Deaf-mutes sold to China pickpocket ring May 24, 2007
They went missing from their school in Liupanshui city, Guizhou, last month, the newspaper said, adding that the ring trained and required each person to steal and turn in 500 yuan ($A79) a day. Zhu Xiangyu, 52, vice-principal of the school and vice-president of Liupanshui's Deaf-Mute Association, and four other suspects were taken into police custody. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
WB assists in expanding railway capacity in W China Jan 30, 2007
The World Bank's China office told Xinhua on Tuesday that the project aimed to provide a major increase in capacity to the Liupanshui-Zhanyi (Liu-Zhan) section of the Guiyang-Kunming railway line, improving passenger services and freight transport by halving the transit times and enabling operation of double-stack container trains ... To expand its capacity to and from Yunnan, the government plans to realign the track to allow higher speeds; double-track the section between Liupanshui and... (Xinhuanet, China)
China talks tough to industrial polluters Jan 12, 2007
The four hit are Tangshan in the northern Hebei province, Luliang in the coal-rich Shanxi province, Liupanshui in the impoverished southern Guizhou and Laiwu in the northern Shandong province. The agency accused the cities of causing serious pollution and said that they had approved projects that violated environmental laws. (TimesOnline)
Major pollution spill 'every other day' in China Jan 11, 2007
The four cities to be punished are Tangshan in Hebei province, Luliang in Shanxi province, Liupanshui in Guizhou province and Laiwu in Shandong province. "The cities do not have the environmental capacity to handle more pollutants," Mr Pan said. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
