(2000 est. pop. 90.79 million). Shandong is a large, densely populated Chinese northern coast province on the Shandong Peninsula, which separates the Bohai Gulf from the Yellow Sea. Bordered on the northwest by Hebei Province, on the southwest by Henan...

Coordinates: 36°30′N, 118°0′E Shandong (help·info) (simplified Chinese: 山东; traditional Chinese: 山東; pinyin: Shāndōng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is Lu,...

SINGAPORE Singapore-based RGM International aims to acquire a majority stake in the Chinese cartonboard and pulp producer, Shandong Rizhao Senbo, formerly called Shandong Rizhao Wood Pulp. RGM signed a preliminary agreement to acquire 51% of Shandong Rizhao Senbo from the Chinese government. The...

Protestant missionaries encountered enormous challenges in trying to build a church in Shandong Province, China. Early missionaries encountered stiff resistance from local people who opposed the teachings of the Protestant church. The church had to contend with a wave of anti-Christian sentiments in the...

A 14-month-old boy has died of hand, foot and mouth disease in eastern China, the second fatality linked to an outbreak of the viral infection since April, state media said Monday.The boy was admitted over the weekend to Linyi People's Hospital in Linyi, a city...

Record rainfall this week triggered floods, landslides and mud flows that killed 152 people in China and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported Sunday.Since the start of the annual rainy season in June, floods have hit nearly half of China's regions...