Portion of China’s Great Wall collapses after rains
August 9th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) A portion of the Great Wall of China collapsed following incessant rains, authorities said Thursday.The repair work was underway on the collapsed section in Hebei province's ... Read more...
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Beijing to invest $1.25 bn to halt march of sand
August 29th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) The Beijing municipality will spend eight billion yuan ($1.25 billion) on planting forests in its neighbouring Hebei province to block the sand blown by wind and ... Read more...
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China’s railways to increase upto 120,000 km by 2015
April 27th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr 27 (ANI): China's total mileage of railways will be increased to 120, 000 kilometers by the end of year 2015, said an official.China currently has 91,000 kilometers of railways, The ... Read more...
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10 Days & Counting: China’s 60 Miles Traffic Jam Passes it’s 9th Day!
August 24th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On China’s National Expressway 110, cars and trucks have slowed to a crawl, forming a sixty mile traffic jam which is entering it’s tenth day, and ... Read more...
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60-Mile Long Traffic Jam In China’s Beijing-Zhangjiakou Highway Completes 9th Day
August 24th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Aug 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The traffic at the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway in north of China has literally come to a standstill for the past nine days due to a road construction ... Read more...
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China blacklists 100 journalists for involvement in bribery, blackmailing cases
April 8th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr 8(ANI): China's press watchdog, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), has blacklisted at least one hundred media workers and convicted over 20 journalists last year for involvement in ... Read more...
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Six stand trial in China’s milk powder scandal
December 26th, 2008 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Shijiazhuang (China), Dec 26 (Xinhua) Six people involved in China's melamine-tainted baby food scandal went on trial Friday in four courts in the northern province of Hebei.Prosecutors charged Zhang Yujun and ... Read more...
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