China’s Li Na, Czech Republic's Klara Zakopalova to meet in Shenzhen Open final
Top-seeded Li Na of China and fifth-seeded Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic will meet in the final of the Shenzhen Open after straight-set victories in the semifinals Friday. Li, who is ranked...
View ArticleLi Na, Czech Republic's Klara Zakopalova to meet in Shenzhen Open final
Top-seeded Li Na of China and fifth-seeded Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic will meet in the final of the Shenzhen Open after straight-set victories in the semifinals Friday. Li, who is ranked...
View ArticleLi Na beats Zakopalova in final of Shenzhen Gemdale Open
Li Na, shown during a match at the 2012 U.S. Open, won the Shenzhen Gemdale Open title match in three sets Saturday. Top seed Li Na survived a mid-match meltdown to overcome Czech Klara Zakopalova...
View ArticleHuge effort: 15k Indian drummers play in rhythm for 15 mins to create world...
Huge effort: Indians wearing traditional Assamese attire play the khol, a traditional percussion instrument, in an attempt to create a Guinness World Record In time: The drummers played in rhythm...
View ArticleJapanese firefighters display balancing skills on bamboo poles in traditional...
Balancing act: Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo Long history:...
View Article'Her name is Jyoti Singh Pandey': dad of Indian gang-rape victim
The victim's friend, who witnessed the attack, speaks to Zee News She is faceless and nameless, known only as "victim." But the father of the Indian woman who died after a brutal gang rape that...
View ArticleGuangzhou launches lovers' ferry sightseeing line
Guangzhou recently launched a new ferry sightseeing line which connects three piers along the Pearl River and is designed for the travelers, especially lovers, to visit the scenic spots around the...
View ArticleGuangzhou Metro issues 1-day and 3-day tourist passes
Guangzhou Metro officially began issuing one- and three-day passes on January 1 for the benefit of tourists. One- and three-day passes cost 20 and 50 yuan respectively. Each pass can be used only by...
View ArticleZhongshan set to become China's gaming and amusement centre
Visitors check out a new game during a product launch in Zhongshan, Guangdong province. The city has become the center for games and entertainment products in China. For a city that was named after...
View ArticleMan admits to transporting, selling 26kg of drugs from Shenzhen to Shanghai
A MAN admitted to transporting and selling narcotics to a drug dealer in Shanghai during a trial yesterday at Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court. The two men were charged with transporting 26...
View Article'Armed' anti-corruption group parades in Shenzhen
Armed anti-government groups? Is this a Gordon Chang dream? No. It's a bunch of likely-lads from Shenzhen who paraded in front of assembled reporters dressed as an 'anti-corruption group'. The group...
View ArticleShenzhen Bao'an Airport falls to 5th in passenger throughput list
Shenzhen airport has fallen to 5th after Chengdu Shuangliu Airport on Chinese airports’ passenger throughput list. Capital Airport in Beijing ranks first this time, followed by Shanghai’s Pudong and...
View ArticleShenzhen SMEs thrives in 2012
There were 440,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in Shenzhen in 2012, a 7.1% increase from previous year, accounting for 99.3% of the total number of enterprises in the city, said Gu Hongwei,...
View ArticleMalaysian groom-to-be fails to show up for wedding, leaving his bride red-faced
A groom-to-be from Bukit Mer-tajam left his bride and her family red-faced when he failed to show up for their wedding, Nanyang Siang Pau reported. News of the "runaway groom" spread like wildfire and...
View ArticleSaudi Arabian man, 90, sues his 15-yr-old bride who locks herself in bedroom
A 90-YEAR-old Saudi Arabian man is suing the family of his 15-year-old bride after she shut herself in her bedroom on their wedding night. She locked the door from the inside so that he could not...
View ArticleShenzhen to advance construction work on Metro Line 16
SHENZHEN rail authorities will advance construction work on Metro Line 16 in an effort to relieve pressure on the crowded Longhua Line and congestion at Meilin Checkpoint. The project will start in...
View ArticleShenzhen govt official beaten up after alleged sexual assault
A DEPUTY chief in a Shenzhen government bureau was beaten up for allegedly sexually assaulting a contracted bureau employee, local Chinese-language media reported yesterday. A posting on...
View ArticleColette Tsang Shi-lok, female doctor murdered in Shenzhen returns to HK
Colette Tsang Shi-lok The body of a Hong Kong doctor murdered in a Shenzhen hotel has been brought back to the city. Tuen Mun Hospital ophthalmologist Colette Tsang Shi-lok was found dead in her hotel...
View ArticleYearly government subsidy offered to children in Shenzhen kindergartens
Children aged between three and six in Shenzhen's kindergartens will soon be eligible for a yearly government subsidy worth 1,500 yuan ($241), according to Monday's Nanfang Daily. According to a new...
View ArticleJyoti Singh Pandey's death: Delhi gang rape case trial behind closed doors
Five men accused of raping and murdering an Indian student were read the charges in a near-empty courtroom on Monday after the judge cleared out lawyers for bickering over whether the men deserved a...
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