Fans pack Guangzhou gymnasium for concert of Korean boy band Shinhwa
Shinhwa completed a successful first concert in Guangzhou. Some 8,000 excited fans gathered at the Guangti Gymnasium on June 30 for Shinhwa’s sixth stop on its 2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour – The Return....
View ArticleGuangzhou to implement "Real-name" garbage collection
The waste management bureau of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is planning to implement a user-pay system of garbage collection that will see residents dispose of their refuge in garbage bags bearing...
View ArticleCNN journalist Anderson Cooper comes out: The fact is, I'm gay'
Anderson Cooper For one of America’s best-known television news anchors to be identified as gay was, until very recently, seen as a potential career-killer. But then, on Monday, it happened. And the...
View Article16-year-old Aleisha Robertson is the 1st Kiwi to win Miss Teen World
TEEN QUEEN: Auckland schoolgirl Aleisha Robertson is the first Kiwi to win Miss Teen World. A Remuera schoolgirl has become the first New Zealander to win the Miss Teen World title. Aleisha...
View ArticleApple pays US$60m to Shenzhen Proview Technology for iPad trademark
APPLE Inc. has agreed to pay US$60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to settle their dispute over use of the iPad trademark on the Chinese mainland, the Higher People’s Court of Guangdong...
View ArticleChinese official suggests pushing retirement age to 65
A HUMAN resources official in Beijing has suggested that men and women should retire at no younger than 65 by 2045, to offset serious labor shortages in China’s rapidly aging society. The official...
View ArticleAvianca Bohm, winner of Miss Universe NZ, allowed to keep her crown for now
Miss Universe NZ 2012, Avianca Bohm - Source: Fairfax The organisers of the Miss Universe pageant have investigated the handling of the New Zealand event and agreed to allow the winner to keep her...
View ArticleShenzhen launches charity month to promote public participation in charity
Shenzhen Gas Corp. employees donate to charitable causes at the launch ceremony of the city’s Charity Month yesterday. Sun Yuchen SHENZHEN Charity Month was officially launched at Lianhua Hill Park...
View ArticleElectric bike fatalities drops 36.7% in recent months
FATALITIES involving electric bikes have dropped 36.7 percent in recent months, to 19 deaths between April and June. The total number of electric bike-related accidents in Shenzhen — fatal or not —...
View ArticleMedical insurance proposal stirs debate in Shenzhen
THE local social security bureau’s draft revision to medical insurance policy has stirred debate among residents and scholars since its May release for public comment. The new policy would expand the...
View Article493lbs US man Michael Giannulis sheds half his body weight in one year
Fabulous and fit: Michael Giannulis weighed 493lbs at the start of her Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition challenge and by the end of the year dropped an astonishing 255lbs, weighing in at 238lbs...
View ArticleShenzhen metro to issue all-day tickets in July for passengers
Shenzhen Metro is the subway or underground system for the city of Shenzhen SHENZHEN Metro Co. will issue day tickets this month for passengers, especially travelers, using local trains for a short...
View ArticleWater prices rise sharply in urban villages in Shenzhen
WATER prices have risen sharply in urban villages since June 1, and some residents say water companies or landlords are piling unwarranted fees on top of the government’s rate increase last month....
View ArticleShenzhen plans more kitchen waste processing plants
THERE will be at least one treatment plant for restaurants’ kitchen waste in every Shenzhen district by 2014, city officials said last week, as part of a series of new food safety regulations. Six...
View ArticleLexus driver detained over hit-and-run case in Shenzhen
LUOHU District traffic police have detained a driver suspected of hit-and-run in a Saturday accident that injured a taxi driver and four passengers. The driver of a Lexus, identified only as Qiu,...
View ArticleShenzhen police bust criminal ring cashing in with POS terminals
A CRIMINAL ring that illegally cashed in with point-of-sale, or POS, terminals has been busted by police. A total of 27 suspects were arrested in the credit card scam involving more than 100 million...
View ArticleNelson Pratt, 33yo top Brit snowboarder, found hanged in garage at Hampshire...
Suspected suicide: British snowboarder Nelson Pratt (centre) has been found hanged at his family's £1.5million country home Mr Pratt, pictured snowboarding in Andorra, was 33. The circumstances...
View ArticleGuangzhou sees home sales up 25% in June
China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou saw a continued housing market rebound in June after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the economy. Property developers sold 8,952 units of new...
View ArticleGuangzhou launches month-long road safety inspection campaign
Guangzhou's government has launched a month-long safety inspection campaign across the city targeting factories, offices, residences and parking lots located 30 meters either side of an expressway. The...
View ArticleRevealed: Reason for Katie divorcing Tom Cruise is that he strongly ties to...
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have called it quits. A five-year old marriage and a six-year-old daughter later, here's a look at TomKat's happy journey. Tom-Katie at their wedding Tom Cruise, 50,...
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