A coach plunged off a cliff on Saturday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, leaving 11 passengers dead and nine others injured, local authorities said Sunday morning.
The accident happened around 5 p.m. Saturday in Yunxian County in the city of Lincang, said authorities with the county government. Seven people were confirmed dead on the spot, and another four died in hospital.
Of the injured, six are in serious conditions.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Chinese authorities like to tightly control the message about China, even when it's a cultural message. That's why they've tried to extend their reach into the UK--in an attempt last month to stop an independent Chinese cultural show, Shen Yun Performing Arts. The Chinese Communist Party is trying to stop artistic freedom in the UK. That's what a group of speakers said at a panel in London's West End last week. [Peter Graham, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts]: "I think it's completely out of line that a foreign embassy should try and influence what is happening with the artistic world in London, because we are proud of this tradition of being able to support arts." The issue is over Shen Yun Performing Arts, a classical Chinese dance and music company that's set to perform at the London Coliseum in mid-April. The show is being presented in London by the Falun Dafa Association. Last month, the theater told the presenters that the Chinese Embassy had contacted them to try to get the theater to cancel the show. The Embassy was unsuccessful. [Rosemary Byfield, Falun Dafa Association Spokesperson]: "This is not the first time this has happened. Shen Yun performed in London last year at the same theater, and before that performance the embassy again tried to persuade the theater to cancel." In the last five years, over 40 cases have been documented of the Chinese ...Video Rating: 5 / 5
Nudity in art and nude modeling were introduced into China almost one century ago. When famed Chinese painter Liu Haisu became the first to initiate a figure drawing course at a Shanghai art school in 1917, he immediately triggered public uproar and widespread controversy in regards to nude modeling. Since then, China has become much more open to nude modeling, especially when we think back on the 1928 slashing of a nude model by her father for posing for internationally renowned Chinese photographer Lang Jingshan who took the country's first artistic nude shot . However, even though the Chinese have gotten more at ease with the idea of modeling in the nude since 1928, it still remains quite the controversial career path to take in China. Every time some nude picture appears, the public nudity debate gets stirred up again and sometimes violence may even ensue. Some think that it's shameful and the models just get naked for the so-called sake of art to make easy-money and ...
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18 May 2012 Last updated at 00:00 ET China said 10,680 tonnes would be added to the quota on top of 10,546 tonnes initially issued China has allowed more companies to export rare earths, increasing the quotas set by the government, after they met environment standards. It has increased rare earth export quotas by 10,680 tonnes, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday. The announcement brings the total quotas issued so far this year to 21,226 tonnes. Rare earths are a collection of 17 elements used in products from smartphones to hybrid cars. China, the biggest miner of rare earths, capped exports at 30,184 tonnes last year. It said the quotas were designed to conserve resources and protect the environment. Beijing is embroiled in trade disputes with the US, Japan and the European Union over its control of rare earths. However, only about half of last year's quota was used, according to the ministry. China normally allocates rare earth resources in two s...
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