Ningxia

Chinese acrobatic diplomacy

Plaza Park students get lesson in talent, culture and fun The acrobats are on a six-month tour of the United States. The four acrobats are champions in China and are from Beijing, Sichuan, Yinchuan and Chengdu. DENNY SIMMONS /...

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Can principals give leverage to PKU hopefuls?

Earlier this month, Peking University (PKU) announced a trial recruitment program that favors promising students with recommendations from their high school principals, sparking debate among academia, press and on the internet....

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Minor earthquake jolts NW China

BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale hit a border area between northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Saturday afternoon,...

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Suntech Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results / Shipments Grow More Than 60% Sequentially

SAN FRANCISCO and WUXI, China, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. , the world's largest crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, today announced financial results for its third...

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Mainland Reports 4 New Deaths from A/H1N1 Flu

The Chinese mainland reported four more deaths from A/H1N1 flu Thursday The Chinese mainland reported four more deaths from A/H1N1 flu Thursday after at least eight people had fallen victim to the disease, authorities said. A...

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Party moves to tighten grip on Shanghai media

Beijing has appointed a former People's Daily deputy editor to head Shanghai's propaganda machine, a sign the Communist Party intends to tighten its grip on the commercial capital's media. Yang Zhenwu , 54, will replace Wang...

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The ancient Buddhist cave temples at Xumishan face danger

by Sheila OConnor, World Travel Examiner, November 10, 2009 Los Angeles, CA (USA) -- You’ll find the temples deep in the deserts of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, in Xumishan, a Buddhist complex with over 130 grottoes in...

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Snow sweeps north

A cyclist rides along a street yesterday in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in the city's first snowfall of the season. The severe weather stranded nearly 1,000 passengers at the Hedong...

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Snow snarls air and road traffic in nation's north

HEAVY snow blanketed Beijing and other parts of northern China yesterday, causing air travel delays and highway closures. The snow fell amid lightning and thunder in the capital from late Monday to early yesterday,...

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Eight dead, 11 injured in NW China colliery blast

YINCHUAN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of a coal mine gas explosion in northwest China Tuesday has risen to eight after two missing miners were found dead. Another 11 people were being treated in hospital after being...

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