Police in south China’s Guangdong Province said Tuesday that they have closed nine illegal rare earth mines in Longchuan County, a major rare earth reserve, over the past six months. Police have arrested 45 people and seized over 100 tonnes of rare earth from the mines, said the police bureau of Heyuan City, which...
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Daily Archives: July 25, 2012
China Shuts Down Illicit Rare Earth Mines
Emerging whale shark ‘crisis’ in China
Results indicate whale sharks are increasingly being targeted due to high demand for large shark fins and a rising appetite for shark meat in general. There is no targeted whale shark fishery in China at the moment, although with the high prices now being paid for shark fins, this is likely to change, said...
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The ups and downs of Latin adventure
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Lin Peifeng, a Chinese engineer, points at a blueprint that shows a giant fertilizer chemical plant, along with two electric power plants, several warehouses and workers’ dormitory buildings. But outside the window of his container-turned temporary office, battered by the howling winter wind, stretches a tract of...
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Bus service launched in Tibet’s Ngari
NGARI, Tibet – Buses on Monday started operating in Ngari prefecture, the highest area in Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region known as the “world’s rooftop”. Six buses started operating along three lines in Sengye Tsangpo township, where the government seat of the prefecture is located, after local authorities made an investment of over 2 million yuan...
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Potala Palace extends visiting hours amid travel rush
LHASA (Xinhua) — The Potala Palace in southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region has extended visiting hours by 3.5 hours amid this year’s summer travel rush, the palace’s administration said Tuesday. Summer visiting hours will last from 7:30 a.m. to 6:40 p.m., compared with 9 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. in the slack season, said Khyungda,...
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About Pingtan
Pingtan county, or Landao Island, is a municipal county of Fuzhou, provincial capital of Fujian. Located off the eastern coast of the province, Pingtan is made up of 126 islands with Haitan the largest island. Pingtan county, or Landao Island, is a municipal county of Fuzhou, provincial capital of Fujian. Located off the eastern...
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Giant Beijing Rainstorm Triggers Citizens’ Anger
The worst rainstorms to hit Beijing in more than 60 years have left a trail of destruction, with buildings collapsed, major roadways submerged, and at least 37 people killed, including one man who drowned in his car under a flooded bridge. The 20-hour storm that started July 21 and lasted until the early hours...
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Diplomats meet Frenchman in Beijing for Bo probe
The French architect being questioned in Beijing in an investigation linked to former Communist leader Bo Xilai has met with French diplomats and is in “good shape”, an embassy spokesman said. Patrick Devillers met consular officials at the weekend after flying to China from Cambodia, where he had been detained at the request of...
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Hong Kong vs. Beijing: A Tale of Two Storms
Reuters Fallen trees block a road after a typhoon in Hong Kong on July 24, 2012. See more photos. For observers in mainland China, it was a tale of two storms. As typhoon Vicente moved away from Hong Kong—felling trees but leaving the city relatively unscathed—Chinese microbloggers began busily drawing comparisons between the relative...
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Taiwan to buy old US tanks
Taipei, Taiwan (4E) – Taiwan’s Defense Ministry is planning to purchase used tanks, which have been used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to counter Chinese threat and to modernize its aging armored fleet. Despite improvement of its relations with China, Taiwan still considers such modernization of its defense system important in order...
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