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Quake-hit Xinjiang county returns to normal (China Daily)A primary school teacher gives a class to her students in a makeshift classroom in Ulugqat county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 13, 2008. Life and work are returning to normal in the quake-hit areas after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook Ulugqat county in Xinjiang, on October 5, 2008, causing no casualties but 721 collapsed houses.

Traffic collision kills five, inures two in Xinjiang (China Daily)URUMQI -- A traffic collision kills five people and injures two others in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Snow leaves 400 quake-zone families in the cold in NW China (China Economic Net)Quake-hit Wuqia County, a mountainous area in the far west of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was hit by an early winter when the first snowfall on Tuesday left more than 400 families in the cold, local authorities said.

Tibet, Xinjiang inspect public buildings after deadly quakes (People's Daily)Construction authorities in west China's Tibet and Xinjiang regions are inspecting the integrity of public buildings after two strong earthquakes shook the remote areas last weekend. Schools, hospitals, shopping malls, coach stations and railway stations in the Tibet regional capital of Lhasa and prefectures of Xigaze and Shannan will be assessed for damages and stability, said Wang Yalin, ...

Tibet, Xinjiang inspect public buildings after deadly quakes (China Economic Net)Construction authorities in west China's Tibet and Xinjiang regions are inspecting the integrity of public buildings after two strong earthquakes shook the remote areas last weekend.

Snow leaves 400 quake-zone families in the cold in NW China (People's Daily)Quake-hit Wuqia County, a mountainous area in the far west of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was hit by an early winter when the first snowfall on Tuesday left more than 400 families in the cold, local authorities said. After several days of rain, the snow began to fall early on Tuesday, lowering the temperature to minus 3 to minus 4 degrees Celsius in the 7,800-square-km quake zone, ...

China announces altitude of lowest inland point (People's Daily)China's lowest inland point is the Ayding Lake in the Turpan depression of China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 154.31 meters below sea level, according to the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM). Li Weisen, deputy director general of the SBSM, said Ayding Lake was also the world famous depression; its location and altitude had undergone some changes since 1979 due to ...

Petromin - Terrawest to Commence China CBM Drill Program (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) Further to our May 30, 2008 news release, Petromin Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that TerraWest Energy Corp. - a private company in which PTR is a major shareholder - has now finalized contractual arrangements for Xinjiang Geologic Engineering Co.

China's potential lures adventurous winemakers (Chicago Tribune)China's potential lures adventurous winemakers The 45th parallel encircles the globe, marking vineyards both legendary and emerging, and reflecting a changing wine landscape. Tribune reporters follow the line in a series of occasional articles.

Pekin woman tells of life in China (The Pekin Daily Times)Times correspondent CHENGDU, China - It's been five months since a massive earthquake jolted central China and killed 80,000 people, but Tiffany Nelson still gets the jitters when someone nearby fidgets too much.