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Northern manufacturer eyes Chinese market
A growing awareness in China about using wood in construction is luring Gilles Chouinard to the Asian superpower.
ooh, youa re* gonna get it now
Here goes: Wang strikes down any pretense of wimmin's equality - a tarmac ceiling, if you will: A shopping centre in China's Hebei province has built a car park with wider spaces that it says is designed especially to suit women drivers.
Paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the late Chairman Mao Zedong on a snow-covered Tianan
Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday, stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.
Now, it's women-only car parks
THERE'S an ancient Chinese proverb that goes: Never get between a woman and a vacant car park space - or the one beside that, just to be safe.
Chinese car park has wider spaces for women drivers
A shopping centre in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang has built a car park with extra-wide spaces to accommodate female drivers.
China shopping centre builds 'car park for women'
A shopping centre in China's Hebei province has built a car park with wider spaces that it says is designed especially to suit women drivers.
New dairy farms emerging in north China after melamine scandal
China's dairy industry is on the move if developments in Xingtang county in north China's Hebei Province are anything to go by.
Laos to get 8 Chinese aircraft in 2010
CHINA will deliver eight private business aircraft to Laos next year as it seeks to find a niche in the global aviation market.
Chinese naval fleet completes goodwill visit to Ecuador
A Chinese naval fleet comprising missile destroyer Shijiazhuang and supply vessel Hongzehu completed its four-day goodwill visit to Ecuador on Monday, leaving port town Guayaquil and returning to China.
AutoChina International Closes Sale of Chinese Consumer Auto...
SHIJIAZHUANG, Heibei Province, China--AutoChina International Limited , a leading one-stop commercial vehicle sales and leasing company in China offering its customers affordable lease-to-own options, today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its consumer auto dealership business.
Temples cling precariously to sheer rock faces in Mount Cangyanshan, Hebei province.
Health Ministry Instructs Doctors and Hospitals to Skip H1N1 Testing
According to an announcement by China's Ministry of Heath on Dec. 4, as of Nov. 30, 31 provinces in China had reported an aggregated total of 92,904 cases of H1N1 flu, including 200 deaths.
Remembering the legacy of an Indian pioneer in China
BEIJING: Every time Vatsala Kotnis sets foot in Shijiazhuang, a nondescript town in northern Hebei province, she is overcome with emotion.
Peruvian president meets Chinese navy officer
Peruvian President Alan Garcia met Friday with visiting Major General Wang Fushan, vice-commander of the North Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy.
Stopping Hu Jintaoa s Motorcade to Appeal for Justice
Wang Haizhen, a petitioner from Hebei Province, crossed in front of Chinese leader Hu Jintao's motorcade, forcing it to come to a momentary halt on Sept.
Canadian wood finds a home on top of Chinese apartments
From the new civic square, still draped with banners celebrating the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, B.C. carpenter Steve Ross can look with pride at Canada's small but significant contribution to changing the face of this northern Chinese city.
China executes 2 in tainted milk scandal
China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula -- severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuage public anger, reassure importers and put to rest one of the country's worst food safety crises.
Rescue workers free people in China
In China, heavy snowfall has led to the deaths of 38 people in road accidents and collapsed buildings, state-run media have reported.
Early Snowstorms Kill 40 Across North-Central China
Unusually early snowstorms in north-central China have claimed 40 lives, caused thousands of buildings to collapse and destroyed almost 500,000 acres of winter crops, the Civil Affairs Ministry said Friday.
China Mayor Apologizes As Heaviest Snowfall in 60 Years Kills 38 People
The mayor of Chinaa s Shijiazhuang apologized for the response to the regiona s heaviest snows in six decades as Beijing pledged funds to help people caught in the storms that have left 38 dead and thousands stranded.