Guiyang

Bird flu kills Guiyang woman in first fatal case in a year

14 Feb 2013

One of two patients confirmed to have contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus died yesterday in a hospital in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province. Guizhou authorities said Shuai Pengyue, a 21-year-old...

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So near, yet so feared: jingle fever

6 Jan 2013

"Yes, here in Guiyang we know how to celebrate Christmas," the taxi driver says proudly, as we sit stuck in traffic, or, rather, among screaming crowds of Guizhou teenagers carousing on Christmas...

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Guangzhou car quota sparks buying frenzy

3 Jul 2012

The Guangzhou government has come under fire for giving just three hours warning that it is introducing a monthly quota on car registrations.

The city's decision to limit new car...

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June 4 protests in three provinces

2 Jun 2012

Elderly people have staged several protests in the provinces of Shandong, Guizhou and Fujian over the past month calling for the leadership to reassess its verdict on the June 4 democracy movement...

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7 killed in Guizhou explosives blast

2 Nov 2011

At least seven people were killed and more than 200 were injured yesterday when about 70 tonnes of explosives ignited aboard two trucks in southwestern Guizhou province.

The...

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Second blogger draws ire over wealth

26 Sep 2011

While many of the public's questions remain unanswered about the curious wealth of Guo Meimei, the young woman whose online exhibition of her luxury cars and bags led to suspicions of abuse of...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Entertainers ring in return of racing at Happy Valley

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People from poorest province are banking on rich pickings in HK

They come from the poorest province on the mainland, but they dream of one day becoming an investment magnet to rival the Pearl River Delta.

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Lead-poisoning cases rise to 28

The number of children confirmed to be suffering from heavy-lead poisoning in a major city in Hunan province rose from four to 28 within four days, state media reported yesterday.

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Corrections & clarifications

Due to a miscalculation in Wednesday's report 'Dirty reality behind solar power' on page A1, the amount of coal needed to produce a one-square-metre solar panel was misstated as 40kg; the correct...

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Demolition gang drags residents from homes

Guizhou police fired guns into the air early on Sunday as witnesses said a gang of 'at least 200 men' tried to drive residents out of their homes before demolishing their houses.

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Violence and graft rife in county, say residents

Locals say Wengan , a remote county in Guizhou where a massive riot broke out on Saturday against the way the local authorities handled the death of a schoolgirl, is rife with corruption and...

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