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Navy denies Chinese sub spotted off south Taiwan

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The R.O.C Navy denied yesterday a media report that the nation’s naval battleships detected a suspected Chinese submarine off southwestern Taiwan during a military exercise on Jan. 27.

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Flight stopped after toilet paper fire: 2 detained

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Chinese police have detained two people after a domestic flight from the restless western region of –injiang was forced to turn around when a passenger set fire to toilet paper in the washroom, state media said on Saturday.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

Drought affects 240,000 people in China sugar bowl

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The southern Chinese sugar-producing region of Guangxi is suffering from a prolonged drought which has left almost a quarter of a million people without enough drinking water, state media said on Saturday.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Developer in China bans non-foreign tenants: media

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – A property developer in China is inviting only “Western-looking” foreigners to live in a new development, sparking comparisons with the controversial concession areas in the 1800s, state media said Friday.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

China denies miscarriages linked to H1N1 jab

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Chinese government has denied that the swine flu vaccine was to blame for a number of miscarriages suffered by women who received the jab, state media reported Friday.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Apartment building collapses in Hong Kong

A five-story apartment building located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong, collapsed all of a sudden Friday afternoon, according to the local media reports.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

Hainan property prices skyrocket

The plan to turn China’s tropical southern island of Hainan into an international tourist resort by 2020 has already started nudging property prices skywards, according to media reports.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

China city denies renaming mountain after “Avatar”

A city in a scenic part of southern China has denied renaming a craggy peak after the floating mountains that appeared in Hollywood blockbuster “Avatar,” after an online backlash, state media said on Thursday.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Avalanche kills 14 in China’s icy Xinjiang: report

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – An avalanche in western China’s snowbound –injiang region killed 14 people, state media reported on Wednesday, bringing the reported death toll from a fierce cold snap to at least 27.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Taiwan in search of missing military aircraft

Taiwan’s military is searching for a trainer aircraft that disappeared Tuesday during a training flight near southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung County, local media reported.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |