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  • Five hurt in stampede as Beckham arrives in Shanghai

    Five people were hurt in a stampede here Thursday afternoon when former England captain David Beckham arrived at Tongji University. Witnesses said thousands of fans rushed forward when Beckham arrived and waved to them. Police failed to control the crowd, reports Xinhua. Tongji University said four working staff and a student were injured in the stampede. They were rushed to hospital where ...

  • Li Na gets bye enters quarters at Eastbourne

    China's Li Na advanced to the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament as her French opponent Marion Bartoli pulled out due to a viral infection. Li, the second seed, was told about the development by her coach barely 10 minutes before the match started Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Bartoli, ranked 15th in the world and the 2011 champion, said in a statement: "I'm really ...

  • Chinas manufacturing activity at nine-month low HSBC

    China's manufacturing activities fell to a nine-month low this month, according to a preliminary survey from HSBC. The HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for June fell to 48.3, the lowest level since October and down from 49.2 in May, according to figures released by HSBC Thursday. An index reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 means ...

  • North Korea willing to restart six-party nuclear talks

    North Korea is willing to restart nuclear talks with international partners, China's foreign ministry has said. North Korean officials said they wanted to peacefully resolve the nuclear issue, the ministry's website said. On Sunday, Pyongyang offered to hold high-level talks on regional peace with the US, although it has reneged on deals several times in the past. The comments from North ...

  • Chinas sex video scandal official put on trial

    Beijing, June 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The trial of a former official embroiled in a sex video scandal opened on Wednesday in a court in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court heard the case of Lei Zhengfu, former secretary of Chongqing's Beibei District Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Lei, accused of accepting bribes, had been ...


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  • One killed 150 injured in China restaurant blasts

    A series of blasts ripped through a restaurant in China's Shanxi province Wednesday night, killing one person and injuring over 150 others, officials said. The incident took place in a two-storey building housing the restaurant in Shuozhou city, Xinhua reported. Among the 156 injured, dozens are fire fighters who were at the scene when the final blast occurred. Three fire-fighting trucks were ...

  • Beckham stampede injures seven in Shanghai

    Fans eager to see football superstar David Beckham have stormed a police cordon in a stampede at a Shanghai university that injured seven people including five security personnel.Three police officers, two university security guards and two students - including a Japanese student - were injured on Thursday, Shanghai police said on its official microblog.Nearly 1000 fans had gathered at a stadium ...

  • David Beckham visit causes Shanghai stampede

    David Beckham fans stormed a police cordon on Thursday in a stampede at a Shanghai university that injured seven people including five security ...

  • Chinas first space teacher gives video lecture

    Wang was speaking from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory, where the Shenzhou spacecraft is currently docked before its planned return to Earth next ...

  • Stampede over Beckham injures 5 in Shanghai

    BEIJING -- At least five people have been injured in a stampede after fans stormed a stadium gate upon the arrival of superstar David Beckham at a Chinese university Thursday afternoon.Shanghai-based Tongji University says on its official microblog that four university employees and one foreign student have been sent to hospital with injuries.The state-run news site Xinmin Net says nearly 1,000 ...

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