Wuhan

Police in Wuhan build 'haunted house' to train new recruits

2 May 2013

The Wuhan Public Security Bureau’s new “haunted house” is a purpose-built facility literally used for testing the "psychological balance" of new police recruits.

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Woman attacked on Wuhan subway after filming noodle-eating passenger

29 Mar 2013

Citizen Journalism 101: always switch to “silent mode” when secretly taking photos with your smartphone - especially in a crowded subway train.

It was a lesson learned the hard way for a 34...

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Talking points

4 Jan 2013

Japanese, Chinese markets react to US deal

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Meet the Wuhan millionaire who chooses rags over riches

3 Jan 2013

A Wuhan woman who owns property investments worth tens of millions of yuan chooses to spend her days as a street cleaner, in a bid to teach her children the virtues of hard work.

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Briefs, December 15, 2012

15 Dec 2012

Zhou Qiang has relinquished his position as party secretary of the standing committee of the Hunan provincial people's congress, Xinhua reported yesterday.

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Wuhan hospital takes down banner celebrating 40,000 patients

4 Dec 2012

A Wuhan hospital was slammed by netizens after it unveiled a banner outside the building celebrating its total number of in-patients hitting 40,000.

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Wuhan car show under fire for bikini-clad child models

Images depicting very young girls in swimwear attempting to strike seductive poses with cars at a vehicle show have sparked fierce criticism online.

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Mainland housing funds make borrowing easier

Housing provident fund loan policies have been amended in more than 20 mainland cities to make it easier for applicants to raise loans, according to Centaline Property Agency.

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Silence surrounds fate of rail executive

China CREC Railway Electrification Bureau Group has been evasive about reports that one of its top executives is under investigation.

The company is a subsidiary of China Railway...

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Developer slashes prices by a quarter

Agile Property Holdings yesterday started offering up to 25 per cent discounts on its flats in 10 of its projects in Guangdong province, a trend which is likely to spread as more developers slash...

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Face-recognition systems bound for train stations

In a notice briefly posted online, rail authorities said they planned to install face-recognition systems at three major stations on the high-speed line between Beijing and Shanghai to help police...

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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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