Chinese troops blanket Tibetan areas Mar 21, 2008
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China plane attackers from Pakistan, Central Asia-sources Mar 20, 2008
Chinese officials have said the March 7 incident, in which a plane on its way from the restive, predominately Muslim region of Xinjiang to Beijing abruptly cut short its journey and landed in Lanzhou, a northwest city, involved a foiled assault by passengers, but they have revealed few details. The Communist Party chief of Xinjiang, Wang Lequan, said this week that the incident was a failed attack by separatists based abroad seeking an independent Xinjiang. (AlertNet)
A cry for freedom - and social justice Mar 20, 2008
That sense of unspoken solidarity emerged at a university in Lanzhou, the capital of neighbouring Gansu province, on Sunday, when hundreds of Tibetan students joined a silent protest in the middle of the football field ... Asked to explain how such a big protest could materialise without leadership or organisation, the Lanzhou Tibetan student said Tibetans have a "common feeling". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Key places and events in unrest Mar 20, 2008
Lanzhou: More than 100 students took part in a sit-down protest on 16 March. SICHUAN PROVINCE. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China bars film crew Mar 18, 2008
Later, their Chinese government minders told them they could not return to their Xiahe hotel and that all their belongings would be gathered and brought to them in Lanzhou, about a five-hour drive away. "Apparently the protests had spread through the whole town and our hotel -- state-run of course -- had been targeted, all of the windows smashed out and fires burning on the street," Palermo said. (CNN -- International)
Escalation of violence in Tibet feared Mar 18, 2008
In the city of Lanzhou, about 500 Tibetan students who gathered Sunday on the Northwest Minorities University's soccer field abandoned an overnight vigil. Fifty tried to march into the city, only to be blocked by security forces from leaving the campus, said the London-based Free Tibet Campaign. (Globe and Mail)
Growing tensionsTibetan protests spread to other Chinese provinces Mar 18, 2008
Michael Bristow BBC News, Lanzhou, Gansu province. Tibetan students in Lanzhou held a candle-lit vigil at the weekend ... Security was certainly tighter around Lanzhou's North-Western Minorities University, where about 100 Tibetan students staged a protest on Sunday. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Rioter Roundup Mar 18, 2008
Tibetan students at the NorthWest Minorities University in Lanzhou staged an all-night sit-in at a school sports field before dispersing this morning. In the nearby town of Hezuo, in northwestern Gansu province, several dozen students from the Hezuo School of Hygiene took to the streets to demonstrate in sympathy for Tibetans in Lhasa but were quickly dispersed by police, school officials said. (Fox News)
Monks leading cry for a free land Mar 17, 2008
Witnesses said crowds of about 600 people on Friday and Saturday and an unspecified number early yesterday clashed with hundreds of police and troops trucked in from the nearest city, Lanzhou. The protesters hurled rocks and bricks at police headquarters and smashed windows of Han Chinese shops and buildings. (Yahoo News -- China)
China's crackdown reaches beyond Tibet Mar 17, 2008
All foreigners traveling on the road from Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, were stopped by police 100 miles from Xiahe on Saturday night, although some reporters managed to slip into the town before the roadblocks were established. Protests against Chinese rule of Tibet were also reported in Sichuan Province. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Lhasa lockdown Mar 17, 2008
In western Gansu province, more than 100 students protested at a university in Lanzhou, according to Matt Whitticase of London-based activist group Free Tibet. A curfew was imposed in Xiahe city in Gansu province Sunday, a day after police fired tear gas on a 1,000 protesters, including Buddhist monks and ordinary citizens, who had marched from the historic Labrang monastery. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Open revolt defies China's iron fist Mar 17, 2008
Witnesses said crowds clashed with hundreds of police and troops trucked in from the nearest city, Lanzhou. Monks as young as seven and as old as 70 from the Labrang monastery took part in the protests with local Tibetans and people from the countryside, chanting "free Tibet" and waving Tibetan flags and scarves. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Tibet unrest spreads beyond Lhasa Mar 17, 2008
In the Gansu capital Lanzhou, more than 100 Tibetan students staged a sit-down protest on a university's playing field, according to the activist group Free Tibet. Elsewhere in Gansu, at Xiahe, security forces extended their clampdown on Sunday after confrontations there between hundreds of monks and police over the weekend. (Yahoo News -- China)
China Flight Crew Thwarts Terror Attack Mar 15, 2008
The Beijing-bound plane came down in Lanzhou, capital of the northwestern province of Gansu, after taking off from Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital, last Friday. An anonymous source said flammable material had been discovered in the plane's toilet. (Sky News)
'Terror' attack a warning shot for Beijing Mar 15, 2008
But the aircraft eventually had to make an emergency landing at 12:40 pm at Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gunxu in northwest China, after the crew subdued a woman and her male companion who "attempted to cause an air disaster". Beri broke the news at a press conference on the sidelines of the NPC annual session which started on March 5. (Asia Times Online)
Recent incidents add to China's edginess about terror Mar 10, 2008
But the plane was diverted to the city of Lanzhou after an onboard incident ... A China Southern employee at the Lanzhou airport confirmed that the airplane had been diverted to the city and that the incident had been handled by public security officers. (International Herald Tribune)
China 'foils' Beijing Olympics plot Mar 10, 2008
The China Southern flight landed in Lanzhou, capital of neighbouring Gansu province, on Friday after the crew discovered the attempt to "cause an air disaster", Nuer Baikeli, the Xinjiang governor, said. "Who the people involved in the incident were, where they were from, what their aim was and what their background was, we are now investigating.". (Aljazeera.Net)
Plot targeted Olympics, China says Mar 10, 2008
Bekri said the crew responded and brought the plane to an emergency landing in the western city of Lanzhou. He said it continued to its original destination, Beijing, after about one hour. (News & Observer -- Sports)
China Says Passengers Carried `Suspicious Liquid' in Thwarted Plane Attack Mar 10, 2008
A flight from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Beijing made an emergency landing in northwestern Lanzhou, the General Administration of Civil Aviation said on its Web site today. It didn't say exactly how many people were carrying the liquid. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
China says militant plots foiled Mar 10, 2008
But he said there was "an attempt to crash the plane", and that the crew responded and brought the plane to an emergency landing in the city of Lanzhou, in neighbouring Gansu province, with no damage or injuries. Reuters quoted an anonymous source saying inflammable material was found in the plane's toilet, and that at least two passengers on the flight were taken into custody. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China says security not a worry after plots foiled Mar 10, 2008
The China Southern flight was en route from Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, to Beijing on Friday when it made an emergency landing in Lanzhou after the crew discovered what one source told Reuters was inflammable material in the toilet. None of the passengers or crew were harmed, according to the Xinjiang government, and the plane finally arrived in Beijing on Saturday. (International Herald Tribune)
China thwarts attack on Olympics Mar 9, 2008
The China Southern Airlines plane was forced to land in Lanzhou, capital of neighbouring Gansu province, because "some people were attempting to create an air disaster," he said. The crew stopped the would-be attackers and all passengers and crew were safe, he added. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Veolia Environnement: Results for the 2007 Fiscal Year Mar 7, 2008
A significant part of this capital was for the acquisitions of Sulo in Germany and VES Tecnitalia (former TMT) in Italy in the waste management business, Thermal North America Inc. in the energy services business, for the award of the Lanzhou, Haikou, and Tianjin Shibei contracts in China and the acquisition of the non-regulated activities of Thames Water in the water business in the United Kingdom, as well as to acquire People Travel Group in Sweden in the transportation business. In support of... (BusinessWire)
Agatha So is an American living and working in Beijing. Feb 21, 2008
Agatha So's column--English--People's Daily Online. 15:38 February 14 2008. (People's Daily Online, China)
China plans huge investment to protect Mogao Grottoes Feb 14, 2008
LANZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has approved a 36-million-U.S. dollar protection scheme for the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, a listed World Heritage Site in the northwest Gansu Province. The plan, approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, includes the construction of a digital display hall that can hold 800 visitors and facilities for consolidation, erosion prevention, security and visitor services, the Gansu Provincial Cultural Heritage Bureau said. (Xinhuanet, China)
China sees post-holiday travel peak Feb 13, 2008
Passengers queue to enter the platform in the Lanzhou railway station in northwest China's Gansu Province on Feb. 12, 2008. China's post-Lunar New Year holiday travel peak began to hit China's roads on Monday, with 44. (Xinhuanet, China)
Their China Adventures Feb 12, 2008
" Gloria noted that the clamps around the birds' necks are not permanent. The fishermen take them off when the birds are not going out to get fish. In addition to the traditional Chinese opera mentioned earlier, the Juedemanns also have attended live performance theater shows. Lanzhou is the farthest west they have ever been. Next, the Trans-Siberian Railroad This summer after the Juedemanns finish their two weeks of teaching in China, they plan to take a train from Beijing up to Irkutsk,... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Train journey in China 61-hour nightmare Feb 5, 2008
He said the crisis brought out the worst in China's system during what turned out to be a 61-hour journey from the southern city of Guangzhou to his hometown of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province. Wang said train staff reverted to the communist habit of blocking bad news, refusing to say why the train was stalled on the tracks for up to 10 hours at a time. (USA Today)
Harsh winter in China heightens economic fears Jan 29, 2008
Bundling up against the snow in Lanzhou in northwest China. (The Associated Press). (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Winter storms snag Chinese economy Jan 28, 2008
Bundling up against the snow in Lanzhou in northwest China. Power outages blamed on ice and unusually heavy snowfall Sunday left about 100,000 people waiting for trains in the southern Chinese rail hub of Guangzhou. (International Herald Tribune)
Omnicom Establishes MBA Scholarship Awards in China Jan 22, 2008
Their details are as follows: First prize: Xu Yazhi, who has a bachelor's degree in International Trade from Lanzhou Commercial College Second prize: Li Jun, who has a bachelor's degree in International Trade from Jilin University Third prize: Zhang Xiaoning, who has a bachelor's degree in English Linguistics and Literature from Dalian University of Foreign Languages About Omnicom Group Inc. Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: ) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's... (PR Newswire)
China's price controls meet scepticism Jan 18, 2008
Tao gave the example of restaurants in Lanzhou, western China, that were forced to cap the price of noodles last year and responded by cutting back on portion sizes. Other economists expressed doubts about whether the restrictions would be enforced in the first place, as central authorities often have difficulty prevailing on local officials spread across the vast country. (Business Report, South Africa)
Fear of inflation and hoarding trigger food price controls in China Jan 18, 2008
Tao cited the example of restaurants in Lanzhou, a city in western China where they were required to cap the price of noodles last year and responded by reducing the serving. Other economists said they doubted that the restrictions would be enforced. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
China sees first snow in 2008 Jan 13, 2008
People of the Zang ethnic group visit the Dongfanghong Square in snow in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 12, 2008. Snow fell for the first time this year in some parts of China from Jan. 11. (Xinhuanet, China)
Exploitation underpins China's success story Jan 6, 2008
In 1978, when Mao and his Cultural Revolution were dead, Qin returned to the city to study peasant history at Lanzhou University. It was his first day of formal education since primary school. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Tibetans forced to oppose Dalai Lama's return-group Jan 6, 2008
Before setting out, they were called to a meeting in Lanzhou, capital of the northwestern province, and forced to sign a petition on behalf of the people they represent opposing the Dalai Lama's return, the Free Tibet Campaign said. The meeting was apparently broadcast on local television. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
China's Invent-It-Here Syndrome Jan 3, 2008
But I have also walked the streets of many "Tier 2" and "Tier 3" cities from Lanzhou in the northwest to Guilin in the southeast. These once decrepit towns now pulse with energy as crane after crane builds skylines that would rival any U.S. or Asian metropolis. (Forbes -- Technology)
Deaths in China From Hepatitis Get Bristol-Myers, GlaxoSmithKline Focus Dec 26, 2007
At Lanzhou airport, in one of the country's poorest regions where hepatitis B vaccination rates and access to drugs are low, posters explain how to avoid getting HIV. There are no such messages on hepatitis from the state or from non- governmental organizations, called NGOs. I think the HIV people did it better, probably because of the NGOs,'' said Cheng Jun, a hepatitis B doctor at Beijing Ditan Hospital. (Bloomberg)
China, Japan sign final yen loan agreement Dec 22, 2007
It will help six cities and provinces in central and western China-- including Lanzhou of Gansu province and Nanyang of Henan province-- build six projects to reduce air pollution and deal with urban waste. Editor: Yan Liang. (Xinhuanet, China)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Bio-Bridge Science Executes Letter Of Intent To Acquire 51% Of Lanzhou Roya Biotechnology Nov 13, 2007
Bio-Bridge Science, Inc. Executed Letter of Intent to Acquire 51% of Lanzhou Roya Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ... -- Bio-Bridge Science, Inc. (OTCBB:BGES), a biotechnology company engaged in the commercial development of vaccines for the prevention and treatment of human infectious diseases, announced today that it has executed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire 51% of Lanzhou Roya Biotechnology Co. Ltd., based in the People's Republic of China ... Lanzhou Roya is a bovine serum manufacturer... (Investors Business Daily)
WPT Enterprises, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results Nov 6, 2007
Additionally, the Company had a successful kick off of its inaugural season of the WPT China National Traktor Poker Tour in Lanzhou, Gansu, and launched its first tour stop in Spain at Casino Barcelona. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Race to have an Olympic baby Oct 21, 2007
Primary schools in Lanzhou, the capital of Northwest Chinas Gansu Province, saw a jump of enrolment numbers by 10% to 30% in 2006. Parents who had babies in the Year of the Pig have found the procedure of having a delivery in a good hospital or looking for nannies a frustrating ordeal, as beds and nannies were booked in advance. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Rural poor China's big challenge Oct 17, 2007
Capital: LanzhouArea: 454,000 km sqPopulation: 26,190,000Population density: 57 ... In the city of Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu, you can see how that cycle is playing out ... Lanzhou's economy is growing fast and like many cities across China it marches to the sound of jackhammers and construction. (Aljazeera.Net)
China Leisure Sports Administrative Center and World Poker Tour(TM) China Kick off Inaugural Season of WPT China National Traktor(TM) Poker Tour Oct 16, 2007
First Provincial Champions Crowned at Regional Preliminary Event in Historic Lanzhou, Which Welcomed Over 400 Competitors. BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a historic day that marked the evolution of Traktor Poker, or Tuo La Ji, from traditional folk game to an officially recognized Sport by the China Leisure Sports Administrative Center (CLSAC), the World Poker Tour (WPT) China National Traktor(TM) Poker Tour crowned its first Provincial Champions yesterday in Lanzhou, Gansu ... The Sports Center... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
China to boost potato production Oct 5, 2007
LANZHOU, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) - China will boost potato production and development of industries based on the crop as a way to improve the country's grain security and to increase income for farmers. While addressing a recent national experience-sharing meeting on development of potato-based industries in Dingxi City, northwest China's Gansu province, Wei Chao'an, Vice Minister of Agriculture, explained China, with hue population, limited land, shortage of water resources, it is very difficult to... (Xinhuanet, China)
Railway to "roof of the world": wealth, worries Oct 4, 2007
"Tibetan adornments have become fashionable almost overnight. They're beautiful," says Wang Yanwen, whose store on Zhangye Road in downtown Lanzhou, capital city of northwestern Gansu Province, sells everything to do with Tibetan Buddhism, ranging from beads and prayer wheels to necklaces and bracelets ingrained with totems. A Tibetan tap dance has gained nationwide popularity after a group of 70 farmer-performers staged it for the lunar New Year's Eve gala on China Central Television in... (Xinhuanet, China)
Super moon cakes made for Mid-Autumn Festival Sep 24, 2007
In Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, hundreds of people ate up a 40-kilogram moon cake within one hour on Wednesday. Among those tasting the pastry were athletes, construction workers, farmers, and citizens living near the Lanzhou Sports Park. (Xinhuanet, China)
34 kids remain hospitalized for food poisoning Sep 23, 2007
Lanzhou -- Thirty-four children remain hospitalized for food poisoning after they ate meals in their kindergarten on Wednesday, said health authorities of northwest China's Gansu Province on Sunday. A total of 307 children, all from the Shiyan Kindergarten in Wuwei City, showed symptoms of vomiting, fever and stomachaches after they had porridge and buns for breakfast prepared by the school eatery on Wednesday. (China Daily)
Golden grainBBC correspondents examine the impact of rising wheat prices Sep 22, 2007
Rising prices have even affected sales of a famous Chinese snack - Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles - in the city that gave the dish its name. Lanzhou residents have had to pay up to twice as much for a bowl of the noodles, usually served with beef and turnip slices. (BBC News -- Business)
China cleanup: U.S. companies set to profit in Olympian effort Sep 18, 2007
Visibility fell to less than 1,000 feet on this December day in 2006 in the city of Lanzhou, in western China. AP. (USA Today -- Money)
Sixty hurt in China balloon blast Sep 17, 2007
The accident happened at the opening ceremony of a sports event at a school in the provincial capital, Lanzhou ... Xinhua news agency said that at least 64 students were taken to two different hospitals in Lanzhou. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China emerges as leader in cyberwarfare Sep 14, 2007
Most originate in the cities of Lanzhou and Beijing, and in Guangdong Province, centers of high-tech military operations. German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly raised the issue with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing last month. (Christian Science Monitor)
Millions at Risk in China, India Pollution Blackspots Sep 14, 2007
LANZHOU, CHINA -- potentially affected: 3,OOO,000. -- Heavy industrial emissions from petrochemical manufacturing and oil refineries, as well as rising automobile emissions, have dragged down air quality in highly industrialized Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province. (Planet Ark, United States)
La ChemChina annuncia investimenti strategici da parte della Blackstone Sep 13, 2007
stata istituita ventitre anni fa a Lanzhou da Ren Jianxin insieme ad altre sette persone le quali avevano ottenuto un prestito di RMB 10,000. un azienda produttrice leader di prodotti chimici realizzati con materiali nuovi e specializzati. (BusinessWire)
ChemChina ogasza strategiczn inwestycj Blackstone Sep 13, 2007
re zaci gn y kredyt w wysoko ci 10 000 RMB w Lanzhou. Bluestar jest wiod cym wytw. (BusinessWire)
ChemChina gibt strategische Investition von Blackstone bekannt Sep 13, 2007
000 RMB (Renminbi) in Lanzhou gegr. ndet. (BusinessWire)
ChemChina annonce des investissements stratgiques de Blackstone Sep 13, 2007
" Au cours de cette transaction, UBS AG fut le conseiller financier de ChemChina et Merrill Lynch, celui de Blackstone. Cette transaction est soumise ? une approbation r?glementaire d?finitive. A propos de ChemChina ChemChina, importante entreprise publique, a ?t? cr??e en 2004 ? la suite de la restructuration de certaines entreprises d?pendant directement de l ancien Minist?re de l Industrie chimique. Au bout de trois ann?es de d?veloppement, elle est devenue l un des principaux groupes... (BusinessWire)
ChemChina Announces Strategic Investment by Blackstone Sep 10, 2007
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U.S., China urged on energy efficiency Sep 7, 2007
A cyclist wears a face mask while cycling through polluted air in Lanzhou, in China's western Gansu Province, in this Dec. 5, 2006 file photo, as visibility fell to only 300 meters in the morning. According to a study, overseen by the National Academy of Sciences, the result of a 2-1/2 year collaboration between U.S. and Chinese academies of engineering and sciences, China is the world's biggest emitter of sulfur dioxide; both countries lead the world in their emissions of industrial carbon... (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Spying row overshadows Merkel's visit to Beijing Aug 27, 2007
Citing an investigation by German intelligence and the country's Federal Data Protection Office, it said Chinese computer hackers were using the programs mainly for wide-scale industrial espionage and revealed that computer spying forays against Germany were made almost daily from Lanzhou in north-west China, Canton and Beijing. Ms Merkel refused to comment directly on the magazine's disclosures but gave a strong indication that computer espionage would be high on her Beijing agenda: "Germany is... (Independent)
China to build world's longest sculptures complex Aug 23, 2007
BEIJING, Aug. 23 -- Northwest China's Gansu province plans to build the world longest sculptures complex of key historical figures along the western section of the Yellow River scenic corridor, also part of the ancient Silk Road that runs through Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu ... China News Service quoted sources at Lanzhou's Bureau of Parks and Woods as saying, the whole project will take 18 months to finish, with a total investment of 8. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's beef with 33-cent soup Aug 21, 2007
The dish is a daily staple in Lanzhou, a city of 3 ... This coincidence is explained by a recent government decision to cap the price of beef noodles in Lanzhou, after restaurant owners tried to raise prices ... But proponents say that lowly paid workers in Lanzhou's factories need a filling meal, and nothing hits the spot like a spicy bowl of noodle soup. (Christian Science Monitor)
