ILLINOIS STYLE: Restaurant owner once was Chinese official Nov 14, 2008
The youngest of four children, Liu had a top government job in the city of Liuzhou, a commercial and business hub in southwest China. It was her job to approve all imports into the city. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
General Motors Is Talking With Partner to Raise Stake in China Van Venture Nov 9, 2008
1 percent, GM owns 34 percent and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. holds the rest. GM is seeking to boost market share in the world's fastest- growing major economy, where the venture based in southern Guangxi province accounts for about half its local sales. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Aspire Builds China Management Team Nov 4, 2008
Liao Dong Shang will serve as Director of Committee for Aspire (GuangXi) Inc. Shang was employed by the Hydro Co. in Liuzhou, Guangxi and established Liuzhou Yi Sheng Da Trading Co. Ltd. In 2003, Wang started Wu Xuan Zinc Wang Mining Co. Ltd. and managed its operations over the next 3 years. Additionally, Wang has started several mining companies in Guangxi and concentrates all of his efforts in the Mining Industry. (Primezone Releases)
PacificNet Joins US Consul General Goldberg's Trade Delegation to Guangxi China Oct 18, 2008
During the Trade Mission, PacificNet Directors met with local governors and leaders including Mr. Zheng Kangjun, Mayor of Liuzhou, and Mr. Zhang Fuhai, Vice Mayor, to discuss business opportunities in the large and prosperous Guangxi Province, with a focus on the development of the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Special Economic Zone. US Consul General Robert Goldberg commented, "In the course of my career I have been very involved in China's accession to the world and looking at China's economic... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Five fired over south China water contamination Oct 14, 2008
Environmental testing showed the villages' water source was polluted by industrial waste discharged from Jinhai Metallurgy Chemical, a branch of the state-owned Liuzhou China Tin Co. Ltd. based in Guangxi's Liuzhou City. The Hechi government said the plant illegally discharged waste and got away with it because of the Environmental Protection Bureau's poor surveillance. (Xinhuanet, China)
Tainted China water sickens 450 Oct 12, 2008
The company - a branch of the state-owned Liuzhou China Tin Company - was closed after the contamination was discovered. Xinhua said the local government and the company had agreed to share the medical costs of the villagers. (BBC News -- Health)
* Sichuan to build homes for Tibetans Oct 11, 2008
Last week local officials had said 200 people became ill after drinking water contaminated by industrial waste from Jinhai Metallurgy Chemical, a branch of the state-owned Liuzhou China Tin Co. The factory has been closed since the contamination was detected. Tests on all 647 people in the two villages showed that four have been diagnosed with arsenic poisoning, Xinhua said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Number of sick in S China water poisoning rises to 450 Oct 11, 2008
Environmental monitoring measures indicated the villages' water source was polluted by industrial waste from Jinhai Metallurgy Chemical, a branch of the state-owned Liuzhou China Tin Co. Ltd. based in Liuzhou City, Guangxi. The plant has been closed since the contamination was discovered. (Xinhuanet, China)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Would-be protesters still detained in China Sep 18, 2008
The detainees are from the industrial city of Liuzhou, in Guangxi Autonomous Region, and they have been held by local police since Sept. 10, when they were arrested in Beijing before they had a chance to carry out any protests ... The government sends a car every day to pick up Huang Liuqing to take her to see the mother, who was injured in the chest while being treated roughly by the police, said Huang Liuqing, who also lives in Liuzhou but did not travel to Beijing last week ... Police... (International Herald Tribune)
Would-be protesters find the Olympics failed to expand free speech in Beijing Sep 12, 2008
Huang Liuhong, center, and her older sister, at right with her baby, went to Beijing this week to protest property losses but instead found themselves surrounded by police officers and being shipped back south to their hometown, the city of Liuzhou ... That night, Huang, 36, speaking by cellphone, said that she and her older sister were being driven back south to their city, Liuzhou, and that a policewoman had just stripped them naked so they would not try to run away ... The case of Huang and... (International Herald Tribune)
* PRC steelmakers invest in new venture Sep 5, 2008
Major Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron Steel Group (Z~K) has joined with smaller partner Liuzhou Iron Group (h{K) to set up a venture with an eventual annual capacity of 27 ... The project gives Wuhan Iron , also known as Wisco, an 80 percent stake in the joint venture through a cash investment, while Liuzhou Iron , or Liugang, will contribute all its net assets, Liugang said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
F1 motorboat world championship GP to open in S China Sep 3, 2008
NANNING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The 2008 F1 motorboat world championship China grand prix will be held from October 10 to 12 in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a local government official said on Tuesday ... Gan Lin, vice mayor of Liuzhou, said the circuit for the competition in the Huafengwan water area will be located between Hongguang bridge across Liujiang river and the No. 1 bridge of Liujiang river, which belongs to the central downtown area of Liuzhou. (Xinhuanet, China)
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)
Also working abroad Jul 13, 2008
Megan Richards, Bismarck: Liuzhou, China. Rachel Henkelmann, Linton: Yamagata City, Japan. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Thousands evacuated as rains lash China quake region Jun 16, 2008
In neighboring Guangxi province, water levels reached the rooftops in many villages in the Liuzhou area, while major provincial roads were flooded stranding thousands of transport vehicles, local reports said. Almost 18 million people had been affected by flooding while more than 141,000 homes had been wrecked or damaged, the government said. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Rainstorms kill 12, affect millions in southern China Jun 14, 2008
Two citizens cross over the inundated Xihuan Road, in an emergent displacement move, at Liuzhou City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 12, 2008 ... Two days' heavy precipitations that hit Liuzhou has caused severe inundation, particularly acute in lower parts of the city proper, that left pedestrians and vehicles stranded ... Local residents with their properties on shoulder cross over the inundated Xihuan Road and transfer to upper land in emergency, at Liuzhou City,... (Xinhuanet, China)
Death toll from China viral outbreak rises to 32, 24,934 infected May 9, 2008
In Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southwest China, a boy aged one and a half years old from the rural area of Liuzhou City died on Tuesday, the local health administration announced. The child began to cough and caught a fever on Saturday. (Xinhuanet, China)
GM May Boost China Auto Sales 50% Over Three Years as Economy Spurs Sales Apr 19, 2008
The rest is held by , China's biggest domestic automaker, and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co.. expects to sell 75 percent of vehicles outside of its home market within a decade. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Cincinnati keeps Liuzhou as sister city Apr 19, 2008
Cincinnati is extending its sister-city relationship with Liuzhou, China, for another five years ... The culture exchange began in 1988 when Liuzhou became Cincinnati's first sister city ... Liuzhou is located in the central part of Guangxi Autonomous Region and is home to 3. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
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)
