTV News has China's pe...

A Beijing grocery store has concocted a genius way of selling produce that's good for the environment. Customers can exchange their recyclable goods and kitchen waste for fruits and vegetables. CCTV News reports on how this groundbreaking program ...

Some might say it's a good problem to have. China went from starvation and hunger issues to wasting massive amounts of food in just a generation. But as CCTV News reports, the government is now taking measures  to curb the amount of food that...

A cold winter has forced China to burn billions of tons of coal, joining vehicle exhaust as the major contributors to the catastrophic smog hitting cities. CCTV News speaks with Yang Fuqiang of the Natural Resources Defense Council, who says that ...

For many migrant workers in China's metropolitan areas, the Spring Festival is the only time of the year that they are able to return home and spend time with their families. But as state-run CCTV News reports, many workers are unable to head home...