Hong Kong director declared best at Changchun film fest
August 26th, 2012 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 26 (IANS) Hong Kong director-producer Johnnie To Kei-fung was honoured with the best director award for his 2011 film "Death of a Hostage" at the 11th Changchun Film ... Read more...
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Yatai to face Wolfsburg in friendly match
July 8th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Changchun (China), July 8 (IANS) Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai will play against German Bundesliga team Wolfsburg July 28, the club announced.Wolfsburg will be the first big-named European ... Read more...
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Chinese man executed for 2009 stabbing spree
May 11th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 11 (IANS) A 50-year-old man was executed in Beijing Friday for killing two and injuring 14 others in a stabbing spree in the Chinese capital in 2009.Zhang Jianfei, ... Read more...
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Kite disrupts landings at China airport
May 5th, 2012 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 5 (IANS) A total of 23 flights to northeast China's Dalian had to be diverted to other airports after a kite was noticed hovering over the city airport.The ... Read more...
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Three executed over fatal fire in China
March 29th, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) Three people responsible for a fire, in which 11 people were killed and two others badly injured in China's Jilin province last year, were executed Thursday, ... Read more...
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China’s wetlands are poorly protected
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 2 (IANS) Nearly 80 percent of China's wetlands are shrinking due to poor protection, experts said Thursday.The World Wetlands Day was observed Feb 2.The country's natural wetland reserves ... Read more...
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China launches train tour to North Korea
October 9th, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 9 (IANS) China's Jilin province Saturday launched a group tour that will allow tourists to travel around North Korea by train, authorities said Sunday.A group of 103 Chinese ... Read more...
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54 high-speed trains recalled in China
August 12th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 12 (IANS) Fiftyfour high-speed trains used on the Beijing-Shanghai route will be recalled over safety concerns, its manufacturers said Friday.The Shanghai-listed China CNR Corp. Ltd. train manufacturer said ... Read more...
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China takes tourists to North Korea
June 9th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 9 (IANS) Around 90 Chinese people Thursday began a trip to North Korea, becoming the first tourists from the country to drive across the border, the China News ... Read more...
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Strong, deep earthquake hits below China-Russia border region
May 11th, 2011 - 4:23 am ICT by BNO News
CHANGCHUN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck deep underneath the China-Russia border region on late Tuesday evening, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The 6.1-magnitude ... Read more...
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10 killed, 35 wounded in China hotel fire (Lead)
May 1st, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 1 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 35 others injured in a hotel fire in China's Jilin Province early Sunday morning, Xinhua reported citing local authorities.Preliminary investigations revealed ... Read more...
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Critically endangered leopard filmed in northeast China
April 18th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) A leopard, belonging to a critically endangered species, has been filmed for the first time in northeast China's Jilin province, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying ... Read more...
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Chinese man is first to be prosecuted of sexual assault of another male
January 5th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): A man in China, convicted of intentional injury for raping his male colleague, has been sentenced to one year in jail in what is believed to be ... Read more...
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Chinese netizens asked to vote “satisfied” in online poll or have voting rights cancelled
December 22nd, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Dec 22 (ANI): 'Autocratic' China appears to be conducting opinion polls just to appease its Id, with reports claiming that netizens were forced to say they were "satisfied" with at least ... Read more...
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Pregnant woman, foetus survive fall from third floor
September 14th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 14 (IANS) A five-month pregnant woman and her foetus have miraculously survived a fall from the third floor of a building on fire in China's Jilin province.
Sun Yanqing, 20, ... Read more...
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Over 10 trapped in China mine flood
August 10th, 2010 - 8:08 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 10 (IANS) At least 10 people were trapped when a coal mine in northeast China's Jilin province was flooded Tuesday, the local government said.
The accident happened at 12:10 ... Read more...
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74 killed in China floods
August 4th, 2010 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 3 (IANS) Floods have left 74 people dead and 71 missing in northeast China's Jilin province over the past two months, officials said Tuesday.
Since June, torrential rains have disrupted the ... Read more...
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300,000 without water as floods damage pipelines in China city
August 2nd, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 2 (IANS) Floods caused by torrential rains damaged pipelines leaving 300,000 people without water in Tonghua city in China's Jilin province, an official said Monday.
Wang Ruimin, head of the public ... Read more...
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Over 100 dead, missing in China floods
August 1st, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 1 (IANS) Floods and rain-triggered landslides have left more than 100 people dead or missing in northeast China's Jilin province over the last 10 days, officials said Sunday.
About 600,000 residents ... Read more...
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Chinese army officer drowns while retrieving chemical barrels
August 1st, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 1 (IANS) A senior Chinese army official was swept away by floodwaters while trying to retrieve chemical-filled barrels from a swollen river in China's Jilin province. His body was found ... Read more...
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3,000 chemical-filled barrels found in China river
July 29th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 29 (IANS) Over 3,000 barrels filled with chemicals have been found in a river in China's Jilin province, authorities said Thursday.
Of the 7,000 barrels found, around 3,000 were found filled ... Read more...
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China’s handprint scroll sets new world record
July 16th, 2010 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 16 (IANS) A scroll featuring more than 40,000 handprints from China's Jilin province has been officially named the largest handprint scroll in the world by the Guinness World Records.
The waterproof ... Read more...
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Fastest train in China rolls out
May 27th, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) China Thursday rolled out the production line of the country's fastest train, which promises a top speed of 380 km per hour.
The new generation train was launched in ... Read more...
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Chinese farmer kills official for forcing wife’s abortion
May 11th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 11 (IANS) A farmer allegedly killed a family planning official in China's Jilin province and injured her two minor children, after she forced his wife to undergo an abortion.
The farmer, ... Read more...
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Great Wall ruins discovered in northeast China’s Jilin Province
December 14th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, December 14 (ANI): Chinese archaeologists have discovered 11 possible sections of ruins of the Great Wall of Qin (221 B.C. and 206 B.C.) and Han (202 B.C. and 220 A.D.) ... Read more...
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China’s automotive output hits 10 mn mark
October 20th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Changchun, Oct 20 (IANS) The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has declared that the country's production of automobiles since the beginning of 2009 hit 10 million units Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
China is ... Read more...
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Great Wall of China longer than originally believed
September 22nd, 2009 - 7:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): The new ruins of Great Wall of China discovered by the archaeologists shows that wall is longer than expected and stretches eastward by 11 kilometres.The newly discovered ... Read more...
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Chinese steel workers protest over privatisation
August 15th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Zhengzhou (China), Aug 15 (Xinhua) Hundreds of workers at a state-run steel plant in China's eastern Henan province have staged a protest against the purchase of their company by a private firm, ... Read more...
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Chinese bride wears world’s longest dress on wedding day!
August 7th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, August 7 (ANI): A Chinese bride wore the world's longest dress on her wedding day on Thursday in the country's Jilin Province.The 2,162-meter-long wedding gown was handmade by her groom's ... Read more...
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60yr-old Chinese man fights 17-kg fish for 2hrs
July 22nd, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): A 60-year-old Chinese man fought with a 17 kg fish for two hours to catch it, while he was fishing in a river in Changchun, Jilin province, ... Read more...
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Chinese man survives after steel bars pierce through his body
July 18th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
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have miraculously survived after he fell from an under-construction building,
and landed on two steel bars, which pierced ... Read more...
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Chinese man burns home after wife says no to money for mahjong
June 5th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 5 (ANI): A Chinese man was arrested for trying to burn down his own house, only because his wife refused to give him money to play mahjong.His wife noticed ... Read more...
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Chinese man shocked to learn his girlfriend of 4yrs is a man
June 4th, 2009 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jun 4 (ANI): A Chinese man was shocked to learn that the woman he had been dating for four years was actually a man.The young migrant worker, however, remained open ... Read more...
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Cancer victim comes back to life in coffin!
December 15th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI): A woman, who apparently died of lung cancer, came back to life after lying for 21 hours in a coffin as her family prepared for her ... Read more...
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Meet the boy who called the cops to getaway from piano lessons!
January 15th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI): A nine-year-old was so reluctant to go to piano classes that he called the cops.Taotao, in Changchun, Jilin province, ran to a local police station and told ... Read more...
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