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Lessons in snow clearing 

National
2011-11-24

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Amid change, film screener goes on 

National
2011-11-24

BUFFALO is packing up his equipment in a remote village in east China's Jiangxi Province, preparing a film screening for a village boy who received an acceptance letter from a recognized college. Buffalo is a...

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Hundreds of vendors protest Taobao policies 

National
2011-11-24

HUNDREDS of small vendors reportedly gathered in front of Taobao's headquarters in Hangzhou yesterday to demand a reform of the system that the huge online shopping site uses to assess vendors. But Taobao wasn't...

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Pair given 15-year terms for making, selling meth 

National
2011-11-24

TWO men who made methamphetamine using cold medicine in east China's Jiangsu Province were each sentenced to 15 years behind bars for manufacturing drugs. Lishui County People's Court found the two men surnamed...

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Pet cemetery brings solace to owners 

National
2011-11-24

UNDER the tiled roof of a neat wooden cabin, beneath a black marble tomb, lies Lele. The tombstone inscription reads: "My dear, you were most gentle and lovely. We are forever a family." The Pomeranian dog died...

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12 arrested for coal mine flood that claimed 12 lives 

National
2011-11-24

TWELVE people have been arrested and six officials suspended from their posts after 12 miners perished in a flooded coal mine in southwest China's Sichuan Province in September. Investigators found the flooding...

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Fried snacks contain no squid or chicken as claimed 

National
2011-11-24

TWO unlicensed food factories in central Hunan Province were shut down yesterday and more than 90,000 packs of shoddy snack products such as "Shredded Squid" and "Spicy Shredded Chicken" were seized. Law enforcement...

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Police chief probed as son is held for gang crime 

National
2011-11-24

THE son of a senior police officer has been detained for allegedly leading an armed gang to a KTV club in Huangchuan, central Henan Province, killing one customer there and seriously injuring five others last Sunday. ...

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CNPC lavishing money on luxury cars draws public anger 

National
2011-11-24

CHINA National Petroleum Corporation yesterday rebutted the allegation that it spent millions of yuan on luxurious cars for its senior executives, but its flawed explanation stirred up more public furor. CNPC said...

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Traffic accident kills 17, injures 2 in SW China 

National
2011-11-24

A traffic accident killed 17 people, including a child, and injured two others in a remote county in southwest China's Sichuan Province yesterday, local authorities said. The "major traffic accident," which involved...

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Compensation Hope For Firms 

National
2011-11-24

CHINA said yesterday that Libya was ready to compensate Chinese companies that suffered losses during the country's unrest. China has limited investment in exploring and producing oil in Libya, and is instead...

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Newspaper man jailed for graft 

National
2011-11-24

THE former editor-in-chief of a ministry's official newspaper was yesterday sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment for corruption. Liu Yunzhou, 64, the ex-chief of the Ministry of Land and Resources publication,...

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Year-end splurges criticized 

National
2011-11-24

CHINESE government departments and institutions are set to embark on a 3.5 trillion yuan (US$551 billion) spending binge as the year end looms. Money not used by the deadline cannot be carried over and must be...

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More gas from Turkmenistan 

National
2011-11-24

TURKMENISTAN will boost natural gas deliveries to China by two-thirds under an agreement signed in Beijing yesterday. Annual gas deliveries will increase by 25 billion cubic meters a year, bringing the total to...

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Bus embarrasses female passengers with X-rated adult films 

National
2011-11-23

AN intercity bus running on the Dalian-Pulandian route in northeastern Liaoning Province was criticized for playing pornographic videos to passengers, the Peninsula Morning Post reported today. Two X-rated films...

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Woman arrested for selling personal information 

National
2011-11-23

A woman was arrested in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province for selling personal information she obtained illegally, Xinhua reported yesterday. The woman surnamed Liu acquired data containing personal information...

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Building collapse kills 6 workers, injures 7 

National
2011-11-23

SIX workers died when an unfinished office building in southern Guangdong Province collapsed yesterday afternoon. Seven workers were injured in the accident and one of them was in critical condition. The collapsed...

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Gale-force winds tear roof off Beijing Capital Airport T3 building 

National
2011-11-23

GALE-FORCE winds ripped some roof panels off Beijing Capital Airport's Terminal 3 building last night, an airport spokesman has confirmed. The mishap occurred around 8:15pm. Foam materials for roof insulation...

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Heavy snow hits Liaoning Province 

National
2011-11-23

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Man executed over child rape in E China 

National
2011-11-23

A man in east China's Zhejiang province was executed yesterday afternoon for raping teenage girls, local authorities said. Investigators said Chen Weijun, the 42-year-old owner of a karaoke bar in the city of Lishui,...