Guangzhou to tax constructions sites for dust to curb PM2.5
Taxing heavy polluters and coal-fired plants for air pollution control are often the first things you think about regarding solutions to tackle China’s worsening air quality. Guangzhou, however, has...
View ArticleMan, 33, dies after working 190 hours in a row in Dongguan
Your job sucks, but man, you work hard at it. Whether from a culture that views hard work as a virtue or from a work industry that makes unreasonable demands of its employees, the message remains the...
View Article2 killed, 1 seriously injured during violent home robbery in Shenzhen
TWO young women were murdered and another suffered severe injuries during a home robbery in Luohu District early Tuesday morning, Shenzhen Evening News reported. The suspect, surnamed Xie, an...
View ArticleXiamen-Shenzhen High Speed Rail to add 9 pairs of trains since April 26
XIAMEN-SHENZHEN High- speed Rail will add nine pairs of trains commencing April 26, bringing the total number of pairs on the line to 37, according to the rail operator, Guangzhou Railway Corporation...
View ArticleBaby born with 4 feet & 4 hands has extra limbs removed in Guangdong
A newborn baby with four arms and four legs has surgery to remove the extra limbs last Friday. [photo / Yangcheng Evening News] A newborn baby with four arms and four legs had surgery to remove the...
View ArticleConstruction of SZ fast rail to be completed by end of this year
THE Shenzhen section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail starting at the south side of Shenzhen North Railway Station will be completed on schedule at the end of the year and the Hong...
View Article30,000 workers go on strike in Dongguan, robots planned as replacements
Labor strife in Guangdong can be had to generalize: as some labor disputes flare up and workers are granted concessions, other labor protesters are convicted for “disturbing social order”. And so, we...
View ArticleGuangdong Xintang pirates steal water for 10 years, worth RMB10mln
You wouldn’t charge money from a river for flowing, would you? Now, what if the river was flowing through your house? And you changed the direction of the river to do that? Is it so wrong to stand...
View ArticleMalicious acts of jumping from bridge a huge toll on Guangzhou's image
China’s petitioners have a history of “gao yuzhuang” (告御状) where victimes of injustice during China’s feudal times would petition to the emperor or higher officials in the capital in the hope of...
View ArticleShenzhen to pilot real property registration since June
SHENZHEN will register the city’s real properties in accordance with Guangdong Province’s implementation of a national policy on real property registration starting in June, Shenzhen Economic Daily...
View ArticleShenzhen property management election thwarted by group of thugs
Democracy is simply over-rated; if we, the people, were meant to elect leaders by counting votes, we would have been born with more fingers. While we can compensate by taking off our shoes and socks,...
View Article2 Shenzhen officials made RMB3.5mln by selling hukou quota
The importance of China’s hukou household registration system may be paramount to migrant workers seeking urban residence, but to the officials in charge of the system, it’s a gold mine. According to a...
View ArticleFemale students strip naked in nude protest at Guangzhou university
This morning, Weibo user @Morning Sunbeams of Southern China made a post that contained all of the pictures seen in this blog. For context that may explain these photographs, text was added to these...
View Article21 stand trial over $12.9 million tax scam in Shenzhen
A 21-MEMBER ring of alleged tax fraudsters stood trial Monday in a Shenzhen courtroom charged with cheating the government out of 80 million yuan (US$12.9 million) in tax rebate payments. According to...
View ArticleGuangdong chengguan use recording device that rivals Google Glass
The mysterious recording device used by Guangzhou chengguan. Photo credit: Yangcheng Evning News It’s quite literally a gadget face-off. First, Jiang Yifan, a Changzhou chengguan (城管, or “city...
View ArticleShenzhen-based offices of video pirates Kuaibo raided by police
The Shenzhen-based offices of Kuaibo were raided by police yesterday, just days after the company made a promise to remove pirated content and secure rights to legal stream licensed content. The...
View ArticleDongguan hero saves trapped family of 3 from fire, neighbor accused
One neighbor rushes to save a trapped family of three from a fire, while another neighbor is accused of deliberately starting the fire due to a long-standing grievance–while it may sound fantastical,...
View Article1 injured as car crashes into convenience store in Guangzhou's Liwan
Car crashes into a convenience store in Liwan, Guangzhou; one man hurt. Reminds us of another recent incident in Guangzhou in which a van drove into a supermarket, causing one fatality. SOURCE:...
View Article13 Guangzhou bottled water products found hazardous to human health
If a deluge of food safety stories is panicking residents of China, then first we’ll dispense with the good news: the Guangzhou Municipal Food Safety Office released a report on April 22 that found...
View ArticleTech company in Shenzhen's Nanshan district probed for porn
Policemen are seen at Shenzhen QVOD Technology Co. on Tuesday. SD-Agencies A NANSHAN District technology firm suspected of both disseminating pornographic videos and copyright infringement is being...
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