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A police cordon is set up at the site of a ground collapse in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 5, 2024. A work team has been sent to Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province to guide rescue efforts after a ground collapse at a railway construction site left 13 workers missing, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Thursday. The accident occurred at around 11 p.m. Wednesday at a construction site of a section of the Shenzhen-Jiangmen Railway in the city's Bao'an District. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, the workers remained missing, according to the ministry. Nearby residents have been evacuated and temporary traffic control has been implemented around the site. Local fire and rescue teams, consisting of 48 vehicles and 198 personnel, are on-site for rescue and emergency response operations, the ministry said. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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Rescuers discuss the situation of a ground collapse at a railway construction site in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 5, 2024.

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Aerial drone photos show the site of a ground collapse at a railway construction site in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 5, 2024.

 

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SHENZHEN -- An explosion occurred Wednesday in a residential building in the city of Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, according to local authorities.

Local fire and rescue services said they received the report at 2:46 pm and sent 16 fire engines and 80 firefighters to the site in Nanshan district of the city.

Further investigation is underway.

 

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By Palden Nyima and Daqiong | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-11

The Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan province sentenced Ji Guogang, a former senior legislator of the Xizang autonomous region, to a 13-year prison term on Wednesday after convicting him of multiple bribery charges.

Ji, who served as the former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Xizang Autonomous Regional People's Congress, was fined 3 million yuan ($412,000). The illicit proceeds of bribery and interest linked to the bribery charge were confiscated and turned over to the state treasury.

From 2002 to 2022, Ji utilized his positions to facilitate entities and individuals in obtaining project approvals and equity transfers. In exchange, he, either directly or through his relatives, accepted money and property totaling more than 43.98 million yuan. He once worked at Fixed Assets Investment Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Development and Reform Commission of the Xizang Autonomous Region, and as chairman of the Xizang Development Investment Group Co Ltd.

Additionally, from 2016 to 2021, while serving as the president and legal representative of the Xizang Development Investment Group, he engaged in favoritism, abuse of power and has caused particularly significant losses to State interests.

Ji, aged 61, began working in 1983 and joined the Communist Party of China one year later.

The Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu held that Ji's actions constituted bribery and abuse of power in a state-owned company. Due to the exceptionally large amount of bribery and the significant harm caused to national interests by his abuse of power in a State-owned company, he should be punished according to law.

Considering the circumstances of attempted bribery, truthful confession upon arrest, voluntary disclosure of bribery facts unknown to the investigating authorities, confession and repentance, active return of illicit gains, and the full recovery of the proceeds of bribery, a lighter punishment was warranted under the law.
The court thus made the aforementioned judgment.

 

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China will crack down on unlawful fines and confiscations by local governments.

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Siberian Tiger was seen in Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve for the first time in three decades.

with continues efforts from local authorities population of Siberian tiger are rapidly growing. there are now around 100+ Tigers in Northeast China.

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park have 70+ Siberian Tigers and Amur Leopard population increased to 80.

In 2023, Park recorded the birth of 20 Siberian tiger cubs and 15 Amur leopard cubs.