Posts Tagged ‘Guangdong’

100 days to go for Guangzhou Asian Games

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

The countdown continues for the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou in China’s Guangdong Province, with just 100 days to go. Visit the CCTV9 website to find out about the ceremony marking the 100 day countdown and the final touches for games preparation. The vision of the 16th Asian Games is  “Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia” – to find out more visit the 16th Asian Games website.

Breathtaking islands of Guangdong

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

It’s now summer in China, and in southern China you can enjoy island paradise and at the same time experience Chinese culture and history. The Shenzhen Daily newspaper introduces the ‘Breathtaking islands of Guangdong”:

Rain batters large parts of China, loss of life rises to 379

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Heavy rain has been battering China’s Yunnan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong Provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Large numbers of people have been impacted with 379 killed and many more evacuated from their flooded homes and direct economic losses of 82.4 billion yuan, as shown in this CCTV9 Special Report. I send my condolences and thoughts to everyone who has been affected.