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Cops kill 1 escapee, capture 3 others who fled Hohhot prison

National
2009-10-21

POLICE in northern China yesterday shot and killed one of the four prison escapees who murdered a guard during their weekend breakout and arrested the other three, wrapping up a 67-hour nationwide manhunt. Police...

Power tariffs turn on cheaper electricity for industrial firms

Business | Energy
2009-10-20

CHINA has for the first time set power tariffs in its direct power trading pilot program between big users and generators, which gives industrial manufacturers access to cheaper electricity. As part of its power...

Prisoners kill guard in breakout

National
2009-10-19

FOUR inmates escaped from a prison in northern China over the weekend after killing a guard. The four, two on death row and two serving life sentences, fled in a taxi after their Saturday afternoon breakout from...

Plan for firm rare earths prices

Business | Metallurgical industry
2009-9-3

THE Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which has 75 percent of China's rare earths deposits, aims to set up a reserve mechanism to stabilize market prices, a deputy chairman of the region said yesterday. The region...

Historic case opens over air-crash compensation

National
2009-8-12

A TRIAL began yesterday for families seeking compensation for the loss of relatives in a 2005 air crash in north China that killed 55 people. It was the first time a Chinese court had accepted a major lawsuit over...

2 more officials sacked

National
2009-8-7

ANOTHER two public utility officials in Chifeng City, northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, have been fired over a tap water-pollution incident that made more than 4,000 residents ill last week. Feng...

200 fall sick from ammonia gas leak

National
2009-8-6

MORE than 200 people fell ill yesterday after an ammonia gas leak at a pharmaceutical plant in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the local government has revealed. The government of Hongshan District,...

More fall ill in tap-water outbreak

National
2009-8-4

A TOTAL of 4,322 local residents have sought medication for gastrointestinal illness after tap water supply was contaminated by rainfall in Chifeng City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The number...

City cuts tap water supplies

National
2009-8-2

MORE than 58,000 people will have to stop using running water for three days as Chifeng City in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region sanitizes a tap water system. The tap water supply will be resumed in 72 hours...

30 More Poisoned

National
2009-7-31

THIRTY more people have been hospitalized after heavy rain caused contaminants to seep into the water supply in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's Chifeng City, its health bureau said on Thursday. ...