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Fifteen hikers killed in a flash flood at a scenic gorge in Chongqing turned a deaf ear to warnings of an impending storm from local villagers...Two of the 16 survivors are in the hospital, while the rest have returned to their homes. A villager named...
Rescue workers in south western China have freed 20 miners who were trapped underground following a blast that killed 30 of their colleagues. State media on Sunday also reported that three of the people "responsible" for the blast had been taken into...
Tags: China News Service, China Central Television, coal mining, south west Chongqing city, mining blast, Chongqing Municipality, Xinhua News Agency, trapped underground, Tonghua Coal Mine, china coal
Eleven workers are dead after the ceiling of a chemical plant in China collapsed. The official Xinhua News Agency says the accident occurred Monday afternoon at the Jianfang chemical factory in the southwestern city of Chongqing. Xinhua says the bodies...
Tags: China, Chongqing City Shot, Xinhua News Agency, chemical plant, chemical factory, southwest china, chongqing municipality, accident occurred, plant collapse
Ltd. said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange late Tuesday. Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd. and China Netcom owns 20 percent. The sweetened offer came just ahead of a shareholders' meeting Tuesday that was to vote...
Tags: China State Council, Bank of China, The State Council, mobile phone, Chongqing&, 3g mobile, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, premier wen, Wen Jiabao, chongqing municipality
Hewlett-Packard Co plans to operate a computer manufacturing plant in China's Chongqing Municipality, expanding its presence in Western China in order to better serve that local market. The local government will build the 20,000-square-meter facility...
Tags: Western China, chongqing municipality, pc manufacturing
Immigrators from the Three Gorges region celebrated the Beijing Olympic torch relay with enthusiasm when it kicked off in heavy rains in Wanzhou, Chongqing, Southwestern China Sunday morning. Southwest China, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Jenny Bowen, executive...
Tags: torch relay, Wanzhou Middle School, Wanzhou High School, Chongqing Municipality, olympic torch, beijing olympic, Sichuan, Jenny Bowen, Wenchuan, Southwest China
Sichuan has taken steps to reduce the risks of "quake lakes", formed by landslides that blocked rivers, prior to rainy weather or further aftershocks, said a provincial water resources official. "There were 33 such lakes in Sichuan.
Tags: Southern China, SW China, China Disabled Persons' Federation, Sichuan Province, quake lake, southwest china, Chongqing Municipality
China is releasing oil products from its state reserve stockpiles to areas stricken by last Monday's earthquake to ensure energy supply. China's leading oil company PetroChina has also resumed fuel distribution in those regions. The State Reserve Bureau...
Tags: PetroChina, China Petrochemical Corp, Chongqing Municipality, Lanzhou-Chengdu-Chongqing