Shenzhen enjoys largest business credit report database in South China
After a decade of effort, Shenzhen has been successful in the construction of the largest database of business credit reports in South China. The database will mainly be used for market regulation. A...
View ArticleShenzhen owns 824 parks, ranking 1st in China
The Honghu Park in Shenzhen. Honghu is home to an incredible Lotus-Viewing Pavilion perfectly situated to view the thousands of lotuses on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Statistics...
View ArticleJessie J gig murder: Graphic designer Ashley Charles jailed for life for...
A graphic designer was jailed for a minimum of 14 years today for killing a telephone executive with a broken bottle after a Jessie J gig. Ashley Charles, 26, was found guilty of murdering Phillip...
View ArticleShenzhen launches China's first cultural industry index
China launched its first cultural industry index on Friday to provide an indicator of how the sector is performing. Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Securities Information Co Ltd jointly issued the...
View ArticleApple’s first retailing store in Shenzhen encounters embarrassment
Apple’s seventh retail store on the mainland of China was opened at Shenzhen Yitian Holiday Plaza on November 3, which is the first retail store in South China. Though it is allegedly designed as a...
View ArticleShenzhen Airlines trawls Europe for captains
Shenzhen Airlines will recruit about 50 foreign captains in 2012 In a small, basement conference room in a Rome hotel, 15 middle-aged Italian airline pilots are watching slides of family excursions to...
View ArticleStrong 6.8-mag. quake kills 3, injures 40 in Burma
At least 13 people were killed and 40 taken to hospital after a powerful earthquake struck central Burma on Sunday. The death toll from the 6.8-magnitude quake included four labourers on a bridge and...
View ArticleShenzhen Metro Group: Wi-Fi interference halts metro
On 9th November, Shenzhen Metro Group announced that it was Wi-Fi interference that had been responsible for bringing the metro service to a half frequently. It’s likely that Shenzhen metro group will...
View ArticleX-ray scanners at Shenzhen Metro stations pass radiation test
THE 200 or so X-ray machines being used for security checks at Shenzhen Metro stations this month all showed safe levels of radiation in tests, city officials said Friday. Shenzhen’s environmental...
View ArticleMark Ndesandjo, Obama's Half Brother makes Shenzhen his home
While US President Barack Obama has been focused on getting re-elected and reviving the American economy, his half-brother, Mark Obama Ndesandjo, has been trying to save a three-year-old Chinese girl's...
View ArticleThe 'Rain Man of Shenzhen': Autistic man becomes a professional pianist
Sun Shouning, who is severely autistic, learned to play piano at age 20. Now he performs professionally. Sun “Bei Bei” Shouning is 29 years old. He lives in a Shenzhen apartment tower with his aging...
View ArticleAaron Hadfield's blood tastes sweet, says killer Shayd Robinson
Shayd Robinson in the dock on day one of his trial. A man who had been fatally stabbed shouted after his alleged attackers they should "fight like a man'', a court has been told today. Witnesses also...
View ArticleAussie man Michael Trkulja awarded AU$200,000 for Google image defamation
Milorad "Michael" Trkulja A man who sued Google after it failed to remove images linking him to alleged crime figures in Melbourne's underworld has reportedly been awarded $200,000 in damages.Milorad...
View ArticleSydney Stewart, daughter of Thomas Stewart blamed for deadly 2010 copter...
Madena Stewart died along with her husband, Thomas, and daughter, Sydney, in a 2010 helicopter crash. Thomas Stewart allowed his daughter to sit on his lap in the co-pilotís seat and she apparently...
View ArticleGeorge Entwistle resignation: Child sex abuse row hits BBC chief
Entwistle, 50, made his dramatic resignation statement outside Broadcasting House in London Entwistle's Resignation statement Patten's response Clueless boss admits: I was in the dark on Newsnight...
View ArticleGuangdong leads China in new era of industrial restructuring
Researchers work at APT Electronics Ltd. The Guangzhou company is a model for R&D cooperation among Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. As one of the original test cases for the nation's...
View ArticleChina unveils new WZ-10 attack helicopter in Zhuhai air show
WZ-10 attack helicopter flies during its first practice run in Zhuhai, Guangdong province on November 11. The Chinese-designed helicopter will appear at the Zhuhai Air Show from November 13 to 18....
View ArticleNUS terminates M'sian sex blogger Alvin Tan's scholarship
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has terminated the scholarship of sex blogger Alvin Tan. While Tan was not expelled, he will have to pay full, unsubsidised international student fees if he...
View ArticleShenzhen employees see salary double in ten years
Total wage and average wage in 2002-2011 According to the Shenzhen Statistical Bureau, the total wage of Shenzhen employees in 2002 was RMB 28.328 billion, and this number has increased every year....
View ArticleShenzhen Airlines launches free 'flight delay insurance'
Shenzhen Airlines rolled out a new scheme for “flight delay insurance” on 5th November this year, and the policy will last until 31st May, 2013. If a flight lands more than two hours late, passengers...
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