An in-depth look at sister city programs around the Valley Nov 9, 2009
Brian Curley, a principal of Scottsdale-based golf course design firm Inc., is an avid supporter of Scottsdale s sister city relationship with Haikou, China ... Now, he hopes to use his connections there to help other Valley businesspeople forge an accord with Haikou ... John Liffiton, a professor of English as a second language at Scottsdale Community College, sees numerous possible business, trade and tourism avenues when it comes to Scottsdale s pairing with Haikou. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Spring Airlines keen to work with AirAsia X Oct 30, 2009
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines flies to almost all major cities in China while AirAsia X has routes from KL to seven Chinese cities Haikou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Guilin. Most Viewed. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Lingle heading to China to push isle tourism Oct 29, 2009
The trip includes stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Haikou, Sanya and Guangshou ... The trip includes stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Haikou, Sanya and Guangshou. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Lingle leads Hawaii delegation to China Oct 29, 2009
Lingle s delegation also will visit Hong Kong, Haikou and Sanya in Hainan Province, and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province. She is scheduled to meet with U.S. Ambassador John Huntsman to discuss U.S. travel visa requirements and investment opportunities. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Rising seas threaten Shanghai, other major cities Oct 19, 2009
Newspaper photos showed much of Haikou, on China's southern coast, flooded, as Vietnam evacuated more than 350,000 people from the storm's path. In years to come, some Pacific islands, like tiny Tuvalu, are expecting complete inundation. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tropical storm Parma lands in Hainan Oct 12, 2009
HAIKOU, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tropical storm Parma made a powerful landing in Wanning City in the southernmost island province of Hainan on Monday, said the provincial observatory. The Hainan provincial meteorological station said Parma landed in Longgun Township at 9:50 a.m. Monday, packing wind with a speed of up to 54 km per hour. (Xinhuanet, China)
Twin tigons born in S China wildlife park Oct 1, 2009
Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2009 shows a tigon at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province ... HAIKOU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Rare twin tigons, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion, have survived their first 28 days since being born in a wildlife park in south China's Hainan Province, a park official announced Sunday ... Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2009 shows a pair of tigon twins at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical... (Xinhuanet, China)
Close to home Sep 20, 2009
There you are in hot and humid Haikou, the islands capital, walking along five-foot ways of old shophouses on De Sheng Sha Old Street and suddenly you realise that you could be in Ipoh, Malacca, Penang or Kuala Lumpur ... Apparently, in the 1930s and 1940s, rich Chinese traders returned from Nanyang (South-East Asia) and built shophouses along that street in the old part of Haikou in the style which some experts have labelled Straits Chinese eclectic ... Hainan is one of the few places in... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
HK singer Joey Yung Cho-Yee's solo concert in S China Sep 11, 2009
Hong Kong pop star singer Joey Yung Cho-Yee sings new songs from her latest Chinese lyrics album, on her solo vocal concert of the Hainan Fans Club rendezvous, in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Peng Tong). (Xinhuanet, China)
Lucky "999" day sees tens of thousands Chinese wed Sep 10, 2009
Couples are seen at a marriage registry office in Haikou, South China's Hainan province, September 9, 2009. "Nine", which has the same pronunciation as "long-lasting" in Mandarin, is considered as a lucky day to get married. (Xinhuanet, China)
Man, 57, eyes world record for balancing act Aug 31, 2009
BEIJING, Aug. 31 -- A resident of Haikou who can balance more than 100 "health care balls", weighing a total of 16 kg, on one hand is eyeing the Guinness Book of World Records ... (Source: China Daily/Haikou Evening News). (Xinhuanet, China)
* Regular cross-strait flights start Aug. 31 Aug 11, 2009
TAKEOFF: The flight service will be available from 27 cities in China, including six newly added airports in Jinan, Guiyang, Nanchang, Harbin, Hefei and Haikou By Shelley Shan STAFF REPORTER Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009, Page 4 ... Meanwhile, the cross-strait flight service will be available from 27 cities in China, including six newly added airports in Jinan, Guiyang, Nanchang, Harbin, Hefei and Haikou. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Shipping service resumes in south China strait Aug 9, 2009
HAIKOU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Shipping services across south China's Qiongzhou strait resumed Saturday afternoon as tropical storm Goni churned southward. The maritime affairs bureau of island province Hainan ordered the resumption at 1:30 p.m. About 1,000 passengers stranded on the island by the storm are leaving. (Xinhuanet, China)
Tropical storm Goni: Nearly 100 missing in sea off S China Aug 8, 2009
HAIKOU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 100 ships' crew members from Cambodia, Vietnam and China are missing in heavy seas off south China's Hainan Island, a local official said Saturday. More than 20 ships in the area had been affected by gale conditions resulting from tropical storm Goni, said Xie Fuchun, an official with the Hainan Province's Bureau of Maritime Affairs. (Xinhuanet, China)
Floods trap 7,250 people in S China island province Aug 8, 2009
HAIKOU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Floods caused by a major typhoon surging toward south China's Hainan Province have trapped at least 7,250 people, said the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters on Saturday. Floods of 1. (Xinhuanet, China)
10 must-see streets in China Jul 30, 2009
Other streets included in the list are Pingjiang Road in Suzhou, Jiangsu province; Tunxi Old Street in Huangshan, Anhui province; Three Lanes and Seven Valleys in Fuzhou, Fujian province; Qilou Old Street in Hainan's Haikou and two other streets in Shandong province - Badaguan in Qingdao and Zhaode Street in Qingzhou. (Source: China Daily). (Xinhuanet, China)
Guangdong's Wang checks growth sums Jul 22, 2009
But we should rather devote our energy to economic restructuring and upgrading," Wang said. Guangdong set this year's GDP growth target at 8.5 - 9% and achieved 7.1% in the first half. Wang is one of the 25 members of the Politburo, and his words certainly carry their weight. Because of this, some China watchers in Hong Kong read his remarks as an implicit criticism of Wen for setting baoba as a political task. In any case, by pledging to uphold Hu's view of "scientific development", Wang... (Asia Times Online)
China's gross ocean product tops 1.3 trln yuan in H1 Jul 20, 2009
Haikou, capital of southern Hainan Province, has allocated 11 million yuan to support the development of fish-farm industry this year. Some coastal governments, including Guangdong and Hainan provinces, have signed agreements with the nation's oil explorers and refiners to develop offshore oil and natural gas facilities. (Xinhuanet, China)
Foreigners help promote S China island tourism May 9, 2009
HAIKOU, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-seven people from 15 countries have been invited to publicize tourist resources in China's southernmost province of Hainan ... Vaccari, an Italian who works with the Haikou office of Air Bus, has been in Hainan for four years ... Phone calls to family members or e-mails could be good advertisement, Han Bin, director with the Haikou foreign affairs office, said at the ceremony. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hainan hopes Apr 17, 2009
Hainan's beaches may not be as stunning as Hawaii, but they have been a lucrative pull for Gu Ju, chairman of Haikou Wanzhong Tourism ... Gu Ju, chairman, Haikou Wanzhong Tourism ... "I am 100 per cent sure that we will make a loss this year," he said, while supervising a day-long tour of the provincial capital Haikou. (BBC News -- Business)
AirAsia X set for more rapid growth Apr 3, 2009
The groups other China destinations include Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guilin and Haikou. China is crucial to AirAsias expansion plan to become a major player in connecting Malaysia and the greater Asean region to East Asia, Fernandes said at yesterdays launch of AirAsia Xs maiden flight to Tianjin by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
AirAsia to fly to Chengdu and Xian soon Apr 2, 2009
Currently, AirAsias other routes to China include Macau, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guilin and Haikou. China is crucial to AirAsias expansion plan towards becoming a mojor player in connecting Malaysia and the greater Asean region to East Asia, Fernandes said at the launch of AirAsia Xs maiden flight to Tianjin by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Young couple gets first prize in kissing contest Mar 19, 2009
A young couple won a kissing competition on Sunday in Haikou, capital of Hainan province ... BEIJING, March 19 -- A young couple won a kissing competition on Sunday in Haikou, capital of Hainan province. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese fishery administration vessel begins patrol Mar 18, 2009
HAIKOU, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's largest fishery administration vessel began patrolling the South China Sea Tuesday afternoon. "China Yuzheng 311" will patrol the Xisha Islands such as Zhaoshu, Yongxing and the East Island to give Chinese fishermen in this area more powerful protection for their interests and safety, said Liu Guimao with the Administration of Fishery and Fishing Harbor Supervision for the South China Sea. (Xinhuanet, China)
AirAsia plans more stops in India soon Mar 10, 2009
AirAsia flies to Guanzhou, Guilin, Haikou and Shenzhen. AirAsiaX services the Hangzhou (Shanghai) route and will start plying the Tianjin route soon. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Climate change on table for Clinton in China Feb 20, 2009
At the Haikou Agriculture & Industry & Trade Co., on Hainan Island, Tang Shanrong captures methane gas from manure at 16 of the firm's 40 pig farms. "The government encourages us to do this but it's difficult to make a quick profit," he says. (USA Today)
Chinese tourists flock to Malaysia Feb 15, 2009
"Last year, we arranged for over 30,000 mainlanders to visit Malaysia. We will still see an increase this year because the market here is so big and many Chinese have not visited Malaysia, but the growth will not be as high as before. "In times like these, short haul destinations are doing better compared to places like Europe, and many tourists are now looking for low to medium-end packages," said Cai who offers packages starting from 2,899 yuan, to Malaysia. Suhaimi Shaharuddin, Tourism... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
AirAsia offering 500,000 free tickets Feb 10, 2009
The latest promotion covers holiday destinations such as Bali, Bangkok, the Gold Coast, Haikou, Hangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Langkawi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Melbourne, Perth, Phuket, Shenzhen, Siem Reap, Singapore, Yogyakarta and others. Travellers can get the free tickets by logging onto or via mobile phone at. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
