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Richards, Clement cheer US

Sports | Athletics
2009-8-20

SANYA Richards won the women's 400 meters in convincing style at the Berlin world championships and Kerron Clement took the men's 400 hurdles gold. The victories gave a timely lift to the US team in its track...

Government official accused of drug rape

National
2009-4-23

A YOUNG woman has accused a local government official in the beach resort city of Sanya of a drug rape. Police are investigating the claims by the 19-year-old woman who also posted her story on-line and raised...

3 officials resign after 5-day taxi strike ends in Sanya

National
2008-11-16

THREE transport officials resigned yesterday for dereliction of duty that partly triggered a five-day taxi strike in a popular tourist city of Sanya in southern China. The officials included Chen Zhibang, director...

Cab strike ends, demands all met

National
2008-11-15

ALL taxi drivers in Sanya, Hainan Province, returned to work yesterday, ending a five-day strike after receiving promises that their demands would be met. Jiang Zelin, secretary of the Sanya Municipal Committee...

Cab Strike Ongoing

National
2008-11-13

THE cabbies' strike in southern China's city of Sanya went into its third day yesterday, even though local officials pledged to meet cab-drivers' demands. Dozens gathered demanding the release of 28 people who...

Striking Sanya cabbies seek detainees' release

National
2008-11-12

TAXI drivers in the southern Chinese city of Sanya stayed on strike yesterday. Hundreds of cabbies gathered in front of the local government's main building, demanding intervention on issues including high monthly...

Police investigate 21 over violence in Sanya cabbie strike

National
2008-11-11

POLICE in the southern Chinese city of Sanya are investigating 21 people after a taxi driver strike turned violent yesterday, a police spokesman said today. They reportedly attacked taxi drivers who would not participate in the strike and smashed 15 cabs, the spokesman told Xinhua.

Sanya taxi drivers go on strike

National
2008-11-11

HUNDREDS of taxi drivers yesterday went on strike in Sanya, a major tourist destination in southern China's Hainan Province, over high company rental fees, short contracts and competition from unlicensed cabs. The...

Cabbies slam on the brakes in Sanya

National
2008-11-10

ABOUT one hundred taxi drivers went on strike today over high company fees and competition from unlicensed cabs in Sanya, Hainan Province, only one week after a two-day work stoppage by cabbies in Chongqing Municipality. ...

Richards, Defar finish on a high

Sports | Athletics
2008-9-16

AMERICAN sprinter Sanya Richards and Ethiopian distance runner Meseret Defar put their Olympic disappointments behind them with victories at the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart on Sunday. American 400-meter...