Posts Tagged ‘people’

Torrential rain: 10 000 people evacuated in southern China

September 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Over 10 000 people were evacuated from six villages that were flooded in the basin of the Hanjiang River in the southern province of Guangdong.
No details have been reported in villages flooded the town of Liuhuang, said local official Guo Chuns...

Nearly 16 000 people suspected pyramid schemes have been adopted in China in 2006

September 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
China has arrested more than 16 000 people suspected of being involved in pyramid schemes in 2006, said Tuesday in Beijing the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS).
In 2006, China has uncovered 1 915 cases of pyramid selling, and arrested 1...

The rural people en masse to endorse health care network

September 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Nearly 80% of people in rural China had joined a cooperative network of medical care in April, according to statements made Monday by the Ministry of Public Health.
spokesman of the Ministry, Mao Qun’an said that a total of 685 million pea...

Survey: 84.6% of people believe that global warming is a global emergency

September 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
According to the survey conducted by China Youth Daily and the website www.qq.com among 4 834 respondents, 88.1% thought that the problem of global warming is more serious, and 84 6% think it has already become a global emergency.
With the probl...

Half of Chinese regions threatened by floods

August 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Millions of Chinese currently suffer from violent rainstorms that have hit half of Chinese provinces and killed at least 23 people.
rains continued to batter the province of Hunan for four consecutive days, affecting more than one million people...

14 dead and 4 missing after torrential rains in southern China

August 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Fourteen people were killed, 4 others missing and more than 20 000 people displaced after floods and landslides caused by torrential rains in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, said the local government on Saturday.
rains have destroyed...

France: Sarkozy committed to defending the interests of French (Poll)

August 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
More than half the French believe that the new French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is committed to defending their interests, according to a BVA poll released Thursday.
On the question “whether the Head of State is committed to defending th...

China: 800 000 poor people suffering from cataract surgery will be free

August 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Chinese Fund for the Welfare of Disabled intends to perform cataract operations free to 800 000 blind penniless by 2010, it was announced Tuesday by the Foundation President Jiang Shangzhou.
“blindness caused by cataract is curable,”...

At least 329 people hospitalized after the earthquake in south-west China

August 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
At least 329 people were hospitalized after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 degrees on the Richter scale Sunday in Yunnan province (southwest), informed the local government on Tuesday.
A 23H00 Monday, the earthquake and its aftershocks ha...

Yunnan: 179 000 people evacuated after a strong earthquake

August 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Approximately 179 000 people were evacuated after a strong earthquake that rocked the district Hani and Yi Autonomous of Ning’er in Yunnan province (southwest), according to a local official.
The evacuees currently living in tents in publi...