Heilongjiang

Heilongjiang governor Lu Hao heads 'next generation' of leadership

21 May 2013

The overseas edition of People's Daily ran a prominent profile of rising political star Lu Hao yesterday, with analysts saying it was part of a propaganda campaign ahead of his elevation to the...

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Woman gets locked in morgue after labour camp, Beijing petition

24 Jan 2013

Like many petitioners who dare to journey to Beijing to seek redress for injustices, Chen Qingxia soon found herself sent to toil in a dingy labour camp.

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Briefs, December 27, 2012

27 Dec 2012

A former China Railway Container Transport chairman went on trial for corruption yesterday at a court in Qiqihar , Heilongjiang . Luo Jinbao, 56, was said to have introduced ousted railways...

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Congress Briefs, November 9, 2012

9 Nov 2012

Taiwan urges focus on Chinese citizens' rights

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Rigidity may cost Heilongjiang party secretary promotion into Politburo

3 Oct 2012

The recent collapse of an approach ramp on a new, 1.8 billion yuan bridge in Harbin , Heilongjiang , could be the final blow to provincial party secretary Ji Bingxuan's hopes of promotion to the...

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Macabre deaths dismissed as accident

23 May 2012

A district government in Daqing of northeast Heilongjiang province has tried to distance itself from a tragedy in which the operator of an earth mover and the owner of a pig farm were killed in a...

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Briefs

Guangdong standing committee take posts

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Suspect in bank fraud surrenders

The alleged mastermind of a 1 billion yuan (HK$1.2 billion) bank fraud in Heilongjiang province has returned to the mainland and surrendered to police after seven years of self-imposed exile in...

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Tree branches may have distracted crash driver

Overhanging tree branches that struck a tour bus may have led it to crash, killing two Hong Kong tourists, in Jilin province, tour members said yesterday.

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The orphans of Manchukuo

Noriko Suzuki remembers with horror the last days of the second world war. The 16-year-old was part of a settlement of Japanese farmers in Inner Mongolia. When the Soviet army invaded the region...

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Academic may lose privileges in China

A prominent Chinese-born researcher hired by Harbin Medical University via a global recruitment scheme by the central government could lose privileges in China as an honoured professor following...

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The long road home for Mao's exiled youth

Kong Ping has spent the past two years converting his company's Shanghai cemetery grounds into a 50 million yuan (HK$59.91 million) museum and square.

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