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A court in North China's Hebei province on Friday sentenced Zhang Chunjiang, former deputy general manager of China Mobile, to death with a two-year reprieve, after he was found of taking bribes.
The Intermediate People's Court of Cangzhou also ordered the confiscation of Zhang's personal assets and stripped him of his political rights.
The court found that Zhang, 53, took 7.46 million yuan ($1.15 million) in bribes between 1994 and 2009 when he was deputy director of the Liaoning provincial postal administration, general manager of China Netcom Group Corporation Ltd, and Party chief as well as deputy general manager of China Mobile.
Read more: Ex-China Mobile official gets suspended death sentence
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At least 35 people were killed and 190 others injured in a train crash and derailing accident late Saturday in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to the provincial emergency office.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao called for all-out efforts to rescue passengers and ordered to make rescue work a priority, according to a statement posted on the website of the Ministry of Railways.
The latest result of investigation released early Sunday morning by the Zhejiang provincial government showed that the accident occurred at 8:27 pm Saturday at the section of Shuangyu Town in Wenzhou City, when high-speed train D301 crashed into another bullet train D3115. Four coaches of D301 fell off the viaduct.
Read more: Photos: At least 35 dead in E China CRH train crash
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China High-speed Rail's D3115 Train has mortal accident at Shuangyu Section near Wenzhou 23rd July 2011 around 20:34.
Read more: Photo: China High-speed Rail Accident Near Wenzhou, Death Toll Unknown
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Traffic crawls along Zhongguancun Street during Wednesday evening rush hour. The city's traffic authority said traffic jams have eased.
Private car owners might have to accept higher charges as the city's traffic authority plans to further improve public transport and reduce the use of vehicles to ease traffic congestion.
Liu Xiaoming, director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, suggested in a report to the Beijing Municipal People's Congress that the city adopt "both economic and administrative measures" to further reduce the use of private cars and divert private car owners to public transport.
Liu said this should be the city's "primary policy target" in solving traffic congestion.
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Liu Hao on TV Show 2010.11.
On the surface, Liu Hao seemed like an ideal candidate to become someone's romantic partner when he appeared on one of the many popular dating shows in China.
The 39-year-old music teacher wooed the show's audience, which sat entranced before a performance featuring his songbird voice, and won fans as he duked it out against a competing bachelor by energetically performing the running-man dance to techno music. Liu's wide grin reflected his confidence.
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