Posts Tagged ‘west’

China / North-West: The relief operations after the earthquake continues

January 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Relief operations are underway in the Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizisu in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (north-west), after the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 degrees occurred last Friday, said the local authorities monday.
T...

220 aftershocks felt in the north-west China, no casualties are reported

January 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
220 aftershocks rocked the district in Akqi Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (north-west), following the earthquake of 5.2 degrees on the Richter scale on Friday, according to local authorities.
14 800 people were affected and the total volum...

North-west China: a quiet village out of a dream of snow

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
In winter, the tourist Kanas in Xinjiang (north-west) is a world of whiteness. Here, the cold season lasts seven months a year. Because conditions of carriage, it was previously difficult for tourists to admire the beautiful winter landscape of this c...

Premier League - 21th day: the results

November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Here are the results from the 21st day of the Championship of England football after matches played Saturday and Sunday:
Saturday
Aston Villa - West Bromwich 2 to 1
Arsenal - Bolton 1 to 0
Everton - Hull City 2-0
Newcastl...

China / North-west: three dead and one injured in a road accident

November 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Three people were killed and another injured after a truck overturned Sunday in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (north-west).
The accident occurred at about 07H00 on Gangou stretch of the N ° 314, 200 km from Urumqi, the capital of the ...

The second West-East pipeline will serve China artery energy Guangdong Province

October 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Ten million cubic meters of natural gas will be transported to Guangdong Province (south) upon completion of the second east-west pipeline to China in 2011, it was learned Friday after a press conference.
Work began February 22. The pipeline wil...

China is beginning construction of a new East-West gas pipeline

October 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
China has started building a new pipeline from the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia in the west to the southern province of Guangdong, confirmed Friday China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) told Xinhua.
The proposed construction of the eas...