Five unidentified metal objects landed in three villages in Qiqihar, the local government said on Friday. The objects, reportedly oval in shape, were in flames when they fell from the sky at about 1 pm, witnesses said. Police cordoned off the sites and launched an investigation. No toxic gas or liquid leakage was found, authorities said, adding that the objects' source remains to be confirmed.
"Several financial risks, including local government debt and property market restructuring, lurk in the Chinese market. If all of them launch a strike at the same time, the country would very likely face an overall financial crisis."
The leader of a group that sold more than 20 Vietnamese infants in China was sentenced to death on Friday, sending a strong signal that China will crack down on cross-border human trafficking, authorities said.
Infant trafficking in China has been contained in recent years after the country launched a national initiative against the trafficking of women and children in April 2009, according to NGOs that are dedicated to the fight.
Vietnam has made "brutal and unjustified disruptions" to China's normal, legitimate oil rig drilling and has unilaterally established dozens of drilling platforms in disputed waters, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday.
The phrase "rain on a blue tin roof" sounds like a romantic scene, but in a residential area of Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, it is more a matter of pragmatism.
A man surnamed Shen said he felt desperate after a court in Yixing, Jiangsu province, refused his request to inherit four frozen embryos that belonged to his dead son and daughter-in-law.
Xiao Dan lolled on a sofa, droopy-eyed and slack-jawed, as Fang Xin spoke in a quiet, rhythmic voice next to her.
Air quality in major parts of China was better in April than in March, with dust and ozone accounting for a larger proportion among the key pollutants, according to statistics released on Friday by the Environmental Protection Ministry.
As an intermediary between shipbuilders, shipowners and charterers, Fearnley Offshore Supply has been active in the shipbroking business for more than 40 years.
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