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Cash missing in school charity

National
2009-11-16

AN inquiry has been launched into a sponsorship scheme to help up to 50,000 poor students after a Ningbo man discovered that his donations hadn't reached two students in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Ningbo...

Parents punish 'naughty' girl with burns, nails

National
2009-11-11

POLICE in southwest China's Guizhou Province have detained a couple for burning their 6-year-old daughter with red-hot tongs and using other forms of torture-like discipline to correct her "bad behavior." Zhang...

Guizhou top adviser removed from post

National
2009-11-6

THE top political adviser of Guizhou Province has been dismissed because of "severe discipline violation," the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. A source in the Organization Department of the Communist Party...

Trademark '021' proves a bonanza

National
2009-10-15

A MAN from southwestern China's Guizhou Province is now the owner of a registered trademark the same as Shanghai's calling code "021," which was estimated by a Beijing firm to be worth 88 million yuan (US$12.89 million). ...

23 jailed over rioting

National
2009-9-14

A COURT in southwest China's Guizhou Province has sentenced 23 members of a gang to jail for up to 20 years for rioting last year over police handling of a teenage girl's death, a court said yesterday. About...

5 kids rescued from traffickers

National
2009-8-28

FIVE children who had been trafficked from southwest China's Guizhou Province to Fujian Province in east China were rescued in a joint police action by the two provinces. Police caught 16 suspects involved in...

Spirit of celebration unveiled

Metro | World Expo
2009-8-25

SOUTHWEST China's Guizhou Province, home of the Moutai liquor, will invite visitors to try free samples of the fiery spirit at its 2010 World Expo pavilion. The Guizhou Expo team made the announcement at a press...

Miners lived on dirty water for 25 days

National
2009-7-14

THREE miners survived 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province by drinking dirty water and chewing coal before rescuers burrowed through a collapsed tunnel to reach them. Rescuers...

3 trapped miners found alive

National
2009-7-13

THREE men, who had been trapped in a flooded mine in Guizhou Province for 25 days, were rescued yesterday. The miners were found at 11:28am in a flooded shaft of a coal mine and immediately lifted to the ground,...

Kids taken in adoption scam

National
2009-7-2

AN orphanage in southwest China has been accused of taking children away from parents who can't afford fines for violating family planning policy and sending the kids overseas for adoption. The orphanage was reportedly...