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Girl, 14, under inquiry over death of baby boy

National
2009-11-17

A GRADE 7 student in southern China's Guangdong Province is under police investigation for allegedly cutting her new-born baby's throat. The girl, 14, from a middle school in a northern Guangdong township,...

Mother's violence puts daughter, 3, in coma

National
2009-10-31

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl in southern China has been in a deep coma for two days with a swollen head and bruises after her mother smashed her to the ground. The girl, whose name was not released, is in intensive care...

Firms face difficulties in hiring workers

Business | Jobs/human resources
2009-10-27

MANY companies in China's southern export hub are now finding it hard to recruit staff to handle orders as exports show signs of rebounding, a Chinese official said yesterday. The situation contrasts with earlier...

Raid nets smuggling suspects

National
2009-10-26

CHINESE police have detained 11 people allegedly involved in the smuggling of used clothes in the southern Guangdong Province, an official said yesterday. Officers with the public security authorities, customs...

Second-hand clothing imports continue

National
2009-10-21

A TOWN in southern China's Guangdong Province has become a center of the banned trade in second-hand imported clothing, state TV reported. More than 10,000 businesses were dealing in the trade in Jieshi Town,...

Death sentence upheld for crime boss

National
2009-10-20

A MAN convicted of operating an organized crime ring and causing two deaths lost his appeal against the death penalty in Guangdong Province. The Guangdong Higher People's Court upheld the death penalty for Feng...

Ship to hunt for deep-sea ice power

National
2009-10-19

CHINA'S first deep-sea exploration ship to survey combustible ice was delivered for use yesterday in southern China's Guangdong Province. Wang Xuelong, deputy director of China Geological Survey Bureau, handed...

Death penalty for brawl

National
2009-10-11

ONE man was sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment over a toy factory brawl early this year that left two Uygur workers dead in south China's Guangdong Province, court officials said yesterday. Two...

5 die, 2 hurt in kitchen blast

National
2009-10-1

FIVE people were killed and two were injured in an explosion at a restaurant in south China's Guangdong Province yesterday, according to firefighting authorities. The blast occurred about 5:50am in a kitchen at...

Royal 'throne' causes a big stink

National
2009-9-30

A DISTRICT government in Guangdong Province has spent 250 million yuan (US$36.6 million) to build a "royal park" including a gold decorated toilet, which it said would help the masses experience how nobility once lived. ...