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The statue of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, stands next to a factory chimney which has been stopped operating due to local government regulation March 22, 2007 in Taiyuan, China. China promised Monday, June 4, 2007 to reduce greenhouse gases, unveiling a new national climate change program, but rejected mandatory caps as unfair to countries still trying to catch up with the developed West. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
China launches new remote sensing satellite May 26, 2007
The "Yaogan I" satellite was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on April 27, 2006. Editor: Sun Yunlong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hukou system set for change May 24, 2007
However, Wang Taiyuan, a professor with the Chinese People's University of Public Security, said it is impossible for the hukou reform to have a unified timetable nationwide. "Due to the unbalanced economic development, even if the State Council implements the ministry's proposal nationwide, measures will have to be taken by local departments according to their own circumstances," Wang was quoted as saying. (People's Daily Online, China)
Shanghai eases land restrictions for foreigners May 24, 2007
Examples include Taiyuan in Shanxi province, Nanchang in Jangxi and Changsha in Hunan. But some cities in inland China, even with rather low per capita income levels, have attracted the interest of foreign developers. (Asia Times Online)
China mulls reform of household registration system May 23, 2007
Wang Taiyuan, a professor with the Chinese People's University of Public Security, said China has been trying to reform the household registration system since 1991. "But the reforms run into snags each time they start to affect the interests of different departments," Wang was quoted as saying. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to set up coal exchange in northern province May 23, 2007
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China Taiyuan Coal Exchange has got the nod from the State Council, or the Cabinet, for establishment in the capital of north China's Shanxi Province. The exchange, the first of this kind in China, will be expanded from the existing Taiyuan Coal Trading Market, expected to facilitate the trading of around 500 million tons of coal annually in the initial stage, a local coal official said Wednesday. (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)
Tinci UK Regulatory Announcement: Re Contract Apr 26, 2007
The Directors of Tinci Holdings Ltd. ( the Company or Tinci ) (TNCI), the AIM listed environmental engineering company, today announced that the Company has won its first DeNOx project (2x300MW) with Shanxi Taiyuan Steel Group for an estimated contract value of RMB 30,960,000 (approximately 2. 0 million). (BusinessWire)
"Compass" navigation satellite launched Apr 14, 2007
TAIYUAN, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China launched its self-made "Haiyang-1B" satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:27 a.m. Wednesday. TAIYUAN, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched its second oceanic survey satellite "Haiyang-1B" (Ocean 1B) from Taiyuan Satellite Launching Center on Wednesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
China launches self-made "Haiyang-1B" satellite Apr 11, 2007
TAIYUAN, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China launched its self-made "Haiyang-1B" satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:27 a.m. Wednesday. Editor: Lin Li. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to develop five more oceanic satellites Apr 11, 2007
TAIYUAN, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China will develop five more oceanic satellites in the medium term, China's top ocean research official said here on Wednesday. Sun Zhihui, director of the State Oceanic Administration, made the remarks after the successful launch of self-developed "Haiyang-1B" oceanic satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Retailers deny talk of 3b-yuan acquisition Apr 10, 2007
Reports of the 3-billion-yuan deal came after Dazhong closed its stores in , Nanning and Taiyuan. These local stores were later taken over by Suning. (People's Daily Online, China)
Coal mine explosion kills 26 in north China Mar 29, 2007
The gas explosion occurred at around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the Yujialing Coal Mine located at the Yipingyuan Township, Yaodu District of Linfen City, about 300 km southwest of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. In total, 106 miners were working underground, and only 80 managed to escape, including one who was injured severely and is being treated in hospital, according to the local rescue team led by deputy governor of Shanxi Jin Shanzhong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Coal mine gas blast traps 21 miners in north China Mar 21, 2007
TAIYUAN, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-one miners were confirmed to have been trapped after a coal mine gas explosion in Jincheng, a city in north China's Shanxi Province. The gas explosion took place at Miaojiang Coal Mine in the suburbs of Jincheng City on Sunday, but the coal mine owner failed to report to relevant government departments immediately, said sources from Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Work Safety. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Take a stroll down the Silk Road in Taipei Mar 16, 2007
PHOTOS COURTESY OF TAIYUAN PUPPET THEATER COMPANY. At a small theater on Taipei's west side, Taiwan's foremost puppeteer Chen Xi-huang () adds a few finishing touches to his glove puppets while the Turkish shadow puppet master Cengiz Ozek discusses how to present the show with stagehands and Robin Ruizendaal, art director of Taiyuan Puppet Theater Company (x). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Launch pad planned for Hainan Mar 7, 2007
Currently, China has three satellite launch centers: Xichang in southwest Province, Jiuquan in northwest Province and Taiyuan in the northern Province. Wei Liucheng, Party Secretary of Hainan told China Daily yesterday Hainan Province was waiting for the central government to give the green light to commence the project. (People's Daily Online, China)
China goes for green before growth Mar 6, 2007
Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, where much of the country's coal is mined, has the world's worst air pollution. The net result of China's environmental moves could be a plus for Australian exporters. (The Australian)
Feb 21 | Year of Golden Pig all set to trigger mini baby boom in China » Mar 2, 2007
Year of Golden Pig triggers baby boom : HindustanTimes. Friday, February 23, 2007. (Hindustan Times, India)
Chinese County Reins In Birth Rate Feb 28, 2007
From his post as a teacher at the Communist Party school in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, Professor Liang quickly rallied local family planning workers to his cause. "People were just ignoring the policy and the government had to punish them" with fines and confiscations, recalls An Dousheng, an old man in Mao cap and collar, who headed Yicheng's family-planning unit in the 1980s. (CBS News -- World)
More Internet-based TOEFL test rooms added to China Feb 24, 2007 Coal-rich province shuts down 3,550 illegal mines Feb 18, 2007 High on the hog Feb 17, 2007 China provides access to ID database to curb fraud Feb 10, 2007 New Research Shows Digital TV in China is Much Lower than the Global Average Feb 9, 2007 Report: China sets location for new satellite launch site on southern Hainan island Feb 7, 2007 China to build 4th satellite launching center in Hainan Feb 7, 2007 Ten most significant developments in sci-tech Jan 23, 2007 Coal mine boss arrested in reporter murder case Jan 21, 2007 Beating death chills Chinese media Jan 19, 2007 Chamber makes ready for China trade mission Jan 13, 2007 N.China works to check flu spread Jan 12, 2007 N. China cities take measures to prevent flu outbreak Jan 11, 2007 Highway pileup kills 7, injures 4 in N China Jan 6, 2007 To make heritage list, money has to be low on list Jan 3, 2007
They are located in Chongqing, Harbin, Nanning, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Shenzhen, Xiamen,Changsha, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Qingdao and Urumqi. All the newly-added test rooms will be put into use by the end of March, which means TOEFL tests shall be available in almost all the regional capitals in China by then. (Xinhuanet, China)
Beijing Olympic Competition Depends on Parker Technology Feb 20, 2007
ProGate at the ready at the Taiyuan BMX Olympic training center, Taiyuan, China. Taiyuan BMX will use ProGate systems in a series of Asian international BMX events it has organized. (PR Newswire)
TAIYUAN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- North China's Shanxi Province, the country's largest coal producer, shut down 3,550 illegal coal mines last year. The province also closed 2,517 illegal mines of other natural resources last year, said Zhang Huaiwen, director of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Land and Resources. (Xinhuanet, China)
CTSHorizons (020-7836 9911, ) has a 10-day escorted group tour to Pingyao from 995pp including flights with Air China, accommodation at the Yunjincheng Inn in Pingyao, Xi'an, Taiyuan and Beijing (or Shanghai), transfers and most meals. Tailor-made holidays can also be arranged. (Guardian Unlimited)
The replication occurred in the past several years when ID numbers increased from 15 digits to 18 digits, professor Wang Taiyuan with the Chinese People's Public Security University was quoted by The Mirror as saying. The newspaper did not elaborate on how the estimation was made. (Xinhuanet, China)
Source: Research and Markets. DUBLIN,Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets () has announced the addition of "China Digital TV Market Operation Report 2005-2006" to their offering. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
China now has three satellite launching centers, in Xichang in southwestern Sichuan province; Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert in northern China, and Taiyuan, also in north China. At 11 degrees east longitude and 19 degrees north latitude, Wenchang's relative proximity to the equator makes it well suited for launches, the report said, noting that lower latitudes have stronger centrifugal forces, reducing the amount of energy required to launch rockets. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Currently, China has three satellite launching centers located, respectively, in Xichang in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jiuquan in northwest China's Gansu Province and Taiyuan in north China's Shanxi Province. The site of the new satellite launching center is confirmed to be Wenchang, about 60 km from provincial capital Haikou. (Xinhuanet, China)
On April 27, China successfully launched the Long March 4-B rocket at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, which later sent Remote Sensing Satellite-1 into orbit. The top 10 most significant developments in science and technology in the world last year, as voted by academic at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering are as follows. (People's Daily Online, China)
TAIYUAN, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- A coal mine owner suspected of ordering a gang of thugs to beat up a newspaper employee, which led to his death, has been arrested in north China, a local government source said on Saturday. Hou Zhenrun, owner of an illegal coal mine in Shanxi Province, handed himself over to the police late on Friday night, Gu Shengming, a spokesman with Datong city government told Xinhua. (Xinhuanet, China)
He is then said to have joined "Safety Education Weekly" in the provincial capital Taiyuan, but lost his job as a "researcher" last year when the paper was closed after charges that it was a front for blackmailing businessmen with threats of critical articles. The respected "Southern Weekly" quoted a former Shanxi bureau chief for China Trade News as saying that reporters were expected to bring in 100,000 RMB ($12,864) each last year, of which they could keep a third. (Christian Science Monitor)
The mission will visit the cities of Beijing, Taiyuan and Shanghai from April 12-22. Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell and the chamber will guide the group of 30 local business and community leaders. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
The disease prevention authority in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Province, has ordered hospitals to report flu cases on a daily basis and remain on high alert to group infections. Construction sites, too, have been told to conduct regular checks on migrants. (People's Daily Online, China)
The disease prevention authority in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi province, has ordered local hospitals to report flu cases on a daily basis and remain on high alert to group infections. Construction sites have also been asked to conduct regular checks on migrant workers. (Xinhuanet, China)
TAIYUAN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were killed and four others were injured in a five-vehicle pileup in north China's Shanxi Province, local government confirmed on Friday. The accident happened at around 9:40 p.m. on Thursday at Hongdong County of Linfen City when a truck carrying ore blew a tire and stopped suddenly, according to local traffic police. (Xinhuanet, China)
Wutai Mountain, 240 km from the provincial capital of Taiyuan, is famous for its bright blue sky and breathtaking natural beauty, with giant trees shading ancient temples and pagodas. The oldest, known as Xiaotong Temple, was first built in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220). (Xinhuanet, China)
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