Shanghaidaily.com reports that police are investigating an amusement park accident that left three tourists injured in Xi’an, in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, the local Huashang News reported. Three tourists riding on a high-speed, windmill-like ride were thrown from the ride around 1:30pm yesterday, several witnesses said on their Weibo accounts. Read article
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The Shanghai Daily reports that about 300 tourists are being evacuated from two counties in southwest China’s Yunnan Province after earthquakes hit the province on Wednesday and Saturday, tourism officials said Sunday. Falling rocks injured seven tourists aboard four coach buses after a 5.9-magnitude quake struck the Yunnan-Sichuan border area in the counties of Shangri-La […]
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CBC reports that about two dozen people on two flights were injured when their aircraft hit turbulence before landing at Hong Kong’s airport on Friday morning. Thai Airways said 20 people were hurt when an Airbus A380-800 carrying 500 passengers, two pilots and 24 cabin crew from Bangkok encountered “unforeseen turbulence” as it was descending […]
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According to shanghaidaily.com, a woman in her 50s fell to her death from a cliff while posing for a photo at a scenic spot in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province on Sunday, local media reported. The woman climbed over a fence and stepped to the cliff’s edge, focusing on posing in a “flying” posture inside the […]
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According to Thehimalayantimes.com, a flash flood swept through a construction site in the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai, killing at least 21 workers, state media reported on Wednesday. Three workers are still missing. Rescuers are still searching for those unaccounted for in Tuesday’s disaster in Wulan county, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Read Article
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MSN Music reports that former B2K singer Raz-B has been placed on life support at a hospital in China a day after undergoing facial surgery following a vicious bottle attack at a nightclub on Thursday. The 28-year-old, real name De’Mario Thornton, was performing when a fight broke out in the crowd. The star allegedly tried […]
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According to china.org.cn, a female tourist said several monks threw stones on her and claimed to beat her to death when she visited Wutai mountain in mid July, the eastday.com reported. The tourist delivered a message through an official BBS to the Party Secretary of Shanxi province and described her experience in the world famous […]
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As reported by Utsandiego.com, a Chinese tourist nearly drowned off Fiesta Island at Mission Bay on Monday afternoon. The incident was reported about 2:40 p.m. near the entrance to the island, off East Mission Bay Drive, San Diego Fire-Rescue spokesman Maurice Luque said. Read article
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As reported by Straitstimes.com, a 15-year-old tourist from China is said to have died at Tan Tock Seng Hospital last Friday, three days after a drowning incident at a five-star hotel. A report by Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao said the teenager was seen struggling in the swimming pool at Shangri-La Hotel last Wednesday evening. […]
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Thestandard.com.hk reports that police have hit a racket that saw taxi drivers ripping off tourists leaving Tsim Sha Tsui for the airport. Three taxi drivers have been arrested during an undercover operation for “grossly overcharging” passengers, said Chief Inspector Yu Hoi-kwan. There also appeared to have been tampering with meters in the taxis that the […]
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