Measures to counter impact Nov 26, 2008
Choo said Sino Hua-Ans wholly owned subsidiary Linyi Yehua Coking Co Ltd had reduced its metallurgical coke production capacity to 73% since August due to the lower demand, adding that the company was running at almost full capacity from 2006 till the first half of this year. Cedric Choo Sia Teik. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Tainted milk takes big toll on rural Chinese Oct 18, 2008
After the tainted milk scandal broke in mid-September, Liao and her husband Zhang Rongwei took their twins yet again to their local hospital in Linyi. Slide show. (MSNBC -- International)
Family deals with tainted milk scandal Oct 18, 2008
After the tainted milk scandal broke in mid-September, Liao and her husband Zhang Rongwei took their twins yet again to their local hospital in Linyi ... Unable to do more to help them, doctors in Linyi told the Zhangs to seek treatment in Beijing. (USA Today)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Corruption in thename of culture Sep 17, 2008
Shandong's city of Linyi is the home town of Wang Xizhi (303-361 AD), known as the greatest Chinese calligrapher in history. A few years ago, the Linyi city government spent 100 million yuan to rebuild Wang's home as a tourist attraction. (Asia Times Online)
China Water Industry Announces Acquisition of Eight Sewage Treatment and Water Supply Projects Aug 21, 2008
Recently, the Group has progressively acquired all or part of the interests in the water supply and/or sewage treatment projects in Yichun City and Yingtan City of Jiangxi Province, Dangshan County of Anhui Province, Jinan City of Shandong Province, Jinxiang County in Jining city of Shandong Province, Linyi City of Shandong Province, Shangqiu City of Henan Province and Danzhou City of Hainan Province. With a wealth of professional management team comprising experts of city construction and water... (PR Newswire)
Activists Jailed Before Games... Aug 3, 2008
Similarly, Yuan Weijing, the wife of imprisoned activist Chen Guangcheng, said the number of guards watching her home in the Shangdong province town of Linyi has risen from 10 to more than 40. "Because of the Olympics approaching, people like me -- nothing more than a rights defender's wife -- are being specially protected by the government," she said in a statement disseminated by Human Rights in China. (The Drudge Report)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Sino Hua-An to defer buying plant Jul 1, 2008
According to executive chairman Tunku Naquiyuddin Tuanku Ja'afar, the acquisition of Linyi Jiangxin Steel Co Ltd has been deferred due to the prevailing market conditions ... The company had in late February announced that it was putting off the acquisition of Linyi Jiangxin after taking into consideration several factors, including the increase in funding costs, escalating iron ore prices and also its own depressed share price ... Sino Hua-An had proposed to acquire a 49% equity stake in the... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Evacuations ongoing as China works to shore up quake lakes May 28, 2008
Vievie Hoo, Linyi, China. Have your say. (Yahoo News -- China)
Death toll from a mass intestinal virus infection rose to 22 after another child died in eastern Fuyang City, Anhui Province on Friday.• Hubei: 340 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease May 3, 2008
Last year in Linyi City, eastern Shandong Province, two boys and a girl, all under the age of two, died from the disease. EV71 can cause hand, foot and mouth disease, which usually starts with a slight fever followed by blisters and ulcers in the mouth and rashes on hands and feet. (Xinhuanet, China)
China tries to teach Tibet a lesson that the Apr 22, 2008
Vievie Hoo, Linyi, China. The Han Chinese have moved in and made the Tibetans second class citizens in their own land. (Times Online)
Zhongyu Gas Holdings Limited (HKEx: 8070) Announces the Commencement of Its Final CBM Releasing Processes and Appointment of Netherland, Sewell & Associates for CBM Property Evaluation Feb 29, 2008
(Sanmenxia, Yongcheng, Linyi Zhongyu, Linyi China Gas, Xinmi, Yanshi,Jiaozuo, Luohe and Jiyuan) Zhongyu Gas was listed on the GEM board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 2001. For further information, please contact: Zhongyu Gas Holdings Limited. (PR Newswire)
China's Role In Supply Of Drug Is Under Fire Feb 22, 2008
Wang Shengfu, manager of another raw-heparin maker in China's Shandong province, Linyi Meiyuan Seasoning Co., notes that unscrupulous businesspeople and middlemen can easily "provide buyers with fake records.". His firm uses pig intestines only from slaughterhouses owned by its parent company, he says, so it can keep accurate records. (Yahoo News -- Consumer News)
* Why China is afraid of nobodies Feb 5, 2008
Chen, a blind peasant and self-taught lawyer, had protested in 2005 against the kidnapping of some 3,000 women in his hometown of Linyi. The women were sterilized or forced into having abortions in order to stabilize the population increase in the region. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Former Shandong vice-governor sentenced to death Dec 28, 2007
The Intermediate People's Court of Linyi City also deprived He of his political rights for life, and ordered confiscation of all He's personal property. The court found that from 1991 to May 2006 during He's tenure in various posts, he accepted and solicited bribes totaling 8. (Xinhuanet, China)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Controlled dissentActivists who have challenged China's Communist authorities Oct 17, 2007
The 36-year-old has defended women whom he said were being forced into late-term abortions and being sterilised by over-zealous health officials in Linyi city, Shandong Province. He was sentenced to four years and three months in prison in August last year, after being convicted of damaging property and disrupting traffic. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China, Vatican agree on new bishop Sep 22, 2007
Friday's ceremony began with a processing of seminarians, nuns, priests and bishops, including ordaining prelate John Fang Xingyao of the eastern diocese of Linyi, who has received Vatican approval. Proceedings were broadcast to those outside via loudspeaker and closed-circuit television. (USA Today -- News)
One-child solutionIs China's long-held one-child policy actually working? Sep 20, 2007
Activist Chen Guangcheng was sent to prison last year for exposing what he says were over-zealous health workers in Linyi city, Shandong Province. China has rejected calls to change its one-child policy. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
China stops activist's wife leaving country Aug 24, 2007
But there is no reason to detain her," Zeng told Reuters by phone. Yuan's telephone was turned off. Police earlier accosted and briefly detained a small group of foreign reporters who had gone to where Yuan was staying in Beijing, the house of another activist, Hu Jia and his wife Zeng. Officers tried to seize film and stopped Hu from driving Yuan to the airport. Yuan told Reuters before going to the airport that the foreign affairs office in Linyi, near where she lives, had called her late on... (AlertNet)
China denies rights abuses Jul 31, 2007
In cases such as that of a blind activist, Chen Guangcheng, who exposed forced abortions and sterilisations in Linyi city, defence lawyers say they have been repeatedly harassed, prevented from interviewing witnesses and in one case a lawyer was arrested until after the trial. At a news conference the head of the Chinese delegation, He Yafei, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs assistant minister, and the head of the Australian delegation, Peter Grey, a diplomat, were asked about Mr Chen's case and... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Beijing reports more cases of hand-foot-mouth disease Jul 13, 2007
In Linyi city, eastern Shandong Province, two boys and a girl, all under the age of two, have died from the disease this year, according to the provincial health department. China first reported the hand-foot-mouth disease in Shanghai in 1981. (Xinhuanet, China)
Beijing reports sharp rise in hand-foot-mouth disease Jun 19, 2007
In Linyi city, eastern Shandong Province, two boys and a girl, all under the age of two, have died from the disease this year, according to the provincial health department. Linyi had reported 1,263 cases as of May 24 this year, 872 of whom had recovered. (Xinhuanet, China)
What Are China Stocks Really Worth? CSI 300 May Need to Drop by 65 Percent Jun 12, 2007
Linyi, Shandong-based People's Food Holdings, China's biggest meat processor, trades in Singapore at a price-to- earnings valuation 56 percent cheaper than Hong Kong-listed shares of Nanjing-based China Yurun Food, the nation's largest pork product producer and a seller of ham and sausages. Hebei Province-based Fortune Ng Fung Food, which produces beef and is listed in Shanghai, has a price-to-earnings ratio about 13 times higher than People's Food. (Bloomberg)
Zhongyu Gas Holdings Limited: Participation of Leading Institutional Investors Paves the Way for Successful Development of Coalbed Methane ("CBM") Resources Jun 7, 2007
Currently Zhongyu Gas has six downstream projects under operation (Sanmenxia, Yongcheng, Linyi Zhongyu, Linyi China Gas, Xinmi, Yanshi). Another three projects (Jiaozuo, Luohe, Jiyuan) will be injected into Zhongyu Gas under a previously announced very substantial acquisition. (PR Newswire)
Third child dies from hand-foot-mouth disease in east China city, outbreak slowing down May 25, 2007
The baby boy was admitted to hospital in Linyi City early on Monday after developing symptoms of fever and a rash with blisters, said Bao Wenhui, deputy director of the department ... A 14-month-old boy and a two-year-old girl have also died of the disease in Linyi city since late April ... As of Wednesday,188 hand-foot-mouth patients were receiving treatment in hospitals in Linyi. (People's Daily Online, China)
Chinese baby dies of viral disease May 25, 2007
The boy was taken to a hospital in the city of Linyi on Monday after developing a fever and a rash with blisters, the Xinhua News Agency said, citing Bao Wenhui, deputy director of the Shandong provincial health department ... Since April, two other children died of the disease in Linyi, a 14-month-old boy and a 2-year-old girl ... The disease, which is common in children, has sickened 1,263 in Linyi, and 872 have recovered, Bao said. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
No need for panic with hand-foot-mouth outbreak May 22, 2007
A 14-month-old boy and a two-year-old girl died of hand-foot-mouth disease in Linyi city in east China's Shandong province on May 19 and April 29 respectively. Symptoms of the disease include fever, sores in the mouth and a rash with blisters. (Xinhua)
China claims to have curbed the Hand-foot-mouth disease outbreak May 22, 2007
The two deaths include a 14 months old boy who was admitted to Linyi People's Hospital on Saturday morning after developing fever and a rash with blisters, few of the symptoms of the disease ... The disease started spreading in Linyi city of east Chinas Shandong Province in late April and 981 cases of sickened people since then have been reported, 609 of whom have recovered according to the department. (The Money Times)
China virus outbreak kills second child May 22, 2007
The baby died in Linyi city on Saturday after he contracted Coxsackie virus, also called "hand, foot, and mouth disease", which lives in the digestive system and can spread through poor hygiene and faeces, especially in summertime, Xinhua news agency reported, citing local health officials ... But the outbreak in Linyi had already killed a two-year-old girl on April 29 ... But the latest report said Linyi confirmed 61 new cases of the disease on Sunday and said the total number since April was... (Reuters AlertNet)
Hand-foot-mouth outbreak contained in east China city: official May 21, 2007
A hand-foot-mouth outbreak that began in April in Linyi city of east China's Province has been contained and no new deaths have been reported, said an official with the provincial health department on Saturday. The outbreak in Linyi began in late April ... The patients are scattered in different counties and towns in the Linyi area. (People's Daily Online, China)
China says it controls viral outbreak in children May 20, 2007
More than 800 people, mostly children, went down with hand-foot-mouth disease in counties and towns around the city of Linyi, a Shandong provincial health official said ... Local media said authorities in Linyi had denied the accusation. (Scientific American)
* Chou Yi turns to tea May 20, 2007
Chou hopes to lead a simpler life, ruminating on the contemporary cultural paradigm, at Teng (~), his newly opened teahouse tucked away in the labyrinthine of alleys off Linyi Street ({^), and the temporary home for Wistaria as the old meeting place site undergoes renovations. The son of Chou Te-wei (Pw), a Peking University graduate and an acclaimed economist who studied under Friedrich Hayek, Chou Yu was influenced by liberal and traditional Chinese intellectual traditions and often... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hand-foot-mouth outbreak contained in E China May 20, 2007
JINAN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A hand-foot-mouth outbreak that began in April in Linyi city of east China's Shandong Province has been contained and no new deaths have been reported, said an official with the provincial health department on Saturday. The outbreak in Linyi began in late April ... The patients are scattered in different counties and towns in the Linyi area. (Xinhuanet, China)
Empire of Lies May 3, 2007
In 2005, a family-planning squad targeted the city of Linyi and its surrounding rural area, in the Shandong Province, because the population had far exceeded the Partys child quota ... The agents tortured the Linyi men until they revealed the hiding places of their daughters and wives ... The man responsible for the Linyi revelations an act of true courage and heroismis a young peasant, blind since childhood: Chen Guangcheng, a self-taught barefoot lawyer. (Ocnus.net)
Sino Hua-An rides on China steel demand Mar 26, 2007
Liu told Malaysian journalists during a visit to Linyi Yehua Coking Co Ltd's coke plant in Shandong province, China, recently the group planned to increase its production capacity to 1 ... Sino Hua-An, a special-purpose vehicle set up to facilitate PN17 company Antah's restructuring scheme, will acquire 100% of China-based PIPO Overseas Ltd, which owns metallurgical coke producer Linyi Yehua Coking Co Ltd, for RM800mil, via the issuance of 800 million new Sino Hua-An shares of RM1 each. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Awards for free speech defenders Mar 15, 2007
Known as the "barefoot lawyer", he is a blind activist who publicised reports of forced abortions, as late as eight months pregnant, and sterilisations in the city of Linyi to enforce China's one-child policy. Mr Chen was sentenced in August 2006 to over four years in prison for property damage and organising a crowd to disturb traffic. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Rivals on a Legal Tightrope Seek to Widen Freedoms in China Feb 25, 2007
In 2005, Mr. Chen sought to organize a class-action lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of peasants forced to have abortions or undergo sterilization procedures after local officials in Linyi City, Shandong, failed to meet their official population-control quotas ... Last October, a higher court in the city of Linyi overturned the verdict and ordered a new trial. (The Ledger)
A Chinese Activist Lost in the System Feb 16, 2007
As my colleague Hannah Beech when Chen's sentence of four years and three months was announced last September, Chen is a "self-schooled legal activist who came to Shanghai to publicize the plight of women who had been forced to undergo abortions or sterilizations as part of the nation's family-planning campaign. China has tried for more than two decades to lower its population through its 'one-child' policy, but the coercive measures used in Shandong's Linyi region are now illegal. By... (Time.com)
* Lawyer tortured for confession in PRC prison, wife alleges Jan 13, 2007
Chen Guangcheng's () lawyer, Li Jingsong (lQ), said that the Intermediate Court in central Shandong Province's Linyi City had reviewed the documents from Chen's retrial in November and decided to uphold the verdict and sentence of four years and three months for damaging property and "organizing a mob to disturb traffic." ... The Linyi Intermediate Court rejected the verdict from Chen's first trial last August in the Yinan County court because of insufficient evidence and ordered a... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Senior official calls for efforts to ensure stability Jan 8, 2007
Luo visited the countryside, judicial offices, companies, and armed police barracks in cities of Jinan, Tai'an, and Linyi. He paid special attentions to how judicial offices in Tai'an solve disputes and provide legal counsel. (Xinhuanet, China)
The changing fortunes of Antah Jan 3, 2007
PIPO owns coke producer Linyi Yehua Coking Co Ltd. The exercise would see Antah creditors taking a haircut and the sale of non-core assets. The proposal gives Antah a new core business. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
