China: Toyota recalls 690,000 cars Aug 24, 2009
The recall involves 407,503 Camry and Yaris passenger cars made by Toyota's joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group. Tianjin FAW Toyota is recalling 280,811 Vios and Corollas for the same reason, said a notice by the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. (India Times)
AirMedia Announces Unaudited Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Aug 18, 2009
38 square feet), above all of the domestic security check areas in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and started to operate them in August 2009 ... In June and April 2009, AirMedia separately entered into definitive agreements to acquire 100% of the equity interest in Dominant City Ltd., and 100% of the equity interest in Beijing Union of Friendship Advertising Media Co., Ltd., which operate various media resources in a number of airports including Guangzhou and Hangzhou airports, with... (PR Newswire)
NetEase.com Reports Second Quarter 2009 Unaudited Financial Results Aug 13, 2009
0 million), representing a security deposit placed with a court in Guangzhou, China in connection with certain arbitration proceedings against the property developer of the office building located in Guangzhou, China, which is occupied by the Company. The Company and Mr. Ding agreed that Mr. Ding would initiate such arbitration due to the property developer's failure to complete registration for the transfer of title to the property to Mr. Ding who has agreed to on-sell the property to NetEase... (PR Newswire)
China's stimulus working – perhaps too well Aug 13, 2009
Gyms are feeling the pinch more in Guangzhou, the southern city where fortunes are tied closely to exports, says Liu, who operates two clubs there. He has put expansion plans on hold. (Christian Science Monitor)
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)
Overseas Adoptions Threatened by TB Policy Aug 12, 2009
This photo provided by Jay Scruggs shows Harper Yue Ye, center, and her adoptive parents Jay Scruggs and Candace Litchford on July 27 at an adoption office in Guangzhou, China ... Harper will stay over the next several weeks with a family near Guangzhou, and her parents hope she will be cleared for travel to the U.S. at some point in September. (CBS News -- Health)
New TB policy may disruptinternational adoptions Aug 11, 2009
Jay Scruggs / APHarper Yue Ye twirls an umbrella in Guangzhou, China ... APHarper Yue Ye, center, and her adoptive parents, Jay Scruggs and Candace Litchford, sit together at an adoption office in Guangzhou, China ... Harper will stay over the next several weeks with a family near Guangzhou, and her parents hope she will be cleared for travel to the U.S. at some point in September. (MSNBC -- Health)
New TB policy could disrupt overseas adoptions Aug 11, 2009
Harper will stay over the next several weeks with a family near Guangzhou, and her parents hope she will be cleared for travel to the U.S. at some point in September. "This is not an immigrant it's not someone who has no address in the U.S. and no support network," Litchford said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
* FEATURE : High potential for medical tourism Aug 3, 2009
Hsu said he had heard good things about Taiwans medical services by word of mouth after a group from Guangzhou, the first to visit Taiwan for medical tourism, were very satisfied with their experience in June. The same PET check costs between 10,000 yuan and 12,000 yuan in China, said Beijing MJ Health Screening Co (), the organizer of the tour group. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China trip latest in Paul's offseason Jul 30, 2009
Paul will arrive in Tianjin on Sunday and move on to Guangzhou Monday and Tuesday, hosting basketball clinics and dedicating an outdoor court at a school in Guangzhou. The trip will include the launch of the Jordan CP3 II China Edition shoe, which will be decorated with Chinese characters symbolic of Paul's life, such as the year he was born (1985), and the No. 61, which relates to Paul scoring 61 points in a high-school game to honor his 61-year-old slain grandfather. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Paul relishes return trip to China as ambassador Jul 30, 2009
Chris Paul (right) will host basketball clinics and dedicate an outdoor court on the grounds of a Guangzhou school ... The Hornets' All-Star point guard and 2008 Olympic gold medal winner will arrive in Tianjin on Aug. 2 and move on to Guangzhou on Aug. 3-4, hosting basketball clinics and dedicating an outdoor court on the grounds of a Guangzhou school. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Jul 24, 2009
Flights to and from Guangzhou, Xiamen and other southern cities that cross Hong Kong air space will now communicate directly with Guangzhou, with flight control exchanging at a point called Oldid. Another northern route will be added, with flight control exchanged at a point called Salmi. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
As cheap as...gold?? Jul 21, 2009
Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou moved up to 12th, 22nd and 23rd respectively. Joburgs rating a boon for tourism Johannesburgs favourable rating has been welcomed by the local tourism industry. (iAfrica.com)
SA cheap for expats Jul 8, 2009
Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou moved up to 12th, 22nd and 23rd respectively. AFP Digg. (iAfrica.com)
Bills should be required reading Jul 8, 2009
Fiat announced a 50-50 joint venture Monday with the Guangzhou Automobile Group to make cars and engines for the Chinese market. Road Scholar. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
MPs chase sun on winter study trips Jul 7, 2009
He launched new trade offices in Guangzhou and Shanghai on this trip, which was funded by the Government. "I have met with representatives from Shanghai World Expo 2010, the Bank of Communications and Government officials from both Shanghai and Guangzhou," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Good reason for MHF to quickly form national B team Jul 6, 2009
Meanwhile, Malaysia have withdrawn from the girls Under-18 Asia Cup tournament, which will be held in Guangzhou from July 18-26. Mathavan said that Malaysia cited the A (H1N1) flu as the reason for the late withdrawal. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
China's system beyond the system Jul 3, 2009
That is exactly what the Guangzhou Maritime court did recently. At the beginning of the year, the court arranged a 12-day "inspection" tour for six officials (including the president) to South Africa, Turkey and Egypt at a cost of 80,000 yuan (US$11,700) per person. (Asia Times Online)
Japan welcomes Chinese individual tourists with enthusiasm, expectation Jul 1, 2009
Applications for the visa will be accepted at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing and the consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou during the first year. The service will be expanded to other diplomatic offices in China if conditions are judged appropriate, according to JTA.. (Xinhuanet, China)
China 'unfairly seen as eco-villain' Jun 19, 2009
in my view, national interests are always prior to international concerns, both for western and eastern world(Japan said he is not eastern contury), especially for US. Luyang, Guangzhou, China. Some good points here. (BBC News -- Science)
China Eastern Air May Need More State `Gold' After Merger on Staff, Routes Jun 18, 2009
By comparison, Beijing-based Air China has a 46 percent share in its home city, while China Southern has 48 percent of its local market, Guangzhou. China Eastern, Air China and China Southern Airlines Co., the nations big three carriers, dominate Chinese air travel. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Swine flu, fear spread aboard cruise ship Jun 16, 2009
A 24-year-old woman in the southern city of Guangzhou tested positive Thursday after developing a fever, the Chinese Health Ministry said on its Web site. Before the latest case, there had been 13 confirmed cases of swine flu in mainland China as of Thursday. (MSNBC -- Travel)
* Beijing confirms first domestic case of swine flu May 30, 2009
The woman works as a make-up artist at a photo studio in Guangzhou and came in contact with the confirmed case when he and his girlfriend had wedding photos taken on Monday and Tuesday, it said. On Wednesday, she developed a headache and a fever, and after she was hospitalized, Guangzhou health officials identified her as a suspected swine flu case before confirming it ... The health ministry said the man she came into contact with was a 28-year-old Chinese-American employed at a hospital in New... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Flu scare chills China's holiday tourism May 28, 2009
"Some people from the southern city of Guangzhou had plans to travel to Jinan (the provincial capital of Shandong), but now we have to cancel the trips because of fears of the flu," he said. "We are unable to see ahead. I'm worried the travel industry would be hit as it was during the spread of SARS in 2003.". (Xinhuanet, China)
The Surgical War on Fat May 27, 2009
In the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, three young surrogate first-time mothers were discovered by authorities hiding in a communal flat. Soon afterwards, district family planning and security officers broke into the flat, bundled them into a van and drove them to a district hospital where they were manhandled into a maternity ward, the mothers recounted to Reuters. (Slate)
'Just jump already!' May 26, 2009
Lai Jiansheng was detained by police for pushing a man named Chen off the bridge in Guangzhou city that has been the site of 12 suicide attempts since the beginning of April, the China Daily said. None of the suicide attempts have been successful, the paper said, but traffic over the bridge has been jammed for hours during each attempt as police sought to talk the people out of ending their lives. (iAfrica.com)
Passer-By Pushes Suicide Jumper In China May 24, 2009
Chen Fuchao, right, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by Lai Jiansheng, left, came up, shook his hand and pushed him off the ledge in Guangzhou, China ... Traffic around the Haizhu bridge in the city of Guangzhou had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area. (CBS News)
China's 2nd confirmed A/H1N1 flu patient discharged from hospital May 19, 2009
GUANGZHOU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese health authorities have begun tracing passengers who may have traveled in the same train carriage with a man who was reported Monday to be a new suspected case of A/H1N1 flu on the mainland. The man, surnamed Yang, returned to China's mainland Friday from a tour of the United States and Canada, according to a notice from the Ministry of Health. (Xinhuanet, China)
Japan has more confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu May 19, 2009
Guangdong Provincial Health Department said Monday Yang was admitted to the No. 8 People's Hospital of Guangzhou on Friday afternoon. Yang, 59, and native of Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong, lives in Nanhai, a city in Guangdong ... He caught the T810 two-hour train service in Hong Kong at 4:35 p.m. Friday, in carriage No. 7, and returned to Guangzhou. (Xinhuanet, China)
China holds 14 Mexicans May 11, 2009
According to a ministry statement, 10 of those are held in hospitals in Shanghai, three in Guangzhou an one in Beijing. The ministry added that all those quarantined knew of the Chinese measure "in advance of the trip". (iAfrica.com)
Thanks to flu, China changes visa rules for US citizens May 7, 2009
The American Embassy in Beijing said a pair U.S. citizens were quarantined in a hotel in a suburb of the city, while another two people who had earlier been kept in isolation in the southern cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen were allowed to leave Monday. MORE ON SWINE FLU. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Mexico relaxes flu restrictions May 7, 2009
Seventy-two had been in Shanghai, 18 in Beijing, 34 in Guangzhou and 12 in Hong Kong. None had flu symptoms, Mexican diplomats said, according to AP news agency. (BBC News)
No New Cases In VA May 6, 2009
Even the Mexican consul in Guangzhou was briefly held after returning from a vacation in Cambodia, Guajardo said. "In many cases we have gotten reports that they were being quarantined for the sole fact that they had a Mexican passport, whether or not they came from Mexico, whether or not they had been in Mexico, whether or not they had been in contact with someone else from Mexico," Guajardo said. (WTVR.com, VA)
China vows to keep killer flu out of border May 5, 2009
The plane left Guangzhou for Mexico City and Tijuana at 10 p.m. and is expected to return to Shanghai at 9 a.m. Wednesday, China Southern Airlines said ... The 6 teams were in addition to the previous 5 teams going to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou on April 25. (Xinhuanet, China)
Travellers lament life in four-star isolation May 5, 2009
Among those detained was Mexico's consul-general in Guangzhou, who was briefly held for medical checks upon returning to the country from a vacation in Cambodia. Flights between Mexico City and Shanghai the route the 25-year-old flu victim flew before transferring onwards to Hong Kong were suspended indefinitely. (Globe and Mail)
Swine flu cases top 1000 May 5, 2009
A Mexican embassy official in Beijing said nearly 70 Mexicans had been quarantined across China including in Beijing, Shanghai and the southern city of Guangzhou, despite not having flu symptoms. Canadian broadcaster CBC also reported that 25 Canadian students had been quarantined on arrival in northeastern Changchun, even though they showed no signs of the virus. (iAfrica.com)
Outbreaks pose bad luck for Chinese firm May 5, 2009
The city is trying to avoid a repeat of what happened in 2003, when a doctor from nearby Guangzhou came to the Hong Kong to attend a wedding. During his one-night stay the doctor, who had been treating patients with an unusual respiratory ailment, fell ill himself. (CNN -- World)
More Than 70 Mexicans Quarantined in China May 4, 2009
The Mexican consul general in the southern city of Guangzhou was briefly held for checks after returning from a Cambodian vacation last week, Guajardo said. China's authoritarian government doesn't stand on niceties when shifting into crisis mode, locking down much of the country during last summer's Beijing Olympics and sealing off Tibetan areas following anti-government protests last year. (Fox News)
China denies targeting Mexicans May 4, 2009
A Mexican embassy official told AFP late Sunday there were now nearly 70 Mexicans quarantined across China, including those at the Beijing Guomen Hotel, with others held in Shanghai and Guangzhou ... Unlike Mexicans quarantined in Shanghai and Guangzhou, the group of 10 in Beijing had been put up in a hotel in "a pretty deteriorated" state, with some of the bathrooms not working, he said ... Guajardo said a Mexican diplomat living in Guangzhou had been taken aside for special flu testing upon... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Chinese leaders take proactive steering in health security amid pending flu epidemic May 2, 2009
GUANGZHOU, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The health authorities of south China's Guangdong Province are seeking 11 people who had been on the same flight with a Mexican who was later found infected with influenza A/H1N1, according to a notice issued by the Provincial Public Health Bureau Saturday morning ... The 41 passengers then flew to Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. (Xinhuanet, China)
* [BUSINESS BRIEFS] Apr 28, 2009
Starting in July, Wittich will be working out of the Consulate General of the [Kingdom of the] Netherlands in Shanghai and K in charge of attracting Chinese investments to the Netherlands, while working with his staff located in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, he told the Taipei Times in an e-mail yesterday. After leading the chamber for almost eight years, Wittich said it was time to do something different and is scheduled to complete his work at the chamber in late June. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Chinese cities key for luxury brand Apr 16, 2009
The majority of China's rich now live outside of the mega-cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, said a study published this week by the Hurun Report ... But about 52 per cent live outside the three biggest traditional centres for wealth -- Beijing, Shanghai and southern Guangdong province, which includes Guangzhou and Shenzhen. (India Times)
How African Immigrants Are Perceive... Apr 2, 2009
Many new babies with African fathers are beginning to marvel the Chinese public especially in cities with a high concentration of Africans like Guangzhou. In the 1960s, 70s and even 80s, this was equal to abomination. (Suite101.com)
China blocks YouTube, again Apr 2, 2009
Last month, for example, all major Chinese news websites were ordered not to post anything to do with an expected environmental impact report on a massive oil refinery project in the southern city of Guangzhou. The official internal notice, leaked and widely published on blogs, forbade sites to publish even the report itself, which is meant to be public and open for comment. (Christian Science Monitor)
Hong Kong keeps to party line Apr 1, 2009
They included a 50-kilometer bridge spanning the vast mouth of the Pearl River to Macau and Zhuhai, a rail link between the airports of Hong Kong and neighboring Shenzhen, and a high-speed rail link to Guangzhou, provincial capital of Guangdong, home to the bulk of exports that flow out of the mainland and through Hong Kong. The estimated HK$250 billion cost of these projects - if they go ahead - will be split between Hong Kong, mainland governments and the private sector. (Asia Times Online)
Gifted sisters Mar 30, 2009
Soon the threesome will be reunited in China, when they all do stints in Guangzhou, a clothing and textiles city, home to more catalogues, and, therefore, more work than recession-ravaged Hong Kong can offer. It's Sunday, a rare day off for the 19-year-olds, whose slate of modelling casting calls often begins at 5 a.m. and wraps up 12 hours later. (Globe and Mail)
United stalls on San Francisco-China route Mar 26, 2009
(Crains) is again looking to delay new nonstop service from San Francisco to Guangzhou, China, because of a slump in demand for international travel. The challenging economy is impacting the demand for travel to China, and we are seeking permission to defer the start of this service to allow time for market conditions to improve, said a United spokesman. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Wealthy Chinese visitors can soon fly solo in Japan Mar 26, 2009
But the relaxation in visa policy only targets people in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou who earn at least 250,000 yuan ($36,600) a year, Shanghai-based Xinmin Evening News reported yesterday. Japanese media estimated the measure could encourage 250,000 more tourists from the Chinese mainland to visit Japan, up from a yearly average of 1 million. (Xinhuanet, China)
CRASH IN TOKYO: 2 die as FedEx plane goes down Mar 24, 2009
The flight from FedEx's hub in Guangzhou, China, appeared to bounce after its initial touchdown, and then skipped along the main runway at Narita Airport before flipping over and coming to a fiery halt, footage from airport security cameras showed ... Last month, FedEx opened a new $150 million operations hub for the Asia-Pacific region in Guangzhou. (USA Today)
Hillsboro pilot dies in FedEx plane crash in Japan Mar 24, 2009
Last month, FedEx opened a new $150 million operations hub for the Asia-Pacific region in Guangzhou. Sandra Munez, a spokeswoman for FedEx in the U.S., said customers that had packages on the plane will be dealt with on an individual basis through the company's risk management and claims departments. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Cargo plane crashes, burns on landing in Japan Mar 23, 2009
The flight from Guangzhou China crashed onto a runway at Narita Airport and was immediately swarmed by firefighters and rescuers. The pilot and copilot the only people onboard the flight were extracted from the cockpit and brought to a local hospital, according to airport spokeswoman Misuho Fukuda. (Globe and Mail)
Planes crash in Tokyo and Montana, emergency landing in Indonesia(updated) Mar 23, 2009
The flight from Guangzhou, China, skipped along the main runway at Narita Airport before skidding to a fiery halt, according to footage from airport security cameras. Firefighters and rescuers immediately swarmed the plane. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Amway to replicate China strategy for biz growth in India Mar 20, 2009
But that in no measure suggests that India will be Amways next manufacturing hub like Guangzhou, China. About 85% of the products the company sells in India, are made in India by about seven third-party contract manufacturers. (India Times)
China's factories get desperate as orders drop Mar 19, 2009
GUANGZHOU, China Desperate for new customers, Chinese factories have been bombarding Josef Jelinek with e-mails everyday ... We've practically had no orders, said Sylvia Yu at the toymaker, Canton Trade International Co. in Guangzhou ... They started being super keen, said Mr. Jelinek, who works for Inecko H.K. Ltd. and is based in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
* Expansion of air services next on cross-strait agenda Mar 17, 2009
Meanwhile, the CAA confirmed the nations airlines had decided to halt cargo flights between Taoyuan and Guangzhou as the lack of demand for such flights had made the route unprofitable. In related news, Department of Aviation and Navigation Director-General Ying Chen-pong () said the Oceanlala (v) was the only certified cruise ship in the country capable of cross-strait sea transportation. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Hainan Island, a Chinese tropical haven Mar 16, 2009
Look around, and you'll encounter weekend warriors from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, all seeking to escape the crush of big-city life for a quiet stretch of beach and a frozen cocktail. In the past, Hainan had a romantic, Wild West frontier air about it; as the southernmost point in China, it served for centuries as a place of banishment for criminals, exiled poets and political undesirables. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Khalid unveils list of ex-MBs travel expenses Mar 13, 2009
50 to fly to Tokyo, Guangzhou, Kunming, Osaka, Fukuoka and London in 2003 and RM74,972. 00 in 2004 to go to Bangkok, Dubai, London, Beijing, Amsterdam, Milan and Venice. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Kung fu actress Chris Yen returns to Boston's Chinatown Mar 8, 2009
She studied wushu for more than 20 years in the city of Canton, now called Guangzhou, before coming to the United States and founding her studio in Boston. She was one of the first female sifus of her generation. (Boston Globe)
China's growth in peril as young become thrifty Feb 28, 2009
Like their counterparts in the West, young Chinese white-collar workers in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou tend to overspend. A Shanghai government survey last November said office workers in the Chinese financial hub spend an average of 2,500 yuan a month. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
* Comet to give stargazers a treat next week: NCU Feb 18, 2009
The comet was first spotted by Ye Quanzhi (u), a student at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China and Lin Chi-sheng (L), an assistant at NCUs Lulin Observatory in Alishan on July 11, 2007. Chen said researchers at the observatory had discovered some 700 asteroids, but the Lulin Comet was the only comet the researchers had found so far. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
S China province's holiday program to be piloted Feb 17, 2009
BEIJING, Feb. 17 -- The national tourism administration is set to give the go-ahead to authorities in Guangdong to pilot a National Travel and Recreation Program this month, Guangzhou Daily reported over the weekend. "The program is likely to start at the end of February," the report quoted an anonymous official as saying. (Xinhuanet, China)
Fewer jobs for less pay for China's labourers Feb 16, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of workers arrive daily in Guangdong's capital, Guangzhou ... After two days in Guangzhou, they followed another tip that a toy factory in Dongguan was hiring. (Globe and Mail)
Chinese tourists flock to Malaysia Feb 15, 2009
"The numbers to Malaysia increased because January was the Spring Festival holiday break and many Chinese skipped Thailand because of the political situation there," said Cai Min Yu, manager for the Southeast Asian market at Guangzhou-based GZL Travel Services Ltd, when contacted. Southern China accounts for half of the market into Malaysia with the bulk coming from Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong ... "Last year, we arranged for over 30,000 mainlanders to visit... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Firm to open more lounges Feb 13, 2009
Plaza Premium currently operates 26 lounges in 11 cities: Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Johor Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat, Shanghai, Singapore, Toronto and Vancouver. Plaza Premium Lounge is the worlds first commercial VIP lounge open to airport users irrespective of airlines, travel class, air miles or membership programme. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Publicis Groupe: 2008 Annual Results Feb 11, 2009
Named Saatchi & Saatchi Energy Source Integrated Interactive solutions, the new entity specialising in integrated digital solutions, customer-relationship centred marketing and public relations is based in Shanghai and Guangzhou ... In December 2008, Publicis Groupe announced the acquisition of W&K Communications, a specialist in advertising, promotion, television production and the space purchasing, based in China with offices in Beijing and Guangzhou ... 2XL (United Arab Emirates), Aerogal... (PR Newswire)
