Farmer

Protesting farmer crushed to death in Sichuan

5 Apr 2013

Another farmer has been crushed to death in China in a dispute with a mining company on Wednesday – the third such case in a week, mainland media reported on Friday.

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Premier recalls major turning point for nation

18 Mar 2013

While new premier Li Keqiang gave little away about his personal feelings in his speech yesterday, he spared a moment to recall one day in one of the poorest counties in China during the Cultural...

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How Taiwan's Shen Hsin-ling helped poor through computers

27 Jan 2013

Shen Hsin-ling changed the lives of poor, struggling Taiwanese farmers by setting up a website to sell their fresh produce - a feat even a computer-savvy adult would find challenging. Shen was 11...

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Angry farmer who threatened children after his house demolished detained

15 Jan 2013

A Hunan farmer turned himself in last night following a citywide manhunt in Guangzhou that began at the weekend after he threatened to attack schools in the city.

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First farmers crafted ancient water wells without metal tools

31 Dec 2012

The people who lived in eastern Germany around 7,000 years ago are thought to have been some of the first farmers.

Now, new archaeological evidence suggests they were also skilled...

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Wealth gap to be cut, Han Changfu tells Central Rural Work Conference

23 Dec 2012

Beijing will look to boost farmers' income, protect their land rights and seek more equitable treatment for migrant workers in cities, reports from the annual rural work conference said yesterday...

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

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George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

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Two steps that would prove Beijing is serious about reform

At their first Politburo meeting earlier this month, China's incoming leaders pledged to boost domestic consumer demand, promote urbanisation and enhance social welfare provision.

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How did Hong Kong Airlines win a prize for service excellence?

We wrote last week about our astonishment at Hong Kong Airlines receiving a prize from the magazine Capital CEO for its "service excellence in the aviation industry." As readers who have followed...

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The Green Huntsman

In the great forest of Grunwald, people have told tales of a ghostly Green Huntsman who rode through the thicket on his black horse with a pack of hell hounds snapping at his heels.

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City Digest

Airport sets new record for monthly movements

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Marriage headed for the rocks on mainland

Women marry for money and houses, while men wed for passion and looks, according to a countrywide survey of single and divorced mainlanders.

Almost 80 per cent of women interviewed...

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Milk on tap

Listen to the news podcast about a business set up by an enterprising farmer in Germany and then answer the questions

1 What imaginary situation are you put into at the start of the...

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