Bankrupt GM bullish on Asia Jun 2, 2009
GM makes light commercial vehicles in China in a three-way tie-up with SAIC Motor and Liuzhou Wuling Automobile, and operates a separate car manufacturing venture in Shanghai with SAIC, China's largest automaker. GM said a day earlier its Asia-Pacific operations were financially self-sufficient, needing no help from U.S. headquarters, although financing difficulties remained in some countries such as South Korea and Thailand. (India Times)
Case Corp Acquisitions May 18, 2009
Liuzhou Case Liugong Construction Equipment Company Limited, Liuzhou, China. Product: Assembly of Loader Backhoes. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
The auto industry's not dead yet Apr 29, 2009
It is expanding plants, planning to bring out a slew of new models and moving to raise its stake in van maker Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. GM sold 137,000 vehicles in China in March, an increase of 24. 6 per cent from a year earlier. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Top advisor underscores economic development, unity Mar 26, 2009
Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, inspects Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd. in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on March 22, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng). (Xinhuanet, China)
China steel makers rush to link up Mar 18, 2009
Wuhan Iron & Steel, parent of Wuhan Steel, bought into smaller rival Liuzhou Iron & Steel. And Hebei Iron & Steel was formed in a merger of two major steel firms, the parents of Tangshan Iron & Steel and Handan Iron & Steel. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
China shares edge up on technical rebound Mar 2, 2009
Liuzhou Iron & Steel Co. soared 7. 3 percent to 4. (International Herald Tribune)
Police authority displays anti-riot show in Southwest China Feb 18, 2009
A police dog jumps through a fire ring at the command of a Chinese police officer during a city show for local residents at a square in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 17, 2009. Local police authority displayed anti-riot vehicles, police weapons and showed the skills of police dogs, expecting to facilitate the understandings between local police and residents. (People's Daily Online, China)
China shares hit 5 1/2-month high Feb 16, 2009
Baoshan Iron & Steel Ltd., China's biggest steelmaker, and Liuzhou Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. both soared by the daily limit of 10 percent, Baosteel to 6. 42 yuan and Liusteel to 4. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Snow and skirt show weather difference in China Feb 14, 2009
A girl wearing a short dress walks on a street in Liuzhou City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 13, 2009. The highest temperature of the city reached over 32 degrees Celsius Friday. (People's Daily Online, China)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
GM presses Thailand for assistance Feb 8, 2009
GM makes light commercial vehicles in China in a three-way venture with SAIC Motor and Liuzhou Wuling Automobile. It also operates a car manufacturing venture in Shanghai with SAIC, the largest Chinese automaker. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
First Liuzhou Animation and Comic Festival kicks off Feb 10, 2008
Dancers performed at the opening ceremony of the first Liuzhou Animation and Comic Festival in southern Chinese city of Liuzhou on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008 ... The colorful exhibitions have provided a fresh entertainment for the Liuzhou citizens during the Spring Festival. (Xinhuanet, China)
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)
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)
Chinese Yang Yu spoils it for Malaysia Nov 10, 2007
PETALING JAYA: Defender Yang Yu's early strike in the 12th minute enabled China to edge Malaysia 1-0 in a Group F match of the Asian Under-19 football qualifying match at the Liuzhou Sports Centre in China on Thursday. It was the second straight victory for fancied China after having thrashed Singapore 7-1 on the opening day on Tuesday. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Warrants are tied to big and successful China firms Oct 22, 2007
Its parent Aluminium Corp of China recently bought China Nonferrous New Material Co. from Liuzhou China Tin Group Co. while Chalco is buying Liancheng Aluminium Co., which owns a capacity of 270,000 tonnes of aluminium and 40,000 tonnes of semi-finished aluminium products. Chalco recently formed a joint venture with Binladin Group and MMC Corp Bhd to build a US$3bil aluminium smelter with annual capacity of one million tons at Jazan Economic City in Saudi Arabia. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
No sign of an end for this party Oct 17, 2007
Outside the hall, delegate Yu Kongfeng, a handsome man in a three-piece suit who hails from Liuzhou in Guangxi Province, needed no coaxing to express admiration for his party and president; nor for that matter, for Karl Marx. "As we listened to General Secretary Hu today, our belief in Marxism and Leninism, in communism which is of course the loftiest ideal of all mankind has grown even stronger," he said. (Toronto Star)
Scandalous boomAre close business ties corrupting the Chinese Communist Party? Oct 16, 2007
In the provincial town of Liuzhou, 1,200 miles west of Shanghai near the Vietnamese border, town officials held a banquet for GM executives and journalists to celebrate GM's investment in a new engine plant at formerly state-owned Wuling, China's leading maker of small minivans. Leading the toasts was Liuzhou's most important official, who hailed GM's investment and hoped that more multinationals would invest in Guangxi Province to help boost people's standard of living ... In September, he won... (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
GM joint venture engine plant begins production in southern China Sep 13, 2007
The 2 billion yuan ($263 million) plant in Liuzhou, Guangxi province, will have a capacity of 300,000 engines a year, GM said in a statement. It is meant to facilitate product development at SAIC-GM-Wuling's minicar factory, which now buys engines and related parts from outside suppliers, the company said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
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)
Multinationals Accused Of Fouling Waters In China Aug 23, 2007
The NGO said SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., a joint venture between General Motors and Shanghainese partners, had been cited for emitting tainted water from its Liuzhou assembly plant in June 2006. Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) Co., a subsidiary of the South Korean shipbuilder, was found to have operated illegally prior to receiving approval from the environmental authority. (Forbes -- Markets)
Heavy rains return to batter south China Jun 14, 2007
Chinese newspapers showed a picture of villagers holding vegetables and wallets above their heads as they waded chest-deep water in Liuzhou in Guangxi. In the worst-hit Meizhou municipality in the northeast of Guangdong province, officials warned evacuated villagers who returned to inspect their inundated houses not to stay long.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Floods devastate hundreds of thousands of Chinese Jun 13, 2007
Some 260 mm of rain in seven hours on Tuesday night flooded streets in Liuzhou city in the southwestern region of Guangxi, submerging more than 20 big basement garages, Xinhua said. Heavy rain would continue to batter at least seven provinces across south China on Wednesday, the National Meteorological Centre said on its Web site (www. (Reuters AlertNet)
Strong appetite for tin in China May 14, 2007
Last year, Yunnan Tin Co headed the list with an annual refined tin production of 52,399 tonnes, Yunnan Chengfeng with 21,765 tonnes, Liuzhou China Tin 10,927 tonnes and Gejui Zi-Li 8,990 tonnes. A worker holding an ingot of tin - Reuters. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
GM May Be Survivor as Automaker Slashes Costs in U.S., Boosts Asia Sales May 3, 2007
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp.'s Wuling minivans and Chevrolet Spark minicars are so popular in China even the vehicles reserved for test drives at the factory in Liuzhou have been sold ... GM may expand production at its Liuzhou joint venture in south-central China and another in Shanghai to 1 ... The automaker pays workers about $9 an hour for labor and benefits in Shanghai, and about half that in Liuzhou, in south-central China, GM China Chairman Kevin Wale said last month. (Bloomberg)
BlackBerry service restored Apr 19, 2007
" AT, the largest U.S. wireless service provider, said it had an increase in calls to its customer service hotline during the outage. Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc, began receiving calls from customers at roughly 6 p.m. New York time yesterday, spokesman Jim Gerace said in an interview. Shares of Research In Motion rose $3.10, or 2.4 percent, to $134.37 at 4:01 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. They have gained 5.2 percent this... (Chicago Tribune)
SW city to host China's first Int'l clown festival Mar 22, 2007
NANNING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China's first international clown festival in early May is expected to attract 50 artists from 10 countries to Liuzhou, in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said a local government official on Wednesday. The performances by clowns from the United States, Britain, and France and other countries will bring laughs and fun to the citizens of Liuzhou and an estimated 200,000 visitors, said Huang Shuping, vice secretary general of the Liuzhou city... (Xinhuanet, China)
America's Chevy drives to make its marque in China Jan 12, 2007
But the tiny Chevrolet Spark subcompact comes from a separate joint venture with SAIC and Liuzhou Wuling Automotive, and is manufactured at Wuling's factory in Liuzhou, south-eastern China. The mix in makers has created a bit of a mish-mash in branding. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
GM's performance this year will depend largely on how it does in China Jan 10, 2007
But the tiny Chevrolet Spark subcompact comes from the separate Wuling joint venture with SAIC and Liuzhou Wuling Automotive, and is manufactured at Wuling's factory in Liuzhou in southeastern China. Kevin Wale, the president of GM's China operations, acknowledged in an interview that getting the two joint ventures to work together on Chevrolet's image would take some work. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
