Residents who smoke in non-smoking public places to face 500-yuan fine in SZ
Residents who smoke in non-smoking public places in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, will face a fine of 500 yuan ($81), according to the revised draft of the city's tobacco-control regulation undergoing...
View ArticleGuangdong lifts flood warning after 38 killed in days of rainstorms
Police officers help stranded people after a rainstorm in Xiamen's Siming district, Fujian province, on Thursday. Mo Feng / For China Daily Authorities in Guangdong province lifted a flood warning on...
View ArticleHigh level of cadmium found in rice products in Guangzhou
Guangzhou food-safety authorities find high levels of cadmium in rice Nearly half the rice and rice products on sale in Guangzhou contain too much cadmium, a toxin and carcinogen that can damage the...
View ArticleResidents who smoke in public places to face 500-yuan fine in SZ
Residents who smoke in non-smoking public places in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, will face a fine of 500 yuan ($81), according to the revised draft of the city's tobacco-control regulation undergoing...
View ArticleTainted rice and rice noodles detected in Guangzhou: police
The authorities in Guangdong's provincial capital promised to expand inspections of rice and related products after detecting eight batches of tainted rice and rice noodles. The move aims to ensure...
View ArticleRainstorms with gales forecast to affect Shenzhen today and tomorrow
RAINSTORMS with gales will affect the city today and tomorrow, Shenzhen Meteorological Observatory said yesterday. Local weather for the coming week is expected to be cloudy with short sunny periods...
View ArticleShenzhen market supervision official sacked for tipping off fake-mutton sellers
A MARKET supervision official was removed from office and three other officials were given disciplinary punishments for tipping off a farm produce market in Nanshan District about a fake mutton...
View ArticleGuangzhou cadmium-tainted rice products are from Hunan and Dongguan
GUANGZHOU’S food-safety authorities have revealed some details about the sale of rice and rice noodles contaminated with cadmium, a heavy metal, in the face of enormous public pressure. Officials...
View ArticleGuangzhou, Shenzhen flights affected as bomb hoaxes cause chaos
Courtesy of Southern Metropolis Daily After five Shenzhen-bound flights were grounded due to bomb threats on May 15, the curse of such threats continued to plague the country on May 17 when over ten...
View ArticleThe hilarious surreal conversation between jaywalker and SZ traffic cop
Shenzhen stepped up its crackdown on jaywalking last week, instances of people talking back to traffic cops may not have been rare, but they can seldom have been as entertaining as this. A...
View ArticleChina's first-tier cities 'barely suitable for living', says report
Most first-tier cities in China are barely suitable for living due to their poor ecological environment, despite rapid economic development and preferential regulations for investment, said a newly...
View ArticleShenzhen rated as most competitive city in 2013
Shenzhen was ranked second in overall economic competitiveness, after Hong Kong, according to the annual city competitiveness rankings released by the country’s top think tank Sunday. Shenzhen has...
View ArticleWrong lubricant blamed for fatal elevator accident that kills 24yo SZ nurse
The use of the wrong lubricant was blamed as one factor in the Luohu District elevator accident that killed a 24-year-old woman last week. Shenzhen Weida Elevator Service Co. used a liquid lubricant...
View Article100 single people take part in matchmaking activity on SZ mountain
The men trying to do press-ups while bearing the weight of their prospective sweethearts, courtesy of The Daily Sunshine Around 100 lonely hearts took part in a matchmaking activity on Lianhua...
View ArticleWoman caught defecating on platform of Shenzhen subway station
Woman takes a shit on the platform of Shenzhen subway station Yup, there still aren’t enough toilets in the Pearl River Delta’s subway stations. After a picture of a boy defecating in a Guangzhou...
View Article100,000 people attend China's biggest music festival held in Shenzhen
Young rockers getting into the mood before the festival. The MIDI Modern Music Festival, the oldest and biggest music festival in China, was held in Shenzhen’s Longgang Universiade Centre on May...
View Article5 die after 10m-wide sinkhole opens up & swallows them in Shenzhen
Rescuers prepare to move a body from the sinkhole that opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen. Picture: AFP Source: AFP FIVE people have died after a 10-metre wide sinkhole...
View ArticleNew rule in Dongguan community forces litter bugs to pick up litter for 1 hour
A sign saying what punishment litterers have in store The Nanzha Community in Dongguan’s Humen District is piloting a new rule in which people caught littering are punished by being forced to pick up...
View ArticleSamsung sets up telecommunication equipment research institute in SZ
SOUTH KOREAN technology giant Samsung established a telecommunication equipment research institute in Nanshan District yesterday. The institute covers 1,972 square meters and is scheduled to start...
View ArticleShenzhen launches special inspection of sold rice from Hunan
Shenzhen’s market supervision authority has launched a special inspection of locally sold rice from Hunan Province following last week’s widely publicized test results from Guangzhou. Nearly half of...
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