Shenzhen seen shrouded in smog Monday
POLLUTION levels at Shenzhen’s 18 air quality monitoring stations greatly exceeded national standards yesterday, bringing a hazy start to the work week. Average PM2.5 levels exceeded 100 mg per cubic...
View ArticleShenzhen ranks 3rd in China's most-attractive cities for expats: survey
SHENZHEN advanced one place in rankings by International Talent magazine to reach the No. 3 spot on the magazine’s list of China’s 10 most-attractive cities for foreigners in 2012, local officials...
View ArticleN. Korea marks 101st anniversary of birth of founding father Kim Il-sung
Kim il-sung's birthday is traditionally marked by national celebrations North Korea has marked the 101st anniversary of the birth of founding father Kim Il-sung as tensions continue over the...
View ArticleShenzhen Metro offers prizes for off-peak passengers
SHENZHEN Metro riders will be able to participate in a raffle and possibly win prizes if they take Longhua Line trains between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. Monday to Friday, through May 31, and use a...
View ArticleMum threatens to kill herself after son denied enrollment at Shenzhen school
A MOTHER recently was so frustrated by competition for school seats in Bao’an District that she threatened to jump from a platform of the Bao’an District Education Bureau’s office building after her...
View Article3-story hotel in Guangzhou collapses at midnight, 35 homes evacuated
The hotel collapsed internally last Friday night Thirty-five homes were evacuated in Guangzhou’s Huadu District late on the night of April 12 after the interior of a nearby hotel collapsed, Sina News...
View ArticleUK pregnant mum Fiona Anderson kills herself & 3 kids after bf split up with her
Fiona Anderson is said to have leapt 40ft from a multi-storey car park. Flat ... where bodies of three children were found Split ... boyfriend Craig with the kids Tragic ... mum Fiona with baby...
View ArticleBhawana Thami - Nepalese girl whose face is covered with hair recovers from...
Bhawana Thami poses for a photograph after most of the hair from her face was removed Bhawana Thami was called names like monster and witch because of her disfigurement Bhawana Thami and her father...
View ArticleN. Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee tells of seeing 1st execution at 7
A woman who escaped North Korea is revealing how horrible the conditions were in the country when she fled, saying that she first witnessed an execution when she was just seven years old. Hyeonseo...
View ArticleChinese student Lv Lingzi becomes 3rd person killed in Boston Marathon blasts
Chinese student Lv Lingzi is the third person killed in the Boston Marathon blasts, the Chinese Consulate in New York says. (Photo: Weibo) Lv Lingzi was one of three friends who had been watching the...
View ArticleShenzhen to invest RMB 179m in construction of Guanlan Print Museum
Under construction: workers are building Guanlan Print Museum Architectural rendering of Guanlan Print Museum Shenzhen plans to invest 179 million yuan in the construction of Guanlan Print Museum,...
View ArticleHuang Yang - Fudan University student allegedly poisoned by roommate dies
Huang Yang, 28, is a medical postgraduate student enrolled in 2010. He died yesterday afternoon from multiple organ failure, 15 days after he drank water laced with a toxic chemical. (Photo: Weibo)...
View ArticleUK DJ Thomas Evans beats man to death after waking up at party to find penis...
Killed: Anthony Thompson hit his head after being punched A DJ allegedly beat a man to death after waking up at a party to find a penis had been drawn on his face. The joke turned sour when the "boy...
View Article2013 Shenzhen ICIF Art Festival set to lure visitors with low prices
THE China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF) Art Festival, scheduled to run from May 10 to June 2, is hoping to attract more people from Shenzhen and more entertainment agencies...
View ArticlePolice shut down polystyrene tableware producing factory in Shenzhen
BAO’AN District market supervisors have temporarily closed a plastics production factory for producing polystyrene tableware that has been banned in China for more than 14 years, city officials...
View ArticleFormer top subdistrict official in Shenzhen arrested for bribery
A FORMER top subdistrict official in Shenzhen was arrested Monday on suspicion of bribery, making him the city’s fifth top subdistrict official to fall from grace in the past year, the Southern...
View ArticleShenzhen sees drastic decrease in its mangrove forests
The mangrove forests in Shenzhen Mangrove Seaside Ecology Park is shrinking SHENZHEN has seen a drastic decrease in its mangrove forests in the past few years, with the total area dropping from 8,000...
View ArticleIndian witch doctor Dilip Rathia, 32, to be executed for beheading 11yo boy
A " witch doctor" who beheaded an 11-year-old boy and offered the head as a sacrifice to a goddess to improve his fortunes has been sentenced to death, police said Tuesday. A local court in...
View ArticleState-owned woodland in Shenzhen sublet for illegal construction, logging
A resort was illegally constructed in the state-owned woodland A STATE-OWNED woodland in Bao’an District has been sublet since the 1990s to private companies who cleared the forest and illegally built...
View Article'I loved her', says Sydney murder Sean Lee King who killed teen gf in 2011
"I loved her," Sean Lee King said of the teenage girlfriend he killed in 2011. "I loved her with all my heart. "I can't believe I've taken someone so beautiful away." King took the stand in his Sydney...
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