Word: guizhou
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...worsening inflation. In Mao's days, Chinese consumers dreamed of buying the "three bigs": a bicycle, a wristwatch and a sewing machine. Now the three bigs are a refrigerator, a washing machine and a TV set. "Imagine," says a Western diplomat. "Some people living in the heart of Guizhou province now see the evening news, with film from Beirut and New York. Three years ago, they did not know anybody lived on the other side of the nearest hill...
...industry into 13 large-scale production groups to allow closer mine oversight, particularly for the smaller, private pits that are the most dangerous. Whether that action ends up being too little, it certainly is too late. Last Wednesday an explosion at a coal mine in China's southwestern Guizhou province killed 16 people...
...Local people have long been under the mistaken impression that poppy shells can make their dishes more delicious. They are not aware of the harm they will do to their health." Zhang Xing, drug-control official in China's Guizhou province, after more than 200 local restaurants were closed for spiking their food with opium poppies...
...wheel, Jiang turns around to explain gleefully his fondness for the revolutionary score. Born in 1963 in China's central Hebei province, Jiang was the son of a senior captain in the People's Liberation Army. The family moved house a lot. Jiang affectionately recalls the rustic province of Guizhou where cured hams hung inside neighbors' homes and unattended warehouses of machine parts became treasure troves for mischievous 10-year-olds. It was in Guizhou at the height of the Cultural Revolution that the adolescent Jiang saw a performance of The Red Detachment of Women. "Watching the women...
...staggering feat of destructive logistics killed five people, including Lin himself. A troubled businessman, he was reportedly getting back at his estranged brother-in-law, as well as a group with whom he was in financial dispute. Just a few days earlier in the southern province of Guizhou, an unemployed laborer strapped a bomb to his waist and met his pregnant ex-girlfriend for a ride around town. As they sat in a rickshaw, the device detonated, killing the pair and maiming the driver...