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Chinese worker gets ‘pinchers’ after factory accident

Chinese worker gets ‘pinchers’ after factory accident

HAP/Quirky China News/REX USA Wang Jin’s hands were nearly destroyed beyond repair after a factory accident. A Chinese man whose hands were ripped from the rest of his body in a ghastly accident got four of his fingers reattached in the form of pinchers. Wang Jin, 18, was rushed to Xiang Ya Hospital in Changsha, Hunan Province on Dec. 11 ...

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Chinese rover begins its journey to monetize the moon (with video)

Chinese rover begins its journey to monetize the moon (with video)

The Chinese space push is in full swing, but the CNSA (Chinese NASA) is nowhere near ready to compete in terms of PR. When Chang’e 3 — China’s first lunar rover — rolled from its lander this week, it made its country one of just three to ever drive a lander on the Moon. In celebration of the event, Chinese ...

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Chinese fighter jets fly over disputed air space

Chinese fighter jets fly over disputed air space

© KYODO Kyodo / Reuters/REUTERS A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in this 2012 East China Sea photo. Chinese military officials scrambled a pair of fighter planes Friday after a dozen U.S. and Japanese planes ignored its new air defense zone restrictions. The ...

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Chinese president visits victims of oil pipeline blasts

Chinese president visits victims of oil pipeline blasts

ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images Cars are scattered like toys in the aftermath of Friday’s oil pipeline explosions in Qingdao, China. The death toll rose to 52 on Sunday. BEIJING (AP) — China’s president on Sunday visited hospitalized victims of deadly explosions that ripped through residential and commercial roads from a ruptured pipeline owned by the country’s largest oil refiner. The ...

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