Beijing's latest round of government restructuring kicked off yesterday with the establishment of the China Railway Corporation, after the consolidation plan to cut bureaucratic red tape was...
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9 Mar 2013
The central government's plan to break up the Ministry of Railways has not met resistance within the department, Railways Minister Sheng Guangzu said yesterday in the highest-level comment on the...
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24 Dec 2011
Beijing's spending on railway construction next year will be far below its previous target, but the debt-ridden sector will still enjoy access to bank finance because it is guaranteed by the...
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4 Aug 2011
Under-fire Minister of Railways Sheng Guangzu has pledged to ensure 'absolute safety' on the mainland's rail network in the wake of the bullet train collision on July 23 that claimed 40 lives....
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27 Jul 2011
Calls for the resignation of the railways minister continued to grow yesterday after the embattled ministry failed to reveal the precise cause of a deadly accident after three days, and as the...
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5 Apr 2011
Checks on China's railway system have uncovered serious safety problems, said Railways Minister Sheng Guangzu, who also called for a massive reform of his ministry.
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The corruption investigation of former railways minister Liu Zhijun has claimed his right-hand man, a pioneer of China's high-speed railway.
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Days after his dismissal, former railways minister Liu Zhijun has become the target of a probe said to be aimed at gathering evidence of corruption under his administration of the vast rail...
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There is nothing more embarrassing for China's leaders than corruption in high places, but the prospect of it at the top of the powerful Railways Ministry is especially troubling.
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