1.   Coverage of the Henan scandal also points the finger at inaction by the provincial authorities.

2.   The provincial authorities were to turn over more revenue to the state while receiving reduced subsidies, in order to centralize resources.

3.   Provincial authorities have been ordered to urge the use of coal instead of wood and charcoal, particularly in brick and pottery works.

4.   Already, mainland cadres and provincial authorities are jockeying for a piece of the Hong Kong action.

5.   And to the provincial authorities pushing the idea, he once appeared at a hearing and conveyed a similar sentiment.

6.   All were hunted down by provincial authorities.

7.   But he would not foreclose lobbying state and provincial authorities to regulate those activities.

8.   If the strike continues, provincial authorities said, they will urge parents to educate their children at home using assignments and learning aids provided on the Internet.

9.   In a nod to the feelings about Islam, the government has also allowed provincial authorities to introduce sharia law.