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Lin makes sure old news is good news for environment

National
2009-11-21

CONFRONTED with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwan fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote b...

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23 killed in Heilongjiang coal mine blast, 90 still trapped

National
2009-11-21

AT least 23 miners have been killed in a coal mine blast in Heilongjiang Province this morning, while 90 other miners were still missing. The rescue headquarters said that gas outburst caused the explosion in the...

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Gas giants lift output as supply runs short

National
2009-11-21

CHINA'S two largest natural gas producers claim they have increased output to full capacity as many southern cities hit by the unusual early winter are suffering supply shortages. The daily natural gas supply...

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Chinese authors call for revised offer by Google

National
2009-11-21

GOOGLE Inc, which scanned and uploaded books online without permission, should provide a revised compensation plan for writers by the end of this year, a Chinese authors' group said yesterday. The demand marked...

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Burglar stole to care for his sick mother

National
2009-11-21

A BURGLAR who stole nearly 100,000 yuan (US$1,464.49) from more than 100 victims in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality over the past two years spent most of the money on caring for his sick mother. Du Xiaofeng,...

Child rights at the forefront

National
2009-11-21

CHINA has substantially promoted its children's development and rights protection since it became the 105th signatory of the "Convention on the Rights of the Child" adopted by the 44th United Nations General Assembly...

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Gas explosion traps 139 coal miners in Heilongjiang

National
2009-11-21

A gas explosion at a coal mine in Hegang City of Heilongjiang Province this morning trapped 139 miners, according to the provincial coal mine safety watchdog. The source said that the coal mine is owned by the...

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Securities fraudster forced to pay up

National
2009-11-21

A BEIJING court has recovered a fine of 125 million yuan (US$18.31 million) -- the largest levied by China's securities authority on an individual -- from the former head of a securities firm, despite his refusal...

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Acid spill threatens water supplies

National
2009-11-21

EMERGENCY personnel were working yesterday to prevent a spill of 15 tons of hydrochloric acid from poisoning a drinking water supply in Zhejiang Province. The acid came after a tractor-trailer overturned on a road...

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Police shoot abductors, free woman

National
2009-11-21

POLICE shot dead two kidnappers and caught another while rescuing a woman on Thursday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, yesterday's Chuncheng Evening News reported. The woman, surnamed Jiang, 37, who was...

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Court collects China's biggest fine – 125m yuan

National
2009-11-20

A BEIJING court has managed to collect a fine of 125 million yuan (US$18.31 million) - the biggest ever levied by China's securities authority on an individual - from a former securities firm's head. The money,...

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Acid spill threatens river

National
2009-11-20

FIFTEEN tons of toxic acid spilled in Zhejiang Province are threatening a river used for drinking water after a tractor-trailer overturned this morning. The load of concentrated hydrochloric acid has burned shrubbery...

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Veteran burglar 'stole to help sick mom'

National
2009-11-20

A VETERAN burglar who allegedly stole nearly 100,000 yuan (US$14,644) from more than 100 victims in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality in the past two years spent most of the loot to cure his fatally ill mother. ...

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Yunnan police shoot 2 kidnappers dead

National
2009-11-20

POLICE shot dead two kidnappers and caught another while rescuing a woman hostage early yesterday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, today's Chuncheng Evening News reported. The woman surnamed Jiang, 37,...

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China Says It Supports US-North Korea Talks

National
2009-11-20

CHINA welcomes dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday. He was responding to a question about an announcement by US President Barack Obama that special envoy...

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Police accuse unwed couple of selling baby

National
2009-11-20

A YOUNG couple in east China's Jiangsu Province have run afoul of the law for selling their newborn boy online for 15,000 yuan (US$2,196). They spent the money shortly after the sale on a new computer, cell phone...

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China gives 1.5m HINI shots a day

National
2009-11-20

CHINA'S health minister said the country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous nation by year's...

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Vaccine threat rumor 'baseless'

National
2009-11-20

BEIJING health authorities said yesterday that swine flu shots would continue, dismissing rumors circulating over the mobile phone network that the program would be shut down. "The inoculations will not be suspended,"...

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Doctor raises doubts over swine flu toll

National
2009-11-20

CHINA'S health watchdog is encouraging the public and news media to keep a close watch over how it controls the spread of swine flu after a prominent medical expert raised concern that fatality figures for the disease...

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1 dead in pier collapse

National
2009-11-20

ONE worker died and five others were injured when a bridge pier in east China's Zhejiang Province collapsed early yesterday, local authorities said. The pier was part of a railway bridge that was being built on...

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Snow brings power misery for 640,000

National
2009-11-20

MORE than 640,000 people in Anqing City, eastern China's Anhui Province, have suffered power shortages since Sunday due to heavy snow, the local power company said yesterday. Almost 115,600 people still had no...