Ivan Zhai

Guangzhou gives foreigners the 'citizen treatment'

28 Apr 2012

Internationalisation can mean different things in different mainland cities, but for Guangzhou's government it should mean correcting the translation errors and typos in the English version of its...

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Bullet train system unreliable, insiders say

14 Aug 2011

China's bullet train system still faces many unpredictable risks and any small error could bring another crisis upon the giant Ministry of Railways, industry insiders warn.

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Briefs

22 Jun 2011

High-speed train fares to be cheaper

Tickets for high-speed trains between Wuhan and Guangzhou will be up to a third cheaper from next month when top speeds are cut, the Guangzhou...

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Internet users set up site to report bribery

14 Jun 2011

The mainland public's lack of confidence in the authorities' inefficient anti-graft system has led internet users to set up their own grass-roots online platforms for reporting bribery.

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Plan to shed sex label

28 Apr 2011

Dongguan is working hard to shed its image as Guangdong's 'sex city', the city's Communist Party secretary Liu Zhigeng said during a live online chat with tens of thousands of microbloggers....

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Train chaos blamed on dated plans and bad co-ordination

21 Feb 2008

An outdated emergency plan and poor co-operation between different tiers of government were partly to blame for the travel fiasco at Guangzhou's railway station in the lead-up to the Lunar New...

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Tempers fray as number stuck in Guangzhou nears 800,000

The number of rail passengers stranded in Guangzhou because of atrocious weather swelled to nearly 800,000 yesterday - and tempers became increasingly frayed as the wait for trains dragged on....

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8 passengers missing after ferry, barge collide in Pearl River

Eight people were missing yesterday after a sand barge hit a ferry carrying more than 30 passengers near Guangzhou's Hedong Bridge, according to city marine authorities.

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Another step to recovery for gang victim

Chen Deping , who broke her back fleeing a prostitution gang last year, arrived home yesterday morning after checking out of hospital on Thursday, following an operation to remove pins inserted...

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Guangdong to scrap highway tolls

Guangdong is planning to abolish tolls on government-owned roads by the end of 2019, according to mainland media.

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Activist survives attack by gangsters

A mainland activist severely injured by gangsters last month said his campaign for property rights meant that he had to face the risk of death.

Li Yingqiu was severely wounded at the...

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Paper sales let student learn responsibility

Huang Zhibin, a 20-year-old vocational school student, grew up in a single-parent family and is spending his break trying to make money to support his mother and himself.

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