Qiandao Lake

Springing a HK$24b surprise on city water users backfires

19 May 2012

How best to deal with badly contaminated rivers? It's a question many local governments on the mainland are having to grapple with.

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Water sports fans' paradise

19 Jul 2011

Qiandao Lake, also known as Thousand Islands Lake, outside Hangzhou, is one of those few examples of massive human interference with the natural environment, resulting in something pleasurable....

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Oil leak from foreign-flagged tanker triggers big pipeline explosion near storage tanks in Dalian harbour

17 Jul 2010

An oil leak from a foreign-flagged tanker triggered a massive explosion of an oil pipeline off Dalian harbour, Liaoning province last night.

The blast happened at about 6.50pm and...

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Life along the beaten path

28 Apr 1998

Eastern China has drawn foreigners since the days of Marco Polo, but always on its own terms. No more of Guilin's folksy little home-stays with banana pancakes and all your favourite tapes. Hotels...

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Tragedy remembered

31 Mar 1995

SIXTEEN relatives of the 24 Taiwanese tourists who were murdered a year ago at Lake Qiandao in Zhejiang province re-visited the site yesterday to mourn the victims.

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Crackdown on major crimes

7 Sep 1994

BEIJING has mounted a large-scale campaign to crack down on 'hard-core crimes' in the wake of an unprecedented outbreak of disorder in the cities.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Guards to stop tourist swindles

A GUARD force will be set up in the tourist zone of Jiangjiajie in Hunan province to stop tourists being cheated.

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Documentary on lake murders

THE infamous Qiandao Lake mass murder case will be the subject of a documentary, a pro-China newspaper reported yesterday.

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Qiandao theory angers relatives

THE Taiwan relatives of victims of the Qiandao Lake tourist boat murder yesterday said they were unhappy with the explanation given by the Chinese authorities over the death of their loved ones....

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Lack of witnesses queried

THE deputy secretary-general of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, Hsu Hwei-you, has questioned Chinese claims that there were no witnesses to the Qiandao Lake murders.

Mr Hsu...

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Bereaved angered by 'destroyed evidence'

ATTEMPTS by Beijing to heal the wounds of the Qiandao Lake tragedy have apparently backfired with relatives of the Taiwanese victims criticising the authorities of concealing and intentionally...

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Security presence for visit

THE scenic spot of Qiandao Lake has been deserted by tourists since the March 31 murder of 32 holidaymakers. But the arrival yesterday of a Taiwanese fact-finding delegation was greeted with a...

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