BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- China has released its most detailed map yet of grassland vegetation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, using a scale of 1:500,000. The map, developed by a team led by Wang ...

China's state planner on Monday said it had issued 500 million yuan ($69 million) from the central budget to support the recovery of five provinces following a typhoon and torrential rains.

I N QUESHAN COUNTY, on the plains of central China, fields that are usually green with maize plants are brown and dusty.It has barely rained for two months and village wells are running dry. “We ...