Bohai Sea

3 Apr 2013

Five hundred fishermen in Shandong who are suing US oil firm ConocoPhillips in Texas for compensation after an oil spill in Bohai Bay have come under pressure from Beijing to drop the lawsuit, as...

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China coastal waters suffering increased, 'acute' pollution

21 Mar 2013

China’s coastal waters are suffering “acute” pollution, with the size of the worst affected areas soaring by more than 50 per cent last year, an official body said. The State Oceanic...

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New plan for Bohai Sea unlikely to end crisis

24 Nov 2007

A national plan will soon be unveiled to tackle the appalling pollution in the Bohai Sea, which seriously threatens the Bohai region's economic rise.

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Bohai rim shapes up as focus of the future

3 Jul 2006

In the 1980s, the late leader Deng Xiaoping had made the Pearl River Delta a manufacturing centre. The 1990s leadership under former president Jiang Zemin focused development in the Yangtze River...

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Four dead after ferry sinks in storm

23 Feb 2003

Four people were killed when a ferry sank in rough seas in the Bohai Gulf, off Shandong province, Xinhua said. Rescuers saved 81 passengers and crew who leapt into the water after the ferry...

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Channel swimmer realises his dream

31 Jul 2001

Less than a year after setting a world record by becoming the first swimmer to cross the Bohai Gulf, Beijing teacher Zhang Jian has become the first Chinese to swim the English Channel.

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