Typhoon Morakot Reaches South-East China, Prompts Evacuations

Typhoon Morakot reached south-east China on Sunday, prompting mass evacuations. One million people were ordered to evacuate just hours before the typhoon made a landfall in the province of Fujian. The preliminary...

Taiwan mulls bridge linking island to mainland

In a clear indication of improving ties with its mighty neighbour and increase business Taiwan is mulling of making a direct link to mainland China. " Taiwan is considering building a bridge linking Kinmen, one of its outlying islands, to Xiamen city in Fujian Province on...

China evacuates over 2,00,000 people as typhoon approaches

Typhoon Fung-wong has passed through Taiwan after killing two people and sparking flash floods forcing hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes across the island. Now  late yesterday, the...

AIAG, HKPC and Fujian ETC collaborate on supplier program in China

""This new program is simply another important step in AIAG's ongoing commitment to work with the Chinese government to accelerate the development of the automotive supply base in China," said J. Scot Sharland, executive director of AIAG. "A significant number of AIAG member...

Fire at Chinese shoe factory kills 37

"By ANITA CHANG Associated Press Writer BEIJING -- A fire at an unlicensed shoe factory killed 37 people and injured more than a dozen, Chinese authorities said Monday, one of the deadliest industrial accidents this year in a country plagued with dangerous workplaces. The...

Chinese Floods Force Mass Evacuations; Many Dead

Smaller villages throughout southern China have been devastated by storm-fed floods and flood-triggered landslides as over half a million people are forced to flee. Citizen-journalist photos have been relatively slow to come out of China so far, as Flickr is blocked there,...

Tick, Tick, Tick - H5N1 Virus Hits Woman In China :: MAXINE

"Migrating birds are the suspected source of the first virus transfer in 2007 to a flock of chickens as China steps up its second-phase clinical trials effort to create a vaccine. The unusually warm spring weather...

The Two-Faced Pig

"It's a two-faced, four-eyed pig Thursday, January 18, 2007  Two-faced pig  The recent barrage of two-faced (or otherwise unusually shaped) animals just won't stop coming.  Hot on the heels of the two-faced cow and the six-legged cow comes a new entrant in the...

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