News website apologizes over fake report of 'Shenzhen's most beautiful girl'
CHINANEWS.COM apologized on Sina Weibo early Thursday for the irresponsible activities of a reporter and editor who published a story Tuesday about a young woman feeding a homeless man in OCT Bay,...
View ArticleShenzhen driver apologizes for assaulting elderly beggar
A DRIVER apologized to an old man Wednesday at a police station in Longgang District for beating the man after he begged for money and hit the driver’s car with his walking stick while the driver was...
View ArticleCaught on camera: UK son buys beer to celebrate murder of parents for...
CCTV... Stephen Seddon buying a crate of beer just hours after shooting dead his dad and mum THIS is the moment an evil ex-tycoon splashes out on a crate of beer – after killing his parents to cash in...
View Article3 held for rushing on to parking apron at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport
THREE people were detained for rushing on to the parking apron at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport yesterday, ycwb.com reported today. The plane, which was bound for Sanya in Hainan Province, was scheduled to...
View Article92 flights delayed as storms slam Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Ninety-two flights scheduled to take off at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport were delayed for more than one hour by 8 pm on Thursday because of a thunderstorm that swept over Guangdong province,...
View ArticleUkrainian 'Skywalker' Mustang Wanted stuns the world with death-defying photos
Mustang Wanted dangles from a Moscow skyscraper hundreds of feet high in one of his scariest pictures yet A residential tower block in Moscow becomes an adventure playground for local daredevil...
View ArticleNelson Mandela is in good spirits and making steady progress, hospital says
Nelson Mandela will battle to recover from his life-threatening lung infection, a close friend believes. The comments from his lawyer, George Bizos, came as Mr Mandela spent his second night in...
View ArticleAussie brother Alex Jones, 19, hailed as hero for shielding sister from fatal...
Brother and sister Alex and Bridget Jones were devoted to each other. A UNIVERSITY student has been hailed as a hero for shielding his sister from the freak city wall collapse in a final act of...
View ArticleMan strangles girlfriend then blackmails her family in Shenzhen
A man in Shenzhen surnamed Zhang was arrested a few days ago for allegedly murdering his girlfriend and blackmailing the girl’s family. Zhang met his girlfriend surnamed Chen online in 2012, but the...
View ArticleUS wrestler Reid Flair, son of wrestling legend Ric Flair, dies at 25
Reid Fliehr, better known as "Reid Flair," was found dead in North Carolina on Friday. He was just 25 years old. The son of wrestling legend Ric Flair has died. Reid Fliehr, better known to wrestling...
View ArticleShenzhen parents line up overnight for a chance to get kids into class
If you happened to pass by Shenzhen Nanshan Bilingual School recently, you’ll have seen more than a hundred parents sitting on stools, laying down, and slouched over in a long line-up in front of the...
View Article3-pound live bomb found inside squid in Guangdong fish market
A Chinese man selling seafood at a market in Guangdong province got more than he asked for when he opened up a three-foot-long squid to find a three-pound, eggplant-shaped bomb inside, the...
View ArticleFish in Guangdong farms found to contain excessive lead
Around 61 percent of fish taken from three fish farms in Fandong village, Shaoguan city of Guangdong province, were found to have contained lead exceeding the maximum limit of the national standard,...
View Article3 men kill themselves together in Dongguan, 2 others taken into custody
Three young men committed suicide together in Dongguan, Guangdong province, while two others who also planned to kill themselves with the group but backed out were taken into custody, local police said...
View ArticleIndia to rule on patent case involving Swiss drug company Novartis
Many poorer people rely on India's generic drug industry India's Supreme Court is due to rule on a patent case involving Swiss drug company Novartis, which campaigners say could threaten access in...
View ArticlePrivate daily newspapers being sold in Burma for 1st time in 50 yrs
Jonathan Head reports from a printing press in Rangoon Private daily newspapers are being sold in Burma for the first time in almost 50 years, as a state monopoly ends. Sixteen papers have so far been...
View ArticleUK retired teacher stripped of £75,000 by former pupil to fund heroin...
A retired teacher was tormented for a decade by a former pupil who fleeced him out of £75,000 over ten years in a blackmail plot. Graeme Robertshaw befriended the victim, a generous 83-year-old, who...
View ArticleShenzhen unveils local housing policies
SHENZHEN said yesterday the average price increase for new homes in 2013 should be kept lower than this year’s average increase in residents’ disposable income, as part of the local implementation of...
View ArticleChinese IT enterprises lack of international mindset: Ma Yun
Ma Yun, chairman and CEO of Alibaba, speaks at yesterday’s China IT Summit. CHINESE IT enterprises’ lack of an international mindset in management hinders their ability to turn their dreams into...
View ArticleShenzhen to invest RMB 3 billion to boost IT industry
IN an industry report released at the China IT Summit held in Shenzhen over the weekend, the municipal government vowed to promote industry upgrades with investments of 3 billion yuan (US$483 million)...
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