A woman in Chinese business hub Shanghai who drank toad soup in a bid to cure cirrhosis of the liver died from toxins contained in the amphibian, food safety officials said. The 57-year-old woman's husband, who is suffering from cancer, also took some of the toad soup -- said to be a traditional folk remedy -- but survived after treatment, the Shanghai Daily reported Sunday. Officials said the ...
China allocates 100 mn yuan for quake-hit Gansu
China's top economic planner has allocated 100 million yuan (around $16 million) for infrastructure reconstruction in quake-hit Gansu province. The fund, allocated by the National Development and Reform Commission, will be used for rebuilding transport, water conservancy and other public facilities in Minxian and Zhangxian counties, the China Daily reported Sunday. A 6.6-magnitude quake jolted ...
Now get cake delivered at your doorstep by drones
A cake company based in China has claimed that they used remote-controlled aircraft on five different occasions to deliver their goods across the Huangpu River to their patrons in downtown. According to Men Ruifeng, the marketing manager of the Incake company, the aircraft, which measures 1.1 meters in diameter, has been fitted with five propellers, flies at a height of about 100 meters and can ...
Six killed in China landslide
Six people were buried in a landslide in northeast China's Liaoning province early Sunday, officials said. The victims were living in a temporary shed at a construction site in Zhongshan district of Dalian city when the landslide occurred around 4.20 a.m., triggered by incessant rain. Their bodies were later found by rescuers, officials told Xinhua. Since Saturday night, Dalian has been hit ...
Arguing couple strips naked in middle of busy street in China
A Chinese couple, who were having a heated argument on a street in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, realized the best way to cool it all down was to take off their clothes. A passerby revealed that the couple started to quarrel on the roadside, and then shifted to the middle of the busy street. The man then started to shed his clothes, followed by his girlfriend, the New York Daily News ...
Chinese National Games flame lit
The sacred flame of China's 12th National Games was lit atop Mt. Laotieshan in Dalian city of northeast China's Liaoning province. The ceremony on Friday was held in a traditional sun-ray way by lighting the torch with a spotlight. The torch was passed to China's Olympic champions Liu Yanan and Wang Jiao, reports Xinhua. In bright sunshine that rarely occurs in this wet hot summer, the flame ...
No. 1 Toyota remains top-selling global automaker despite slump in China sales
Toyota Motor Corp. has reported that it has beaten US rival General Motors Co. as the top-selling automaker for the first half of this year, despite slump in sales in China, after General Motors held the bragging rights for seven decades till 2008. According to The Japan Times, Japan's leading automaker sold 4.91 million cars and trucks worldwide in the January-June period, down 1.2 percent ...
Half of Chinese urban kids surf internet
More than half of children aged four to six in urban areas of China know how to use the internet, according to a report on the lifestyle of Chinese children. In the survey, which covered 9,114 four to 16-year-olds in 10 provincial areas or cities, including Beijing, 93.2 percent of 13-16 year-olds have used the internet, reported Xinhua citing The Beijing Times Saturday. The report put the ...
Armed Chinese ships lock horns with Japanese vessels near disputed Senkaku Islands
Armed Chinese Coast Guard ships are reported to have confronted Japanese patrol vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Saturday. According to the Japan Times, the incident is said to have taken place to establish China's maritime claims on the disputed territory and waters off its eastern and southeastern coasts. The new coast guard was formally inaugurated after ...
Dumped mistresses expose Chinese officials corruption
An unlikely group of self-styled whistleblowers has emerged to expose Chinese officials' corruption as President Xi Jinping pledges to clean up government corruption in China, with a 26-year old woman named Ji Yingnan claiming that her fiance, a powerful official in Beijing, had been married with a teenage son the entire time they were together. According to The Washington Post, in recent ...
Khalifa foundation to build mosque in China
The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has announced its support for building the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the China's Wuzhong city. The Sheikh Zayed mosque will house 1,000 worshippers, ablution areas and toilets, with separate facilities for men and women. The project will also provide a residence for the incumbent Imam within its structure, along with a reception area, store, and other ...
Chinese firm to build coal power plant in Morocco
A Chinese firm is all set to build a 318-megawatt coal-fired plant in the African nation of Morocco. According to Morocco's state power utility ONEE, the plant, for which a deal has been signed by Chinese firm -- Sepco III, is to be built in Jerada city, near the Algerian border, a former coal mines hub closed in 2001. Its operation will start by 2016-end, Xinhua reported. The new plant is ...
Rising India China boosting world energy use
Driven by growth in the developing world, particularly the rising prosperity in India and China, world energy consumption is projected to increase by 56 percent over the next three decades, according to a new report. The International Energy Outlook 2013, released Thursday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), estimates that energy use would increase from 524 quadrillion British ...
Di Canio fears killer pitch and terrible weather
Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio Friday expressed fears that the "killer pitch" of Hong Kong Stadium might hurt his players in Saturday's match against Manchester City. Tottenham Hotspur's Jan Vertonghen suffered an injury in Wednesday's match against Sunderland in the 2013 Barclays Asia Trophy and could miss the start of the Premier League season, reports Xinhua. The 40,000-capacity Hong ...
US for dialogue with India China to revive world economy
Almost a month after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited India, Vice President Joe Biden came to tend the relationship, which has flagged both politically and economically in recent months as both countries prepare for elections in 2014. Biden held forth on the "strategic convergence" between the two countries and what need to be done to realise the full potential of US-India relations. ...
China ready for National Games
With one month to go for the Chinese National Games, Shenyang looks ready to host the nation's elite athletes. After three years of renovation and construction work, all 117 venues have been put into service, said the Games' organising committee Friday, reports Xinhua. According to the committee, all the 64 competition venues and 52 training venues for the Games have been put into operation ...
China aims to eclipse Burj Khalifa as worlds tallest building in just 10 month-time span
Work on the foundation of an 838 meters skyscraper in China which will be the world's tallest building has started. The constructor said that the tower would be completed by April next year - a build time of just 10 months. The fast construction claims from Broad Group, the Changsha-based construction company in charge of the build, have elicited strong reactions from China's 'netizens' and ...
Will pursue dream of peace Chinese general
China will continue to pursue a dream of peace and stay firmly on the path of peaceful development, a senior Chinese military official has said. Maj. Gen. Zhang Jianguo, head of the Chinese delegation to the UN Military Staff Committee, made the remarks Thursday at a reception to celebrate the the 86th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Zhang said China ...
`India China to lead rise in world energy
Over the next three decades, world energy consumption is projected to increase by 56 percent through 2040, driven by growth in the developing world, including India and China, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its newly released International Energy Outlook 2013. The report Thursday found that world energy use may increase from 534 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in ...
10 die in China nursing home fire
Ten elderly people died in a fire that broke out at a nursing home for senior citizens in northeast China's Heilongjiang province early Friday, authorities said. The blaze broke out at about 1.15 a.m. in the in-patient building of the Lianhe Senior Nursing Home in Hailun City, reported Xinhua citing the municipal government's publicity department. There were 32 elderly people in the in-patient ...
Controversial Chinese firm Huawei controls porn filtering in UK
The pornography filtering system that was praised by British Prime Minister David Cameron is controlled by Chinese company Huawei. UK-based employees at Huawei are able to decide which sites TalkTalk's net filtering service blocks. Politicians in both the UK and the United States have raised concerns about alleged close ties between Huawei and the Chinese government. According to the BBC, ...
Indian girls lose to Hong Kong in World junior squash
Indian girls put up a spirited show but went down 0-2 to fourth seeds Hong Kong in the quarterfinal of the World Junior Women's Team Championship here. Harshit Kaur Jawanda gave her best but was outwitted by Asian Junior champion Ho Ka Po in straight games 6-11, 3-11, 6-11 while Urwashi Joshi was beaten 7-11, 5-11, 8-11 lost to Choi Uen Shan here Thursday. Harshit tried to keep Ka Po behind ...
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