Shenzhen abortion clinic advertises Chinese New Year special
In one of the stranger Spring Festival promotions we've seen, the Shenzhen Beautiful People Professional Abortion Clinic is offering to rid your womb of any unwanted occupants this holiday season for...
View ArticleGuangdong to raise minimum wages by 19% from May 1
Minimum wages in Guangdong province will be raised 19.1 percent on average from May 1. Minimum wages in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, will rise 19.2 percent to 1,550 yuan ($249) a month and 15...
View ArticleFree CNY concerts by HK musicians at Shenzhen Concert Hall
Chen Yiqin Two free concerts performed by young musicians from Hong Kong and the mainland will be held at Shenzhen Concert Hall on Feb. 11 and 12. The concerts will begin at 3 p.m. but the doors will...
View ArticleSplendid China Folk Culture Village holds S. China's biggest temple fair
The biggest temple fair in southern China, called Jinxiu Zhonghua in Mandarin, offers visitors some of the most traditional and cultural experiences of the Chinese festivity. IF you are travelling...
View ArticleOMA wins competition to design 180m office tower in Shenzhen
The 180m- high tower is divided in half by a viewing platform OMA’s Essence Financial Building in Shenzhen, China- skydeck view OMA has won a competition to design a new office tower in Shenzhen,...
View ArticleShenzhen home sales soars in January as property market see a boom
Housing sales in the southeastern Chinese booming city of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, soared in January as the property market saw a boom. Real estate developers in Shenzhen sold out 568,500...
View ArticleShenzhen Superwatt Power to open first U.S. facility in Suffolk
A Chinese company that makes power generators has chosen Suffolk as its first manufacturing location in the United States. Its U.S. subsidiary, Grandwatt Electric Corp., will employ 30 people within...
View ArticleDemocratically elected village committee of Wukan encountering troubles
Wukan, a small village in Guangdong Province that drew worldwide attention in 2011 and 2012 for its struggle to overthrow officials believed to have been involved in corruption and elected its own...
View ArticleZhanjiang car bomb claims 17 lives and injures 18 others
Explosives packed in a car detonated around 1:50 pm injuring people nearby. Five of those killed died at the scene, while another two died at the hospital. Of the 18 injured, five are currently being...
View ArticleOld-age living allowance expected to cover Hongkongers in Guangdong
Matthew Cheung Kin-chung The old-age living allowance to be introduced in April is expected to cover Hongkongers in Guangdong by the end of next year. Welfare secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said...
View ArticleBritish couple Peter Root, Mary Thompson killed in Thailand on world cycling...
Peter Root and Mary Thompson, both 34 Peter Root and Mary Thompson, both 34, set off on a round-the-world adventure in July 2011 and had cycled through Europe, the Middle East and China. The...
View Article3,500 identically-dressed couples tie the knot in 'Moonie' mass wedding S. Korea
Some 3,500 identically-dressed couples from 70 countries have tied the knot in a so-called "Moonie" mass wedding in South Korea. Hak Ja Han presided for the first time without her husband...
View ArticleUK 'Giant Leg Woman' Mandy Sellars, 38, has leg weighing astonishing 17 stone
Foot fault... Mandy hopes doctors can help shrink her gigantic leg Prosthetic help... But her left leg grew back A WOMAN suffering from an extremely rare condition is desperate for doctors to help...
View ArticleShenzhen reaps 6.1 billion yuan in tourism revenue during 2013 CNY holiday
SHENZHEN’S tourism revenue topped 6.1 billion yuan (US$979 million) during the Spring Festival holiday, thanks to more than 5.16 million visitors, the city’s tourism bureau has announced. The revenue...
View ArticleSpring Festival temple fair at Shenzhen Splendid China to last until Feb. 24
THE Splendid China•China Folk Culture Villages theme park is holding its Spring Festival temple fair, reportedly the largest and most popular in China, until Feb. 24. This year’s temple fair features...
View ArticleSpring Festival holiday week sees Shenzhen home sales slump
ONLY one new home was sold in Shenzhen during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, compared to 17 during last year’s holiday, according to the Shenzhen Real Estate Information System. The home was...
View Article3,500 identically-dressed couples tie the knot in 'Moonie' mass wedding in S....
Some 3,500 identically-dressed couples from 70 countries have tied the knot in a so-called "Moonie" mass wedding in South Korea. Hak Ja Han presided for the first time without her husband...
View ArticleZhuhai man given psychiatric treatment rather than jail time after killing dad
A man in Zhuhai who killed his father in a fit of rage on November 18 last year will be given psychiatric treament instead of being thrown in jail after new mental health laws were passed last October,...
View ArticleToddler drowns in bucket in Shenzhen while mother busy playing Majiang
A 2 year-old girl drowned in a bucket of water in Shenzhen’s Longhua New Zone February 12 while her mother was playing Majiang, according to JZ News. The child, Xiao Qiongfen, had been left to play in...
View ArticleUK boxer Graham Brett who hits & kills Aussie man Neil Hannah gets 7 yrs in jail
Police released this picture of Neil Hannah as they searched for his next of kin. Source: Supplied A BOXER who king hit and killed an Australian-born man living in London has been sentenced to...
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