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Seaside life in China’s Hainan

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June 14, 2013
Seaside life in China’s Hainan

A woman waits for customers at the fishing market of the Qinglan port in Wenchang City, South China’s Hainan Province, June 11, 2013.(Xinhua/Pan Chaoyue)   A woman waits for customers at the fishing market of the Qinglan port in Wenchang City, South China’s Hainan Province, June 11, 2013. (Xinhua/Shi Manke)   A man prepares...
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Heavy rain continues in SE China

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June 13, 2013

Heavy rain is expected to continue in Southeast China from Wednesday till Friday, the National Meteorological Center said Wednesday. The rain will hit parts of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan, with some of these areas expected to experience a precipitation of around 50 to 90 mm, according to an NMC forecast. A strong convective...
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Hainan school principal, government clerk prosecuted for rape

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June 10, 2013

HAIKOU, (Xinhua) — A school principal and a local government employee, who allegedly spent a night with primary school girls in hotels in south China’s Hainan Province, have been prosecuted for rape, a court said on Sunday. The People’s Procuratorate of Hainan Province prosecuted Chen Zaipeng, who has been sacked from his post as...
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World’s largest exam forging ahead amid downpours

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June 8, 2013

Friday arrived with heavy rain as the first day of China’s annual national college entrance examination, the largest of its kind in the world, accompanied by support from armed police, loving families and various types of social assistance. China has mobilized related state departments to guarantee exam order so to ensure all examinees have...
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Hainan Airlines announces Beijing-Chicago route

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May 20, 2013

Hainan Airlines, the fourth-largest airline in China, will launch another US route in September, the airline said on Wednesday. The Beijing-Chicago route will run two flights weekly from Sept 3 and the flight will take about 14 hours. The airline already flies to Seattle. Economy-class passengers on the new route, which will initially use...
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China starts annual South China Sea fishing ban

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May 17, 2013

A two-and-a-half month fishing ban will begin at noon Thursday in most parts of the South China Sea as part of efforts to rehabilitate marine resources, according to fishery authorities. The Hainan provincial marine and fishing department said 9,007 locally registered fishing vessels have been moored. The annual fishing ban, which has been in...
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Fishing fleet sets sail for Nansha Islands

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May 7, 2013
Fishing fleet sets sail for Nansha Islands

A fishing fleet is about set sail for Nansha Islands at the Baimajing Harbor in Danzhou City, south China’s Hainan Province, May 6, 2013. Thirty Chinese fishing vessels on Monday set off for the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea. The fishing ships, each with a capacity exceeding 100 tonnes, will stay around...
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Hospitals to help 16000 poor deaf kids

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April 25, 2013

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) — Six hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai municipalities have been asked to help implant artificial cochlea for 16,000 deaf children living in economically backward Hainan, Guizhou and Qinghai provinces and Tibet and Ningxia autonomous regions. The requests are part of a national program co-sponsored by the National Health and Family...
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The Sanyuesan Festival of Li and Miao nationalities in Hainan

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April 18, 2013

Edited and translated by Wang Lili, People’s Daily Online The Sanyuesan Festival is a local Li and Miao festival. It is celebrated in spring, on March 3rd (the lunar calendar), and provides unmarried young people an opportunity to find their loved ones. I had the pleasure to visit Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County...
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China`s Hainan could be part of surfing network

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April 14, 2013
China`s Hainan could be part of surfing network

Gold Coast: China`s Hainan province could share a greater slice of the USD 131 billion global surfing industry by becoming part of the international surfing network, an Australian researcher said on Wednesday at a meeting of World Surf Cities Network here. Gold Coast Surf City deputy chairman and Southern Cross University researcher Professor Ian...
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China’s fastest-growing cities for millionaires

The population of multi-millionaires in no-name Chinese cities is growing at a breakneck pace. Case in point: Chongqing’s multi-millionaire population grew by nearly 80%...
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Join up to get Beijing hukou, military offers college grads

For nonlocal college graduates who desire a much sought-after Beijing hukou, or household registration permit, joining up for a spell in the Chinese military...
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