China, Taiwan resume direct flights
TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AFP) - China and Taiwan resumed regular direct flights Friday for the first time in six decades, ushering in what Beijing called a "new start" in the cross-strait relations.
Nations:China People:Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Source:(AFP)
2008-07-04
Millions in China to greet new year without power
Millions of Chinese are likely to spend the biggest holiday of the year without power and water after more than a week of wild winter weather that shut down transport links across large parts of the country.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Snow Storm 2008 Spring Festival
2008-02-05
China sends in army to battle snow chaos
China dispatched the army Wednesday to help millions of people stranded by snowstorms that have caused transport gridlock, crippled power distribution and left many towns and villages short on supplies.
Nations:China People:Wen Jiabao Activities:2008 China Snow Storm
2008-01-30
China sends in army to battle snow chaos
China dispatched the army Wednesday to help millions of people stranded by snowstorms that have caused transport gridlock, crippled power distribution and left many towns and villages short on supplies.
Nations:China People:Wen Jiabao Activities:2008 China Snow Storm
2008-01-30
Rising sea threatens China's south: report
Over 1,100 square kilometres (440 square miles) of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising sea-levels by 2050 due to global warming, state press said Thursday.
Nations:China
2007-08-31
Airport, bridge deals help HK, China cement ties
HONG KONG - Hong Kong has advanced a long-debated proposal to build a $6 billion bridge to Macau and the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai and plans to set up a venture to manage Zhuhai's airport, accelerating efforts to tap southern China's economic potential.
Nations:China Hong Kong
2006-08-03
Water prices rise 47 percent in southern China, as drought bites
Authorities in southern China's Guangdong province have hiked water prices by 47 percent and are diverting a river in the latest efforts to fend off a severe drought.
Nations:China Activities:2005 Guangdong Chemical Spill
2006-01-05
China Sentences Two to Life for Sex Party
BEIJING - A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced two people to life in prison for organizing a sex party for hundreds of Japanese tourists that caused an uproar in China.
Nations:China Activities:Japanese Sex Orgy at China China-Japan
2003-12-16
Trial Begins in China in Sex Party Case
BEIJING - Under heavy security, 14 Chinese went on trial Friday, accused of organizing a sex party for hundreds of Japanese tourists on a sensitive wartime anniversary, a court official said.
Nations:China Activities:Japanese Sex Orgy at China China-Japan
2003-12-12
China orgy suspects face 10 years' jail
BEIJING - Suspects detained in a sex scandal in southern China involving hundreds of Japanese tourists and local prostitutes could receive up to 10 years in prison, the China Daily newspaper said on Wednesday.
Nations:China Activities:Japanese Sex Orgy at China China-Japan
2003-11-18
Philandering Japan Tourists Enrage China
BEIJING - China is urging Japan's government to teach its people to obey Chinese laws amid an uproar over claims that hundreds of Japanese men at a hotel hired prostitutes for two days of sex during a visit that coincided with a sensitive anniversary.
Nations:China Activities:Japanese Sex Orgy at China China-Japan
2003-09-29
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