October 30, 2011 12:02 PM
Tag: Hunan
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China’s Looming Power Shortages: Blackouts, or Blackmail?
The Financial Times’ beyondbrics blog peers behind recent warnings of power shortages in China in the coming months:[Is] this a real threat? Or is it just sabre-rattling by power companies keen to secure from the authorities increase in state-controlled electricity prices to compensate for rising world coal costs? It’s probably just talk, but nobody can be quite sure. During the hot summerMay 4, 2011 1:22 AM
Gas Explosion in Coalmine Kills 29
A gas explosion at a state-owned coal mine in Hengyang City, Hunan Province killed 29 workers, and six other workers were r
A Few Upbeat Items, All Involving China
James Fallows offers some respite from the gutter oil, murdered journalists and migrant workers, beaten and abducted tourists,
September 23, 2011 10:03 PM
Five Books: Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese Food
Five Books talks to Fuchsia Dunlop about her recommended reading on Chinese food:Is there a clear continuum in Chinese
July 5, 2011 10:39 PM
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- Foxconn Workshops Resume iPad Production; Boy...
- China TV Struggles to Break Free of State
- More Warnings of Electricity Shortages Across...
- Chinese Officials Trafficking Babies from Poo...
- Abandoned in the Debris
- Despite Risks, an Addictive Treat Fuels a Chi...
- Video: Deadly Floods in China
- A Family in China Made Babies their Business
- Family Claim Chinese Deputy Mayor was Murdere...
- Man Kills 12 in Gun Rampage
- 8 Students Dead, 26 Injured in Trampling
- Vegetables Are Sick: Hunan Liuyang Cadmium Po...
- China Mine Lift Collapse Kills 26
- Hidden Misery of Mao’s Slave Teenage Brides
- China Closes Factory After Cadmium Pollution ...
- Israeli Team Dates 18,000-Year-Old Pottery in...
- ‘Oldest Pottery’ Found In China
