Hubei

Distant dreams of a better life for the working poor of Qingbao village

3 May 2013

After working for more than 20 years as a coal miner in northern China, 40-year-old Long Yongquan has decided to stay at home - a traditional timber cabin and a leaking cement bungalow in the...

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Hubei pig farmer considered one of the 'better off' but still left penniless

2 May 2013

Fu Maoyan and his wife have been busy building a storehouse for pig feed beside their three pigsties.

The more than 80 pigs they raise and their pig feed business have made them better off...

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Hubei backwater struggles to meet Li Keqiang's order to grow

1 May 2013

The new cement road leading from Longfeng, a remote township in the mountains of southwestern Hubei , to the villages of Longma and Qingbao has never been so busy.

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Death toll in hotel blaze in Xiangyang, Hubei, rises to 14

16 Apr 2013

The death toll has risen to 14 from a fire at a commercial building with a hotel in Xiangyang, Hubei province. But three of four suspects wanted by police in connection with the blaze turned...

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Bus in Hubei falls off bridge, killing 14

13 Mar 2013

Chinese authorities say 14 people were killed after a sleeper bus fell off a bridge in central Hubei province. Hubei highway police said on its microblog on Tuesday night that the bus went off a...

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Four children die in Hubei school stampede

27 Feb 2013

Four school children were killed in a stampede in China’s central Hubei province on Wednesday morning, according to local authorities.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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19 Hubei workers plunge to death after lift collapse

Nineteen construction workers have plummeted 30 storeys to their death after an elevator scaling the high rise block they were building collapsed beneath their feet, prompting new calls for more...

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Probe into intravenous drips for Hubei pupils

Hubei officials are looking into an incident in which a class of senior high school pupils were intravenously given amino acids in a night course in preparation for the national college entrance...

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Conflicting reports on seizure of 12,000 shells

More than 12,000 artillery shells were seized from a truck in the central province of Hubei on Sunday, local media reported yesterday.

The truck was heading to the northeastern...

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Endangered monkeys make move to Ocean Park

With their blue faces and little snub-noses, two golden monkeys are the latest example of China's endangered wildlife to greet visitors to Ocean Park.

The pair moved in next to giant...

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Section of high-speed railway collapses

An unopened section of a high-speed railway in Hubei province has collapsed due to heavy rains - the latest in a string of mishaps to hit the network since the fatal collision last summer in...

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Snow threatens last-minute dash home

Tens of millions of travellers were making last-ditch efforts to rush home for Lunar New Year's Eve reunion dinners today, even as heavy snow was falling across seven provinces.

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