National Digest Oct 21, 2008
The Intermediate People s Court in Hengshui delivered the sentence Saturday after finding Liu Zhihua guilty of taking bribes, said a court clerk who would only give his surname, Ma. The sentence will be commuted to life in prison in two years if Liu shows good behavior. (Creston News Adertiser, IO)
Ex-Beijing official gets death sentence Oct 20, 2008
The Intermediate People's Court of Hengshui, a city outside Beijing, sentenced Liu on Saturday to death, with a two-year reprieve. With good behavior, his sentence could be commuted to life imprisonment. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Ex-Beijing vice-mayor convicted Oct 19, 2008
One of them, Wang Jianrui, was named by the Intermediate People's Court in the city of Hengshui, although the reports did not say whether she had been prosecuted. Liu's lawyer, Mo Shaoping, told the Associated Press that the allegations had been dubious and that he would probably appeal. (BBC News)
Former Beijing vice mayor given death penalty Oct 19, 2008
02 million U.S. dollars) when he was vice mayor of Beijing and director of the management committee of Zhongguancun Science Park from 1999 to 2006, according to Hengshui Intermediate People's Court in neighboring Hebei Province. The court said the bribes were pocketed by Liu and his mistress Wang Jianrui. (Xinhuanet, China)
South China expressway closed over subsidence collapse Feb 15, 2008
One of the piers, coded H32, that supported a bridge along the expressway linking Guangzhou with Shenzhen close to Hong Kong subsided by about half a meter, causing about 50 meters of the road surface to drop, said Lan Hengshui, deputy managing director of the expressway company. The subsidence left a V-shaped indentation on the Wangniudun section of the expressway, between Guangzhou and the manufacturing town of Dongguan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Lingering fog plays havoc with Chinese cities Dec 24, 2007
A red fog warning, the highest level, was issued by the local meteorological observatory on Sunday as visibility in Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, Handan and Hengshui was less than 50 meters. Visibility of less than 500 meters was also reported in other parts of Hebei, including Baoding, Langfang and Cangzhou. (Xinhuanet, China)
Free university for China's future teachers May 4, 2007
"It will relieve my parents' burden remarkably," said Jia from Hengshui, Hebei Province. Her parents had earned most of her annual 5,400 yuan (692 U.S. dollars) tuition fees by laboring in crop fields and also borrowing money from friends. (Xinhuanet, China)
