BEIJING: An explosion in a northeast China coal mine has killed one miner and trapped 18 others in the latest accident to hit the country’s deadly mining sector, state media reported said Sunday. The explosion occurred Saturday evening in a coalmine near Mudanjiang city in frigid Heilongjiang province, China’s official news agency said, quoting local […]
Iran, Italy’s Edison close to gas deal: minister
TEHRAN: Iran and Italian power company Edison are nearing agreement on a deal to pump more than a billion cubic feet of Iranian gas to Europe per day, the Iranian oil minister said on Sunday. "We have almost finalised our negotiations with the Italian company Edison," Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari told state television. […]
A vegetarian lifestyle
TRY finding a vegetarian restaurant in Shanghai, or a vegetarian, for that matter. The odds are a hundred to one that you won’t. But China’s largest metropolis is home to both. As the listings in any local English language periodical will tell you, the city has around 15 vegetarian restaurants. "Not enough," says Evelyn Lee, […]
China mulls law to prevent cheap sale of state assets
BEIJING: Chinese lawmakers are mulling a law to prevent state-owned assets being sold too cheaply, state press reported Sunday, legislation that is likely to tighten Beijing’s control over business. The draft law details procedures for the restructuring of state assets, including accurate audits before firms are merged or sold, a local news agency reported. "The […]
The Seven Wonders of the World
1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter’s Basilica 7. China’s Great Wall
ATM cash bonus lands man with life in jail
A MAN in China’s southern city of Guangzhou has been jailed for life for taking funds from a malfunctioning ATM, local media reported today. In April last year, Xu Ting let his friend in on his secret that the ATM deducted only 1 yuan from his account for every 1000 yuan withdrawn. "Xu subsequently withdrew […]
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