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• Breaking: Two young Tibetans set themselves on fire, Self-immolation toll breaches 50
• Chinese Bullfighting: Too Cruel, Too?
• Samsung verdict will not greatly benefit HTC: analysts
• China Construction Bank net profit up in H1
• Li Na Nabs Rare Win in New York
• 2 Tibetan teens die after self-immolating in China
• HK's inclusion in ASEAN-China FTA to be decided in November
• International cooperation could develop astronomy in China
• Over 1 million vie for 20,000 car plates in Beijing
• Beijing considers legislation to develop tourism
• Direct flights connect Urumqi with Astana
• China's electronic information industry posts profit decline
• George Bush's brother to join Chinese Communist Party?
• Tokyo Gov. on Island Dispute: I Don’t Want Japan to End Up Like Tibet
• Fresh trouble: Japan envoy’s car attacked in Beijing
• Top China Stories from WSJ: Souring on the Yuan, Tough Tokyo Talk, Cosco Pressure
• Chinese Editor’s Suicide Sparks Censorship Debate
• Millionaire wife-training kicks off in Beijing
• 'Temporary grandkids' spread magic at Taiwan's train stations
• Taiwan officials support their children's career changes

Breaking: Two young Tibetans set themselves on fire, Self-immolation toll breaches 50 Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:36 PM PDT n confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, two young Tibetans set themselves on fire Monday in an apparent protest against China's continued occupation of Tibet. The two have been identified as Lobsang Kalsang, an 18-year-old monk of the Kirti Monastery in Ngaba eastern Tibet and Damchoe, a former monk at the monastery, aged around 17.

Chinese Bullfighting: Too Cruel, Too? Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:50 PM PDT Chinese bullfighting rarely results in death, but animal-rights advocates think the Chinese sport ought to be halted because it's also cruel to pit bull against bull even if the bulls survive the fight.

Samsung verdict will not greatly benefit HTC: analysts Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:38 AM PDT Financial analysts do not believe Apple's US$1 billion legal victory over rival Samsung in the US is likely to have a lasting impact on the mobile phone industry, and will not bring major benefits to ...

China Construction Bank net profit up in H1 Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:38 AM PDT China Construction Bank, the country's second largest state-owned bank, said its net profit rose 14.57% to 106.49 billion yuan (US$16.9 billion) in the first half of this year. The bank's business...

Li Na Nabs Rare Win in New York Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:08 PM PDT China's Li Na, the world's 8th-ranked women's tennis player, posted her first win in New York City in three years on Monday with a 6-2, 6-3 rain-delayed victory over Great Britain's Heather Watson.

2 Tibetan teens die after self-immolating in China Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:05 PM PDT Two Tibetan teenagers died after setting themselves on fire outside a monastery in southwest China in the latest such protests against Chinese rule, an overseas rights group said Tuesday.

HK's inclusion in ASEAN-China FTA to be decided in November Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:46 AM PDT Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen, the chair of ASEAN in 2012, advised ASEAN economic ministers to submit studies on the impacts of Hong Kong's accession to the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement to ASEA...

International cooperation could develop astronomy in China Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:46 AM PDT Chinese astronomers will have more time and opportunities to use world-class large telescopes built in Chile, a prime location for astronomical observation. While China is already developed in the ...

Over 1 million vie for 20,000 car plates in Beijing Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:46 AM PDT The winning rate for Beijing's car registration lottery has dropped to less than 2% in August, marking the lowest rate since the car plate lottery scheme was launched last year, local authorities sai...

Beijing considers legislation to develop tourism Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:46 AM PDT Chinese lawmakers Monday started the first deliberations on a draft law on tourism, aiming to promote the development of the country's booming travel industry. The draft includes operating standard...

Direct flights connect Urumqi with Astana Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:42 AM PDT A direct air route opened on Monday between Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and Kazakhstan's capital Astana. The flight will be operated by China Southern Air...

China's electronic information industry posts profit decline Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:42 AM PDT China's electronic information industry expanded at a slower pace during the first half of 2012, with profits falling rapidly, official data showed Monday. Profits for major electronic information ...

George Bush's brother to join Chinese Communist Party? Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:42 AM PDT Neil Bush, the younger brother of former US president George W Bush, has joked that he is considering joining the Chinese Communist Party. On Monday, Bush posted a photo on himself on Sina Weibo, C...

Tokyo Gov. on Island Dispute: I Don’t Want Japan to End Up Like Tibet Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:36 PM PDT Shintaro Ishihara, the governor of Tokyo, explains why he plans to purchase the disputed Senkaku, also known as Diaoyu, islands and what Japan should do with them in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

Fresh trouble: Japan envoy’s car attacked in Beijing Posted: 27 Aug 2012 05:51 PM PDT The Japanese embassy in Beijing says a car carrying the ambassador was attacked by a man who ripped off the Japanese flag from the vehicle . The attack comes amid rising diplomatic tensions and anti-Japanese sentiment over disputed islands.

Top China Stories from WSJ: Souring on the Yuan, Tough Tokyo Talk, Cosco Pressure Posted: 27 Aug 2012 06:13 PM PDT Investors, long enamored with the yuan, have increasingly soured on the Chinese currency; the man who ignited the current flare-up over the Senkaku Islands shows no sign of letting up the heat; China Cosco is under pressure to shore up its finances.

Chinese Editor’s Suicide Sparks Censorship Debate Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:09 AM PDT Last week, Xu Huaiqian, the editor of the Dadi (Earth) publication run by the Chinese Communist Party's People's Daily, committed suicide.

Millionaire wife-training kicks off in Beijing Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:42 AM PDT A second season of "millionaire entrepreneur wife-training" began in Beijing on Aug. 18. A total of 217 woman attended the interview, according to the organizer. Some 32 male entrepreneurs are con...

'Temporary grandkids' spread magic at Taiwan's train stations Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:42 AM PDT It's not as spectacular as Kings Cross's platform 9 and three-quarters in the Harry Potter novels, but another kind of magic is quietly taking place across train stations in Taiwan. Since early Jul...

Taiwan officials support their children's career changes Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:42 AM PDT Taiwan's National Science Council minister Cyrus Chu said on Aug. 22 that he respects her daughter's decision to leave her doctorate studies at Berkeley and return to Taiwan to become a baker, our sis...

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