Chinese officials being grilled on live TV
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 2 (IANS) Facing public grilling on live television can be a tough experience for officials, but some Chinese local governments think it might be an effective measure to ... Read more...
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Chinese child-trafficking ring busted
July 6th, 2012 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 5 (IANS) Police in China have busted two major child trafficking gangs and arrested 802 suspects and freed 181 children, the government said Thursday.Under the ministry of public ... Read more...
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More Chinese wives get HIV from husbands
June 2nd, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 2 (IANS) The number of spouses infected with HIV by their partners is increasing in China, and most of those infected by spouses are females, China Daily reported ... Read more...
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14 Chinese kids rescued from human traffickers
March 11th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 10 (IANS) At least 14 children were rescued and 38 suspects arrested when police busted two human trafficking rings in China, police said Saturday.The rings were busted in ... Read more...
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China spends $79 mn from lottery on poor
January 27th, 2012 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 27 (IANS) A total of 500 million yuan (around $79 million) from China's lottery earnings has been used to financially support underprivileged school students and teachers, the education ... Read more...
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China arrests over 900 in tainted pork crackdown
August 29th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) At least 989 people have been arrested over the last six months as part of a national crackdown on the manufacture and sale of an illegal ... Read more...
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22 Chinese women rescued from forced prostitution
August 14th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 14 (IANS) At least 22 women, who were forced to become sex workers in a Chinese city, have been rescued by police, officials said Sunday.Six suspects have been ... Read more...
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Chinese Communist Party official fails to find love despite 700 blind dates in 3yrs!
March 20th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 20 (ANI): Despite going on almost 700 blind dates in three years, a Chinese Communist Party official says he has failed to find true love - because women only want ... Read more...
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Sex selection to lead to 20pc more men than women by 2030 in India
March 15th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): A new study has warned that in the next two decades, large parts of India will have an excess of young men by up to 20 percent because ... Read more...
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Snowfall brings respite to wheat crops in China (Lead)
February 11th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 11 (IANS) Light to moderate snowfall has brought relief to the winter wheat crops in drought-hit areas of China, where more than seven million hectares of farmland have been ... Read more...
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Snowfall eases drought in China
February 11th, 2011 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 11 (IANS) Widespread snowfall in the past two days has helped ease a severe drought gripping China's winter wheat producing regions, said officials.The snowfall occurred in the areas along ... Read more...
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China earmarks $1 bn to battle drought
February 10th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 10 (IANS) The Chinese government will spend $1 billion to fight the drought which has hit a huge part of the country's north.At least 6.7 billion yuan ($1.02 billion) will ... Read more...
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Millions affected in drought hit China
January 29th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 29 (IANS) Millions of people have been affected due to the continuing drought in north China that has caused an economic loss of 1.04 billion yuan ($158 million), a media ... Read more...
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Millions facing water shortage in China
January 29th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Jinan (China), Jan.29 (ANI): Over 2.2 million people and 2.7 million livestock are facing a water shortage in many parts of China.According to the China Daily, some of the wheat-growing regions, ... Read more...
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Millions short of water as drought hits eastern China
December 30th, 2010 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 30 (IANS) A severe drought in China's eastern Shandong province has left tens of thousands of people short of drinking water and dried up vast swathes of farmland.The drought, worst ... Read more...
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Amnesty blasts China for jailing woman for year in labour camp over satirical tweet
November 19th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 19(ANI): A 46-year-old Chinese woman has been sentenced to a year in labour camp for posting a satirical 'anti-Japanese' message on Twitter.It is believed to be the harshest sentence related ... Read more...
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With winter months away, snow starts to fall in northwest China
September 6th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by BNO News
XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- With the start of the winter still several months away, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has already experienced its first snowfall of the ... Read more...
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China plane crash victims to be compensated
August 31st, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) Families and relatives of the people who died in the Aug 24 plane crash in Yichun city will receive 960,000 yuan ($141,100) in compensation for each death.
A Henan ... Read more...
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China probes jet crash
August 30th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 30 (IANS) China Monday set up a task force to probe the crash of a passenger jet that killed 42 people, a media report said.
The accident occurred last Tuesday ... Read more...
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Chinese plane crash survivors recall horror
August 26th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Yichun (China), Aug 26(ANI): Survivors from the plane crash in China, which killed 42 passengers of the 96 on board on Tuesday, have described scenes of horror as they escaped the nation's ... Read more...
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Crashed Chinese plane’s black box found in Yichun
August 25th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Aug 25 (ANI): The black box of the passenger plane that crashed in China's Heilongjiang Province killing 42 people and injuring 44 others on Tuesday, has reportedly been found in Yichun ... Read more...
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No plane crash for nearly six years in China
August 25th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) China had kept a remarkable air travel safety record of 2,100 days or 69 months without accidents before a passenger plane crash in Heilongjiang province Tuesday night, ... Read more...
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40 injured in China plane crash
August 25th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 24 (IANS) More than 40 people were injured after a plane with 91 people on board overshot the runway while landing at an airport in northeast China late Tuesday, civil ... Read more...
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Chinese man wins 259 mn yuan in lottery
August 11th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Aug 11 (IANS) A man in Shanghai literally hit the jackpot winning 259 million yuan ($38 million) in a lottery after buying five tickets.
The man spent 200 yuan on the five ... Read more...
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Chinese forces battle rain as war game continues
August 5th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) Chinese forces Thursday battled rain while continuing a five-day military exercise featuring drills that include the relocation of air defence positions and command posts.
More than 12,000 Chinese military ... Read more...
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China unveils plan to boost foreign investment
April 30th, 2010 - 7:15 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 30 (IANS) China will offer discounted loans and other incentives to companies to boost foreign investment in the country's inland regions, the commerce ministry has said.
The government is eyeing investment ... Read more...
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Apple prices to go up as supply from China drops
April 18th, 2010 - 7:10 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) Apple prices may go up in the international markets as China, a major supplier of the fruit, has reported a drop in their supply this week due ... Read more...
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Chinese man, 70, maps out 5000-km bike journey!
April 6th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, April 06 (ANI): A 70-year-old man in China plans to travel 5000 kilometres on his new bike.According to Yangtze Evening News, Li Xianfeng hopes to tour five provinces and one ... Read more...
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Toll rises to 38 in China’s heaviest snowfall in 60 years
November 13th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 13 (IANS) The toll has risen to 38 Friday amid China's heaviest snowfall in the last 60 years, China Daily reported.
The storm brought up by the heavy snowfall hit the ... Read more...
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I HAVE MOVED ON FROM MY RELATIONSHIP WITH SAIF
October 12th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
ROZA CATALANO tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that she would slap if a person asks her to sleep with him in exchange for a roleIs it true that you are keen on learning ... Read more...
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Kungfu shrine plans tourism scheme
March 15th, 2009 - 8:55 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 15 (Xinhua) China's Shaolin Temple, the legendary kungfu shrine, is planning a tourism project.
The project is aimed to inspire confidence in people struggling in the prevailing financial crisis, through "perception ... Read more...
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China’s drought slightly eased by rainfall
February 10th, 2009 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 10 (Xinhua) China's drought has been slightly eased by rainfall in four provinces, an official said Tuesday.E. Jingping, secretary-general of the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief ... Read more...
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China to divert water from rivers to ease drought: official
February 8th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 8 (Xinhua) China will divert water from its two longest rivers to irrigate the drought-hit areas in the country's north, an official said.
Water from the country's longest river, the ... Read more...
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China raises drought alert to top level
February 6th, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 6 (DPA) China's government Friday raised the emergency status in drought-stricken regions to the highest level for the first time, as lack of rain threatens the harvests on more than ... Read more...
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Tainted milk scam: China to compensate child medical costs ”until 18”
December 31st, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Dec.31 (ANI): The compensation fund for victims of a tainted milk scandal will pay for medical costs the sickened incur until they reach 18, affected families said Tuesday.
The notice of ... Read more...
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