School principal dismissed over exam scam Jun 23, 2007
HEFEI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- A middle school principal has been dismissed and eight other teachers and education officials face dismissal or judicial punishments in eastern China after they colluded in cheating on the national college entrance exam ... Wang Wenxian, a local farmer, his brother Wang Wenli and an accomplice Fu Xiaokui, were found to have offered 41 college students in Hefei, capital of Anhui, 1,000 yuan each to take the exam. (Xinhuanet, China)
International couple's love overcomes all barriers Jun 21, 2007
After spending time in Beijing and Shanghai, her research eventually brought her to Hefei, capital of Anhui Province. One day, Judy stopped by a post office in Hefei to mail her research report back to the United States ... They had such a good time in Hefei that Judy could not help but cry when the vacation was over and she had to return to the United States. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to improve standards for food safety Jun 20, 2007
Officials in east China's Anhui province ordered a recall of all "zongzi,'' a traditional snack made of glutinous rice and other fillings usually wrapped in bamboo leaves, made by the manufacturer, Wan Maomao Frozen Food Co., said the official with the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau in Anhui's capital, Hefei. There were no reports of anyone falling ill from eating the dumplings, but the recall highlights the shortcuts some companies take in order to make profits. Zongzi are... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Chinese officials order recall of dumplings Jun 20, 2007
"We are still investigating," said an official with the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau in the capital of Anhui, Hefei, who would give only his surname, Wu. "The company will be punished according to law after the investigation," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* Chinese `zongzi' maker caught recycling filling Jun 20, 2007
Officials in Anhui Province ordered a recall of all zongzi, a traditional snack made of glutinous rice and other fillings usually wrapped in bamboo leaves, made by the manufacturer, Wan Maomao Frozen Food Co, said the official with the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau in Anhui's capital, Hefei. "We received reports from people saying this company was making zongzi with two-year-old materials. So we went there, closed their production line and destroyed their products. We are still... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Fears of more government moves as China's inflation jumps Jun 12, 2007
A Chinese investor checks stock prices in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province, May 2007. RELATED QUOTES. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Blue-green algae discovered in another E China lake Jun 8, 2007
HEFEI, June 7 (Xinhua) -- More blue-green algae has been found in east China, this time in China's fifth largest freshwater lake - Chaohu Lake - in the eastern province of Anhui. Local environmental protection officials are playing down the discovery, insisting the algae is unlikely to develop into a bloom similar to that found in Taihu Lake last week, in neighboring Jiangsu Province. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese shares in sharpest drop in three months Jun 4, 2007
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Law firms embrace China opportunities May 19, 2007
They include commercial and residential real estate development, and product distribution and franchising in major cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, as well as the second tier cities, such as Hefei, she said. China's interaction with the United States and the Florida marketplace is on the rise, which has called for law firms to provide this international legal expertise, said Andrew L. McIntosh, who is global desk partner for DLA Piper's Tampa office. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Chemist Peidong Yang wins NSF Waterman Award UCB, May. 15 May 16, 2007
Yang was born and raised in the Chinese city of Suzhou, leaving to study chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei in 1988. He earned his Ph. (University of California Newswire, CA)
BoComs stunning debut raises red flag May 16, 2007
A man walks past a Bank of Communications branch in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province. Reuters. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
China targets bad tourist behavior ahead of Olympics May 6, 2007
Tourists jump into a flowerbed to take photos at a park in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui province, on May 4, 2007. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
China's Yangtze River Delta to have airport web Apr 29, 2007
Shen Zejiang, deputy head of CAAC east China branch, said the second-phase of the expansion project of Shanghai Pudong International Airport was well under way, while upgrading and construction projects of Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Hefei Airport in Anhui Province, Yichun Airport in Jiangxi Province and Huai'an Airport in Jiangsu Province, are being prepared. Upon completion of these projects, an airport web will come into being on the Yangtze River Delta. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to construct more airports in central regions Apr 29, 2007
Airports at six provincial capitals, namely, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Taiyuan, Changsha, Nanchang and Hefei will also be upgraded, said Li Yongqi, from the CAAC's planning section, at a seminar held in this capital of central China's Henan Province. Central regions include Anhui, Henan, , Hunan, Jiangxi and. (People's Daily Online, China)
Chinese 00004000shares climb another peak Apr 24, 2007
Stock traders look at the stock quotation board at a securities house in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, April 23, 2007. Chinese shares soared to another new high on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index breaking the 3,700-point mark for the first trading day. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's economy soars at a blistering 11% pace in first quarter Apr 19, 2007
A worker at a textile mill in Hefei, Anhui Province. A boom in China's exports contributed to high first-quarter growth. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Shanghai stock index breaks 3,500 Apr 12, 2007
A share holder is having lunch before a stock index board in Hefei April 11, 2007. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Some Suspect Chemical Mix in Pet Food Apr 12, 2007
If you add chemicals into the wheat gluten, it is no longer called wheat gluten protein,; says Jiang Shaotong, a professor of food engineering at Hefei University of Technology in nearby Anhui Province. I can;t think of any reason why melamine is needed in the production process. (Shoals TimesDaily)
Ottawa retools China strategy to fuel exports Apr 11, 2007
Despite those offices, Canada still lacks any presence in important second-tier cities such as Wuhan, Harbin, Fuzhou and Hefei -- even though many of trade rivals have offices in those cities. Under the new federal strategy, Ottawa might set up smaller "mini-offices" in some of China's second-tier cities to bolster Canada's presence beyond the traditional eastern and coastal cities. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
China: From rural ragsto urban riches Mar 30, 2007
Workers in Gushi county can reach the employment centers of Hefei and Wuhan within five hours. "There's not enough land," a Gushi county mushroom grower complained. (Asia Times Online)
Boy, 16, dies from bird flu Mar 30, 2007
HEFEI: The has confirmed a 16-year-old boy has died from in East China's Province, bringing the number of people in the country who have been killed by the virus to 15. The student, surnamed Wu from Bengbu in Anhui, died on Tuesday in hospital after being treated there for 10 days, a spokesman for the Anhui provincial health department said. (People's Daily Online, China)
Bird flu kills three in Indonesia, China Mar 29, 2007
A vendor moves baskets of ducklings at a poultry market in Hefei, east China's Anhui province March 29, 2007. A Chinese teenager has died from bird flu, state media reported on Thursday, marking the country's third human infection from the virus this year. (Reuters AlertNet)
China confirms new human case of bird flu Mar 29, 2007
HEFEI, March 28 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health has confirmed a new human case of bird flu in eastern Anhui Province, according to the Anhui Provincial Health Department. The 16-year-old boy student surnamed Wu in Bengbu City of Anhui died on Tuesday night, a spokesman for the health department said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Expressway pileups kill 11 in E.China Mar 26, 2007
UPDATED: 09:19, March 26, 2007. Eleven people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday in six separate accidents caused by heavy fog involving 26 vehicles on the expressway. (People's Daily Online, China)
For the sake of China's "artificial sun" Mar 22, 2007
The greatest breakthrough was the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), a superconducting non-circular section nuclear fusion experiment device built at the Hefei Institute of Plasma Physics, also known as an "artificial sun". However, it is not widely known that scientists are endeavoring to build another tokamak at the Southwestern Institute of Physics (SIP) in Chengdu. (People's Daily Online, China)
Documentary depicting care for AIDS orphans in Chinese city wins Oscar Feb 27, 2007
HEFEI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- AIDS prevention officials and activists in the Yingzhou district in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province have expressed hopes that more people will come to care orphans of AIDS victims, after the AIDS-theme "The Blood of the Yingzhou District" won an Oscar at the 79th Academy Awards. "I don't know much about movies, but I'm really happy that the documentary won an Oscar," said Zhang Ying, head of the Fuyang AIDS Orphan Salvation Association, a local non-governmental... (Xinhuanet, China)
Metro to build its largest outlet in China Feb 13, 2007
4 hectares, will be built in the Baohe District of the provincial capital Hefei. The company entered China in 1995 and opened its first outlet in one year later. (People's Daily Online, China)
China shares control of nuclear fusion reactor Feb 8, 2007
HEFEI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have allowed their counterparts in the United States to start up and control a thermonuclear fusion reactor in eastern Anhui Province. The test lasted nearly five seconds after scientists with General Atomics USA working in their labs started up the fusion reactor at the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Hefei, provincial capital of Anhui, Wu Songtao, deputy director of the institute, told Xinhua. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's "artificial sun" discharged in transnational experiment Feb 8, 2007
China recently conducted a transnational remote controlled plasma discharge experiment with its new generation "artificial sun" device, formally known as an Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), which has been built in Hefei, province. Through a dedicated data network, experts from General Atomics USA were easily able to start the nuclear fusion experimental installation from the other side of the globe with the click of a mouse. (People's Daily Online, China)
China to invest blns in energy-saving buildings Jan 18, 2007
A garbage collector carries waste at a garbage dump site in Hefei, east China's Anhui province January 17, 2007. The deteriorating condition of China's environment is a concern shared by the majority of its people, shows a recent survey, China Daily reported. (AlertNet)
Chinese scientists conduct more tests on thermonuclear fusion reactor Jan 16, 2007
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor, which replicates the energy generating process of the sun, was tested at the Institute of Plasma Physics under the (CAS) in Hefei, capital of east China's Province. The reactor was first tested in September 2006. (People's Daily Online, China)
Mandarin is music to the ears Jan 8, 2007
Twenty-two young Chinese subjects, with no professional training in music, participated in the study carried out by Chen and his colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China based in Hefei of East China's Anhui Province. The subjects watched a silent movie while passively listening to, but not paying attention to, a string of Chinese words accented with various lexical tones. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chery's car exports almost triple in 2006 Jan 2, 2007
HEFEI, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chery Automobile Co, Ltd., China's noted home-brand carmaker, exported 50,000 cars last year, according to company sources. The record high exports represented a 178 percent surge from 18,000 in 2005, assuring the company's leading position in car export among domestic carmakers. (Xinhuanet, China)