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14 hikers killed as flash flood swamps gorge

National
2009-7-13

FOURTEEN hikers were killed and five are missing after they were swept away by a flash flood in a gorge in the southwestern city of Chongqing. Torrential rain also led to the deaths of three people with searches...

Supermarket looted after shutting down in Hunan

National
2008-12-11

HUNDREDS of people looted a supermarket in Hunan Province yesterday after the store suspended its business. Nearly 50 suppliers gathered at the privately-owned Jiajiale Supermarket in Loudi City yesterday morning...

Officials investigated over massive illegal fund-raising scheme

National
2008-11-4

MORE than 100 officials in central China are being investigated for their alleged involvement in an illegal fund-raising scheme worth billions of yuan, according to Beijing-based Caijing magazine. Teng Wancui,...

Blast an act of revenge

National
2008-7-2

A MAN bent on vengeance drove a three-wheeled vehicle into a council office in Zhangjiajie City at about 8:40am today exploding the LPG cyclinders it was carrying. Twelve people were injured in the explosion in...

Workers die in flat collapse

National
2008-5-2

SIX people were killed, another four were injured and one was missing after part of an unfinished building collapsed in Changsha City in Hunan Province, according to news reports yesterday. The accident happened...

3 hurt as inspection helicopter crashes in Hunan

National
2008-3-9

THREE people were injured on Friday when a helicopter inspecting power grid repair work crashed in central China's Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities confirmed yesterday. The accident occurred around...

Millions stranded in holiday havoc

National
2008-2-2

HEAVY white storms staged a comeback late yesterday as China's transport network remained crippled by the heaviest snowfall in five decades. Millions of people trying to head home for the Spring Festival are stranded. ...

Seeking security

Business | Securities
2008-2-2

CHINA'S Securities Regulatory Commission has ordered local offices to ensure that securities and futures information systems are protected as well as transactions amid the severest snows in five decades. The securities...

Electricity workers die in big clear-up

National
2008-1-31

AN electrician has died of a heart attack on the top of a 21-meter electricity pylon, while another died after falling from a broken power line pole, State Grid sources said yesterday. The news came a day after...

Officials feel wrath of law as poll times loom

National
2008-1-26

THE Communist Party of China's Organization Department yesterday published penalties meted out to three local officials for "violating the rules of leadership reorganizations." The former finance bureau director...