Keppel T&T to buy 60% stake in Foshan Sanshui Port Development
KEPPEL Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd (KTT) said its unit will buy a 60 per cent stake in Foshan Sanshui Port Development Co Ltd in Foshan City, China, for RMB 165.73 million. The...
View ArticleTyphoon Soulik claims 3 lives in Guangdong, thousands evacuated
The extreme weather has caused flooding and brought down trees and houses Waves as high as 10m (32ft) hit Yuhuan County in Zhejiang Province Three people have died after Typhoon Soulik hit China's...
View ArticleTyphoon Soulik: 3 dead, 2 missing in Guangdong, 450,000 affected
Three people are dead and two are missing in Guangdong after Typhoon Soulik hit Mainland China on Sunday and was downgraded to a tropical storm, Xinhua reported last night. Much of Guangzhou was...
View ArticleShenzhen to implement nation's first Good Samaritan law on Aug 1
This image of Wang Yue on her deathbed went around the world. It all started on the morning of Nov. 20, 2006, when Xu Shuolan, a 65-year-old grandmother stepped off a bus in Nanjing and fell to the...
View ArticleShenzhen to expand expedited court hearings
It took less than an hour for Luohu District People’s Court to issue a verdict in a labor dispute July 12. The court hearing lasted just half an hour. The case was an example of the expedited...
View ArticleBulk fuel requirement in Shenzhen draws complaints from customers
Residents have needed to get a certificate from a local police station in addition to a certificate from their employers or subdistrict offices when buying bulk fuel at Shenzhen gas stations since the...
View ArticleTenants in SZ expect rentals for less than 1,000 yuan per month: survey
Huai Yajuan and Shen Jiye, both 28, have lived in rented apartments in Shenzhen since they came to the city at the end of 2009. During the past three and a half years, the couple has changed from...
View ArticleDrowning the most common cause of death among children in Guangdong
Drowning has become the most common cause of death among 5-14 year olds in Guangdong Province, according to the Guangdong Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 4,400 people a year drown...
View ArticleMore ordinary people involved in environmental activism in Guangdong
Ordinary people are increasingly bold about getting involved in environmental activism in China. Moreover, Guangdong Province is at the forefront of this phenomenon. 10,000 people took to the streets...
View ArticleGuangzhou subway to offer superfast free Wi-Fi by year's end
Passengers on the Guangzhou subway will be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi that is 20 times faster than 4G, meaning they won’t have to wait for videos to stream, by the end of this year. This was a claim made...
View ArticleSZ teacher gets compo for posts that falsely accuse him of sexual assault
A Shenzhen company will pay a local high school teacher 5,000 yuan (US$811) in compensation for posts on its site that falsely accused the teacher of sexually molesting female students, Shenzhen...
View ArticleBetel nuts selling well in Shenzhen despite health hazards
Edible betel nuts.SD-Agencies Edible betel nuts are selling well in Shenzhen despite the nut’s carcinogenic qualities, the Daily Sunshine reported yesterday. A recent CCTV report about how betel...
View Article28% of soil in Pearl River Delta region affected by heavy metal pollution:...
On July 10, land and resources officials in the southern province of Guangdong gave the local people’s congress a report on a survey of soil pollution in the Pearl River Delta region. This was the...
View ArticleChronic diseases blamed for 85% of adult deaths in Guangdong in past 3 yrs
More than 85 percent of adult deaths in Guangdong province in the past three years were caused by chronic diseases amid a dramatic rise in weight-related symptoms, according to the Guangdong provincial...
View ArticleHundreds of dead eels and fish wash up on Daya Bay beach in Guangdong
The mass death of eels and fish in Daya Bay, Guangdong Province, was a result of oxygen deficiency caused by an ocean current, local authorities said in a statement sent to the Global Times Tuesday....
View Article2 labor camps in SZ to be transformed into compulsory rehab centers
Local officials are transforming the city’s two labor camps into compulsory rehabilitation centers, local media reported. Shenzhen No. 2 Labor Camp hasn’t received any people detained under the...
View ArticleShenzhen signs friendly city of exchanges relationship with Minsk
Shenzhen signed a friendly city of exchanges relationship with Minsk, the capital and largest city of Belarus, Tuesday in Beijing in an event witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting...
View ArticleTropical storm Cimaron approaches Guangdong and Fujian, blue alerts issued
Past and forecast track of tropical storm Cimaron Cimaron, the eighth tropical storm to hit China this year, is approaching South China, the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center said....
View ArticleBusinessman complain filthiness of Shenzhen's Dameisha Beach
Binhai Park during better days, courtesy of Google Images The Shenzhen Special Zone Daily has published a report on the cleanliness, or lack thereof, of Yantian District’s Dameisha Beach after a...
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