Liam Oliver-Christie, son of Olympics hero Linford Christie, jailed after...
Linford Christie's son Liam Oliver-Christie was jailed for 15 months for his part in a London drug-dealing operation Linford Christie draped in the Great British flag after winning the 100 metre...
View Article9 Shenzhen households have electricity cut in demolition dispute
NINE households in Bao’an District have been out of electricity for nearly a week after the area’s electricity was cut during a demolition project Wednesday, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported...
View ArticleShenzhen expert's swimming course proposal stirs debate online
A RESEARCHER in Shenzhen said swimming should become a required course at the city’s primary and middle schools to reduce drownings during summer vacations, creating a splashy debate online. Some...
View Article2 killed as retaining wall collapses on passing car in Shenzhen
The car was destroyed by the collapsed wall. TWO people were killed in a car Sunday while driving past a roadside retaining wall that collapsed on Jingnan Road in Buji Subdistrict, Longgang District....
View ArticleUK drug-dealing pair jailed for brutal rape of teen girl they thought stole...
Vile: Elizabeth Seagrove (right) and her boyfriend Matthew Costello (left) have been jailed for the brutal rape of a teenage girl they wrongly suspected of theft A drug-dealing woman and her...
View ArticlePolice probe into sexual harassment incident in Shenzhen high school
AUTHORITIES at Shenzhen No. 2 Senior High School in Nanshan District asked police Saturday to investigate reports of sexual harassment by a teacher at the school. The school also has asked netizens not...
View ArticleLeukemia girl, 19, dies suddenly after using illegal drug in Shenzhen
A 19-YEAR-OLD girl suffering from leukemia died suddenly Friday after using an illegal medicine produced by an unlicensed workshop in Longhua New Area. Police detained three workshop owners, surnamed...
View ArticleNew transportation hub in Buji set to open this year
A new transport interchange currently under construction will be taking over passenger trains operations in the outdated Shenzhen West Railway Station in Longgang Buji Area by year’s end. Then...
View ArticleGuangzhou poll shows Chinese want lower movie-ticket prices
Residents watch a 5D movie as their seats move along with the movie, at a night market in Dongyang, Zhejiang province. Many Chinese people are shunning cinemas because of sky-high ticket prices and a...
View ArticleIndian study team visits rural areas of Guangzhou
A high-level team of Madhya Pradesh Rural Development Department led by Panchayats and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava has left for tour of China and US. The team reached China and inspected...
View Article3-year-old M'sian girl suffocated by parents, relatives during suspected...
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has been killed by her parents and other relatives after they allegedly suffocated her in a suspected exorcism ritual. Malaysian police raided a house in the town of Bukit...
View ArticleNASA's Mars rover 'Curiosity' named by Chinese girl Clara Ma
Rover's identity owes debt to imagination of daughter of Chinese immigrants Clara Ma, the daughter of Chinese immigrants to the US, became part of space history when she witnessed one of the most...
View ArticlePakistani cops forced adulterous couple to parade naked through town
Four policemen in Pakistan were suspended after forcing a man and a woman suspected of committing adultery to strip and parade naked through the town as punishment — which prompted outraged witnesses...
View ArticleBeijing-Shenzhen high-speed railway to open by end of 2012
The Beijing-Shenzhen high-speed railway with an operational line of 2439 kilometers will be put into operation at the end of 2012. Zhengzhou-Anyang HSR section started tests on the average speed on...
View ArticleShenzhen's 1st park-and-ride lot to be put into trial operation
The 1st park-and-ride lot in Shenzhen will soon be put into trial operation for free in the exit of Minle station of Subway Line 4. This service will offer Shenzhen citizens a more convenient way to...
View ArticleGuangdong gov't official Li Jun rapes 4 boys who he 'friended' on Tencent QQ
A government official in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province has been arrested for molesting and raping four underage boys. Li Jun, a section chief with the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, used the QQ...
View ArticleShenzhen to shorten subway intervals to 6 mins starting Aug 11
According to the new train diagrams, 6 trains are expected to be added to each metro line during rush hours and the running intervals will be shortened from 8 minutes to 6 minutes. In order to ease...
View ArticleShenzhen establishes advisory committee for Qianhai zone
SHENZHEN officials established an advisory committee for the Qianhai zone in Nanshan District on Monday, to guide implementation of a State-Council-approved development plan for the 15-square-kilometer...
View ArticleShenzhen celebrates National Fitness Day with series of athletic events
SHENZHEN hosted a series of athletic events yesterday at Shenzhen Sports Center Plaza, to celebrate today’s National Fitness Day. By promoting sports and exercise, National Fitness Day is intended to...
View ArticleS'porean man Yong Fui-shiung on trial for fatal DUI in Shenzhen
A SINGAPOREAN stood trial Monday at Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court for charges related to drunken driving that resulted in the death of a cyclist earlier this year. Yong Fui-shiung, 44, knocked...
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