Chinese police shot dead 13 'thugs' in restive Xinjiang: govt.

BEIJING: Chinese police Saturday shot dead 13 "thugs" in restive Xinjiang after they drove into a police building and set off an explosion, a regional government website said.

"Today thugs crashed a car into the public security building of Kargilik county in Xinjiang´s Kashgar prefecture and set off an explosion. Police took decisive action and shot dead 13 thugs," the official Tianshan web portal reported.

Three police suffered injuries but no other casualties occurred, the report said, without providing further details. It was unclear if the attackers used one or more explosive devices.

Xinjiang, a vast and resource-rich region in China´s far west which is home to the mainly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, has faced a series of violent attacks in recent years.

Authorities have vowed to crackdown in recent weeks and announced a number of arrests and sentences following several high-profile attacks.

Chinese men catch baby falling from building

BEIJING: Dramatic images of two Chinese men catching a young child after he fell from a second storey window were released on Friday by Chinese state media.

A man walking past a building during a thunderstorm in the southern province of Guangdong spotted a baby who had climbed dangerously onto the window sill, provincial broadcaster Guangdong TV said.

In the video footage he was joined by another bystander, and both threw up their arms in anticipation of the child´s fall. Finally the infant tumbled down into the pair´s arms.

Some reports on the incident Sunday have said he was a one-year-old looking for his mother.

"I didn´t think too much at the time. I was just afraid of failing to catch him," local media quoted the first man, surnamed Li, as saying.

The video has created a storm on social media worldwide, with thousands posting comments.

"Wow... that is what I call nice catch! That guy is a hero!" wrote one YouTube user. (AFP)

Chinese train station knife attack leaves 6 injured: police

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BEIJING: Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a train station in China on Tuesday, police said, the latest in a string of violent episodes at public transport hubs.

Police shot one of the attackers at the train station in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, the city´s public security bureau said in a statement on its microblog, adding all six injured had been hospitalised.

Chinese consortium to set up two power plants in Pakistan

 

SANYA, China: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the early harvest projects were important for Pakistan and their timely completion will give a boost to the national economy.
The prime minister stated this at a breakfast meeting with Chinese investors in Sanya, China.Qui Yafu, Chairman RUYI Group, a textile company, and Wang Weng Zong, CEO Huaneng Shanday, a power company, met the prime minister.

The Chinese companies showed their intention to form a consortium for investment in power sector in Pakistan in order to build two power plants.They appreciated the investment policies of Pakistan and said that pro-investment policies had attracted them for investment in Pakistan.

The prime minister said that the Chinese investment is important for Pakistan and it will bring Pakistan’s economy into take off stage.He said there are several opportunities in energy and infrastructure sector which provide investment opportunities to Chinese investors.

Nawaz assured full support and assistance of the government and said that the minor hiccups would be tackled. The two sides also exchanged documents showing agreement and intent of the two sides for investment in Sahiwal Power Plant.

The prime minister while talking to the media at this occasion said the Chinese consortium had agreed to invest in Sahiwal Power Plant which is another milestone achieved in the energy sector projects.He said that the construction of the project will begin in May this year and will be completed by 2016. It will have two power plants, each of 660 megawatt, producing 1,320 megawatt.

Chinese ship in search for missing jet 'detects signal'

 

AP Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, centre, speaks as Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Hamzah Zainuddin, left, and Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi listen during a press conference for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday.

The ship Haixun 01 detected a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5 kHz, the same frequency that an airplane's black box is expected to emit

China said on Saturday that a patrol ship carrying a black box detector had picked up a pulse signal in the southern Indian Ocean, where aircraft and vessels have been scouring the remote waters for any debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing.

The ship Haixun 01 detected a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5 kHz - the same frequency that an airplane's black box is expected to emit, the State run Xinhua news agency said.

The signal was picked up at 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east latitude, Xinhua said, adding that it was "yet to be established whether it is related to the missing jet".

Aircraft and vessels from a number of countries have been scouring the waters of the southern Indian Ocean in a race against time to find any trace of the aircraft, which disappeared on March 8.

Batteries of the black box, which records flight data and is also equipped with an underwater signalling beacon, last for 30 days, leaving only until Sunday or Monday for the black box to be traced from its signals.

AP adds:

The Australian government agency coordinating the search for the missing plane said early Sunday that the electronic pulse signals reportedly detected by the Chinese ship are consistent with those of an aircraft black box. But retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, the head of the search coordination agency, said they “cannot verify any connection” at this stage between the electronic signals and the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

500-year-old rare Chinese cup to fetch 38.6 million at auction

The 'chicken cup', one of the just four left in the world, is expected to set a new record for Chinese porcelain at auction, with estimates of between USD 25.7–38.6 million.

A 500-year-old extremely rare Chinese ‘chicken cup’ belonging to the Ming Dynasty is set to fetch a record-breaking 38.6 million at an auction.
The ‘chicken cup’, one of the just four left in the world, is expected to set a new record for Chinese porcelain at auction, with estimates of between USD 25.7–38.6 million.
The cup produced during the Chenghua reign (1465-87), will feature in Sotheby’s spring sale in Hong Kong next month, a news agency reported.
The Chenghua ‘chicken cups’ were produced in small numbers and now there are just four left in the hands of private owners around the world.
Only a handful of museums worldwide have the cups in their collection including the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum.
“Ever since the Ming Dynasty when they were produced, Chenghua period ‘chicken cups’ have been praised and treasured by emperors and connoisseurs alike,” said Nicolas Chow, international head of Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.
“Given their extreme rarity, they are by definition the crowning glory of any collection of Chinese porcelain,” Chow said.
The creation of ‘chicken cups’ reached its peak during the Chenghua period, and they were celebrated for their tactile material, elegance of colour arrangement and distinctive painting style, the report said.