Shenzhen to charge for excess garbage
SHENZHEN will charge for domestic garbage volume exceeding a certain yearly maximum, according to the city’s draft management regulations of domestic garbage reduction and sorting. The draft...
View ArticleShenzhen man douses wife in gasoline and set her on fire
A SHENZHEN man who doused his wife in gasoline and set her on fire in Luohu District on Saturday has turned himself in to police yesterday. The woman, 24, surnamed Ye, remained in critical condition...
View Article11,000 more armed cops to patrol streets of Guangzhou
How do you feel about the current state of public security in China? Well, how about we add guns, and people wielding them in public places… now, do you feel safer? That’s the equation spelled out by...
View Article1 killed, 4 injured as van crashes into Guangzhou supermarket
A van crashed into a Xiaoxianyizhan supermarket in Guangzhou today (April 12) at around 12pm killing one man, reported the Weibo account of Guangzhou Daily. The accident occurred at Xuanxiatiansan...
View ArticleMaoming journalists found guilty of extortion in crackdown on 'fake news'
Twenty-one journalists in Maoming, Guangdong were found guilty of extortion as a government crackdown on “fake news” widened across the nation last week. The convictions of the journalists are part of...
View Article3m tons of construction waste reused in Shenzhen last year
MORE than 3 million tons of construction waste were reused in Shenzhen last year, one of the largest amounts among all Chinese cities, Shenzhen Economic Daily reported. Local industry leader Shenzhen...
View ArticleFoshan restaurant found to use addictive poppy seed powder
If you have found yourself addicted to a specific stewed duck or goose dish at a restaurant in Shishan in Foshan, well, it might actually be addiction. A restaurant located in Foshan’s Nanhai district...
View ArticleExtended subway network to connect Shenzhen, Dongguan and Huizhou
The proposed inter-provincial transportation system announced last year that will connect the three cities of Shenzhen, Dongguan and Huizhou is promising to provide trips of only 60 minutes in length...
View ArticleGuangzhou man builds forest on apartment building to hide illegal floors
In this environmentally-friendly age we’re often urged to consider the needs of Mother Nature before our own comforts; however, one Guangzhou resident had an ulterior motive to “thinking green” when...
View ArticleMaoming halts planned crematorium in face of protest
Ligang county residents took to the streets en mass to protest a crematorium planned to be built in their locality on April 12, Sina reports. Located near the city of Huazhou in the jurisdiction of...
View ArticleLung cancer becomes leading cause of death in GZ as air quality worsens
Lung cancer has become the number one cause of death in Guangzhou as the city battles its worsening air quality, according to figures released by the Guangzhou Disease Control Center’s tumor monitoring...
View ArticleLabour unrest grows in Guangdong with 2 more high-profile protests
A day before Guangzhou hospital security guards were convicted for disturbing social order by protesting low wages, workers at a Galanz factory in Zhongshan rioted due to unfair wages. Yesterday, a...
View ArticleNPC member Liang Yaohui arrested amid Dongguan prostitution crackdown
The prostitution crackdown in Dongguan ensnared its highest catch yet when Liang Yaohui, a deputy in the National People’s Congress (NPC), was forced to vacate his seat before being arrested for...
View ArticleToxic chemical spill in Dongguan called 'completely safe'
If singing a song or expressing complete ignorance aren’t effective methods to take the focus off the recent prostitution crackdown in Dongguan, then maybe a toxic chemical spill is just the...
View ArticleDetermining sex of fetus using illegal agents in HK growing in popularity
INCREASING numbers of pregnant mainland women are attempting to determine the sex of their fetus using illegal agents operating through Hong Kong, now that some cities in China allow that if either...
View ArticleShenzhen security guards probed for animal abuse, assaulting reporters
Security guards assault a photographer.Wen Qingqiang TWO security guards posted at Futian District People’s Hospital are under investigation for allegedly abusing a stray cat and attacking news...
View ArticleWoman, 30, leaps to death after attacking father-in-law in Shenzhen
A 30-year-old Jiangxi woman jumped to her death in a residential community in Nanshan District on Tuesday afternoon, after attacking her father-in-law with a knife. The father-in-law remains...
View Article1 dead in Maoming protest after government denials
Wen Wanbin slept during the day on March 30 and finished work at 1:48am at a KTV parlor in Maoming. Wen left work 12 minutes earlier than his usual sign-off time because his friend Jiang Xicai asked if...
View ArticleDemolition work on hidden forest house in Guangzhou starts
"Clear-cutting” has begun on the forest built on top of a Guangzhou apartment building to hide illegally-constructed floors. Local chengguan and the owner of what has been called “Guangzhou’s most...
View Article50yo woman falls asleep during suicide attempt in Guangdong's Zhongshan
When is a suicide attempt a cry for help, and when is it a cry for attention? We may never know for sure, but one thing is certain: attempting suicide can make people dead tired, especially for a 50...
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