China firmly opposes the Dalai Lama's planned visit to a China-India border region, said a Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing Tuesday. • Dalai Lama's grandniece joins Communist Party of China Nov 4, 2009
LANZHOU, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- A grand niece of the 14th Dalai Lama told Xinhua on Monday that she had joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) ... Two years after joining the army, Deying Drolma was enrolled in the Lanzhou Military Medical College of the PLA, majoring in nursing. (Xinhuanet, China)
Pilgrims from China's Hui community leave for Mecca Nov 1, 2009
LANZHOU, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The flight with 332 passengers took off at 3:30 p.m. Friday from Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, marking the beginning of Chinese Muslims' pilgrimage to Mecca this year. From Oct. 30 to Nov. 18, about 12,700 Muslims will go to the holy city for hajj in 41 chartered flights from Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Yunnan and Beijing. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Xinjiang authorities keep tight control on communications Oct 25, 2009
Our business has been seriously affected, and we have had to set up an office in Lanzhou [Gansu Province], said the head of an Urumqi-based firm who asked to remain anonymous. Xinjiang authorities set up a green channel [for calls and the Internet] for. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Premier asks NW province to continue developing with ecological safety Oct 19, 2009
LANZHOU, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged the once impoverished northwestern Gansu Province to continue developing industries with local features while ensuring the safety of local ecological system ... Wen urged the Lanzhou Chemical Company of the China National Petroleum Corporation, the largest oil refinery in China's west region, to reduce energy consumption, achieve technological breakthroughs, replace backward production facilities, and strictly limit excess... (Xinhuanet, China)
America's Pastime Scouts Future in China Sep 24, 2009
Luan's family lives in Lanzhou, a city in remote northwestern China. Attending the school offers a way out of poverty for some of the students. (CBS News)
China army parade may give clue to new missiles Sep 23, 2009
A worker installs lanterns on a waist drum to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at a park in Lanzhou, Gansu province September 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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Hu congratulates centenary of university in NW China Sep 21, 2009
LANZHOU, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has written a congratulatory letter to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lanzhou University in northwest China's Gansu Province ... After the founding of New China and particularly the country's reform and opening up, Lanzhou University has shared the fate of the nation and kept pace with the times, and made important contribution to the economic and social development in the western regions, the president said. (Xinhuanet, China)
* PRC growth measures working, group says Sep 16, 2009
Jiangning and the Suzhou industrial zone were second only to Kunshan as preferred locations, while Lanzhou in Gansu Province is the least-favored investment destination, followed by Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, the report said. Meanwhile, Taiwanese businesspeople in China want greater cross-strait corporate cooperation, saying this could enhance bilateral efficiency and competitiveness while lowering costs and risks, the report said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
No infections found in needle attack victims Sep 14, 2009
The Urumqi General Hospital affiliated to the Lanzhou Military Area Command has arranged three psychological experts and opened four counselling hotlines to help ease victims' fears and panic. Wang Wenxian, deputy director of the Urumqi municipal public security bureau, said the needle stabbings did not cause serious damages to the victims' health, but they caused public panic and disturbed social order. (Xinhuanet, China)
WHO: School closure can slow down spread of A/H1N1 virus Sep 12, 2009
File photo shows a health official at the entrance of a middle school in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 31, 2009. A/H1N1 flu cases broked out in the middle school there since Aug. 28, and the confirmed infected patients grew to 26 till 3 pm Aug. 30. (Xinhuanet, China)
Red alert at schools after flu outbreaks Aug 31, 2009
As of yesterday afternoon, temperature screenings and epidemiological surveys by the country's centers for disease control and prevention confirmed 80 cases of H1N1 flu among students at No 3 Senior High School in Xing'an county, Henan, and another 26 at a high school in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu. The People's Hospital of Xin'an county admitted two second-grade school pupils last Thursday, said sources with the local government. (Xinhuanet, China)
A/H1NI flu outbreak reported at middle school in NW China Aug 31, 2009
LANZHOU, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of A/H1N1 flu was reported at a middle school in northwest China's Gansu Province as 26 students had been confirmed to be sickened as of Sunday afternoon. The first patient at the Lanzhou Chenggong School, a private boarding school in Gansu's capital city Lanzhou, was confirmed Friday, said an official from the provincial health department. (Xinhuanet, China)
* US, PRC maneuvers post-Morakot Aug 30, 2009
The exercise mobilized forces in the Shenyang, Jinan, Guangzhou and Lanzhou military regions for almost two months, and it took place near disputed areas, such as near the border with North Korea, Afghanistan and in the South China Sea. It included paratroopers, simulated warfare in complex electromagnetic environments, the Beidou Satellite Positioning System and civilian aircraft. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* EDITORIAL: The Kuayue drill: Chinese goodwill? Aug 25, 2009
On Aug. 12, the South China Morning Post reported a drill codenamed Kuayue (Stride) 2009 had been launched, mobilizing 50,000 heavily armed troops from four military zones X Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou X over thousands of kilometers ... Indeed, Ni was quoted as saying that the Lanzhou Military Command, which oversees security in the Tibet and Xinjiang regions, would become more important. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
China's war games unnerve neighbors Aug 18, 2009
For the first time, forces from the four major regional military commands - stationed in the cities of Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou - will all be engaged in live-fire drills at least 1,200 kilometers from their bases. Some soldiers will reportedly be involved in maneuvers as far as 1,600 kilometers from home. (Asia Times Online)
Chinese students return after post-quake rehabilitation Aug 13, 2009
LANZHOU, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 550 primary and middle school students flew back to quake-hit Chinese provinces from Russia Wednesday after completing a three-week recuperative tour. The teenagers, 340 from Sichuan Province, 110 from Gansu Province and 100 from Shaanxi Province, were invited by the Russian government to recuperate at the "Ocean" All-Russia Children's Care Center in Vladivostok, Far East, since July 23. (Xinhuanet, China)
High-speed trains stars of China army drill Aug 12, 2009
The exercise, named "Stride-2009 ", will involve one army division from each of the military commands of Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou. It will last two months and include live-fire drills. (India Times)
China's military launches long-range war games... Aug 12, 2009
The exercises involve four brigades from the major military regions of Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou, which all will be deployed at least 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) from their bases, the reports said. Such deployments would be needed to reinforce units in Tibet and Xinjiang, where security forces have battled renewed ethnic conflict and anti-government violence over the past two years. (The Drudge Report)
Killer drivers put Chinese justice in the dock Aug 7, 2009
The zebra crossing is located near a densely inhabited residential area in Lanzhou, capital of northwestern Gansu province. After a request from local residents, traffic lights were installed there a year ago. (Xinhuanet, China)
Military reshuffle not likely: analysts Aug 1, 2009
According to an unnamed military source, the seven current military regions of Shenyang, Beijing, Lanzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Chengdu will be replaced with four strategic zones in the north, east, west and south, the report said. Each strategic zone would be under the command of a military commission, formed by a joint command of different armed forces and several provincial secretaries in the zone, the source said, adding that the heads of the four military commissions would be... (Xinhuanet, China)
* World News Quick Take Aug 1, 2009
The 18 students in Gansu Province uncovered the cheats while administering the test to 265 candidates for positions as judges, prosecutors and police officers, Lanzhou Morning News said. The students were brought in by the Liangzhou District government to supervise the test to ensure openness and transparency, the paper said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
A total solar eclipse brought darkness to many places along the upper reaches of China's longest river, the Yangtze, at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.• Special report: Longest total solar eclipse in 500 years Jul 22, 2009
Solar eclipse gazers gathered at the sides of the Yellow and Yangtze rivers Wednesday in Lanzhou and central Wuhan cities as the moon started to shadow the sun at 8:15 a.m.. More than 500 amateur astronomers from overseas have booked their hotels in Haiyan County in east China's Zhejiang Province to see a total solar eclipse this month. (Xinhuanet, China)
Solar eclipse attracts watchers, despite clouds Jul 22, 2009
Millions of eclipse-watchers thronged to the banks of the Yellow and Yangtze rivers in northwestern Lanzhou and central Wuhan cities early Wednesday to observe the spectacle. A partial solar eclipse started at 8:01:27 a.m. in Cona County, Tibet in southwest China, according to an observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). (Xinhuanet, China)
Traffic lights are not enough for safety Jul 19, 2009
The zebra crossing is located near a densely inhabited residential area in Lanzhou, capital of northwestern Gansu province ... Drivers ignore red lights at the Lanzhou intersection because the violation doesn't cost them a thing. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Elderly vigilante becomes Internet sensation in China Jul 14, 2009
The 74-year-old last week took up position on an intersection in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, and damaged more than 30 cars before he was stopped by police, the China Daily reported. I just wanted to catch peoples attention and tell the drivers to think of pedestrians, the man was quoted as saying. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
No question, Hu's in charge Jul 10, 2009
People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops from the neighboring Lanzhou Military Region were airlifted in on Tuesday to help restore public order. The mobilization of PLA troops suggests two things. (Asia Times Online)
Urumqi residents flee after deadly violence in China Jul 10, 2009
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Senior Chinese leader highlights social stability Jul 9, 2009
LANZHOU, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader He Guoqiang stressed social harmony and stability on Wednesday, in the wake of the riot in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, made the remarks during a two-day visit to Gansu Province, which neighbors Xinjiang where at least 156 people were killed in Sunday's riot. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to start building first 10 million-kw-level wind power station in mid-July Jul 5, 2009
LANZHOU, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Workers would begin construction on China's first 10 million-kw-level wind power station in mid-July in the far northwestern city of Jiuquan, Gansu Province, a local official said Sunday. The would-be largest wind power station was designed to have an installed capacity of 5. (Xinhuanet, China)
PepsiCo Opens First Overseas 'Green' Plant in China as Part of $1 Billion Investment Effort Jun 26, 2009
Over the next two years, the company expects to open five new beverage manufacturing plants -- in Kunming, Zhengzhou, Quanzhou, Lanzhou and Nanchang. It also plans to invest to strengthen its local research and development capabilities and broaden its portfolio of Chinese-designed and developed products such as Tropicana Guo Bin Fen juices, Lay's Lychee potato chips and Cao Ben Le drinks, which are inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. (PR Newswire)
PetroChina May Invest in Refinery in Scotland, Will Buy Pipelines in China Jun 19, 2009
The assets to be acquired from China National include one crude oil pipeline and one refined oil link, each spanning 1,858 kilometers (1,154 miles) west to east from Urumqi, Xinjiang to Lanzhou, Gansu, PetroChina said in a statement yesterday. More oil will be produced in Northwestern China and Kazakh imports will increase, according to Mao. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
As millions of Chinese children celebrated Children's Day Monday, Premier Wen Jiabao shared a light moment with 100 young students invited to his office in downtown Beijing.• International Children's Day marked in China Jun 2, 2009
Children perform during an activity to mark the International Children's Day in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, May 31, 2009. (Xinhua/Qiao Jihong). (Xinhuanet, China)
Photographs of people amidst sewage May 23, 2009
A Chinese woman and her child walk along a street during a sandstorm in Lanzhou, north China's Gansu province on April 23, 2009. Air pollution in China's cities remains very serious, state media quoted a minister as saying, amid an ongoing battle to clean up the skies in the world's largest coal-consuming nation. (Harper's Magazine)
LANDMARK REPORT May 17, 2009
Rescuers search for survivors amid the ruins of a collapsed residential building at the Jiuzhou Economic Development Zone in Lanzhou, Gansu province May 16, 2009. Part of the building collapsed due. (AlertNet)
Pakistani youth delegation to visit China Apr 19, 2009
The youth delegation is scheduled to visit Beijing, Urumqi and Lanzhou from April 19 to 27. Editor: Mu Xuequan. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to learn from Linn-Benton CC Apr 15, 2009
Other members of the Chinese delegation in Oregon are Wanmin Wu of Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, Fangming Zhang of Lanzhou Petrochemical College of Vocational Technology, Hongzhi Yuan of the Xuzhou Institute of Architectural Technology, Xinguang Feng of Rizhao Polytechnic and interpreter and program officer Xiaoyong Zheng. Reader Comments The comments below are from readers of Democratherald. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Chinese college presidents tour LBCC Apr 14, 2009
The Chinese college presidents are Jianmin Chen, who is president of Beijing Polytechnic College; Wanmin Wu, president of Guangzhou Civil Aviation College; Fangming Zhang, president of Lanzhou Petrochemical College of Vocational Technology; Xinguang Feng, president of Rizhao Polytechnic and Jianjun Gu, interpreter and program officer for the China Education Association for International Education. Their colleges are vocational schools in both rural and urban settings and specialties. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Early agriculture left traces in animal bones Mar 24, 2009
The bones come from a Neolithic site known as Dadiwan, in China's western Loess Plateau, excavated first by a Chinese team in the late 70s and early 80s, and in 2006 by a team from the University of California, Davis, and Lanzhou University in China. Humans occupied the site during two main phases, from 7,900 to 7,200 years ago (Phase 1) and from 6,500 to 4,900 years (Phase 2). (EurekAlert!)
Debt headache for China's leaders Mar 24, 2009
The four existing SPR bases are in Zhenhai, Zhoushan, Huangdao and Dalian; two confirmed venues for future SPR tanks are in Huanggao and Jinzhou; and the following venues are possible locations for the remaining six SPR tanks that are being planned: Quanzhou, Shantou, Guangzhou, Bao'an, Zhanjiang, Yangpu, Yantai, Binhai, Caofeidian, Tieling, Linyuan, Lanzhou, Wanzhou and Shanshan. Western analysts, however, point out that the current strategic and economic trajectories of the US and China are in... (Asia Times Online)
NW China region reports sharp rise in HIV/AIDS cases Mar 9, 2009
LANZHOU, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The number of reported cases of HIV/AIDS rose by 50 percent last year to 216 in northwest China's Gansu Province. Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (GPCDC) said Sunday only 10 people were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in2000. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to establish center to protect ancient murals Mar 7, 2009
LANZHOU, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China will establish a national protection center for ancient murals in June in the northwestern province of Gansu to improve the protection for the heritage, a researcher said Friday ... With some 80 staff, the center will cooperate with other domestic research institutes such as Lanzhou University and Zhejiang University in the research. (Xinhuanet, China)
Annual Buddhist services held in Gannan Mar 7, 2009
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lanzhou. (XHTV). (Xinhuanet, China)
Zhang Qingli becomes new Party chief of Tibet Feb 8, 2009
Zhang got a series of promotions in Shandong until August 1998,when Zhang moved to Gansu Province, where he held a number of important jobs including the head of the publicity department of the provincial CPC committee and Party chief of Lanzhou, the provincial capital. Between October 1999-March 2005, Zhang held, early or later, a series of key positions in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, such as the commander of the paramilitary Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), deputy... (Xinhuanet, China -- China)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
