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The LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers are set to play NBA preseason games in China next October, facing the Brooklyn Nets in Shanghai and Shenzhen, the league announced Monday. The 13th edition of NBA China Games will mark the 27th and 28th league contests in ...
Parents at Chinese kindergarten ceremony horrified by pole-dancing act
Parents attending a ceremony at a kindergarten in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Monday were horrified when a scantily clad pole dancer took to the stage and proceeded with a well-oiled number in plain view of their children. The performance, part of a ...
The completion of one of the world's longest bridges stands as the biggest monument to China's success in reuniting its colonial-era concessions. Overcoming the political divide may prove much harder. The 55-km (34-mile) span — eerily deserted as crews prepared for a ribbon-cutting expected later this ...
Eat, sleep and shop at Muji Hotel
It all feels faintly familiar. There are the neutral textiles, the pale wood furniture, the green plants, the clean-lined gadgets and an aesthetic that is as calming as it is minimal. In short, it's identical to the interior of a Muji store — except here, ...
Chinese province will probe all waste sites after landslide disaster
China's southern province of Guangdong, one of the country's biggest industrial bases, will check all construction waste sites in the wake of a deadly landslide to ensure none are in dangerous locations or poorly managed, state media said on Sunday. The Dec. 20 landslide in ...
A landslide in southern China that killed two people and left more than 70 people missing was caused by breaches of construction safety rules and was not a natural disaster, a government website quoted local authorities as saying Friday. An investigation by a team in ...
Man buried by China landslide found alive after more than 60 hours
A migrant worker was pulled out alive Wednesday after he was buried for more than 60 hours in a massive landslide that swept through part of a major manufacturing city in southern China. Rao Liangzhong of the Shenzhen Emergency Response Office said that man, Tian ...
