GUIYANG – Drought has left 1.82 million people suffering from drinking water shortage in southwest China’s mountainous province of Guizhou, the provincial civil affairs bureau said in a statement. The drought, which started in June, has…
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SHANGHAI – As of Sunday, 19 families of passengers that died in the high-speed train crash in Wenzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, had agreed to accept compensation. Relatives of one of the victims of the…
Premier Wen Jiabao inspected the railway rear-end accident site and visited the victim families in Wenzhou city five days after the bloody tragedy killing 39. He calls for fair and reasonable compensations for the victims,…
The high-speed bullet train collision in China raised a battle between the party-controlled traditional media and the newly born media, mainly micro-blog and Renren (the Chinese version of Facebook), to win over the credence of…
HONG KONG – The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong has endorsed 248 million HK dollars (about $31.84 million) for six academic research proposals, the committee’s Council Chairman Roland Chin said on Wednesday. Chin said…
The high-speed train to Shanghai pulls out of Beijing South Railway Station and slips through the city like a tiger ready to pounce. Once it reaches the city limits it flexes and launches down the…
July 28, Wen Jiabao held a press conference at the crash scene in Wenzhou. Wen said the government will punish the corruptions if exist. Hong Kong Consumer Radio reporter: May I ask, Prime Minister, what…
Private equity firm Apax Partners announced Tuesday that it has bought Chinese restaurant chain Golden Jaguar. The company didn’t disclose financial details of the acquisition, but according to a report Tuesday from Dow Jones Newswires,…
Design flaws in the railway signal equipment led to Saturday’s fatal high-speed train collision near Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, the Shanghai Railway Bureau said on Thursday. Having been struck by lightning, the signal system at…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Wenzhou of east China’s Zhejiang Province Thursday morning to mourn victims of a fatal train collision. Wen will visit the injured and extend his condolence to families of the…