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China Investigates Top Planning Official for Graft
(BEIJING) — China’s top anti-graft committee is investigating the deputy chairman of the country’s economic planning agency, the latest high-level official to be ensnared by the new leadership’s anti-corruption drive.
The ruling Communist Party’s disciplinary agency said in one-sentence statement on its website Sunday that Liu …
Huawei Founder Gives First Ever Media Interview
(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — During 26 years at the helm of Chinese tech giant Huawei, founder Ren Zhengfei has never once agreed to be interviewed by a journalist.
Until Thursday.
During a visit to the company’s New Zealand operations, Ren sat down with four local journalists at a Wellington hotel. The rules were strict: no …
China Can Posture, but It Can’t Bring Peace to the Middle East
China’s surprising offer on Tuesday to referee peace in the Middle East offers an enticing narrative. Having emerged over the last generation as an economic colossus and budding military power, the People’s Republic might seem …
Rat Meat Sold as Lamb in Latest China Food Scandal
(BEIJING) — Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country’s latest food safety scandal.
The Ministry of Public Security released results of a three-month crackdown on food safety violators, saying in a statement that authorities investigated more than …
China Emerging as New Force in Drone Warfare
(BEIJING) — Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China‘s security forces considered a tactic they’d never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of …
Sex, Lies and Photoshop: China’s Racy-Photo Scandals
China wouldn’t be China without the officious slogans that plaster every other wall and railing, educating citizens on the latest government policy or crackdown. But the banners and billboards that began appearing in March all over Shuangfeng, a rural county in central China’s Hunan province, bore exhortations more curious than most. …
China’s Gays and Lesbians Join the Global Debate on Same-Sex Marriage
With advocates pushing the envelope, the discussion on the legal status of the gay and lesbian community in China is evolving quickly.
Postquake Fundraising Flop Exposes Credibility Failure at China’s Red Cross
When a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county in southwestern China’s Sichuan province on April 20, killing almost 200 people, the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) did exactly what you would expect of China’s largest …
Why Chinese Couples Are Divorcing Before Buying a Home
Across China last month, thousands rushed to dissolve their marriages in order to benefit from fast-expiring tax breaks on property investments for unmarried individuals
Local Government Says 21 Dead in West China Clash
(BEIJING) — A violent clash between authorities and assailants described as a terrorist gang left 21 people dead in China’s restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, the local government said Wednesday.
Among the dead in the Tuesday afternoon fighting were 15 police officers and local government officials, the Xinjiang government
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Another China Official Dies During Party Detention
(BEIJING) — A senior official at a city court in central China died under mysterious circumstances, his body bruised after 11 days in the custody of anti-graft investigators of the ruling Communist Party, his family said.
Jia Jiuxiang, who was vice president of the Sanmenxia City Intermediate People’s Court in Henan province, is the …
Wife of China’s Jailed Nobel Winner: I’m Not Free
(BEIJING) — Liu Xia, under house arrest in China’s capital since her imprisoned husband Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize, made a rare appearance Tuesday at a trial, yelling out a car window: “I’m not free.”
Liu was …
