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Manager held in soccer probe

National
2009-11-17

POLICE in eastern China have detained a football club manager in the nationwide crackdown on soccer betting that has involved several executives and officials from the football association. The man identified by...

Sudden cold snap brings snow

National
2009-11-2

BITING cold and strong wind hit Chinese provinces yesterday as Beijing received its first snowfall this winter. The National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert against a cold front yesterday morning,...

Young man haunted by rare skin disease

Metro | Health
2009-9-15

A SHANGHAI hospital has offered free treatment to a young man with a rare skin disease that makes him look about 40 years older than his actual age. Li Zhaoluo, 23, looks about 60 years old with many facial wrinkles,...

Owner detained after death blast

National
2009-9-4

THE owner of a logistics service has been detained at home, authorities in east China's Shandong Province said yesterday, because of a chemical explosion which killed 18 people on Wednesday. An investigation into...

City embarks on new blood drive

Metro | Health
2009-8-5

THE city's blood administration office is increasing efforts to persuade Shanghainese to make donations amid short supplies of the precious commodity. The initiative comes as the first blood-donor report released...

Woman's identity theft claim denied

National
2009-8-3

A WOMAN'S claim that a family member had stolen her identity and been working as a nurse in her name for 11 years was denied after an investigation by the government of an east China county. The woman, a medical...

Mistress airs dirty laundry on TV; official sacked

National
2009-7-24

AN official in eastern China's Shandong Province was sacked over a sex scandal after his mistress exposed their intimate relationship and sordid details on a television program. The mistress surnamed Zhao arranged...

Projects that fail green test held

National
2009-6-12

THE Chinese central government yesterday suspended the approval process on several new construction projects that failed environmental impact assessments, blacklisting the country's two major energy providers as well...

Cops punished in Cops punished in

National
2009-5-25

A MAN in Beijing was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for fraud after swindling 24,000 yuan (US$3,530) from a Central China Television journalist by saying he was the head of the "State Intelligence...

Trial begins over fatal rail crash in Shandong

National
2009-5-8

SIX people stood trial yesterday at a special court of east China's Shandong Province for their part in a fatal train collision that killed 72 passengers in April last year. Qingdao railway transportation prosecutors...