Head of traffic bureau in Guangdong gets 18 years for graft, rape
An official in south China's Guangdong Province was sentenced to 18 years in prison for rape and graft, a local newspaper reported yesterday. According to Dongguan No. 1 People's Court, Huang Ping,...
View ArticleShenzhen unaffected by Europe horse meat scandal, says official
Tests have found horsemeat in school meals, hospital food and restaurant dishes in Europe Europeans have been horrified to learn that many of their frozen processed beef products contain horse meat...
View ArticleIndonesian 'noseless' woman gets a prosthetic from Oscar-winning special...
Special moment: Yustince, from Indonesia, spent three years living without a nose after her husband sliced it off (left) but now she has had it restored thanks to Oscar-winning special effects artist...
View ArticleThai man Pongpatana Porsoi, 26, held for raping semi-conscious Scots student
A THAI man has admitted raping a 20-year-old Scottish student while she was semi-conscious outside an apartment Pongpatana Porsoi, 26, was being held in connection with the attack as the woman’s mother...
View ArticleRape hell? 3 young girls raped, murdered before being thrown into well in India
Horrific: Three sisters - aged 11, nine and six - were raped and murdered before their bodies were thrown into a well near their village of Murmadi Theory: Police have launched an investigation to...
View ArticleMan 'kills wife & 2 kids, hides bodies in freezer at Shenzhen home'
A MAN was detained Tuesday in his hometown in Gaozhou, Guangdong Province, on suspicion of killing his wife and two children at their Shenzhen home in Bao’an District. Police said the man, surnamed...
View ArticleUniversity of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital to open more clinics
University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital UNIVERSITY of Hong Kong (HKU) Shenzhen Hospital will open more medical departments in March. The additions include oncology and emergency departments,...
View ArticleShenzhen BST Technology denies sanction by U.S. Govt.
A LOCAL private testing and certification company has denied its presence on a U.S. State Department sanction list. Recent reports by domestic Chinese media said Shenzhen BST Technology Co. is on the...
View ArticleInquiries on property registry information still available in Shenzhen
FOURTEEN locations in Shenzhen are continuing to allow people to search property registry information, despite some Chinese cities’ recent restrictions on such searches. Bans of property registration...
View ArticleShenzhen office workers turn to evening shopping in HK
LOCAL office workers are becoming fond of shopping in Hong Kong in the evening, Shenzhen Economic Daily reported yesterday. A female worker in Futian District, surnamed Liu, said she often goes...
View ArticleChina Mobile to formally launch its 4G service in Guangzhou & Shenzhen
China Mobile is expected to formally launch its 4G service in Guangzhou and Shenzhen by the end of this month at the earliest, Shanghai Securities News reported yesterday. Trial runs in the two cities...
View ArticleGuangzhou set to introduce 72-hour visa-free stays at Baiyun Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun Airport If you have friends and family who want to visit, this is good news. Guangzhou is set to introduce 72-hour visa-free stays at Baiyun Airport for inbound visitors by the end of...
View ArticleGuangdong's GDP ranks No.1 in China for 24th consecutive year
Guangdong Province: GDP:5.71 trillion yuan (US$913.8 billion), Growth rate (2012):8.2 percent, Growth rate (2011):10.0 percent The 2012 economic data of China's provincial economies have recently been...
View Article13-year-old girl Yang Bei'er joins Guangzhou Writers' Association
Yang Bei'er (right) receives her membership card for the Guangzhou Writers' Association. Yang Bei'er, 13, joined the Guangzhou Writers' Association in south China's Guangdong Province on February 19,...
View ArticleBody found in water tank of LA's Cecil Hotel identified as Canadian girl...
Elisa Lam's body was found in a water tank of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles after guests complained about low water pressure. Authorities stand on the rooftop of the Cecil Hotel after a body was...
View ArticleBlanca Castro, wife of sex-slave cult leader forced to take part in mass orgies
A sect named Defenders of Christ that was broken up in Mexico last month forced women to participate in orgies, discouraged baths and made people eat raw animal organs, the wife of a cult leader has...
View ArticleShenzhen cabbie returns HKD $185,000 to Australian man
A taxi driver surnamed Wu in Shenzhen returned a bag containing 200,000 Yuan of cash left in his cab to an Australian businessman on Tuesday. The Australian businessman, Ian, said he was on his way...
View ArticleShenzhen to invest 10b yuan on Qianhai infrastructure construction in 2013
SHENZHEN will invest 10 billion yuan (US$1.59 billion) on infrastructure construction in the Qianhai area this year, according to Mayor Xu Qin, who attended a meeting in Beijing on Thursday. Held by...
View ArticleThe baby's coming: Aussie woman Kristy Jones delivers own baby girl in hospital
Kristy Jones said she was forced to give birth with no medical help. (Channel Nine) Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says an incident where a woman was forced to deliver her own baby in a New...
View ArticleMeet Daisy, the world's cutest kitten snapped by Aussie translator Ben Torode
Ball of fluff: Daisy, pictured playing with a ball of wool, has secured fans all over the world after these cute pictures were posted online Sitting pretty: Daisy has been warned not to spill...
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