China's local medical services have improved markedly following a nationwide campaign that began in 2009.
A county in southwest China's Sichuan Province has banned residents from holding banquets, causing uproar online.
Thirty-eight years ago, torrential rain swept masses of soil and sand from the bare hills above Lan Linjin's new house, destroying the building and throwing his family into destitution.
It's been a snowy winter for Chongli, a small county about 200 kilometers northwest of Beijing, and for Zhai Yujia and her colleagues, the more snow the merrier - and richer.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday lauded the role of county level governments, however, he underscored the integral role officials played in ensuring efficiency.
Dozens of public servants in the northern Kenyan town of Mandera are fleeing the restive region due to increased insecurity following the massacre of over 60 people in the past three weeks.
The Kuomintang Party won six county and city chief seats in Taiwan's biggest-ever local elections held Saturday, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party landed 13 seats, according to the island's electoral authorities.
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Friday issued a guideline to boost financial support to counties, which are key links in grassroots administration.
A highway linking Medog, the last roadless county in China, with neighboring Bome county in Tibet formally opened to traffic on Thursday, ending the county's isolation from the outside world.
A highway linking Medog, the last roadless county in China, with neighboring Bome county in Tibet formally opened to traffic on Thursday, ending the county's isolation from the outside world.
A central Chinese county has denied claims that it attempted to raise fines from family planning policy violators to support its strained government treasury.
Authorities in a south China county known for its otherworldly karst landscape are sparing no efforts to make the World Heritage List, but challenges remain in the way.
Authorities in a south China county known for its otherworldly karst landscape are sparing no efforts to make the World Heritage List, but challenges remain in the way.
About 40 people, who returned from a bonfire party, were on the bridge when the bridge floor suddenly tilted in Fenghuang at around 9:10 p.m., the county's deputy head Cai Long told Xinhua.
About 3,000 Los Angeles County government employees staged a rally Tuesday asking for an end to a five-year salary freeze.
Seven people, including six handicapped children and one adult, died on Friday in a fire that engulfed an unlicensed orphanage in central China.
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