Shenzhen offers subsidies to enterprises to balance tax reform
SHENZHEN will offer financial subsidies to enterprises whose tax burden has increased since a tax reform was implemented Nov. 1. The reform replaces the city’s business tax with a value-added tax (VAT)...
View ArticleGangnam Style singer Psy receives Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit
South Korea has awarded one of its highest cultural honours to the rapper Psy for taking the world by storm with his Gangnam Style hit. The culture ministry announced on Tuesday that the 34-year-old...
View ArticleMore overseas enterprises to attend CHTF 2012 in Shenzhen
"Florida will send 14 enterprises to the fair, promoting products in the fields of information technology, software, medical equipment and energy technology,” said Su Yanwei, spokesperson for the...
View ArticleShenzhen gang members stand trial over string of organized crimes
TWELVE people stood trial at Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court on Monday, accused of a string of organized crimes including murders, extortions and robberies in Shajing, Bao’an District. Seven of...
View ArticleDongmen's annual Year-end promotion campaigns kick off
DONGMEN’S annual “price war,” a massive end-of-the-year shopping event in which local supermarkets and department stores competitively lower their prices and attract throngs of customers, is booming...
View ArticleMillions of bees slaughtered in New Zealand
Two Northland beekeepers have offered rewards totalling $8000 for tip-offs leading to the conviction of saboteurs and thieves attacking their hives. John Whitehead, of Kerikeri, is offering $5000 for...
View ArticleFedEx opens its 5th international services center in Shenzhen
FedEx Express Corp, one of the world's largest courier delivery services companies, opened on Tuesday its fifth international services center in Shenzhen, to boost its local operations network and meet...
View ArticleNapier sex attack: Hunt still on after sex attack on 11yo girl on Georges...
The hunt is still on for a man who sexually attacked a young girl in Napier. There have been no further reported sightings of a man and vehicle seen in the area of the attack on an 11-year-old girl on...
View ArticleUS ex-pageant star Brie Lybrand lashes out against rapist dad
When subscribers check to see Brie Lybrand's latest YouTube video, they're expecting to watch one of her typical, upbeat beauty and shopping tutorials. So when "The New Orleans Beauty Guru" posted...
View ArticleShenzhen-Zhongshan corridor to start construction in 2015
The sketch of Shenzhen-Zhongshan corridor There will be another underwater tunnel and bridge connecting east and west Pearl River (Zhujiang River) after the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The 51-km...
View Article44 members of criminal gang on trial in Guangzhou
A total of 44 people from a major criminal gang were brought to court for trial during a public hearing in Haizhu District People's Court in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, on Monday. The...
View ArticleFoshan Uni. to decrease student absenteeism with assigned seat system
Students at Foshan University in Guangdong Province can no longer choose their own seats in class, according to a new policy recently adopted by the school. Similarly, Zhongbei College of Nanjing...
View ArticleChina to run first national level information tech expo in Shenzhen in 2013
China will hold its first national level information technology exposition next April, aiming to build a platform to speed up the sector's development and upgrading and help Chinese enterprises gain...
View Article39 killed after strong 7.4-mag. quake rocks Guatemala City in Mexico
A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala shook buildings in the capital and killed at least 39 people on Wednesday, trapping others under rubble and triggering evacuations as far away as Mexico...
View ArticleHong Kong man seized in Shenzhen with 6,200 bullets
CUSTOMS officers seized more than 2,200 lead bullets for air guns and 4,000 steel bullets from an inbound Hong Kong man Nov. 1, Shenzhen Customs said Tuesday. Also seized were 29 air guns and replica...
View ArticleBlocking 3G signal on Metro train 'inappropriate': Shenzhen
THE city’s communications administration said it would be inappropriate to block 3G signals on Metro trains, following a request to temporarily do so by Shenzhen Metro Co. Instead, the administration...
View ArticleNew housing tax driving Hong Kong buyers to Shenzhen
SOME Hong Kong residents have quickly turned to the Shenzhen housing market after a new stamp duty was implemented in the special administrative region (SAR) last month, Shenzhen Economic Daily...
View Article2012 Chinese city happiness index: Shenzhen comes 94th
As the most famous “city of migrants” in China, migrant workers make up a huge percentage of Shenzhen's population. A list named the Top 100 Happiest Cities in China has gone viral online. According...
View ArticleQantas Airway cuts over 500 engineering jobs in Sydney
Qantas is cutting another 500 engineering jobs in Sydney and at Avalon Airport in Victoria as the airline steps up the consolidation of its heavy maintenance bases from two to one. About 200 of the...
View ArticleGuangzhou takes lead in reducing students' homework
Parents can set limits to help their children develop other interests Cheng Yinglan is used to having to stop her daughter from doing homework after 9:30 pm. "Stop doing your homework and go to bed...
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