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Property developer acquires land in Beijing at 5.05 bln yuan

Business | Real estate
2009-11-21

DALONG Estate, a Shanghai-listed property developer owned by Beijing's Shunyi district government, had acquired a parcel of residential land in Shunyi for 5.05 billion yuan (US$739 million), the Beijing Times reported...

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,...

Hot Property News

Business | Real estate
2009-11-17

LAND values in Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou would have the largest potential for growth in the next five years, the nation's top think-tank said in a report yesterday after researching 35 large and medium-sized...

Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking

World
2009-11-15

JENN Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles. "It really used to be a beautiful beach," said the 35-year-old mother of two....

Earthquake shakes northern Chile

World
2009-11-13

A strong earthquake struck northern Chile early today, briefly knocking out power to a city but otherwise causing no major damages, authorities said. The 6.5-magnitude quake's epicenter was between the cities...

A case of the kite fantastic via plastic

National
2009-11-12

PLASTIC bags, the scourge of the environment, are flying high in Beijing, thanks to a retired engineer who is turning the waste into colorful kites. Believed to have been invented in China more than 2,000 years...

Snow snarls air and road traffic in nation's north

National
2009-11-11

HEAVY snow blanketed Beijing and other parts of northern China yesterday, causing air travel delays and highway closures. The snow fell amid lightning and thunder in the capital from late Monday to early yesterday,...

Flights to Beijing cut by heavy weather

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-11

SIX flights between Shanghai and Beijing were canceled yesterday and nearly all the rest were delayed because of a snowstorm around the nation's capital. Across Shanghai, heavy wind and rain jammed traffic and...

Heavy snow, thunder storm hit Beijing

National
2009-11-10

MODERATE snow with thunder storm hit most parts of Beijing since last night. A plummet of 9 degrees Celsius of outdoor temperature to 2.5 degrees Celsius below zero at 6:00 a.m. from the same time on Monday, according...

Swine-flu jabs: Shanghai sticks with game plan

Metro | Health
2009-11-9

SHANGHAI health officials said yesterday it was unnecessary to expand free swine-flu vaccinations to all the residents of the city. The policy of only vaccinating at-risk people like students, medical personnel...