Mayor of Shenzhen meets CEO of Silverstein Properties on July 24
The future planning of Qianhai District Xu Qin, mayor of Shenzhen, met Martin Burger, the CEO of Silverstein Properties, Inc (SPI), on the afternoon of 24th July. Xu Qing said during the meeting that...
View ArticleFutian to set up International Friendship Award for overseas talents
Futian International Friendship Award In order to reward the overseas professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the economic and social development of Futian, the Futian District will...
View ArticleShenzhen plans to host city marathon race
Shenzhen is going to hold the Marathon Race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers in the second half of 2012 or the first half of 2013. Besides the 42.195 kilometers race, Shenzhen Municipal...
View ArticleMichael Phelps sets Olympic medal record with his 15th gold, 19th medal
United States' Michael Phelps shows off his record-setting gold medal Tuesday. Michael Phelps swam into history with his 19th Olympic medal, and this one was a more appropriate color. With a lot of...
View ArticleShenzhen to experience high temperature as Typhoon Saola draws near
THE city will experience sustained heat for the next two days, with temperatures higher than 37 degrees Celsius in some areas, because of Saola, the ninth typhoon of the year. Saola grew into a typhoon...
View ArticleShenzhen to increase fine for illegal use of kitchen garbage
INDIVIDUALS or organizations that collect, transport or treat kitchen waste without a license will be fined 50,000 yuan (US$7,900) or 100,000 yuan, according to a new kitchen waste regulation effective...
View ArticlePrivate drugstores in Shenzhen encouraged to sell hospital drugs
THE city’s health department will encourage more private drugstores to sell drugs that previously were primarily sold at the city’s public hospitals. The move is to introduce competition in the city...
View Article2 charged with smuggling great amount of edible bird's nest in Shenzhen
SHENZHEN Intermediate People’s Court heard charges Monday against two suspects who were allegedly members of a gang charged with evading more than 220 million yuan (US$26.5 million) in taxes by...
View Article300 shops in Shenzhen shopping mall close in contract dispute
MORE than 300 commercial tenants of the Women’s World shopping mall in Huaqiangbei closed their shops Monday to protest unfair contract renewal terms imposed by the mall’s management office, Shenzhen...
View ArticleShenzhen family struggling to save coma mum-to-be and her baby
A 27-YEAR-OLD pregnant woman is in a coma at Shenzhen No. 1 People’s Hospital as her family struggles to save both her and her baby, yesterday’s Southern Metropolis Daily reported. He Ruifang, who has...
View ArticleShin A Lam, heartbroken S. Korean fencer, offered special medal after sit-in...
Tearful exit: Shin A Lam is consoled after her defeat Confusion: Heidemann (left) celebrates Sit-in protest: Shin waited for over an hour Fencing's governing body announced that heartbroken...
View ArticleSex-promise killing: unfaithful Charlotte Collinge gets life for ordering...
Caroline Collinge, left, took two men back to her house on the promise of sex, so they could kill her husband of 14 years Clifford, pictured right. Once they got to the house she told both men she...
View ArticleWorld's largest blackout: 620 million people without power in India
Kolkata is plunged into darkness. Photo: AP India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country on Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without...
View ArticleUCI Prof Rainer Klaus Reinscheid accused of Arson, plotting to murder...
Fallen: Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, pictured left on his faculty bio page and right, in his booking photo, is a pharmacology professor at UC Irvine, and was charged with several counts of arson...
View Article10 mute swans debuts in Shenzhen Wildlife Park on July 30
After over one month’s adaption, ten mute swans officially settled down in the Love Lake of Shenzhen Wildlife Park to meet visitors on 30th July. On the morning of 30th July, the 10 mute swans were...
View ArticleLondon badminton Olympics scandal: 8 players ousted for trying to lose on...
China's Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli in a women's doubles badminton match. (Andres Leighton / Associated Press / July 31, 2012) Not words you often -- if ever -- associate with the sport of...
View ArticleJapanese seized with 58 cultural relics when crossing HK-Shenzhen border
Customs officers examine the cultural relics they seized from a Japanese man at Huanggang Port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Tuesday. Shenzhen customs officials have caught a Japanese man...
View ArticleGuangzhou to introduce new system for granting new car license plates
Guangzhou, Guangdong's provincial capital, is to introduce a new system for granting new car license plates, starting August, split between lottery, public auction, and environmental friendly...
View ArticleGuangdong fishermen return to seas as annual fishing ban lifted
Fishermen in Hainan and Guangdong provinces have resumed operation after the annual fishing ban in the northern part of the South China Sea was lifted on Wednesday, said local fishery authorities. The...
View ArticleBulgaria to further economic cooperation with Guangdong
The Bulgarian government on Wednesday approved a draft memorandum of understanding on economic cooperation with China's southern Guangdong province. The purpose of this document is to strengthen the...
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