Guangzhou men file suit against railway over price of seatless tickets
Numbers of passengers sit on the floor of aisle on the train, because their tickets are "seatless". Two Guangzhou citizens on Tuesday filed suit against a railway company over the price charged for...
View ArticleNumber of HIV/AIDS cases rises sharply in Dongguan
Dongguan city in Guangdong province has witnessed a sharp rise in HIV/AIDS cases, with the number increasing by 16 percent in the first 10 months of 2013, the Guangzhou Daily reported on Wednesday....
View ArticleMigrant workers describe life working at factories in Dongguan
Eighteen year-old Chen Yongzhuang returned home to Guangxi on Jan. 20 but intends to come back to Dongguan after the Spring Festival. Her one New Year’s resolution is to get another job after her...
View ArticleFake metro station fools passengers in Guangzhou
A large image of a subway station near a residential community in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has fooled many would-be passengers, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Thursday. Hung outside...
View ArticleSZ Bao'an Airport installs 35 self-service kiosks to speed up check-in process
The kiosks, image courtesy of Future Travel Experience Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport has installed 35 self-service kiosks in the recently opened Terminal 3 in an effort to speed up the...
View ArticleShenzhen to offer free wi-fi in hundreds of buses by summer
Shenzhen is cementing its role as China’s most technologically-advanced cities by rolling out free wi-fi on more than 300 public bus routes later this year. The city already offers free wi-fi on the...
View ArticleShenzhen driver fined RMB30K for taking 3 hitchhikers
SHENZHEN traffic police fined a driver 30,000 yuan (US$4,911) for picking up three hitchhikers early this month, Southern Metropolis Daily reported Thursday. Police said the driver, surnamed Huang, was...
View ArticleShenzhen confirms new case of H7N9 bird flu
SHENZHEN health officials confirmed a new H7N9 patient, bringing the total number of patients in Guangdong Province to 30, Guangdong’s health department announced Saturday. The patient is an...
View ArticleGuangdong migrant workers make their home-going trip by motorcycles
Many people are trying to avoid the massive travel flow through railways, and find another way back home. In Guangdong, more than 100,000 migrant workers have chosen to travel on motorbikes. Our...
View ArticleGuangdong should stand on its own two feet in free trade zone plan
The free trade zone mania has spread from Shanghai to Guangdong province. Late last year, the provincial authorities floated a grand scheme to establish a free trade zone in the prosperous Pearl River...
View ArticleDongguan's Shipai Town voted 'The Most Beautiful Small Town in China'
Dongguan’s Shipai Town has been voted “The Most Beautiful Small Town in China” in the second annual edition of the award, Nanfang Daily reports. The selection process began in June last year and over...
View ArticleLawmakers call for relocation of gas storage depots in Shenzhen
An oil tanker undergoes safety checks in front of the Shekou depot in this file photo taken last year. SD-Agencies LAWMAKERS at the annual session of the municipal people’s congress called for the...
View ArticleDistinctive license plates auctioned for millions in Shenzhen
LICENSE plates with auspicious numbers B8888R and B9999S were auctioned for 1.72 million yuan (US$281,804) and 1.68 million yuan, respectively, on Sunday, the second day of the city’s first monthly...
View ArticleDongguan confirms number of waitresses infected with HIV/AIDS at 2,000
Dongguan last week put the figure of waitresses infected with HIV/AIDS in the city at around 2,000. The official website of the Dongguan health bureau published the statement to refute recent online...
View ArticleGuangdong plans large investments in clean energy to cut carbon emissions
China's southern Guangdong province plans large investments in natural gas and clean energy to cut coal and oil use in a bid to slow rampant growth in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a...
View ArticleNew housing in Shenzhen to hit 12 million square meters this year
NEW housing available in Shenzhen will hit 12 million square meters this year, Shenzhen Economic Daily reported yesterday, quoting statistics from Centaline Group. More than 90 new buildings will go on...
View ArticleShenzhen plans to spend US$18 billion on 12 public projects in 2014
SHENZHEN officials plan to spend about 110 billion yuan (US$18 billion) on 12 projects in coming years to improve residents’ well-being. The city plans to spend about 1.4 billion yuan by 2020 to...
View ArticleEvergrande to sign French winger Jonathan Biabany for 'staggering money'
Biabany in action, via Google Images After missing out on Bologna’s Alessandro Diamanti, Guangzhou Evergrande are now attempting to sign 25 year-old French winger Jonathan Biabany from Parma. The...
View ArticleGuangdong's football school aims to make China a football power
Will China’s men’s soccer team ever be a force on the world stage? Can the women’s team go one step better than they did in 1999 and become world champions? The Financial Times has visited the...
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