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CHINA'S deadliest coal mine explosion in years was caused when miners dug too deep and poor ventilation allowed gas to build up to dangerous levels, according to a recent Xinhua news report.
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- Weather
Shanghai
- week in brief
shanghai
- Bauma China opens
BAUMA China 2004, a premier construction equipment trade fair in China, opened November 16 at the Shanghai New International Exposition Centre.
- Beverage giant vows further expansion
COCA-COLA is expected to further invest in the Chinese market to expand its business over the next few years.
- Dupont sees safety as business value
DUPONT Safety Resources sees China as a fast growing market in which to introduce and implement its core value because safety is becoming increasingly important.
- Husky sets up new centre
HUSKY Injection Molding Systems, the leading global supplier of injection molding equipment, has officially opened its new energy-efficient technical centre in Shanghai.
- Business Exhibitions
Shanghai Mart
- Five deer dead
FIVE deer living in Peace Park died between November 10 and 13 from what park sources said were unnatural reasons. The cause of the animals' deaths will be determined after autopsies are concluded.
- Public health centre built
SHANGHAI took another step toward becoming a modern metropolis with the official opening of the city's Public Health Centre on November 16.
- Consumers scrambled over cheap eggs
SEVERAL shoppers were injured and 20 more were pushed to the ground as a huge crowd rushed a local supermarket to purchase eggs that were offered at a cheap promotional price.
- English contest finalized
JIANG Hanzhi (right) is delighted at her victory on November 14 in the Second China Daily ECNU-ACC Cup China-Australia Friendship English Contest while being congratulated by Cathryn Hlavka, consul for education, science and training at the Australian Consulate-General in Shanghai.
- Numbers
200 million
- China allows asset transfer
CHINA'S central bank loosened its currency policy ever so slightly on November 16, saying that Chinese emigrants would be allowed to take personal assets out of the country from next month - albeit in stages.
- Mining, China's most dangerous job
CHINA'S deadliest coal mine explosion in years was caused when miners dug too deep and poor ventilation allowed gas to build up to dangerous levels, according to a recent Xinhua news report.
- Survey: wedding day dollar$
A RECENT survey showed that the wedding expenses of Chinese have climbed so high that they are already 46 times the amount of three decades ago.
- 1:1,000
FOR every 1,000 people in China there is only one nurse, ranking the country third from last in the world in the proportion of nurses in population. So far only 10 per cent of hospitals in China can meet the nationally accepted ratio of 1:0.4 between sickbeds and nurses. While in Western countries, the ratio is about 1:2.
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