Harbin

19 Feb 2013

An official from a northeastern Chinese airport says an Airbus A320 on a domestic flight made an emergency landing because of a mechanical fault.

China Digest, September 28, 2012

28 Sep 2012

CHONGQING

Salmon raised in caves

Harbin probe blames overloaded trucks, not bridge, for collapse

20 Sep 2012

A Harbin city government investigation has blamed "severely overloaded" trucks - rather than design flaws or shoddy construction - for the deadly collapse of a ramp leading to a newly built...

China must improve quality of construction or face scepticism

29 Aug 2012

Reputation is everything in the construction industry. China's quest to move up the economic value chain by becoming the world's civil engineer has taken another knock as a result of an accident...

Concern after deadly bridge collapses on mainland

28 Aug 2012

At least 18 bridges have collapsed on the mainland since 2007, killing 135 people, according to the records of the State Administration of Work Safety. Most had been in use for less than 15 years...

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

First thing China, August 27

Guangzhou's deputy head of police is currently under investigation for "serious discipline violations", local media reported late Sunday night.

3 die in collapse at Yangmingtan Bridge, Harbin

Three people were killed and five injured yesterday when an approach ramp on the longest bridge in northern China collapsed after only nine months in operation.

China Digest, August 23

ANHUI

12,000 bikes rolled out

Harbin Bank may be eyeing listing

Harbin Bank has joined a clutch of city commercial lenders on the mainland to make plans for a stock market listing that is likely to raise 10 billion yuan (HK$12.25 billion) via a dual Hong Kong-...

10 children injured as bus tips over

Ten kindergarten pupils were injured when their school bus tipped onto its side in Harbin yesterday.

The accident happened when the children, all under the age of five, were on...

Frederick O'Neill

MEDAL OF HONOUR On August 20, I learned of an auction to be held five days later of the medal the Chinese government awarded in 1920 to my grandfather, Frederick O'Neill, an Irish Presbyterian...