All of the 78 people trapped in cable cars at a mountain scenic resort in the city of Guilin, Guangxi Zhang Autonomous Region have been rescued.
They had all been rescued by 4:30 p.m Saturday and there were no casualties, said rescuers with Guilin tourism bureau. Over 200 people were involved in the rescue effort.
The local fire brigade received a report at around 11 a.m. Saturday that about dozens of people, including some foreigners, were trapped in the Yaoshan mountain scenic spot in Guilin.
The accident was probably caused by power failure although it is still under investigation, said rescuers.
Build up to WW3 - US MARINES in Australia to Keep an EYE on CHINA? On Wednesday, 200 US Marines arrived in Australia after President Obama announced in November of last year that the US will position Marines on the continent. The 200 Marines are the first of 2500 to go down under, and the agreement between President Obama and Prime Minister Julia Gillard marks the first long-term expansion of the US military in the area since the Vietnam War. We take a closer look at the arrival of the troops. The first rotation of about 200 US marines has arrived in Australia on a six-month training deployment. A total of 2500 troops are expected to arrive over the next few years in Darwin to enhance the US's military presence in the Asia-Pacific. In November, US President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced plans to expand the US military presence in Australia. The two leaders had agreed to increase bilateral military cooperation and training in this way. Despite the fact that the US's final military presence in the country is to grow into a 2500-person Marine Air Ground Task Force, Australia's defense minister Stephen Smith insisted Wednesday morning that the marines and their entourage cannot be qualified as a military base. ''We don't have United States military bases in Australia and we're not proposing to,'' he told ABC radio from Darwin, where he greeted the marines together with the US Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey Bleich. The first group of ...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 ...
The latest item on the toxic food list in China is drug capsules made of industrial gelatin extracted from bleached waste leathers. Such capsules can cause cancer due to high level of chromium resulting from leather tanning processing. As of now, China has banned the sale of 13 drugs and arrested 22 for allegedly making and selling capsules made from discarded leather. Below are pictures from Xue Yang Ming Gelatin Protein Factory in Hengshui, Hebei Pronvice. The factory was reported to sell waste leather gelatin to drug capsule manufacturers in Zhejiang Province. Waste leather, aka, “blue leather” “Blue leathers” soaked for days so that they are “white” and puffed up Soaking plates for waster leather Brewing facilities Warehouse Waste leather stocks Waste water from the factory The head of the factory has already been arrested and workshops shut down China media: Boao and Taiwan China's Li Keqiang has exchanged good wishes with Taiwan's Wu Den-yih Monday's newspapers repo...
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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