19 die in China lift crash
September 13th, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 13 (IANS) As many as 19 people were killed Thursday when their lift crashed from the 30th floor of an apartment building being constructed in China's Hubei province, ... Read more...
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Rich Chinese woman seeks love on the street
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 22 (IANS) A young Chinese woman, who owns a villa, a luxury car and has a hefty pay package, is looking for love on the streets of ... Read more...
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13 die in China rainstorm
August 7th, 2012 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 7 (IANS) Thirteen people were killed following a rainstorm that battered the city of Shiyan in central China's Hubei Province from Saturday night to Monday morning, authorities said ... Read more...
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Typhoon-triggered storms kill 14 in China
August 7th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 6 (IANS) At least 14 people have died after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China's eastern coastal region over the weekend, officials said Monday.Five people died and ... Read more...
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Woman held for helping brother commit suicide
July 18th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 18 (IANS) A woman has been detained in central China's Hubei province for allegedly feeding pesticide to her paralysed brother, when he asked her to help him commit ... Read more...
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Chinese paraglider dies in accident
June 5th, 2012 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Fuyang (China), June 5 (IANS) A member of the Chinese paragliding team died in a training accident here, an official said.
Yang Xiaoqiang, 20, plunged to the ground from 100 ... Read more...
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Patient swallows syringe, seeks fine from hospital
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 23 (IANS) A man in China who swallowed barrel of a doctor's syringe during an operation is all set to receive 60,000 yuan ($9,500) in compensation after the ... Read more...
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Man crosses 6,000 ft high canyon without safety net
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 23 (IANS) A 40-year-old American slackline walker Monday crossed a canyon in central China almost 6,000 feet above sea level without a safety line, the Telegraph reported.Dean Potter, ... Read more...
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China proposes harsh punishment to curb gender imbalance
March 14th, 2012 - 9:59 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) China should impose harsher punishments on medical workers who conduct illegal sex determination tests in order to balance the country's skewed gender ratio, a top official ... Read more...
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China debates a cycle that was stolen, found
February 23rd, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 23 (IANS) A stolen bicycle, which was found and returned to its Japanese owner, has sparked a fierce online debate in China, with some cheering and others criticising ... Read more...
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50 migratory birds found dead in China
February 11th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 11 (IANS) More than 50 migratory birds have been found dead at a wetland in China, a media report said.The birds were discovered earlier this week in Wuhan, ... Read more...
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Six dead in central China coal mine gas leak
November 16th, 2011 - 3:45 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 16 (IANS) All six trapped miners in a coal mine gas leak accident in central China's Hubei province Tuesday were confirmed as dead, Xinhua quoted authorities as ... Read more...
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China extradites British criminal suspect
November 7th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 7 (IANS) Chinese police Monday handed over a British criminal suspect to Scotland Yard authorities at the Beijing Capital International Airport, Xinhua reported.The suspect, surnamed Price, was accused ... Read more...
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China’s Three Gorges hits full capacity
October 31st, 2011 - 7:57 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 31 (IANS) China's Three Gorges Dam Sunday reached its designed highest mark, the second time for the world's largest water control and hydropower project to run at full ... Read more...
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Three Chinese hurt as balloon explodes
October 11th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 11 (IANS) Three farmers in China's Jiangsu province sustained burn injuries when a hydrogen balloon descended and exploded in front of them.The farmers were harvesting paddy when the ... Read more...
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Two Chinese kids die in locked school bus
September 14th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 14 (IANS) Two four-year-old kindergarten girls in a Chinese city were found dead in their school bus where they had accidentally remained locked up for eight hours.The incident ... Read more...
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China faces shortage of life saving drug
September 13th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 13 (IANS) Experts in China have called for a national drug control system following a countrywide shortage of a life saving drug that has lasted at least three ... Read more...
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Patient’s stitches removed as he couldn’t afford surgery
August 8th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) A doctor in China's Hubei province removed the stitches he had just sewn on the hand of a man as the patient could not afford the ... Read more...
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Chinese man to die for keeping sex slaves
July 19th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 19 (IANS) A Chinese court has upheld the death sentence of a man who kidnapped two girls, kept them as sex slaves and raped nine others, the China ... Read more...
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Chinese seeks help over stingy wife
June 28th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 28 (IANS) A Chinese man has sought help from a women's organisation to deal with his wife who is a penny-pincher.Chen, 41, and his wife began their lives ... Read more...
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China to get world’s third tallest building
June 22nd, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 22 (IANS) China is to get the world's third tallest building, the China Daily reported Wednesday.The Wuhan Greenland Center, developed by the Shanghai-based Greenland Group and designed by ... Read more...
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China promotes green burials
March 22nd, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) People in a Chinese province are being encouraged to opt for floral burials so as to save piece of land from being wasted.Residents of the Hubei ... Read more...
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Japan quake may hit auto production in China
March 17th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 17 (IANS) The devastating earthquake in Japan may affect auto production at two joint ventures in China due to interruption in import of vehicle parts, company officials said ... Read more...
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Chinese Indian Meiyang Chang bags ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ trophy
March 9th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) It was a big day for Meiyang Chang. The Chinese Indian dentist-turned-singer-turned-actor Tuesday won dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4" and won Rs.50 lakhs, which ... Read more...
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Chinese dungeon rapist sentenced to death
February 1st, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for kidnapping and caging two girls in a dungeon and raping 9 other women.40-year-old Zeng Qiangbao was convicted ... Read more...
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Man sentenced to death for raping nine in China
February 1st, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 1 (IANS) A man was sentenced to death for keeping two girls in a dungeon as sex slaves for one year and raping nine other women in China.Zeng Qiangbao, a ... Read more...
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Explosion at central China factory, casualties unknown
December 10th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Wuhan, Dec 10 (IANS) A blast occurred at a private pharmaceutical factory in a city of central China's Hubei Province Friday, local authorities said.The explosion happened around 10 a.m. in the factory ... Read more...
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China to create world’s 3rd tallest building
December 9th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI): The world's 3rd tallest building will be in Central China's Wuhan city.A computer-generated image shows how the building will look when completed in 2014, reports the ... Read more...
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Cut veg, cook food, says Chinese man’s pre-nuptial pact
September 27th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 27 (IANS) A poor Chinese man who wants to marry a rich girl has to sign a pre-nuptial agreement drawn up by the girl's mother that says he has to ... Read more...
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Chinese girl sets quickest human calculator-world record
September 23rd, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): A Chinese girl has created a world record for doing complex mental arithmetic with supersonic speed.Chen Ranran, the university student from Wuhan, Hubei Province, has gained popularity ... Read more...
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Early maturity linked to pesticides, say experts
August 18th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) Chinese experts have claimed that early maturity in children is linked to pesticides even as parents across the country are concerned over milk powder produced by a Chinese ... Read more...
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Ministry clears Chinese company’s milk of causing early puberty
August 16th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): In the wake of the investigation into the reports that milk powder made by a Chinese company has caused early puberty in girls, the Ministry of Health ... Read more...
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Chinese blame milk powder as baby girls develop breasts
August 9th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) Three baby girls fed on the same batch of infant formula have begun to develop breasts in China's Hubei province, reports said.
The concerned parents took their daughters ... Read more...
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34 killed, 28 missing after floods in west and central China
July 25th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 25 (ANI): At least 34 people have died and 28 others have been declared missing after floods and landslides caused by the torrential rains over the past two days ravaged ... Read more...
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Chinese woman dies of bird flu
June 5th, 2010 - 6:33 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 5 (IANS) A 22-year-old pregnant woman died from a bird flu infection in China's Hubei province, the ministry of health has said.
The woman named Chen was four months pregnant when ... Read more...
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