(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.
(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.
New Scientist writes about China’s recent gains in the scientific fields:
Very quietly, China has become the world’s second-largest producer of scientific knowledge, surpassed only by the US, a status it has achieved at an awe-inspiring ra…
Photo: A sign across the Taiwan Strait from Xiamen reads, “The Three Principles of the People will Unify China,” by JoeBorn
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A prolonged drought has left 240,000 people and 110,000 head of livestock without adequate drinking water in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said Saturday.
Three people – two men and a woman – were killed when a shabby five-story building collapsed in Hong Kong’s Hung Hom area on Friday. At least two others were still missing Friday night.
Rules to set compensation and curb abuses of demolition crews aimed at calming unrestChinese authorities hope to calm anger at forced demolitions of homes with rules designed to curb abuses by developers and demolition crews that have led to poverty, unrest and even deaths.The country’s full-tilt urban development has led to the relocation of millions [...]
I will visit World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, bringing my family of more than 20 people, including my sons, daughters and grandchildren.
The construction of a city community exclusively for people from overseas has drawn sharp and contrasting reactions from locals and foreigners.
Shanghai should make sure the 2010 World Expo is a success and transform the city’s economy, while improving people’s living standards, social harmony and stability, Mayor Han Zheng said yesterday.