Expats feeling pinch of rising living costs in Shenzhen
MANY expatriates in Shenzhen are feeling the pinch of rising living costs in the city, which according to a recent survey could exceed costs of living in New York City. Shenzhen moved from 43rd to 30th...
View ArticleV&A expected to bring world-class design museum to Shenzhen
CHINA Merchants Group and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a new world-class design museum in Shenzhen. It will be the first major design...
View ArticleASEAN countries eyes closer ties with Shenzhen
Participants in the China-Southeast Asia Peace and Development Forum release doves at Lianhua Hill Park on Saturday, as an expression of wishes for peaceful development. The two-day forum was a...
View ArticleShenzhen police post photos of 20 riot suspects in anti-Japan protests
THE images of 20 people suspected of damaging property and fighting with police officers during a recent anti-Japan protest in southern Shenzhen City have been published online. Police used pepper...
View ArticleMuammar Gaddafi rape victim Soraya tells of his sadistic sex criminal
A FEW days after Soraya turned 15, her headmaster announced that "the Guide", as Libya once referred to Muammar Gaddafi, would be visiting the school the next day. She had been picked to give him the...
View ArticleShenzhen set sights on e-commerce, creative industries
The government of Futian, Shenzhen's central business district, is subsidizing and encouraging growth in high-value-added, emerging industries. After serving as a pilot city for reform and opening...
View ArticleShenzhen TV host forced to remove peace calling post on Weibo
The words on the dish say "Thank you China". The top post on Weibo on Thursday was a poignant call for friendship and peace between China and Japan, written by Shenzhen TV host Juanzi. Translation by...
View ArticleNZ spy agency investigated over Kim Dotcom Megaupload case
Kim Dotcom is at the centre of illegal interception of communications, spying that will now be investigated, says Prime Minister John Key (right). Photo / Mark Mitchell An inquiry into unlawful...
View ArticleBruised journos urge mainland apology over anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen
The Hong Kong Journalists Association has demanded an apology from mainland authorities for police attacks on SAR reporters covering anti-Japanese protests across the border. Wearing black, about 20...
View ArticleGood Samaritan: Indian woman Madhu Tugnait sells flat to help orphans, homeless
Madhu Tugnait, a resident of Visakhapatnam for the last 22 years and wife of a former naval officer, has sheltered abandoned and spastic children including infants in her apartment and is all set to...
View ArticleGuangzhou leaves gov't vehicles in garages to mark World Car Free Day
Most government vehicles were left in garages in Guangzhou on Saturday, the World Car Free Day, in a national campaign to promote an eco-friendly way of living in China. This year, 151 cities in...
View Article40 round-the-clock self-service libraries to be added in Shenzhen
This year, 40 24-hour self-service libraries will established in Shenzhen. Of these, five will be set up in Bao’an district, two in Guangming New Area and four in Longhua New Area. Recently an...
View ArticleEx-boxing champ Corrie Sanders killed by robbers in S. Africa
Corrie Sanders, centre, shocked Wladimir Klitschko, top, to win the WBO heavyweight title in 2003. Corrie Sanders, the South African southpaw who knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in one of the great...
View ArticleAvalanche in Nepal's Manaslu Mountain kills 9 climbers, 7 missing
Rescuers in Nepal are searching for seven missing climbers after an avalanche which killed at least nine people, swept away in their tents ahead of a final push on one of the world's highest mountains....
View ArticleShenzhen plans to put 1,000 electric buses into service this year
Leaders of Shenzhen transport commission take the electric bus. The launch ceremony of the first pure electric bus line in Shenzhen on September 22 September 22nd is the annual World Car Free...
View ArticleShangri-la Hotel Shenzhen joins International Ocean Clean-up Day activity
This year saw the 8th International Ocean Clean-up Day, a project taken part in by the Shangri-la hotel in Shenzhen, which supported he campaign for “10,000 people fight to ban shark fin products”,...
View ArticleQatari man with Sars copycat virus hires private jet to London for treatment
A man is fighting for his life in a British hospital after being struck down by a virus similar to Sars. The 49-year-old, who was born in Qatar but is believed to have been living in Britain, caught...
View Article5 rioters in Shenzhen anti-Japan protest turn themselves in
FIVE protesters who vandalized vehicles and public property in the local Sept. 16 protest fueled by the Diaoyu Islands dispute turned themselves in to Shenzhen police Sunday night, a day after local...
View ArticleShenzhen police warn about online moon cake scams
SHENZHEN police are reminding residents to guard against possible scams in online sales of moon cakes for group buyers. Buyers should buy moon cakes from trustworthy shops — online or brick and mortar...
View ArticleSuspected drug dealers arrested after car chase on Shenzhen streets
TWO men suspected of drug deals were caught by police after a car chase on Shenzhen streets Sunday morning. Police found two large knives, three electric batons and a bag of methamphetamine, known as...
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