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Man faces court over dangling daughter, 2

National
2009-11-4

A MAN has denied a charge of attempted murder by hanging his two-year-old daughter upside down outside an eighth-floor window. Hu Binjun's lawyer argued in a southwest China court on Monday that the 34-year-old...

Chengdu Motor Show ready to kick off

Business | Automobile
2009-9-19

CAR makers made final preparations for the Chengdu Motor Show 2009 yesterday as they took the nation's third-largest auto show as a gateway to further drive into central and west China. With the theme "Road to...

Three killed in another Chengdu bus crash

National
2009-8-21

THREE people were killed and eight others were seriously injured after a bus collided with a van in southwestern China this morning. The accident at 10:20am was the 13th traffic accident involving a bus in Chengdu...

Chengdu airport closed due to power failure

National
2009-8-11

A POWER failure delayed hundreds of thousands passengers at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport from 10am today, a Chengdu-based Website reported. All departures were delayed and arrivals were diverted to other cities such...

Police save hostage at knifepoint

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-31

POLICE rescued a woman held hostage at knifepoint by a man early yesterday morning at the crossing of Yan'an Road and Chengdu Road. Police said the woman was unharmed. The suspect surnamed Wang allegedly robbed...

Drugged-up dad detained for dangling daughter

National
2009-7-9

POLICE have detained the father who hung his two-year-old daughter from the eighth story of their home on Tuesday morning in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Police did not elaborate on...

Rewards for bus danger tip-offs

National
2009-7-8

POLICE in Chengdu City announced they would offer rewards of up to 50,000 yuan (US$7,317)) for information leading to the discovery of people taking gas or other dangerous materials onto public transport yesterday,...

Fund to tap potential in China's aviation sector

Business | Airlines and airports
2009-6-30

CHINA has set up a 30 billion yuan (US$4.4 billion) fund in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, to invest in the aviation industry. More than 60 percent of the fund will be used to invest in enterprises and projects...

Bus blaze compensation packages offered

National
2009-6-12

A BUS company in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is offering compensation packages of up to 420,000 yuan (US$61,441.38) to victims of the June 5 bus blaze. The blaze killed 27 and injured...

Bus chief quits over fatal fire

National
2009-6-9

THE chairman of a bus company in southwest China resigned after a fire on one of his buses killed 27 people on Friday. Li Shuguang, chairman of the Beixing Bus Company of the Chengdu Public Transport Group Co and...