Cable thieves drive into police car, escape amid gunfire in Shenzhen
A bullet hole in the windshield of the thieves’ car is shown. A GANG of cable thieves drove into a police car and then escaped on foot after police shot at them in Shijing Housing Estate, Pingshan...
View ArticleFamily seeks RMB1m in compensation after inmate's jail death
THE family of an inmate who died in January after a seizure at a Longgang District jail is asking the Longgang Police Subbureau for more than 1 million yuan (US$159,129) in compensation, the Daily...
View ArticleEx-NBA star Dennis Rodman meets his 'friend for life' Kim Jong-Un in N. Korea
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, pictured in Chicago, on May 18, 2011 Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman has become the most high-profile American to meet the new leader of North Korea, vowing...
View ArticleInt'l book and copyright conference held in Shenzhen
Hon. Chimbiko Iche Akarolo (2nd R), mayor of Port Harcourt City in Nigeria, and Rafael Ball (R), director of the University Library in Regensburg, Germany, visit Fantawild Holdings Inc. on Thursday....
View ArticleChina Mobile begins testing 4G network in Guangzhou, Shenzhen
China Mobile has begun to test 4G networks in Guangzhou and Shenzhen although China’s telecom normally has not issued licenses for 4G mobile networks. The testing is open to new subscribers who pay...
View ArticleJapanese desperate workers pay up to £400-a-month to live in tiny...
Tight squeeze: A Tokyo local shows a Japanese news crew around her tiny 'coffin apartment' Cosy: The tiny cubicles are often stacked on top of each other and contain just enough room for one...
View Article18th IIC-China opens at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center
Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) announced that the 18th International IC-China Conference & Exhibition (IIC-China) opens today at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China's...
View ArticleBritish singer Sarah Brightman to perform in Shenzhen during China tour
British singer Sarah Brightman looks on at a press conference for her China tour performance in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 28, 2013. The British soprano will kick off her China tour...
View ArticleIndonesian mum, 38, drowns 9-yr-old son over his 'small penis'
AN INDONESIAN mum drowned her nine-year-old son in the bath, claiming she was worried that his "small penis" would affect his future. The 38-year-old woman from the capital Jakarta told police her son...
View ArticleDisabled man caught trying to transport severed leg at Guangzhou airport
A recreation by Eastern Satellite Television. A disabled man was forbidden from carrying his own severed leg as hand luggage at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport on Monday (February 25), Eastern Satellite...
View ArticleBulgarian Deyan Valentinov Deyanov jailed for beheading Briton Jennifer...
Bulgarian Deyan Valentinov Deyanov was considered not criminally responsible for his brutal attack because he has acute paranoid schizophrenia. Holidaymaker Jennifer Mills-Westley was beheaded in a...
View ArticleStunning snaps: Photographer Murad Osmann follows girlfriend around the world
Some men aren't keen on letting their partners take the lead. But not Russian photographer Murad Osmann. While some of his peers hate the thought of just being led around the shops, he was quite...
View ArticleColorado theater shooting: James Holmes may pleads not guilty over 'insanity'
Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect have indicated their client might plead not guilty by reason of insanity. In court documents made public Friday, James Holmes' attorneys want the...
View ArticleAir NZ pilot falls asleep twice during flight from London to Los Angles
The pilot of a Boeing 777 nodded off during a flight between London and Los Angeles. Air New Zealand said the pilot had reported falling asleep twice as he flew the plane across the Atlantic in 2011....
View ArticleSarah Brightman to stage Dreamchaser Concert in Shenzhen
Sarah Brightman unveiled the post of Dreamchaser World Tour at a press conference in Beijing on 28th February, 2013. British singer Sarah Brightman will perform at Shenzhen Bay Sports Center as part of...
View ArticleShenzhen starts commercial registration reform
The People’s Congress of Shenzhen Municipality passed the “Regulation on Commercial Registration in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Regulation’)" on October 30,...
View ArticleDongguan tries to peel away 'sex capital' label with promo video
Film crew in Chashan Nanshe Village in Dongguan Dongguan has been given some pretty unpleasent labels over the years. These include “Sex capital,” “Dickensian Factory City,” and "Sparta of the East,”...
View ArticleDongguan schoolboy got his teeth knock off after being slapped by teacher
A first-grader in Dongguan, Guangdong Province was sent to the hospital after a teacher almost knocked his two front teeth off, local media reported. The student, surnamed Li, in Daojiao Century...
View ArticleGuangzhou tries to ease congestion by limiting non-local vehicles
The southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou is set to put restrictions on vehicles registered outside of the city in a bid to ease congestion. An official with the city's traffic committee said at a...
View Article25 held at HK-Shenzhen border checkpoints for exceeding milk limit
AT least 25 people have been arrested at border checkpoints for breaching a new Hong Kong restriction on milk formula that took effect Friday. Those arrested, including 17 Hong Kong residents and eight...
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