Liu Yong

Mai Dong: China needs more soul savers

Posted by Liu Yong | May 21, 2005

From China Daily Online: During on-line conversations with members of the public, Zhu Rongxian, deputy of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, said 16 million Chinese belong to the “melancholia” group. She put them into three groups – the aged living in endless loneliness, young people tortured by heavy pressure from work or school, and […]

Gas explosion traps 51 Chinese miners

Posted by Liu Yong | May 20, 2005

From Boston Globe : A large gas explosion Thursday in a coal mine in northern China has left at least 51 workers trapped, and their chances of survival were unclear, a mine official said. The accident occurred around 3:20 a.m. at the Nuan’erhe Colliery in Hebei province, when around 70 miners were working underground, said […]