Xiantao () is a city in the province of Hubei in central China. As of 2005, it had a population of 240,000.
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Xiantao has been described as a "Gymnastics town", because it has cultivated several gymnastics champions, such as Li Xiaoshuang, Li Dashuang, and Yang Wei.
ReutersThu Aug 21, 2008 3:02am ET | | By Chris Buckley XIANTAO, China (Reuters) - China's medals triumph at the BeijingOlympics has brought glory for this small city in farm heartland, where national sports success has been nurtured through family ambition and local government drive. So far at the Games,...
China DailyWUHAN - More than 9,000 soldiers and disaster relief workers were mobilized to lay sandbags on dikes and to check for leaks in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, as the city on Wednesday braces for flood...
China DailyWUHAN - More than 30,000 soldiers, emergency workers and residents have stood watch over dikes on Wednesday near Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, as the city braced itself for floodwaters to arrive from two swollen rivers. The Changjiang Water Resources Commission said that flood peaks from the Yangtze River and the Hanjiang River, the Yangtze's largest...
China DailyWUHAN - More than 30,000 soldiers, emergency workers and residents are on guard at dikes near Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, as the city on Wednesday braced for flood waters from two swollen rivers. According to the Yangtze Water Resources Commission, flood peaks of the mainstream of the Yangtze River and the Hanjiang River, the Yangtze's largest tributary,...
China DailyBEIJING: Two prime members of an organized crimegang in central China's Hubei Province were executed Wednesday after the Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved their death sentences on December 23 last year. Liu Lieyong was sentenced to death for the crimes of organizing and leading an organized criminal gang, murder,...
China DailyWuhan: More than 400 employees of private enterprises that were once collectively owned, protested Monday over endowment insurance payment in central...
The GuardianThe authorities toughened their stance against Free Tibetprotesters yesterday, announcing that six foreigners arrested on Tuesday had been sentenced to 10 days' detention for "disrupting public order". The news came as Briton Mandie McKeown, 41, and three other activists were detained as they unfurled a Tibetan flag near the Bird's Nest stadium. Associated Press said two of...
Yahoo Daily NewsBEIJING (AFP) – More than 30,000 people are thought to be trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China, state media said Wednesday, as torrential rain that has killed over 300 in two weeks continues. China is struggling with its worst flooding in a decade that has left 1,405 dead or missing since the beginning of the year and caused at least 26 billion dollars in...
