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Alleged murderer commits suicide

National
2008-12-25

A MAN who allegedly stabbed an official to death has committed suicide in Hubei Province. The body of the suspected killer, who was identified as Ni, was discovered in a marsh outside a medical school in Tianmen...

Gamblers' blues for gangsters

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-2-18

Seventeen members of two gangs have been charged with establishing gambling houses. The Yangpu District Prosecutors' Office said this was the first time the charge of "opening a gambling house" had been laid since...

Woman dies in rush for trains

National
2008-2-4

A WOMAN died as passengers at a railway station in south China rushed to board trains. Li Hongxia died at Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangdong Province. Police said Li, a Guangzhou watch factory worker from...

Stay calm, stranded passengers are told

National
2008-2-1

PASSENGERS stranded by snow in east China's Zhejiang Province are receiving counseling in the crowded waiting halls of the train terminal. The municipal government of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang, has set up...

Wen speaks to calm snow and travel crisis

National
2008-1-30

PREMIER Wen Jiabao took a megaphone in hand to personally encourage stranded passengers in the snow-bound city of Changsha, as deadly winter storms showed no signs of letting up yesterday in China. While the storms...

New river tunnel joins Wuhan under the Yangtze

National
2008-1-30

AUTHORITIES in central China's Wuhan City are reviewing builders' bids for a new tunnel beneath the Yangtze River. It will be the second river tunnel at Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province. "We have been studying...

Produce on show

Metro | Need to know
2008-1-23

THE 2008 Agricultural Food Exhibition is to take place from Friday to next Monday at the Shanghai Agriculture Exhibition Hall, the city's agriculture commission announced yesterday. Some 346 agricultural companies...

Officials condemn fatal beating

National
2008-1-22

MORE than 100 urban administration officials from across China have condemned the beating to death by their peers of a man in central China's Hubei province. The officials, who met in Beijing over the weekend,...

Fatal beating: Official sacked

National
2008-1-12

THE government of Tianmen City, Hubei Province, has sacked the head of the city's urban management bureau after more than 50 of the bureau's officers beat a man to death who was filming their clash with villagers,...

Mainland gambling: the neighs have it

National
2008-1-11

THE Chinese mainland could see its first official bet placed on a horse race since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 as early as next year. The central government has approved the establishment...