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French architect in China scandal back in Cambodia
A French architect embroiled in the scandal surrounding the ousted Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai has left China and returned to his adopted homeland of Cambodia, according to French and Cambodian government officials. Patrick Henri Devillers flew to China… Read More ›
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Philippines will respond to China ships
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday said the Philippine government may have to respond to the continued stay of Chinese ships in the waters of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Del Rosario, in… Read More ›
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China’s super-rich get poorer
Many of China‘s richest people have grown poorer over the past year and the number of its US dollar billionaires has fallen for the first time in seven years, according to the Hurun Rich List, which tracks Chinese wealth. In… Read More ›
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China: Zhou Qiang set for Politburo despite Li Wangyang scandal
The party secretary of a troubled province is regarded as a reformist and a strong bet for the Politburo but he may be too low-key for some. Despite a recent series of scandals in Hunan , provincial party secretary Zhou… Read More ›
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September 21 1949 Mao Zedong outlines the new Chinese government
Originally posted on Craig Hill Media and Consulting:
On September 21st 1949, at the opening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Peking, Mao Zedong announced that the new Chinese government would be “under the leadership of the Communist… -
Hollywood should bet on India over China
Hollywood should bet on India over China in the long term, according to Chris Dodd, the Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Speaking to Business Standard on the sidelines of the inaugural Asian Film Summit… Read More ›
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China hints at lenient sentence against ex-cop
China signalled Tuesday it will be lenient with an ex-police chief enmeshed in a political scandal roiling the country’s leadership, saying he cooperated with investigators who brought down a top Chinese politician’s wife for the murder of a British businessman…. Read More ›
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In Africa’s warm heart, a cold welcome for Chinese
Malawians bill their country as the “Warm Heart of Africa” and pride themselves on a reputation for friendliness. But Jaffa Shaibu, a burly 32-year-old merchant in a clothes market in Salima, a dusty town near the shores of Lake Malawi,… Read More ›
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Tight security as China opens police chief trial
Police and security forces surrounded a courthouse in southwest China on Monday, ahead of the long-awaited trial of the mafia-busting cop at the centre of the Neil Heywood murder scandal. Wang Lijun, the flamboyant former police chief and vice-mayor of… Read More ›
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Indian tank brigades deployed to defend border with China
The Indian army’s defences on the China border will get a major offensive boost with the impending deployment of two tank brigades, one each in Ladakh and north-east India. This is the first time that India will deploy armoured formations… Read More ›
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China: Panasonic factory, Toyota dealership on fire as anti-Japan protests escalate
A Panasonic Corp. factory and a Toyota Motor Corp. dealership in China were damaged by fire as demonstrations over a territorial dispute with Japan widened, prompting Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to urge the Chinese government to ensure the safety of… Read More ›
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As China’s wages climb, Mexico stands to win new manufacturing business
Not long ago, Mexican factories couldn’t compete with the “China price,” the ridiculously low cost of production in the Asian nation. But sometime this year, with rock-bottom wages soaring in China, the average cost of factory labour in the two… Read More ›
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U.S. return of Senkakus to Japan in ’72 upset China, Taiwan
China and Taiwan, which are embroiled in territorial disputes with Japan over the Senkaku Islands, opposed the islets’ incorporation into Japan ahead of Okinawa‘s 1972 reversion from the United States, declassified U.S. documents showed Saturday. In a diplomatic note from… Read More ›
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China’s Xi Jinping appears in public after 2-week absence
After vanishing for two weeks, China’s Vice President Xi Jinping reappeared in public Saturday, according to witnesses and China’s state-run media, in an apparent attempt to quell swirling rumours about his health. Xi, who is slated to become China’s new… Read More ›
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Naval war between China and Japan seems imminent
Japan nationalised the Diaoyu Islands (called Senkaku Islands by Japan) to claim its sovereignty over the islands. According to Ming Pao, to counter that and claim China’s sovereignty over those islands under dispute, Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations… Read More ›
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Six Chinese surveillance ships reach near islands disputed with Japan
Six Chinese surveillance ships entered waters near disputed islands claimed by Tokyo and Beijing on Friday, raising tensions between Asia’s two biggest economies to their highest level since 2010 over a long-running territorial row. Japan protested to China and urged… Read More ›
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Increasing hostility towards Chinese traders in Southern Africa
In the last decade, Asian migrants have fanned out through southern Africa, opening shops in small towns and rural backwaters. While consumers in countries facing increasing economic hardships have come to depend on their low prices, local shop owners complain… Read More ›
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China flooding globe with cheap steel
China is ramping up its global exports of cheap steel, sometimes at a loss, as bulging stocks of the alloy give way to a worsening domestic demand picture for the commodity consuming giant. Slowing construction and industrial activity has hit… Read More ›
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Mongolia: can’t live with China, can’t live without China
Mongolia and China have never exactly gotten along. For the past millennium the two countries invaded and ruled each other in turn. In the thirteenth century, Kublai Khan swept into China and founded the Yuan dynasty, putting Mongolians on the… Read More ›
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China organ transplants involving executed inmates
On Wednesday, US lawmakers called for pressure on China to stop the use of organs from executed inmates, as experts charged that transplants had become a business that may target prisoners of conscience. At a congressional hearing, experts said the… Read More ›
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US lawmakers blame China over maritime disputes
U.S. lawmakers Wednesday accused China of bullying its neighbours to press territorial claims in the South China Sea but also raised questions about America’s capacity to police the region. Three congressional panels this week are scrutinising what they consider to… Read More ›
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Will China arm its fishermen to protect a ‘core interest’?
The bellicose bluster between China and Japan continues to grow more heated, with two armed Chinese surveillance vessels circling the disputed Diaoyu islands and the Foreign Ministry in Beijing saying that “long gone are the days when the Chinese nation… Read More ›
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China sends ships to disputed Senkaku Islands
Chinese state media said Tuesday that two government surveillance vessels had reached waters near the disputed Senkaku islands, a day after Japan announced it planned to purchase some of the islands from private owners. The state-run Xinhua news agency said… Read More ›
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China’s U.S. debt holdings aren’t threat, Pentagon says
China’s holdings of more than $1 trillion in U.S. debt and the prospect that it might “suddenly and significantly” withdraw funds don’t pose a national security threat, according to a first-ever Pentagon assessment. “China has few attractive options for investing… Read More ›
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China: Migrant workers’ rights groups report forced evictions
Workers’ rights groups in the manufacturing hub of Shenzhen are being forcibly evicted from their offices, scholars have said in an open letter, urging an end to the crackdown. About 10 groups that offer help to the millions of migrant… Read More ›
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Ye Zilong breaks new ground as eye doctor to China’s poor
Famous eye doctor now heads three private hospitals, which offer free eye operations. A decade ago, Dr Ye Zilong was renowned for his ability to cure eye diseases. His patients included the wealthy, and distinguished government officials including former paramount… Read More ›
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China illegally mining iron ore in India says report
China prominently features in a probe report on illegal iron ore mining in Goa, which warns that while the eastern neighbour is gobbling up India‘s iron ore reserves, the future might see a reversal of the trend. The Justice M… Read More ›
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September 9 1976 Mao Zedong dies
Originally posted on Craig Hill Media and Consulting:
On September 9th 1976, Chinese revolutionary and statesman Mao Zedong, who had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease and other health problems, died in Beijing at the age of 82. The Communist leader… -
Elephants slaughtered to provide ivory to China
In 30 years of fighting poachers, Paul Onyango had never seen anything like this. In Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, twenty-two dead elephants, including several very young ones, were clumped together on the open savannah, many killed by… Read More ›
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Chongqing mother shoved into cement mixer after illegal land grab
A Chongqing woman was in intensive care yesterday after allegedly being pushed into a running cement mixer during a dispute over illegally seized land. Peng Shuhua , 37, who runs a medical clinic in Dianjiang county in the southwestern municipality,… Read More ›
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China attacks foreign short-sellers for exposing Chinese companies
China said foreign short-sellers targeting Chinese companies listed in the U.S. are engaged in a “malicious act”, in an editorial published by the official Xinhua news service on Wednesday. The editorial, titled “U.S. firms poison reputations of China start-ups for… Read More ›
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Japan to buy disputed East China Sea islands
Japan has agreed to buy disputed East China Sea islets, claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, from their private Japanese owners, Japanese media said on Wednesday, a move likely to fuel tensions between Asia’s two largest economies. The uninhabited islands,… Read More ›
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China gives Cambodia aid and thanks for ASEAN help
China has pledged more than $500 million in soft loans and grants to Cambodia and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao thanked it for helping Beijing maintain good relations with the regional grouping ASEAN, a Cambodian junior minister said. A summit of… Read More ›
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China warns America not to get involved in South China Sea and other disputes
China warned the United States not to get involved in South China Sea territorial disputes on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to Beijing pledging to pass on a strong message on the need to calm regional… Read More ›
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Surveys point to slowdown in Chinese economy
China’s vast manufacturing sector has been badly hit by slowing new orders, two complementary surveys showed, a sign that the pace of growth in the world’s second-largest economy will weaken well into the third quarter. The final reading of the… Read More ›
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New scandal in China, key official sidelined over car crash
China’s once-in-a-decade leadership transition has been hit by reports of fresh scandal, with a senior ally of President Hu Jintao being demoted after sources said the ally’s son was involved in a deadly crash involving a luxury sports car. The… Read More ›
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Myanmar’s Kachin refugees forced back by China
China is forcing back thousands of Kachin refugees fleeing ethnic violence in northern Myanmar, activists and aid workers say. “The latest reports are that the push-backs are still going on and the Chinese government is refusing to face the reality… Read More ›
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