Chinese businessman found dead in foreigner's Guangzhou apartment
A businessman was found dead in the apartment of a foreigner in Guangzhou after he took 100,000 yuan in cash there to do business on April 20. The foreigner, a Caucasian male, is now missing, Southern...
View ArticleGuangdong woman jailed for giving birth in HK through sham marriage
A mainland woman who entered into a marriage of convenience with a local man to give birth in the city has been jailed for a year. Guangdong woman Zhang Qiulan, 39, yesterday became the first mainland...
View ArticleShenzhen to carry out charity reforms
SHENZHEN is planning to establish two charity organizations and carry out reforms to build a more transparent charity system over the next three years, the city’s civil affairs bureau said yesterday....
View ArticleWoman in Shenzhen to sell 22-metre-long embroidery for quake funds
The panoramic embroidery is modeled on a famous painting titled “Riverside Scene During Qingming Festival” and is 22 meters in length. It weighs 10 kilograms and depicts 814 people, 180 trees, 83...
View ArticleShekou Line rated best Metro service in Shenzhen
SHEKOU Line, the Metro line that links Xinxiu in Luohu District with Shekou in Nanshan District, was rated the best among five local Metro lines for comfort, punctuality, cleanliness and interchange...
View ArticleRain expected for May Day holiday in Shenzhen
SHENZHEN is expected to see rainfall from today through the May Day holiday, Shenzhen Meteorological Observatory said yesterday. Heavy rain coupled with thunder and gales is forecast for today and...
View ArticleShenzhen hospitals struggling with unpaid medical bills
MAJOR hospitals in the city are continuing to have problems with patients failing to pay medical fees, as the total debts are large enough to affect many hospitals’ daily operations. Patients at...
View ArticleTwo hospitals in Shenzhen adding beds, buildings
SHENZHEN Children’s Hospital and Shenzhen No. 2 People’s Hospital are expected to add about 1,000 beds totally by the end of this year, after construction of their new buildings is completed, the...
View Article8-storey factory building collapses in Bangladesh kills at least 147
Andrew North: "This is the worst disaster in Bangladesh's industrial history and the casualties are still rising" A frantic search for survivors is under way at a building outside the Bangladeshi...
View ArticleBoy, 5, falls from 8th floor in Zhuhai made his own way back up in elevator
A 5-year-old child was released from hospital April 23 after being treated for almost a month for internal injuries caused by falling from an 8th-story balcony while playing with friends and...
View ArticleViagra can help prevent cancer: Sun Yat Sen University study
Researchers at Sun Yat Sen University have found that Viagara can help prevent cancer and can work well with other anti-cancer drugs, Guangzhou Daily reports. The research team, led by Professor Fu...
View ArticleIndian man Unni, 25, who won Rs 1 crore lottery drowned before collecting his...
Tamil Nesan reported that a 25-year-old labourer who won a Rs 1 crore (S$230,000) lottery drowned before collecting his prize. Unni, who was a painter, won the cash in last month's Karunya Lottery of...
View Article340lb US man Matthew Harper thrown off Southwest Airlines for being too fat
Matthew Harper, 34, has accused Southwest Airlines of kicking him off a flight because of his weight Embarrassing: Mr Harper said he 'felt like a criminal' when he was asked by airline official to...
View ArticleBirth defects increasing in Shenzhen
THE number of birth defects detected in the womb over the past five years in Shenzhen increased by 60 percent compared with 2000, according to local health data. Even with treatment during pregnancy,...
View ArticlePet show held at Jingshan Villa in Shenzhen
Dogs compete during Jingshan Villa’s second pet show Wednesday in Shekou, Nanshan District. RESIDENTS of Jingshan Villa excitedly joined the second pet show organized by the Jingshan management...
View ArticleBoston bombing suspects' next target was Time Square, says police commissioner
THE Boston Marathon bombing suspects made a "spontaneous decision" to drive to Times Square and try to detonate more bombs, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said. The suspects decided on the...
View ArticleShenzhen releases toll-free schedule for holiday
DRIVERS will be exempt from tolls on regional expressways during the May Day holiday from Monday through Wednesday, Shenzhen’s transport commission said Thursday. All local expressways — including...
View ArticleYoung girl runs Wenchuan earthquake help center in Guangdong
Zhou Xiaoyan established a center to provide psychological help to survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. has been nearly five years since Wenchuan, a small town in southwest China's Sichuan...
View ArticleFoshan court upholds verdict against Olympic champion
Foshan Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong province upheld a district court verdict and rejected an appeal on Wednesday filed by an Olympic champion against Jianlibao Co Ltd. Zhuang Xiaoyan, a...
View ArticleGuangdong to ban relocation by threats
The use of threats or violence to force locals to relocate will be prohibited in Guangdong province, said a notice issued by the provincial government on Wednesday. According to the notice on the...
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