Tag Archives: New Express

Pretty interpreter makes the news

When do interpreters become top headlines instead of the bigwigs they serve? One answer: when the interpreter is a pretty lady who can flawlessly translate a line of Chinese ancient poetry quoted by Primer Wen Jiabao.

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Guangzhou’s “Bus Rapid Transit” kind of slow

China’s national football team defeats Korea, three to nil.

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Harsh punishment stops drunk driving

Newspapers report on how the drunk drivers in their respective regions have been snitched and the new policy has changed people’s driving habit.

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Man fired for having a birthmark on his head in Shenzhen

New Express: the mayors in Guangdong swam across Zhujiang yesterday, as a way to show the accomplishment of the government in clearing up the once heavily-polluted river.

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Bus driver rampages in Guangdong

A bus driver who apparently held a grudge over being called back to duty from sick leave, deliberately hit multiple vehicles, killing four people yesterday in Huizhou, Guangdong Province.

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Senior citizen pushes would be suicide jumper off bridge

A subcontractor who climbed to the top of a bridge and threatened to jump off was pushed off by an elderly man in Guangzhou.

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AP courses come to American-style high school in Guangzhou

New Express: A Guangzhou high school claims to be the first in China to offer students (Advanced Placement) courses and tests.

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Two crooked Chinese bank officials convicted in the US

Two former managers of a branch of the Bank of China in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, were sentenced to 25 and 22 years by a US District Court in Nevada.

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Defector Justin Yifu Lin still a wanted man

Taiwan may lift its arrest order of Justin Yifu Lin, chief economist and senior vice president at the World Bank.

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Papers raise the alarm about swine flu

Most newspapers find a prominent spot on their front page for the swine flu outbreak as more and more cases are reported

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