Word: zhanjiang
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...comatose and on the verge of death. ON TRIAL. FAN SHAORUN, 55, former Bank of China branch head in a small port city of southern Guangdong province, facing charges of corruption including misappropriating millions in public funds and accepting bribes from a smuggler now on death row; in Zhanjiang. SENTENCED. GARY O'NIONS, 56, Briton convicted of violating Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic law by trading in alcohol, to eight years in jail and 800 lashes, and fined more than $500,000; by a court in Riyadh...
...Take Lin Guijian, who used cell phones and beepers to trigger more than 20 explosions that paralyzed the southern towns of Zhanjiang and Jiangmen on Dec. 14. His 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...
...four coastal enclaves, including Shenzhen, that the government has designated as "special economic zones." These areas, set up to be thoroughfares for the free passage of foreign investment and ideas, have flourished so vigorously that the government plans to create 14 more, from Dalian in the far north to Zhanjiang in the far south...
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