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Chinese archaeologists said that a tomb unearthed in east Jiangsu Province might be the final resting place of an emperor known for his tyrannous reign about 1,500 years ago. The 20-square-meter tomb in Yangzhou City might belong to Yang Guang, or Emperor Yang of Sui, the second and last monarch of the short-lived Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618), according to the city's cultural heritage bureau. A gravestone excavated from the tomb confirmed the emperor's identity, while an inscription about the year of his death concurred with historical accounts, said Shu Jiaping, head of Yangzhou's institute of archaeology. "But we're still not...

Kim Jong-il's search for salad dressing Once weighing nearly 200lb, the 5ft2-tall Kim Jong-il has had to count the calories since suffering a stroke in 2008. By Malcolm Moore, Shanghai 11:35AM BST 25 May 2011 So perhaps it is no surprise that he stepped away from a tour of China's top factories and solar panel plants earlier this week to try and find some salad dressing at a local supermarket. The 69-year-old leader of North Korea slipped out of his suite at the Yangzhou State Guest House at around four o'clock on Monday afternoon and strolled for five minutes to...

Kim reaches Yangzhou for Jiang meeting Doesn’t seem to have met with Hu, but manages retail therapy at discount store May 24, 2011 A boat carrying security personnel and other unidentified people tours the Slender West Lake park area, which was closed to the public in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, yesterday during Kim Jong-il’s visit. The boat was part of a convoy of four making a tour of the scenic area, which was placed under tight security in the morning. [REUTERS/YONHAP] North Korean leader Kim Jong-il spent the fourth day of his trip to China in Yangzhou, apparently for a meeting...

2011/05/22 13:07 KST N. Korean leader heading for southern China: sources BEIJING/TIANJIN, China, May 22 (Yonhap) -- A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appears to be heading south for Yangzhou of the southern Chinese province of Jiangsu, where his late father and North Korean founder Kim Il-sung held talks with then Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in October 1991, sources said.