Fifteen killed in fire in bar in ChinaFUZHOU - Fifteen people were killed in a fireworks accident in Changle city in east China’s Fujian province, government said. Nine killed, eight injured in China road accidentURUMQI - Nine people were killed and eight injured Tuesday evening when a bus collided head-on with a truck in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur region, officials said. Obama warned against printing too much moneyTORONTO - President Barack Obama should not print too much money to pay for his multi-trillion dollar bailout and stimulus packages, warns a Canadian report. Two get death sentence in China milk scandalSHIJIAZHUANG - Two men were sentenced to death Thursday by a local court in connection with the China tainted milk scandal in which about 296,000 infants suffered kidney stones and other urinary problems. Five killed, 14 injured in China road accidentURUMQI - Five people were killed and 14 others injured Wednesday in a road accident in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur region, officials said. Chinese student gets life sentence for killing teacherTAIYUAN - A 17-year-old student was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a teacher last year in north China’s Shanxi Province, a court announced Wednesday. China to build $1.2-bn helicopter production facilityTIANJIN - China will build a commercial helicopter production base here at a cost of about $1.2 billion, authorities have said. Drought leaves 160 boats stranded in China riverGUANGZHOU - About 160 boats were stranded in a river in south China’s Guangdong province after a drought lowered the water to a level where navigation was not possible. Two wrongly jailed Chinese get justice after 13 yearsZHENGZHOU - Two men who were wrongly jailed on alleged robbery charges have finally found justice when a central China court corrected its 13-year-old mistake and declared they were innocent. At least 13 killed in China bus accidentGUIYANG - At least 13 people were killed Monday when a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a ravine in China’s southwestern Guizhou Province, officials said. 13 killed in China fireworks plant explosionJINAN - At least 13 people have been killed in an explosion at an illegal fireworks plant in eastern China, officials said Sunday. Melamine-tainted milk: China begins trial of dairy firm officialsSHIJIAZHUANG - A court in northern Chiba Wednesday began trial of four senior executives of Sanlu Group, the major dairy producer at the centre of the country’s tainted milk scandal that claimed lives of at least six infants. Mild quake occurs in southwest China, no casualtyCHENGDU - An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted southwest China Monday, but there were no reports of casualty, officials said. Four arraigned in China’s baby food scandalSHIJIAZHUNG - A Chinese court Monday arraigned four people involved in the tainted baby food scandal, which killed six babies and affected nearly 300,000, for violating public security. 17 killed as lift crashes in ChinaCHANGSHA - At least 17 workers were killed and one was seriously injured when a lift crashed at a construction site in central China’s Hunan province Saturday. Blast kills 13 in ChinaZHENGZHOU - At least 13 people were killed and five injured Saturday when a number of detonators exploded in a village of central China’s Henan province, officials said. China quakes affect more than 95,000 peopleKUNMING - More than 95,000 people have been affected by two earthquakes that struck Yunnan province of southwest China Friday, the provincial civil affairs administration said Saturday. 9 injured in China earthquakeKUNMING - An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale early Friday injured nine people in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan along the border with Myanmar. Six stand trial in China’s milk powder scandalSHIJIAZHUANG - Six people involved in China’s melamine-tainted baby food scandal went on trial Friday in four courts in the northern province of Hebei. China celebrates 115th birth anniversary of MaoSHAOSHAN - China Friday marked the 115th birth anniversary of its revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. Molten iron kills four in China factoryCHONGQING - Four workers were killed and 14 injured after molten iron spilled out of an electric furnace at a smelting factory in southwest China early Friday, an official said. US to deliver 21,000 tonnes of food to North KoreaWASHINGTON - The US plans to deliver another 21,000 tonnes of food to North Korea in the near future, the US State Department has said. |