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Entries from Shanghaiist tagged with 'anhui'

July 11, 2008

His name is Chen Jun. He's 18-years-old. And he was captured this morning in rural Anhui province, hundreds of kilometers from Shanghai. Some, actually most, facts are vague: In addition to cash and a laptop computer police say belonged to the victim Diana O'Brien, Chen was allegedly carrying "a weapon." We're also somewhat puzzled by this sentence: "The statement said police narrowed down suspects to Chen after they received reports that a medium-sized man was......

Continue Reading "Diana O'Brien Update: Suspect apprehended in case of slain Canadian model"

June 24, 2008

This tornado, captured here on video, ripped through Lingbi County (灵璧县) in landlocked Anhui Province last Friday at 2:20pm for about 5 minutes, tearing away 650 houses, damaging another 1,000, killing one person and injuring another 45. While there has been relatively scant media coverage of the tornado, over 20,000 people have been directly affected by the tornado. In 2005, a similar tornado killed 15 in the same county.......

Continue Reading "Tornado rips through Lingbi, Anhui"

May 5, 2008

Since the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD or 手足口病) first hit Fuyang in Anhui Province, more cases have been reported in at least five other provinces — Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong.622 new cases of the intestinal were reported in Anhui on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 5,151. 22 children have died in Fuyang and all kindergartens have been ordered shut.In Foshan, Guangdong Province, a third child has died from......

Continue Reading "HFMD in at least six provinces and on the rise"

April 30, 2008

From nocas via our Contribute page:today we went to the restaurant downstairs and finally took a picture of this gem in the menu (which i dont think neither of us would have the courage to taste). and just now i found out that this same virus is actually lethal and killing children in anhui province. not nice. Xinhua says the enterovirus 71, which can cause the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has hit......

Continue Reading "Dish of the Day: Braised enterovirus in claypot"

March 12, 2008

So you might have heard that Jackie Chan (成龙) recently went to Australia to bury his father, who died of cancer at the age of 93.Well, what you might not have known is that Jackie Chan's father Charlie, aka Fang Daolong, had a whole other family (Jackie's mother was his second wife) that he lost touch with and then had to leave behind in 1949. There was an article called "Enter the Parents" written a......

Continue Reading "Video: Jackie Chan's family in Anhui province"

December 3, 2007

What would you do if you paid a shitload of money to study at some college, thinking it would legit and all, only to be told that your diploma would not be recognised after all? We don't know about you, but we would definitely riot. Well, that's what some civilian students at the Hefei PLA Artillery Academy did a few days back. And it turned out to be a very bloody incident. Iron doors were......

Continue Reading "Bloody student riot at the Hefei PLA Artillery Academy"

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