Friends of the model killed in Shanghai have doubts about the story told by an 18-year-old Chinese man who has now confessed to stalking and slaying her. "Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, reported Friday that...
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China seems to having all kinds of problems this year. In this latest incident more than 18 people have been killed. " Eighteen people were confirmed dead after a coal shaft collapsed in northwest China, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. At...
As many as 20,000 people are busy cleaning up the enormous amount of algae blocking Olympic waterways in China. State media says 100,000 tons have already been removed, and ships from two other cities have been commissioned to remove the rest by mid-July.On the positive side,...
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Another natural disaster has struck China. Tropical strom Fengshen lashed southern China today. Fengshen has killed hundreds of people in Philippines earlier.Update 4pm EST - Feng Shen has decreased in strength and...
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China has now released over 1,000 people from jail that were involved in the unrest in Tibet earlier this year."The official Xinhua news agency quoted a senior official saying those freed had been held for minor...
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China certainly has reason to be Pee'od at Mother Nature, as once again relentless forces of nature seem to be wanting to eradicate China off the face of the earth. China's environmental disasters pale in...
The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...
The Chinese government is reporting that the "quake lake" in Sichuan province is finally draining, after heightened concerns over the past few days that it would cause flooding."China says the water level in the Tangjiashan quake-lake in southwestern Sichuan province is...
Aftershock has forced rise in water levels in tunnels and dumped more debris into the water. Chinese Army is working on a war footing basis to clear the debris. They are working to finish it before starting of...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWho knew Devastation would bring Humanity by a Communist government who implemented a one child policy to stem the population explosion is now helping those who lose...
Tickets for the Beijing Olympics are going to be hot commidities - but it seems some people are already trying to cash in on the action, with fake Olympic ticket websites, selling Olympic bonds that do not exist and...
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The massive May 12 earthquake in China has created about 30 so-called 'quake-lakes' that risk flooding to 700,000 people in the region. As a result, Chinese military engineers are preparing to blow up one of the...
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60,000 people are now presumed dead in the China earthquake, and that number could rise to 80,000 or more, according to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao."Mr Wen was speaking in the town of Yingxiu, which was reduced to...
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Excuse the lack of comments for this highlight. It leaves me utterly speechless. It seems the casualty figure is growing by the day.
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More than 71,000 people are dead, buried or missing in southwest China's Sichuan province following last week's earthquake,...
A German tourist survived for 114 hours, after being buried under the rubble of the earthquake that struck Wenchuan, China."Chinese state news agency says that German tourist has been rescued after being buried for 114 hours in earthquake rubble.The official Xinhua News...