From AFP via Channel News Asia: Six construction workers were buried when a subway tunnel being built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics collapsed, and rescuers give them little chance of survival, China’s state press reported Thursday. The accident early Wednesday occurred in Beijing’s Haidian university district on the No 10 subway line, the People’s Daily […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China may stop building a 21-km-long (13-mile) dragon planned as a tourist attraction because of environmental concerns, state media report. It was originally due to be completed in time for the 60th anniversary of Communist rule in 2009. It is located on top of the Shizhu Mountain, which was designated a national […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Over the next two years, China’s economic growth will moderate slightly due to tight macroeconomic controls and the effect of government efforts to change the growth pattern, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced yesterday in its annual publication. The Asian Development Outlook 2007 has laid out GDP predictions for the next two […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: Hong Kong, often seen as a bellwether for democracy’s prospects in China, opened a potentially decisive chapter in its history Sunday, as the winner of elections to the territory’s top job pledged new steps to open up the territory’s backroom politics. Winning Sunday’s elections for Hong Kong’s chief executive was […]
Read MoreFrom AFP via Channel News Asia: Nearly 10 million people across southern and southwestern China are suffering from drinking water shortages due to a fierce drought, state media reported on Monday. A lack of rainfall has affected water supplies for 9.8 million people and 9.1 million head of livestock, the Beijing Morning Post said. Both […]
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