Category: Guangdong, China

Hon Hai breaking new ground

A subsidiary controlled by Terry Gou , founder and chairman of the world’s largest contract assembler of consumer electronics Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. , held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new Gen 10.5 8K display plant in the Chinese city of Guangzhou on Wednesday. The 61 billion yuan industrial area construction is the largest industrial investment Guangzhou has seen, expected to produce 90,000 display screens per month when fully operational, bringing in an annual productional value of 92 billion yuan , according to Chinese media.

American experiences joys of New Year in Chinese fishing village

English teacher makes trip back to husband’s home village in Guangdong province for the Spring Festival holiday, news website reports An American woman has experienced the Lunar New Year holiday in a Chinese fishing village for the first time as the wife of a former villager, according to a news website report. The woman, identified only by her first name Jessica, has spent the last six years teaching English at a kindergarten in Beijing, Chinanews.com reported.

China Southern Airlines Is A Buy

Shares of China Southern Airlines, the largest Chinese Air Carrier are attractively priced and are trading at a discount from the highs. In a conservative scenario, the shares have about 30% upside if they trade at 5-year average historical forward EV/EBITDA.

Acting DEA Administrator Meets With Drug Control Officials in China

At the invitation of the China Ministry of Public Security , Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg visited China this week to discuss issues of mutual concern and to build on the DEA’s existing relationship with Chinese counternarcotics law enforcement authorities. Rosenberg emphasized the increased cooperation between the DEA and the MPS and recognized China’s actions toward combating global synthetic drug trafficking and illicit money laundering.

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Beijing, Jan 13 : A new human H7N9 avian flu case has been reported in Foshan City in south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said today. The patient, a 41-year-old poultry vendor, is in critical condition and receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Foshan, the city’s Health and Family Planning Bureau said.

Ballard is First to Power Fuel Cell Electric Buses For 10+ Million Kilometers of Revenue Service

Ballard Power Systems recently announced that it is the first fuel cell company to power buses for more than 10 million cumulative kilometers of revenue service, equivalent to circling the Earth 250 times at the equator. This fuel cell industry milestone has been achieved across the company’s seven generations of its FCveloCity fuel cell engine, which have been deployed in buses in 15 countries on 5 continents during the past 10 years.

Man gets death sentence for murder of female classmate

A 24-year-old man was sentenced to death by a Beijing court on Friday for the murder and attempted rape of a fellow student. Li Sida, who was studying audio engineering at the same university as the victim, Zhou Yunlu, had asked her to star in an amateur film in August last year, the Legal Evening News reported.

A promotional flyer for WHAM!’s Beijing concert in 1985. File photo

But now, prompted by the death of George Michael to recall that time, I can see that the concert I attended was more than just a musical first, it was a symbol of the changes that were setting China on the road to the country it is today. ) had started the ball rolling in the late 1970s by opening the country to foreign trade and bringing in the idea of entrepreneurism, and the period from late 1984 to 1986 was an interesting time to be in the Chinese capital as it felt as if Deng’s ideas had started to really gather pace.