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Daughter, 16, pushed to prostitution: prosecutors

National
2009-11-11

A MAN and his lover faced trial yesterday for renting a room for the man's 16-year-old daughter to engage in prostitution in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Because the case involved an adolescent, Wuhua District...

28 injured as quake shakes up Yunnan

National
2009-11-3

AN earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook southwest China's Yunnan Province early yesterday, slightly injuring 28 people and knocking down more than 1,000 homes, authorities said. The quake struck...

Syringe-attack toddlers test negative

National
2009-10-28

TWENTY-FOUR toddlers from a kindergarten in southwest China's Yunnan Province allegedly stabbed by their teacher with a syringe have tested negative for HIV and hepatitis B and C infection, local authorities said. ...

Stabbed toddlers test negative for HIV

National
2009-10-27

TWENTY-FOUR toddlers from a kindergarten in Yunnan Province allegedly stabbed with a syringe by their teacher have tested negative for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, authorities said yesterday. No motive has been identified...

Abductors of children jailed for life

National
2009-8-26

THREE kidnappers were sentenced to life in prison and 15 others were handed varying sentences yesterday in southwest China's Yunnan Province for abducting and trafficking in women and children. Geng Zhucun was...

Cuffing judge removed

National
2009-7-17

A JUDGE who handcuffed a lawyer to a basketball hoop under the hot sun for 40 minutes has been removed from the bench in southwestern China's Yunnan Province. The top lawmaker, the Standing Committee of the People's...

336 hurt as earthquake hits Yunnan

National
2009-7-10

A TOTAL of 336 people were injured and more than 2,700 houses damaged in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China's Yunnan Province last night, local authorities said. Among the victims, 56 suffered...

Wall crushes 5 to death

National
2009-7-2

PART of a wall surrounding a construction site collapsed yesterday, killing five passers-by, in the county seat of Fuyuan in southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to the local work safety department. A...

Abducted boy reunited with family 10 years on

National
2009-7-2

POLICE have reunited a child abducted 10 years ago with his family in southwest China's Yunnan Province with the help of a DNA database, police said yesterday. The 12-year-old boy returned home to Kunming, the...

Yuan for ASEAN trade payment

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-7-1

CHINA is very likely to give the green light to companies in Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to settle international trade in yuan with Southeast Asian countries, according to statements yesterday. ...