China poultry plant fire, 119 killed, many injured

At least 119 people were killed after a massive fire broke out at a poultry farm and processing plant in northeastern China, charring the entire facility early on Today. The China poultry plant fire broke out at around 6:06 am in Jilin province’s Mishazi township of Dehui City, Jilin Province. According to the reports, fire [...]

113 Killed, over 3,000 Injured in China quake

Over 113 people were killed and at least 3,000 seriously injured today when a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to the report. The earthquake hit Lushan county of the Ya’an city in southwest China’s Sichuan Province at 8:02 AM local time. The epicenter of the quake was reported to be at a [...]

China Coal mine blast: 28 killed, 13 injured

A gas explosion at a coal mine blast in north-east China on friday night, almost 28 people were killed and 13 others seriously injured. China’s State Administration of Work Safety and supervision bureau said Saturday that the cause of the blast at a state-owned mine outside the city of Baishan, Jilin province is under investigation. [...]

Xi Jinping as new President of China

The Xi Jinping on Today elected as the China’s new President by its Parliament. completing the country’s second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in 1949. Mr Xi Jinping, appointed to the Communist Party’s top leader in November after replaces Hu Jintao, who is stepping down from the post. Xi Jinping will [...]

Search engine locked by China

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China shut down a local search engine because of the ban that US made on it. Chinese web firm Xunle firm spokes person said that they were already planning to ban the search engine but at last it is here. The expert have a view that the shut down can be temporary and it will get a restart just for [...]

Global navigation system launched by China in Asia-Pacific

China launched global positioning services in the Asia-Pacific from its Beidou satellite network on Today, saying it aimed to win up to 20 % of global market share by 2015. The state-run Beidou Navigation Satellite Program (BDS) would initially provide positioning, navigation, timing and short-message services in China and the Asia-Pacific region, it said official [...]

Chinese sex physco gets death penalty

A 35-year-old Li Hao Chinese man who kept 6 women as sex slaves in a dungeon was Today sentenced to death. Li Hao was also charged with causing death of 2 of the women, reports said. He was convicted by a court in Henan provinceof murder, rape, organised prostitution, illegal detention and spreading pornography for [...]

China launches environmental monitoring satellite

China on Today sent the third satellite in its “Environment I” family into the sky, sharpening its abilities in environmental monitoring and disaster forecasting. The launch marks the completion a plan initiated by China in 2003 to create a small environmental monitoring satellite constellation, according to north China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The radar satellite [...]

Xi Jinping China’s new Communist Party leader

Xi Jinping, who was on Today elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), admitted that there were Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), admitted that there were “many pressing problems” within the party and sought an end to corruption and bureaucratism. “…Under the new conditions, our [...]

China launched satellite

China Thursday night successfully launched a satellite for its navigation system. A Long March-3C carrier rocket carried the satellite into space at 11.33 p.m. from Xichang space center in Sichuan province, Xinhua reported. It was the 16th satellite for China’s Beidou navigation system that will provide services in the Asia-Pacific region in 2013 and globally by 2020, [...]

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