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Business | Real estate
2009-11-17

LAND values in Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou would have the largest potential for growth in the next five years, the nation's top think-tank said in a report yesterday after researching 35 large and medium-sized...

Farmers urge EU aid on milk

World
2009-10-6

HUNDREDS of dairy farmers drove tractors into Belgium's capital Brussels yesterday to pressure European Union farm ministers on the milk price crisis as 20 of 27 nations called for more protection from the volatile...

EU farmers in white heat over milk prices

World
2009-9-17

BELGIAN farmers sprayed 3 million liters (790,000 gallons) of fresh milk onto their fields yesterday, furious over the low milk prices they say are bankrupting farmers. Milk farmers' groups said world prices had...

Official sacked over coal mine blast as rescue continues

National
2009-8-25

AN official has been sacked after a coal mine gas blast killed 11 construction workers in north China's Shanxi Province. Rescuers were still searching for three missing workers today. The explosion took place...

'Unhappy' man hijacks taxi in Hangzhou

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-8-3

A MAN hijacked a taxi in Hangzhou yesterday and ordered the driver to take him to Shanghai because he was "unhappy," a local newspaper reported today. Police in Jiaxing City of Zhejiang Province stopped the taxi...

Singh gets a major lift with Tiger pairing

Sports | Golf
2009-4-9

INDIA'S Jeev Milkha Singh can't help but feel like a major winner as he prepares for his third Masters tournament which tees off today. The Asian Tour's No. 1 has enjoyed practice rounds with Greg Norman and...

Appeal in Sanlu milk scandal rejected

National
2009-3-26

A court in north China's Hebei Province today dismissed appeals by a brother and sister involved in the Sanlu milk scandal, upholding a death sentence for one and an eight-year jail term for the other. In the...

Four go on second trial for tainted milk scandal

National
2009-3-26

FOUR people involved in China's tainted dairy scandal went on second trial at a local court today in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province, according to sources with the court. The Hebei High People's...

Court accepts first milk scandal lawsuit

National
2009-3-26

A COURT in north China's Hebei Province has accepted the first compensation lawsuit filed by the family of a child who became sick after drinking tainted baby formula. The Xinhua District Court in Shijiazhuang,...

More Sanlu assets go to auction

National
2009-3-22

ANOTHER auction to dispose of the assets of Sanlu Group, the bankrupt Chinese dairy company at the center of last year's tainted milk scandal, will be held next month in Hebei Province capital Shijiazhuang. Hebei...