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Bullets end buffalo's rampage

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-16

A RUNAWAY water buffalo broke free of a slaughterhouse in Zhejiang Province on Saturday and took off on a Hollywood-style chase - running nearly 20 kilometers, charging three vehicles and injuring 10 people before...

Watchdogs stop whey tainted by bacteria

National
2009-3-18

WHEY protein imported by infant-products manufacturer Beingmate Group Co Ltd and Wahaha Health Food Co Ltd - both based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province - was found to contain a potentially fatal bacteria that can cause...

Possible scam nets 135m yuan

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-3-12

POLICE in Shanghai are investigating reports that a local firm may have swindled more than 700 Zhejiang Province investors out of 135 million yuan (US$20 million). The deal involved promises of hefty investment...

Wenzhou speculators find new profit twist

National
2008-12-24

REAL estate speculators from Wenzhou who poured funds into Shanghai and helped drive up local property prices to record highs are now selling some of their apartments at deep discounts. But they're not pulling...

Work begins on new Hangzhou Bay bridge

National
2008-12-16

CONSTRUCTION on a second bridge over Hangzhou Bay began on Sunday, Eastday.com reported yesterday. The Jiashao Bridge will reduce the traveling time between Shanghai and Shaoxing City in Zhejiang Province by about...

China gets tough on milk tests 3 kids die

National
2008-9-18

CHINA will launch comprehensive tests of milk products and reform the dairy industry after at least three infants died and thousands were sickened in a spreading scandal, the State Council said yesterday. Premier...

Toy explosion leaves man dead

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-2-29

A MINI-VAN loaded with powder paper, a popular children's toy, blew up in Shanghai's Nanhui District yesterday, leaving one worker dead and four others injured. The blast occurred at 7:35am when the workers were...

Officials jailed

National
2006-8-28

TWO officials in Shuangchuan Village of Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, have been sentenced to up to 15 years in jail for taking public funds without permission. The court found Ping Zhihua and Sheng Jijun lent public funds totalling 19.5 million yuan (US$2.44 million) to a local businessman surnamed Yuan for real-estate development in 2004 without any authorization. The duo got a total of 1.26 million yuan in kickbacks from Yuan.

Tasty exhibition

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2005-12-29

THE Zhejiang Province Agricultural Products Exhibition will be held from Friday to next Tuesday at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.

Restaurant's name protected

Metro | Courts
2005-7-15

THE Zhejiang Province Huzhou Intermediate People's Court has ordered a Zhejiang restaurant to pay 15,000 yuan (US$1,807) to a local company and stop using the brand "Yonghe" on its signs, dishes, menus, brochures and takeaway bags.