Tadahiro Matsushita, Japan's financial services minister, found dead in...
Japanese Financial Services Minister Tadahiro Matsushita has died, an aide at his regional office said. He was 73. Matsushita was found dead at his residence in Tokyo today, said Etsuko Horita, a...
View ArticleBettina Wulff, wife of Germany’s ex-president, sues Google over ‘prostitution’
Bettina Wulff says she hopes to clear up the allegations in her forthcoming book The wife of the former German president has included Google in legal action to stop rumours about her private life....
View ArticleShenzhen bus driver break traffic rules 6 times along 10-kilometer road
A BUS driver was fined 1,350 yuan (US$214) for six violations along a route of just 10 kilometers Sunday, Shenzhen traffic police said yesterday. The driver for Kingwell Bus Co., surnamed Zhang, also...
View ArticleShenzhen’s first govt.-funded intl. school attracts 460 expat students
Amy Brett from Australia teaches her students at Shen Wai International School (SWIS) yesterday. Courtesy of SWIS A TOTAL of 460 expatriate children from 11 countries and regions are now studying at...
View ArticleMalaysian expat calls for smoking ban in Shenzhen
Dominic Ho Jian Yin FOR Dominic Ho Jian Yin, a 25-year-old Malaysian, the behavior he dislikes most in Shenzhen is smoking heavily in public. "What makes it so disappointing is when some smokers tend...
View ArticleShenzhen to strengthen rules on water protection
SHENZHEN’S water authority is proposing regulations that would protect the city’s most important water resource and punish violators, who steal from or damage specified water facilities, with fines of...
View ArticleTeen arrested for allegedly raping 14yo girl in public toilet in Guangdong
The public toilet faces a road and is next to residential community office building The girl was dragged into a cubicle when she’s leaving the toilet A 14-year-old girl was raped in a public toilet...
View ArticleScholars urge end to crackdown on labor activists in Shenzhen
Workers' rights groups in Shenzhen are being forcibly evicted from their offices, scholars have said in an open letter, urging an end to the crackdown. Around 10 groups that offer help to the...
View ArticleMission Hills to build 2 Hard Rock Hotels in Haikou & Shenzhen
Mission Hills Group has announced the China’s first two Hard Rock Hotels, which will be built at Shenzhen and Haikou locations. The Hard Rock brand is recognised around the globe with a worldwide...
View ArticleMaking a splash! The Queen of Burlesque Dita Von Teese showers on stage
Tassel-tastic ... Dite Von Teese Strip, strip, hooray ... Dita removes her skirt Teese-ing ... Dita Bathtime ... Dita in the tub Wet ... Dita Von Teese DITA Von Teese cleans up her act as she...
View ArticleShenzhen launches High-quality Overseas Talents Liaison Office in Australia
The opening ceremony of Shenzhen High-quality Overseas Talents Liaison Office to Australia was held on September 7th. The Shenzhen delegation, which was led by Xu Qin, the mayor of Shenzhen, attended...
View ArticleFrench Alps massacre survivor Zainab al-Hilli speaks to cops after waking...
Switch: A Dutch couple said the massacre family had intended to stay for a week at the three-star Village Camping Europa site in the village of St Jorioz, but they switched sites two days before they...
View ArticleCoca-Cola ships first drinks to Myanmar in 60 years
Coca-Cola Co said on Monday that it shipped its flagship cola to customers in Myanmar, its first delivery to the country in 60 years. Coke, the world's largest soft drink maker, is working toward...
View ArticleShenzhen vows to complete 88 unfinished roads within 3 years
THE city government has vowed to complete 88 unfinished roads within three years, including 32 of them this year. Most of those 32 roads are in Longgang and Bao’an districts. Most of the projects...
View ArticleReading Month to start in Shenzhen Book City on Nov 1
A plenary conference of Shenzhen Reading Month organizing committee was held yesterday. According to reports, the 13th Shenzhen Reading Month will start in the city’s Book City on November 1st. On the...
View ArticleWe were duped, says cast and crew of anti-Muslim movie The Innocence of Muslims
Actress Cindy Lee Garcia, who appeared in "The Innocence of Muslims," said she "would never hurt anybody no matter what religion they are." An actress who starred in an anti-Muslim film that stirred...
View ArticleShenzhen to grant 10 Bln yuan public housing fund in 2012
On September 12, Shenzhen Housing Provident Fund Management Center officially released the loan regulations under the public housing fund (PHF) scheme in Shenzhen. The regulations will be in effect...
View ArticleFoxconn Shenzhen worker found dead, suicide suspected
A Foxconn worker was found dead on Wednesday morning, with Chinese press calling it a suicide, but authorities are still investigating. The Taiwanese manufacturer of Apple's iPhone said in a...
View ArticleKiribati fisherman Toakai Teitoi miraculously survives 106 days adrift
A KIRIBATI fisherman who drifted in the central Pacific for nearly four months has been found alive and asking for cigarettes, a Marshall Islands fishing vessel reported Friday. Toakai Teitoi was...
View ArticleShenzhen launches probe into mystery deaths of two police officers
POLICE in Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province, are investigating the death of two policemen who were found severely injured in a pool of blood at a local police station on Thursday night....
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