* FEATURE: China still warming to concept of cheerleaders Mar 5, 2008
Three hours before tip-off for the women's game between the Beijing Great Wall and Liaoyang Golden Lions, the cheerleaders were rehearsing in the empty arena. No one bothered to turn on the lights, so the six young women practiced in the weak sunshine filtering through a skylight spanning the length of the court. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Visiting China's nuclear past Sep 2, 2007
He came clear across the country, from Liaoyang province in the northeast, leaving behind his wife, who would follow two years later. Shi was stationed to sub-factory No. 2, which experimented with dynamite. (Los Angeles Times)
Three killed, 3 injured in NE China mine blast May 19, 2007
The accident occurred Thursday morning at a coalmine in Huazi Town, Liaoyang City when 40 miners were working in the mine, said an official with Liaoyang city government. Thirty-seven, including three miners burnt in the blast, managed to escape. (Xinhuanet, China)
... Chinese homes just built Mar 29, 2007
Last spring, Tonghai Construction and Engineering Co in Liaoyang county of Liaoning province in northeastern China started to develop a property project on a 2 ... However, it was not until January 1 that the site was put up for sale in the Liaoyang Land Bank and Exchange Center at a reserved price of 4 million yuan (US$516,500). (Asia Times Online)
