Corn Crop in China Slumped 13% on Worse Drought Damage, SGS Survey Shows Nov 9, 2009
8 million acres of farmland, mostly in the provinces of Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Jilin, cutting water supplies for 7 million people and 3 ... Yields in Jilin province, which in the past has been Chinas top-growing region, will fall 42 percent, the survey data show ... Heilongjiang province, where plantings increased because of higher prices, is the nations top producer, with 14 percent of national production, followed by Shandong, Jilin and Hebei, all with between 11 percent and... (Bloomberg -- Asia)
China electrifies urban transit Nov 4, 2009
Jilin province in northeast China has already agreed to purchase 70 of these new 24-passenger buses. Shanghai Sunwin Bus Corporation (SUNWIN) is a joint-venture between Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC), Volvo China Investment Group, and Volvo Bus Corp. Recently, Sunwin has provided buses to Shanghai Aowei Technology Development Company and its US partner Sinautec Automobile Technologies to develop a new model of ultracapacitor electric buses. (Asia Times Online)
Beijing's first snow of season 'artificially induced' Nov 1, 2009
Besides falling in the northeastern provinces of Liaoning and Jilin and the northern province of Hebei, the eastern port city of Tianjin also got its first snow of the autumn, the report said. "We wont miss any opportunity of artificial precipitation since Beijing is suffering from the lingering drought," the report quoted Zhang Qiang, head of the Beijing Weather Modification Office, as saying. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Say it loud, I'm PRCand I'm proud Sep 23, 2009
On Thursday, a "drunkard" from northeastern Jilin province chopped several pedestrians with a kitchen knife, killing two and injuring more than a dozen. The next day, a person held up a French woman with a knife. (Asia Times Online)
GM to form China venture with FAW Aug 30, 2009
The venture, based in the northeast China city of Changchun in Jilin province, will make light-duty trucks and vans, GM said in a statement. Read business stories in. (India Times)
* China and Russia: friends for now Aug 4, 2009
Last week China and Russia held their biggest joint military exercises ever X their battalions streaking across the plateaus and shimmering plains of Jilin Province. The exercises come as Moscow and Beijing prepare to celebrate an important moment in history: 60 years of diplomatic relations. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Research reveals habits of rare raptors Jul 11, 2009
Cape No. 1 was found to have traveled more than 9,000km in a broad circle covering the southern Philippines at the southernmost location and Heilongjiang Province at the northernmost tip, with Taiwan as a midway stop and a mountainous area in China's northeastern Jilin Province as its breeding ground early last month, bureau officials said. The bird took refuge on a tiny island off China's Guangdong Province in March under the strong northeast monsoon, where it recovered its strength before... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Jun 20, 2009
After the Beijing visit, Hu said he would proceed to Chinas northeastern province of Jilin with a group of property developers and real estate brokers from Taichung to explore the real estate market. The Taichung developers are expected to meet their Jilin counterparts for talks on potential joint ventures and bilateral cooperation in the cultural and construction fields, Hu said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
China Education Alliance, Inc. Announces Strong First Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results May 19, 2009
At present, the Company's well-developed Internet business is conducted primarily in the province of Heilongjiang and is expanding to the provinces Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. The business is gaining more and more recognition of students and parents. (PR Newswire)
Mexicans Back Home After China Quarantine May 7, 2009
But Lin Ji, deputy director of the general office of the Jilin provincial health department in China, said the government had decided to lift a quarantine for a group of Canadian students two days early, following pressure from Canada's government. He added, however, that the government would continue its strident checks on travelers from swine flu-hit regions. (CBS News -- World)
China defends quarantining 22 Canadian students May 6, 2009
Ma Zhaoxu, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, acknowledged that none of the students showed any symptoms of having the deadly flu, but said the government of Jilin province was nonetheless within its rights to quarantine them for seven days. Given that, on May 2, Canada had confirmed 51 cases of human infections of the H1N1 flu, in order to protect public sanitation and safety, the Jilin provincial authorities in accordance with the law on infectious diseases, conducted seven-day... (Globe and Mail)
North Korea's frontier Apr 1, 2009
Chinese border guards patrol in Jilin province across from the North Korean border on March 21, 2009. For decades, it has been shrouded by a veil of secrecy that has prevented us from better understanding this important nation. (CNN -- International)
