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Landslide kills 23 in Shanxi Province

National
2009-11-18

EIGHT children aged one to four are among 23 people confirmed dead in Monday's massive landslide that buried part of a village in northern China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said yesterday. The landslide,...

Police bust baby-trafficking ring

National
2009-11-9

POLICE in northern China's Shanxi Province have seized 42 suspected baby traffickers belonging to a ring that allegedly sold at least 52 infants nationwide. Officers said over the weekend that charges would soon...

Shanxi mines merge as province tackles safety

National
2009-10-26

THE first group of 19 merged coal mines in Shanxi Province have won business permits from authorities, as the region ramps up its restructuring campaign to improve work safety conditions and production capacity. ...

Dog steps in to nurse newborn red pandas

National
2009-7-17

TWO red panda cubs that were abandoned by their mother shortly after birth at a north China zoo are now healthy thanks to a surrogate mother dog, zoo workers said yesterday. The baby red pandas were born at Taiyuan...

Accident: 10 more officials charged

National
2009-7-15

PROSECUTORS in Shanxi Province have charged 10 more officials for covering up a mine accident that killed 277 people, the worst in China last year. Xiangfen County Party Secretary Kang Hailong and Li Xuejun, the...

Shanxi has top birth-defect rate

National
2009-7-13

THE northern Shanxi Province has the highest rate of birth defects of mainland provinces, state television said. Many infants born in the province had defects, such as cleft lips, spina bifida, fluid on the brain...

Heritage caves rescued from pollution, noise

National
2009-7-8

THE reconstruction on a 6.6-kilometer section of a highway in northern China's Shanxi Province would be completed in August for a detour designed to protect World Cultural Heritage site Yungang Grottoes in Datong...

12 officials imprisoned for role in mine tragedy

National
2009-6-29

TWELVE officials were sentenced from one year to five years in jail for their role in a mine accident that killed 277 people last year in north China's Shanxi Province, a court said on Saturday. Among the officials,...

18 due in court for role in mine-waste disaster

National
2009-4-28

TWO courts in Shanxi Province will soon begin the trial of 18 officials for their role in a fatal landslide that killed at least 277 people last year, the provincial prosecutor said yesterday. The Linfen municipal...

Blast explained

National
2009-3-23

DETONATORS caused last Friday's explosion at an office building of a mining company in north China's Shanxi Province, police said yesterday. The illegally bought detonators were stored in the first floor office of...