Memorial held for ex-WWII workers Oct 13, 2005
"Human experimentation required secrecy, and Unit 516 carried out joint experimental work with Unit 731 at Ping Fan and at the Hailar subunit. Marutas were forced to drink liquid mustard gas. Their symptoms included vomiting and diarrhea. The mustard gas was designed to be dispersed as a spray. Its military attractions laid in its effects on the eyes and skin. Higher doses caused more severe and longer lasting eye damage, even blindness. Skin damage took six to twelve hours to appear. Huge... (Japan Today, Japan)
China Southern Expanding Service to Inner Mongolia Aug 18, 2005
China Southern has launched new services from Guangzhou to Hailar, Manzhouli, and Xilinhot -- via Hohhot -- in Inner Mongolia. Hailar, Manzhouli, and Xilinhot are known throughout China as the Golden Triangle of the Grasslands ... Located on the Hailar River, Hailar is an agricultural production center on the Chinese Eastern RR. Formerly known as Hulun, Hailar consists of an old and a new city. (Yahoo Finance -- Airline)
WB to provide loans for highway construction in north China May 2, 2005
The project involves the construction of a first-class road from Hailar to Manzhouli of Inner Mongolia, which is the last section of the state highway linking Manzhouli with Suifenhe, in northeast China's Province ... The Hailar-Manzhouli section is located in the Hulun Buir League of and will serve as a key channel for trade between the northern and northeastern parts of China, as well as between China and its neighboring countries such as and Mongolia ... The regional transport authority of... (People's Daily Online, China)
Man kills wife while robbing bank where she worked May 13, 2004
According to the police, Wang was manager of an agricultural cultivation company of Hailar city, in Hulun Buir League of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He decided to rob a bank becausehe was in an urgent shortage of 180,000 yuan (22,000 US dollars) to pay for chemical fertilizer his company needed. (Xinhuanet, China -- China)
Wolf spotted at Inner Mongolia airport Nov 26, 2003
The scene happened at Dongshan Airport of Hailar in Hulun Buir City, which is located on the fringe of grassland. In the past, groups of wolves roamed the area and the local government encouraged residents to kill them because they attacked livestock, according to an old man who had worked in the city for many years and once killed four wolves in 40 minutes (Xinhua, China)
