More Shenzhen residents go to supermarket for cheaper food at night
AN increasing number of locals are shopping for food in the evening instead of the morning to take advantage of lower prices at the end of the day, Shenzhen Economic Daily reported this week....
View ArticleHK goods stores growing fast across Shenzhen
A store selling Hong Kong goods in Bao’an District. LOCAL residential communities are seeing an increasing number of stores selling products from Hong Kong, Shenzhen Economic Daily reported...
View ArticleHearing starts on case of injured Foxconn engineer Zhang Tingzhen
Zhang Tingzhen, a 26-year-old engineer who had nearly half his brain surgically removed after surviving an electric shock a year ago His plight came to light after Reuters reported that Taiwan firm...
View ArticleGaruda Indonesia launches check-in service at Shekou wharf, Shenzhen
Garuda Indonesia officially launched its check-in service in Shenzhen at Shekou wharf a few days ago. It is the 12th international airline that provides check-in services at Shekou wharf. Passengers to...
View ArticleFirst flight from Shenzhen to Singapore a total success
Shenzhen Airlines offered the fantastic price of RMB 800 (US$128) for round-trip tickets on its first flight to Singapore on 30th October. As a result, tickets were sold out at once. There will be one...
View ArticleExperts urge airspace management reform in Shenzhen
Airplanes taxi at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in 2011. The Pearl River Delta is one of the most congested parts of China's airspace, with five major airports in the region, and none of them...
View ArticleUK granny Marlene Barnes heals her incurable Crohn disease by eating trees
Marlene Barnes Evidence ... her doc’s letter A GRAN claims to have healed herself of a disease with no recognised cure — by eating tree bark. Marlene Barnes, 72, started chewing chippings after 48...
View ArticleInternet moguel Kim Dotcom launches new file sharing site Mega
A 'splash' page for Kim Dotcom's new file sharing website was overloaded when it went live this afternoon. Dotcom, who is fighting extradition to the United States to face charges of internet piracy...
View ArticleRae Portman death: Kiwi man 'Friday' Paraire Hori Te Awa charged for her murder
Rae Portman A man has been charged with the murder of Rae Portman, whose body was found on a south Auckland farm four months after her family reported her missing. Paraire Hori Te Awa, also known as...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia wedding fire: At least 25 women & children killed
A fire sparked by celebratory gunfire has killed at least 25 women and children at a wedding in Saudi Arabia, local reports say. The bullets struck electric decorations that triggered a short-circuit,...
View ArticleUS software engineer Zac Vawter to climb Chicago's Willis Tower with 'bionic...
Zac Vawter, who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident, looks down from the Ledge at the Willis Tower in Chicago. He'll put his 'bionic leg' to the test in s charity climb up 103 flights to the top of...
View ArticleOz mum Heidi Romem outraged after 12yo daughter gets detention over hugging ban
A MOTHER in Western Australia is demanding an apology from her kids' school after her 12-year-old daughter was given a detention for hugging a classmate. Heidi Rome's daughter Amber was punished at the...
View ArticleOctober PMI confirms recovery of China's economy
CHINA’S manufacturing improved in October, adding to signs the world’s second-largest economy might be recovering from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis, two business surveys showed...
View ArticleGuo Heng, MIT student from Shenzhen found dead at her home in US
Guo Heng SHENZHEN woman Guo Heng, a 28-year-old graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was found dead Oct. 26 at her off-campus residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts,...
View ArticleA look inside Shenzhen's first Apple Store
Shenzhen, China is the place where many Apple products come from. Foxconn has factories there that crank out the fruited electronics by the millions, and stories of the legions of workers who build...
View ArticleShenzhen Govt offers funding to returnees to retain talent
Recently, the Shenzhen government announced that it has made plans to arrange for a special fund for returnees. This fund will be used for returnees to start a business and to complete the public...
View ArticleShenzhen couples face penalties for overseas births over legal limits
Couples will face penalties in some cases if they have a child born outside China's mainland in violation of the nation's family planning law, according to a rule that takes effect next year in the...
View ArticleGuangzhou may lower export target amid global economic downturn
The annual export growth target of Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, should be reconsidered as it will be hard for the city to achieve the current 10 percent target amid the...
View Article2 doctors for every 10,000 people: Guangzhou sets family doctors target
Two doctors for every 10,000 rural and urban residents by the year 2015 is the target the Guangzhou government has set as it builds a community network for health services. Every general practitioner...
View ArticleYoung mum tweets "very drunk" before dying in DUI accident in Guangdong
The 29-year-old tweeted 'Very drunk, but still have to drive home' before dying in car crash The story of a Guangdong woman who tweeted "Very drunk, but still have to drive home" before...
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