According to scmp.com, Two Hong Kong residents died on Wednesday in an industrial accident in Guangzhou, while another is still in hospital with serious injuries. The accident took place at a construction site in the town of Zhujiang, in central Guangzhou’s Tianhe district on Wednesday afternoon, the government said in a statement on Thursday. Read article
Comments Off on Two Hong Kong workers killed in industrial accident in China • Permalink
Shanghaidaily.com reports that riots in Xinjiang on Wednesday left 27 people dead, according to Xinhua news agency. Police shot at knife-wielding mobs who had attacked police stations, a local government building and a construction site, Xinhua said, citing local officials. “Seventeen people had been killed before police opened fire and shot dead 10 rioters,” Xinhua […]
Comments Off on Riots in western China kill 27 • Read this post »
Apnews.myway.com reports that an American executive said Monday he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers in a phased-out department. Chip Starnes, 42, a co-owner of Coral Springs, Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, said local officials […]
Comments Off on China: Factory workers hold an American executive hostage over benefit decrease • Read this post »
According to independent.ie, investigations are underway after a roller coaster broke down at China’s World Joyland Theme Park, trapping 11 tourists high above the ground for two hours, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported. The incident occurred at noon on Friday at the World Joyland Theme Park in east China’s Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province. The […]
Comments Off on Tourists trapped for two hours on broken down roller coaster in China • Read this post »
Chinadaily.com.cn reports that tropical storm Bebinca has disrupted 147 flights and left more than 8,000 passengers stranded in the airport after it hit coastal regions in south China at noon. As of 10 pm Saturday, 110 inbound and outbound flights were canceled and 37 others delayed, affecting 8,200 passengers, said a source with the Phoenix […]
Comments Off on Tropical storm strands travellers in southern China • Read this post »
As reported by Washingtonpost.com, a bus carrying 35 people plunged into a valley in western China on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, state media reported. The accident happened Tuesday afternoon when the bus was traveling to a tourist spot near Changji city in the region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Read […]
Comments Off on China: 11 killed after bus plunges into valley on way to tourist area • Read this post »
According to Zeennews.india.com, rescuers were searching for five children who were reported missing after a minibus plunged into a river in China’s Fujian province a day ago, authorities said on Thursday. The seven-seat minibus carrying 10 people went into a 10-metre-deep river on Wednesday afternoon near Zhangzhou city, reported Xinhua citing a government official. Read […]
Comments Off on China: Five kids missing after bus plunges in river near Zhangzhou city • Read this post »
Independent.co.uk reports that a passenger jet has been forced to make an emergency landing, after an unidentified “foreign object” smashed into its nose cone at 26,000 feet. A large dent and scraped paintwork was visible on the Air China Boeing 757 after it landed safely at Chengdu Airport, having been forced to turn back after […]
Comments Off on Chinese plane forced to land after hitting an object in flight • Read this post »
As reported by scmp.com, police are making a public appeal for help in tracing a 23-year-old mainland tourist who went missing in Hong Kong last Friday. Huang Dongze left L’hotel in Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, last Friday at about 4:30pm with his parents but got separated from them, polce said on Monday morning. Hours […]
Comments Off on Police seek public help to find Chinese tourist missing in Hong Kong • Read this post »
Guangzhou’s food-safety authorities have revealed some details about the sale of rice and rice noodles contaminated with cadmium, a heavy metal, in the face of enormous public pressure. And having initially withheld information about the brands involved and where the items were produced, yesterday they released that information. Six batches of rice were from Hunan […]
Comments Off on Cadmium contaminated rice found in two Chinese provinces • Read this post »