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China Deploys Tanks to Stop People from Withdrawing their Money from Banks
The Communist Chinese government has deployed tanks to prevent its disillusioned people from withdrawing their savings from crisis-embattled banks.
Shocking video taken in what is believed to be Rizhao in Shandong Province shows a line of tanks surrounding a local bank branch to prevent disgruntled citizens from withdrawing their money, which the government is now classifying as “investment products,”...
China discovers largest gold deposit
The gold mine is located in the town of Silin on Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong province, in the east of China, Chinese news agencies report.
According to preliminary estimates, gold deposits are located on the area of two kilometres at the depth of 67 meters. The volume of gold reserves in the area is about 382.58 tons, but exploration works continue. It is believed that the deposit may contain up...
366 Days of Beijing's Airpocalypse Caught on Camera
Zou Yi, a 56-year-old businessmen from Beijing, lives in his 13th floor flat across from Beijing Television’s headquarters. Some days he can see every detail of the skyscraper; some days he can hardly see it at all because of heavy smog which he decided to document every morning by taking photos from his window.
Every morning Zou Yi wakes up to make a shot of Beijing’s polluted skies from the...
China warns of high pollution levels
This picture taken on November 8, 2015 shows vehicles making their way along a street in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province.
Chinese authorities have warned that pollution levels are expected to remain high in the country’s northeastern areas in the coming days.
On Tuesday, officials in the Chinese Jilin Province’s Changchun city said a blanket of haze, which has been seen since...
Enormous new factory blast rocks Chinese industrial region
Another huge blast at a chemical facility has reportedly occurred in the Chinese province of Shandong. The explosion, located in an industrial zone in Lijin, Dongying City, happened late on Monday, China’s People’s Daily reported.
The blast was so massive it could be seen and heard from a great distance. A chemical factory is believed to have been in the area. According to People’s...
Beijing raises pollution alert to orange for first time as heavy smog blankets capital
Beijing raised its four-tiered smog alert system to ‘orange’ for the first time on Friday as heavy smog was forecast to roll into the city for the next three days. Officials have urged people to stay indoors and use public transport.
When Beijing’s Air Quality Index (AQI) readings went above 300 micrograms per cubic meter on Friday – more than ten times the level considered safe by...
China to build world’s longest underwater tunnel
Fishing boats are seen berthed at Dalijia fishing port in Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province.
China is set to construct the world’s longest underwater tunnel, which will connect two of its northern port cities in an earthquake-prone region, an expert involved in the project says.
Under the USD36 billion project, a 123-kilometre tunnel will be built as a shortcut between Dalian...