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1. News - China - BUILDINGS

   China's leaning tower 'stable at present'

   Posted Nov 29th 2012, 03:57pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... Tower?” the report said. A member of staff at Xi’an’s cultural relics bureau, who asked not to be named, told the AFP news agency her office was working on a plan to reinforce the tower, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1093843/chinas-leaning-tower-stable-present
2. Cities think big - but can they all really win?

   Posted Aug 23rd 2010, 12:00am by Lulu Chen, Naomi Rovnick

   ... As she opens the doors to a new exhibition and conference centre, Sun Sihan, a smartly dressed public-relations official for the city of Zhengzhou, is flushed with pride. 'We have the largest conference hall in Asia,' she beams, displaying a cav ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/722916/cities-think-big-can-they-all-really-win
3. Comment - Blogs

   Video surfaces of barbaric attack during anti-Japan protests in Xi'an

   Posted Sep 26th 2012, 08:09am by John Kennedy

   ... John Kennedy Shanghai-based Sina Weibo user Huang Kui posted video early this morning of the violent assault which took place in Xian on September 15 amid patriotic demonstrations which left 51-year-old resident of the city Li Jianli partially paralysed. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1047545/video-surfaces-barbaric-attack-during-anti-japan-protests-xian
4. First terracotta warriors dig in 24 years draws a crowd

   Posted Jun 14th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Thousands of tourists flocked to witness the first excavation of the 2,200-year-old terracotta warriors in Xian in 24 years yesterday, after the previous excavation was cut short due to technical problems. The latest excavation, of 200 square metres of pi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/683639/first-terracotta-warriors-dig-24-years-draws-crowd
5. Government hopes budding aviation centre will be 'Seattle of China'

   Posted Jul 03rd 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Ng Tze-wei For years, Shaanxi seemed neglected as the wealth of resources unlocked by China's opening up and reform was poured into developing the coastal provinces. But in the past five years, the central province has bounced back economically and i ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/643762/government-hopes-budding-aviation-centre-will-be-seattle-china
6. Xian, seat of the first empire, taps historic Silk Road as route to success

   Posted Jul 03rd 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Ng Tze-wei Nestled in the middle of the country where plains in the east meet mountains in the west, Shaanxi has played an unrivalled political and economic role in both ancient and modern China. From the Qin dynasty (221-207BC), the first empire to rule ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/643764/xian-seat-first-empire-taps-historic-silk-road-route-success
7. News - China - ARCHITECTURE

   'Giant cigarettes' in Shaanxi county draw ridicule from fuming netizens

   Posted Nov 29th 2012, 11:25am by Ernest Kao

   ... Ernest Kao Zhouzhi county, Xian, in central China’s Shaanxi province, is more famous for its kiwi fruit exports than it is for good architecture, let alone landscaping. Nevertheless, it was the subject of mass ridicule when photos of the county’s newly de ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1093703/giant-cigarettes-shaanxi-county-draw-ridicule-fuming-netizens
8. Anti-poverty drive is winning, but there's a long way to go

   Posted Jul 12th 2010, 12:00am by Cary Huang

   ... Seventy-year-old Zhang Shengrong has finally moved out of the cave that was the family home for generations. His new brick home in Shaanxi's Dengjiapo village, built with the help of a government subsidy and three sons working in the provincial capit ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/719504/anti-poverty-drive-winning-theres-long-way-go
9. Experts question need for speed in transport policy

   Posted Mar 28th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com Researchers from the mainland's top scientific institution have criticised some government officials' obsession with speed, calling for more resources to be allocated to the development of slower transportation ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/996811/experts-question-need-speed-transport-policy
10. Xian's cultural core seeks investors

    Posted Oct 27th 2011, 12:00am

    ... Sophie Yu sophie.yu@scmp.com Qujiang new district, known as Xian's cultural core, is seeking to raise money in Hong Kong to strengthen its role as a cultural hub for western China. At a ceremony yesterday, 21 projects were signed for total investment ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/983059/xians-cultural-core-seeks-investors

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