Chinese oil pipeline explodes
An oil pipeline at a busy Chinese port has exploded, causing a spectacular fire that has blazed since Friday evening. More than 2,000 firefighters worked overnight to control flames and further blasts...
View ArticleCleaning up China's largest oil spill with bare hands and chopsticks
Hundreds of firefighters and civilian volunteers used bare hands, chopsticks and plastic garbage bags Thursday to wage a low-tech battle against a giant oil slick spreading off China's northeastern...
View ArticleDalian Oil Spill Claims the Life of One Worker (Photos)
In America, we see images of animals covered in oil and we cringe. In China the Dalian oil spill has unfortunately claimed the life of one worker and the images that captured the event are even more...
View ArticleImportant Announcement from Dalian University of Foreign Languages
Since the Russian president is coming to visit, students should do this... more »Generaldalian
View ArticleOfficial micro-blog of China’s local police department follows Japanese porn...
Many regional police departments have launched their micro-blogs, a similar service to that of Twitter, at Sina, for promoting their image and public relations. Most netizens are not in the least...
View ArticlePhotos: Chinese lovers with dwarfism ride pumpkin carriage to a fairy-tale...
Zhu Jie, a 23-year-old woman with dwarfism, is only 128cm tall (about 4’3”). She was known to China’s TV viewers as a contestant in last year’s China’s Got Talent. Friday, she had a dreamy wedding...
View ArticleDalian swimmers
Every morning in Dalian, small groups of middle- to old-aged residents of this seaside Chinese city congregate by the ocean for some swimming. more »China Picturesdalianwinteroldswimmers
View ArticleLarge NIMBY protest erupts in Dalian
Four years after similar protests in Xiamen, residents of Dalian in northern China took to the streets in large numbers Sunday in protest of the Fujia p-Xylene plant which they feel is located too near...
View ArticleLiu Xiaobo granted brief visit home
The brothers of a jailed Chinese Nobel peace prize winner have said that they were recently allowed a rare visit to see him and that he was in good health. The three brothers also said Liu Xiaobo,...
View ArticleVideo: Twin polar bear cubs are set to meet the public in China
The twin polar bear cubs in Dalian, China, are being prepared to go on show to visitors for the first time in the New Year at the Laohutan Polar Aquarium. They are the second pair of cubs born to polar...
View ArticleSecurity Guards Mess Up Upcoming “World’s Biggest” Apple Flagship Store in...
According to rumours, Dalian's getting the world's biggest Apple store. Dalian? Click through to see a group of rival shopping centre security doing a bit of damage to the teaser posters. more...
View ArticleSchool's out! Dalian students bid farewell as dormitory burns
A group of students in Dalian shot their graduation photos using a unique backdrop: their school, engulfed in flames. Their photos went viral online, being forwarded 3,000 times in two hours, reports...
View ArticleLive Shipping Map
Forget where you lost your ship? Want to see when the next tanker comes to town? Where do the cargo vessels ply their lines? What's a hot spot for commercial fishing? Will the ferry arrive on time? All...
View ArticleChina revives plans to build world’s longest underwater tunnel in...
In its latest display of engineering ambition, China may build a 123 km underwater high-speed rail tunnel that is more than twice as long as any in existence today, though the project is loaded with...
View ArticleStarwood’s Colossal Bavarian Castle Set To Open In Dalian
The global hotelier is set to unveil its Bavarian "castle hotel," replete with a beer hall stocked with craft beer and German grub, later this year—not in Germany, but in China. more »China...
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