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Restaurant explosion kills 31 in northwest China
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» At least 31 people were killed when an explosion ripped through a restaurant in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan, state media said Thursday.
Beijing Games organisers say virus 'biggest challenge', 100 days from start
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» BEIJING - Protecting the Beijing Winter Olympics from the coronavirus is the "biggest challenge", organisers said Wednesday, as millions of people in China were under stay-at-home orders to contain small outbreaks 100 days before the Games.
Crunchy delight: Chinese farmer breeds roaches for the table
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» YIBIN, China: As farmer Li Bingcai opened the door to his cockroach farm in southwest China, an insect the size of a dart flew into his face.
China bus arsonist who killed 18 condemned to die
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» BEIJING - A man convicted of killing 18 people when he set a public bus on fire in China has been sentenced to death, authorities said.
For Allah, China and Marx: theological mix for young imams
AFP, Published on 23/05/2016
» YINCHUAN (CHINA) - Every morning on his way to class at one of China's largest Islamic institutes, Wang Yue is reminded that the state comes before Allah.
China bus arson suspect threatened violence: media
AFP, Published on 06/01/2016
» BEIJING - A man suspected of setting a public bus on fire in northern China, burning 17 people to death, had told friends he planned violence, reports said Wednesday, citing social media postings in which he agonised over unpaid debts.
Bus inferno in China kills 14 people
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» BEIJING - Fourteen people were killed and 31 injured in an inferno on a public bus in northern China on Tuesday morning, officials said.
Chinese wineries seek inspiration in foreign cups
AFP, Published on 15/12/2015
» HELANSHAN (CHINA) - In a country renowned for forgery, winemaker Jose Hernandez worries China's burgeoning viniculture industry will suffer from blatant copying of Bordeaux's output.
14 killed in China mosque stampede
AFP, Published on 06/01/2014
» Fourteen people were killed and 10 injured in a stampede during a gathering at a mosque in northwest China's Ningxia region, state media reported Monday.