Tongzhou, China News

China's economic boom has brought with it a craze for new inventions. Television shows and blogs feature the ideas of amateur inventors from across the vast country.

Nearly 50 parents protested outside the Tongzhou district education bureau, asking for equal rights for their children to attend a public school.

Renolit buys medical film capacity in China Richard Higgs EUROPEAN PLASTICS NEWS WORMS, GERMANY -- German plastic films producer Renolit AG is reinforcing its position in the global medical sector by acquiring the medical films division of China-based Austar Pharma & Medical Consumables.

German plastic films producer Renolit AG is reinforcing its position in the global medical sector by acquiring the medical films division of China-based Austar Pharma & Medical Consumables.

The Beijing suburb of Tongzhou has had to learn how to live with rubbish. In one neighbourhood that was once surrounded by fields, a giant landfill covered by tarpaulin rises like a green mountain amid apartment buildings and factories.