Typhoon Morakot Kills 29 in China, Taiwan; Storm in Japan Leaves 13 Dead Aug 11, 2009
A child died yesterday after a house collapsed in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province, Xinhua reported earlier. Winds slowed to 64 kilometers per hour and Morakot is forecast to continue weakening as it moves farther inland. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Typhoon Causes Massive China Landslide Aug 11, 2009
The official Xinhua News Agency said the landslide in the town of Pengxi, in Zhejiang province's Wenzhou city, was triggered by heavy rains carried by the storm Morakot, which has already killed six people and left three missing in mainland China. The landslide destroyed at least six four-story apartment buildings at the foot of a mountain at 10:30 p.m. local time, Xinhua said. (Time.com)
Typhoons cause deaths, destruction across Asia Aug 11, 2009
A 4-year-old child was reported dead in Wenzhou, a city of almost 1. 4 million in Zhejiang province, where officials said the storm, named Morakot, had leveled more than 300 homes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Typhoon Morakot kills 6 on Chinese mainland Aug 11, 2009
Wenzhou City, in Zhejiang, reported the first death in the typhoon on Sunday after three adults and a 4-year-old boy were buried when the torrential rain brought five houses down. After they were rescued, the boy died, according to the city's flood-control headquarters. (Xinhuanet, China)
Military Rescues Some 260 From Mudslide Aug 11, 2009
The heavy rains triggered a massive landslide in Pengxi, a town in Wenzhou city of eastern China's Zhejiang province, destroying seven three-story apartment buildings at the foot of a mountain late Monday, an official surnamed Chen from the Pengxi government told The Associated Press. Xinhua reported that an unknown number of residents were buried in the landslide, though Chen put the number at six. (Click2Houston, TX)
Typhoons bring death, havoc to East Asia Aug 11, 2009
The buildings collapsed around 10:00 pm Monday night in the town of Pengxi, in Taishun county, near Wenzhou City in Zhejiang province. Local resident Tang Zhonghai said he was woken up the landslide. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Typhoon Morakot slammed into Chinese provinces on the eastern coast on Sunday, causing casualties, destroying houses and inundating farmlands.• One million evacuated as Typhoon Morakot approaching Aug 10, 2009
Wenzhou City airport has canceled 39 domestic flights, the airport authority said ... The province registered its greatest precipitation of 800 mm in Taishun County, Wenzhou. (Xinhuanet, China)
Twelve dead, 52 missing in Taiwan flooding: rescuers Aug 10, 2009
A four-year-old child died in the city of Wenzhou after his family's house collapsed in heavy rains and winds even before the typhoon made landfall in China, the official news agency Xinhua reported. Recommend. (Yahoo! Asia News)
400 Missing After Typhoon Slams Taiwan Aug 10, 2009
Chinese paramilitary policemen help to evacuate local fishermen in preparation for Typhoon Morakot in Wenzhou city, east Chinas Zhejiang province on Thursday. In Zhejiang province, 2,076 ships had returned to harbor while passenger liner services in Wenzhou and Taizhou cities were suspended. (CBS News -- World)
Twenty-eight dead as typhoons hit East Asia Aug 10, 2009
A four-year-old child died in Wenzhou after his family's house collapsed in heavy rains and winds, Xinhua reported. The typhoon had been downgraded to a tropical storm by early afternoon but the meteorologists warned it was still likely to bring rain of up to 90 millimetres (3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
1 Million Chinese Flee Typhoon Morakot Aug 10, 2009
Chinese paramilitary policemen help to evacuate local fishermen in preparation for Typhoon Morakot in Wenzhou city, east Chinas Zhejiang province on Thursday. In Zhejiang province, 2,076 ships had returned to harbor while passenger liner services in Wenzhou and Taizhou cities were suspended ... Thirty-nine outbound flights from Wenzhou city in Zhejiang were canceled Sunday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. (CBS News)
Deadly storms sweep eastern Asia Aug 10, 2009
In Zhejiang's Wenzhou City a four year-old child was killed when a house collapsed. Dozens of roads were said to be flooded and the city's airport was closed. (BBC News)
1 Million Evacuated As Typhoon Hits China Aug 10, 2009
Thirty-nine flights from Wenzhou city in Zhejiang were canceled Sunday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Village officials in Zhejiang rode bicycles to distribute drinking water and instant noodles to residents stranded by deep floods, Xinhua said. (Newsmax)
Typhoon Morakot lands in E China Aug 10, 2009
Five houses were destroyed as the front of the typhoon brought rainfall of 700 mm to Wenzhou City in Zhejiang just after 8 a.m. Sunday ... Rescuers pull a car out of water in rain in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Typhoon forces evacuation of 1 million Chi00000328nese Aug 9, 2009
Thirty-nine outbound flights from the city of Wenzhou were canceled Sunday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Morakot hit Taiwan late Friday but traversed the island Saturday and weakened to a tropical storm in the Taiwan Strait. (Albany Times Union)
China braces for typhoon Morakot Aug 7, 2009
7 degrees east, about 780 kilometers away from Wenzhou, a major city in Zhejiang Province, meteorological authorities said ... In Zhejiang province 2,076 ships had returned to harbor by 3 p.m. while passenger liner services in Wenzhou and Taizhou cities were suspended ... Soldiers help fishermen strengthen rafts in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 6, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
* China and Russia: friends for now Aug 4, 2009
(According to Chinas Xinhua agency, losses from Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province alone amounted to more than US$800 million after Russian police confiscated their stocks. Some 150 Chinese workers have been deported since the market was closed on June 29. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Chinese Internet users advise gov't through "chitchat" Aug 1, 2009
WENZHOU, Zhejiang, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Officials abusing public funds or playing games online at work have to be cautious. A website in east China's Wenzhou City is exposing their behavior to the public and higher authorities ... A criminal investigation officer who drove a police car to a square to walk his dogs in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, was sacked. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese firm buys land in Mount Pleasant Jul 28, 2009
Based in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, SINB is a diversified holding company that is comprised of several units, including heavy steel industry, heavy equipment manufacturing, property development, deep water port development, international trade and financial investment. The company s current investments include projects in several cities in China and Europe. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Former official expelled from CPC in E China city Jul 26, 2009
WENZHOU, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A former head of the economic and technological development zone in Wenzhou, a booming city in eastern Zhejiang Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) for allegedly taking bribes and violating discipline. Dai Guosen, former director of Wenzhou Economic - Technological Development Zone Administration Committee, had "grave violations of law and discipline" such as accepting or asking for huge bribes and gambling between 1997 to Feb. 2009,... (Xinhuanet, China)
Xinhua Insight: Riot-ravaged Xinjiang looks toward revival Jul 22, 2009
"Many foreign clients dare not come to Urumqi in the short term because of the riot," said Dong Lipeng, a garment wholesaler from Wenzhou city in east China's Zhejiang Province. "The riot has hurt business here.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese delegation heads to Moscow for talks on smuggling probe Jul 22, 2009
Yu Anlin, chairman of Wenzhou Business Chamber in Russia, said merchants from Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, alone, reported total losses of more than 800 million U.S. dollars. Gao Hucheng said on July 15 that China supported Russia's crackdown on smuggling, but the two countries needed to cooperate to solve the problem through negotiation. (Xinhuanet, China)
* World News Quick Take Jul 21, 2009
More than 1,000 people fled their homes and businesses and four factory workers were sent to the hospital after a chemical leak at a shoe factory in Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province over the weekend, a report on the Wenzhou government Web site said yesterday. Twenty tonnes of the chemical styrene leaked from containers on Sunday at Hongchang Shoe Materials Co Ltd, it said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
1,000 flee homes after chemical leak in China Jul 20, 2009
Twenty tons of the chemical styrene leaked from containers Sunday at the Hongchang Shoe Materials Co. Ltd. in Wenzhou city in China's eastern Zhejiang province, the report on the Wenzhou government site said ... Calls to the Wenzhou city government rang unanswered early Monday. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Weakened tropical storm hits southern China Jul 20, 2009
The storm flipped over a fishing boat carrying three people Saturday off the city of Wenzhou, south of , the official Xinhua New Agency said. One fisherman was found clutching a plank but the other two remain missing, the report said. (USA Today -- Weather)
2 fishermen missing as China braces for typhoon Molave Jul 19, 2009
WENZHOU, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Two fishermen were missing as huge waves capsized their boat off China's east coast Saturday as the country braces for the forthcoming typhoon Molave. Border police in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, received a report at around 11 a.m. saying all three fishermen had fallen into sea waters near Wenzhou after their boat capsized in high waves. (Xinhuanet, China)
Air disasters timeline Jul 16, 2009
All 61 people on board the Russian-built TU-154 flying from Chongqing to the south-eastern city of Wenzhou are killed. 1998. (BBC News -- Africa)
Chinese culture set to get satellite airing in Europe Jul 14, 2009
BEIJING, July 14 -- A high-flying businessman from Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, has bought a British satellite TV station and plans to broadcast shows promoting China in Europe ... "Specific programs to introduce China and Wenzhou will be introduced and some of them will be broadcasted in Chinese," Ye was quoted by the newspaper as saying ... Ye, who is also head of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce's Beijing branch, said he will look for talent with overseas study backgrounds and rich experience... (Xinhuanet, China)
Funeral held for murdered student in Tas Jul 11, 2009
Mrs Yu, her husband and their son Yi travelled from Wenzhou, China on July 4, four days after Ms Yu's body was pulled from a river 60km west of Hobart. Two 21-year-old men charged with her murder have been remanded in custody until their next court appearance on July 24. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
China investors plan replica of Jackson's Neverland ranch Jul 11, 2009
"Michael's contribution to the pop music world is unparalleled. By building a Neverland here in China, we want to pay tribute to him and at the same time offer the Chinese people an outlet for expressing their love toward him," said one of the investors, businessman Qiu Xuefan, director of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Jackson legacy. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Parents collect Chinese student's body Jul 7, 2009
They travelled from Wenzhou, China on Saturday, four days after Zhang Yu's body was taken from a river 60km west of Hobart. A justice department spokesman on Monday said a coroner has released the body to the parents, who remain in Hobart. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
China's system beyond the system Jul 3, 2009
Last year, a person found a bag on a subway train in Shanghai, along with travel itineraries and receipts from trips to North America made by officials in Xinyu, Jiangxi province and Wenzhou, Zhejiang province ... The angry person who found the evidence uploaded the photocopied documents on the web, which showed that the government of Xinyu paid at least 335,880 yuan for 11 officials while Wenzhou paid 649,495 yuan for 23 officials to travel. (Asia Times Online)
China confirms latest two A/H1N1 flu cases May 25, 2009
In the eastern Zhejiang Province, a 19-year-old man, who studied at St. John's University in New York, became one of the new cases after returning to his hometown Wenzhou on Friday. The other case was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese plan to emulate success of South Korean women May 6, 2009
It will be the first of seven tournaments this year in seven cities Beijing, Yantai, Shanghai, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Kashi and Xiamen with prize money ranging from US$50,000 to US$250,000. China Golf Association secretary-general Zhang Xiaoning, the man who has distanced himself from the Asian Tour and thrown his hat in the ring with the new OneAsia Tour in the mens game, is optimistic going forward. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Mexico starts China flu airlift May 5, 2009
About 50 are being held in Shanghai in two five-star hotels, with 10 in Beijing and several more in the city of Wenzhou. A charter plane landed in Shanghai at about 1300 local time (0500 GMT) to pick up the first group of Mexicans. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China denies flu discrimination May 4, 2009
Mexican nationals are also being held in the city of Wenzhou. A spokeswoman at the Mexican Embassy in Beijing said the quarantined Mexicans were being treated well, but added the country's ambassador to China had not been allowed to see those in Beijing's Guomenlu Hotel. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Eileen Chang's fractured legacy Apr 29, 2009
Hu, his transgressions upgraded from feckless collaborator to genuine traitor against Chiang Kai-shek's KMT, went on the run, eventually bringing his criminal baggage and philandering habits to Wenzhou for a brief and disastrous reunion with Eileen Chang that has achieved legendary status ... After the Wenzhou sojourn, Hu escaped to Japan where he scratched out a living courtesy of his erstwhile Japanese patrons ... Through the 1950s and 1960s, he pursued a career as a writer and lecturer in... (Asia Times Online)
China's economy still waiting to return to full power Apr 20, 2009
Belt maker Chengda Belt, where Wang is a senior manager, is based in the city of Wenzhou in eastern China, home to almost 300,000 small and medium-sized private export firms that manufacture everything from shoes to sunglasses for consumers around the world. Since the end of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Chengda has seen overseas orders rise, assembly lines running at almost full capacity and more than 650 staff working overtime. (Xinhuanet, China)
Last of the big spenders Apr 18, 2009
Deng Shoushui, retrenched from his motorcycle speedometer factory in the export city of Wenzhou, now spends his days mixing cement and laying bricks to add a second storey to his village family home. Deng earned only 1400 yuan ($285) a month when he had a job, his 87-year-old grandmother needs expensive medicine for her rheumatism, and yet he borrowed 30,000 yuan from his brother to expand what seems to be a perfectly comfortable home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Chinese cities key for luxury brand Apr 16, 2009
"In Beijing, the biggest brand names often have several retail outlets, but many go unrepresented in Chengdu or Wenzhou, even though Chengdu has more wealthy households than Detroit, and Wenzhou as many as Atlanta," McKinsey said. The southwestern city of Chengdu, with a population of 10 million, and eastern Wenzhou, with 7. (India Times)
Metro Atlanta Chamber's China Blog: Day 6 Apr 14, 2009
Over the past few days, we have met with companies in Shanghai, Wenzhou, Changsha and Beijing, and heard about life after the Olympics. They are very proud of the Beijing games and believe it has boosted the China brand. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
* Pandemonium breaks out at Taipei Zoo Apr 1, 2009
Zookeepers discovered at feeding time yesterday that the two pandas are in fact Wenzhou brown forest bears that had been dyed to create the pandas distinctive black-and-white appearance ... We hope that our Taiwanese friends enjoy the gift of two extremely rare Wenzhou brown forest bears, Qin said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Hospital plan to aid Chinese grassroots Mar 13, 2009
Lu Fan, vice-president of Wenzhou Medical College, however, said grassroots clinics lack good medical equipment and staff. Li Jianru, a tour guide in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said she had never used community medial services, nor does she ever intend to. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's family firms test home market Feb 21, 2009
WENZHOU, China - What their business does is simple enough: it assembles many of the hairbrushes, bathroom scrubbers, and floor mops ubiquitous in the West and which few pause to wonder where the products come from or who makes them ... But with the global slowdown, this small company in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, may not have access to the capital it needs in order to survive ... For the family in Wenzhou, in the occasional moments they can think beyond the end of the month, two concerns are... (Asia Times Online)
* Chinas decency campaigns may face new challenges Feb 10, 2009
Then there is the case of a Wenzhou government delegation whose publicly funded junket to Las Vegas, Niagara Falls and Vancouver was exposed by a blogger who found a bag of incriminating receipts on a Shanghai subway. Two top officials were ousted from their jobs; the other nine travelers were forced to write self-criticism essays. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Chinese learn limits of online freedom Feb 8, 2009
Then there is the case of a Wenzhou government delegation whose publicly funded junket to Las Vegas, Niagara Falls and Vancouver was exposed by a blogger who found a bag of incriminating receipts on a Shanghai subway. After the documents were published on the Web in December, two officials were removed from their jobs; nine others were forced to write self-criticism essays. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
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)
