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Guangdong's Dongguang city facing severe financial difficulties

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Dongguang, typically one of Guangdong province's wealthiest cities, is facing severe financial difficulties, reports our Chinese-language sister paper the China Times. The southern Chinese city is re...

Attacking Japanese vehicles is a business strategy: Boxun

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 04:30 AM PDT

An anonymous Chinese official from the general office of Chinese public security ministry told the reporters of Boxun News, a news site run by overseas Chinese, that the attack against Japanese import...

Taiwan to showcase latest bike products at Eurobike 2012

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 04:10 AM PDT

Taiwanese bicycle manufacturers will display their latest innovative products at the upcoming Eurobike 2012, the world's biggest bicycle trade show, in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the Taiwan External Tr...

Jeremy Lin due in Taiwan for nine-day visit

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 04:10 AM PDT

Jeremy Lin, the first American-born NBA player of Taiwanese descent, will arrive in Taiwan Sunday evening for a nine-day visit, during which he will hold a basketball event for local children and atte...

Apple's new gadgets to lift casing supplier's sales: brokerages

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 04:10 AM PDT

Foxconn Technology, one of Taiwan's leading metal casing suppliers, is expected to benefit from the launch of Apple's new devices in the third quarter, foreign brokerages said Saturday. Barclays Plc,...

Android phones forecast to grab over 70% of global market

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:14 AM PDT

Smartphones running on Google's Android operating system are expected to exceed 70% of the global market share in the second half of this year, according to a Taipei-based research firm. As Android ...

Top China Stories from WSJ: Bridge Collapse, Missile Shield, Road Accidents

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:30 PM PDT

The ramp of an eight-lane bridge in China's northern city of Harbin collapsed, killing three people; the U.S. decision to expand its missile-defense shield in the Asia-Pacific region could feed Chinese fears; forty-seven people died in two separate traffic accidents in China on Sunday.

Realty check: Wenzhou speculators find property assets devalued

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

The problems for many enterprises that have heavily shifted capital from manufacturing operations to real estate speculation in Wenzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province in recent years are still f...

China, Vietnam enjoy budding trade

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

Heavy traffic at an international highway port — linking Hekou in Yunnan, China to Lao Cai in Vietnam — highlighted the thriving trade between both countries, Chinese magazine Time Weekly reported. ...

Race against time to save huge lake in Inner Mongolia

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

Wuliangsuhai or Ulansuhai Nur, one of China's major freshwater lakes situated on the north bank of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia, could dry up and turn into desert within 10 to 20 years if seriou...

Shamborghini: Jiangsu man carts manure in home-made sports car

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

A man from Jiangsu in eastern China has spent 60,000 yuan (US$9,400) to build his own version of a Lamborghini which he has used to transport manure. The police say the car is illegal, reports the Gua...

Australia orders recall of Chinese cars with asbestos parts

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

Two Chinese automakers were ordered by Australian authorities on Aug. 15 to recall cars that contained components made of asbestos. The recall involved 25,000 cars made by Chery Automobile and Grea...

Qihoo 360 profits fall following huge recruitment drive

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

The profits of Chinese antivirus software firm Qihoo 360 have taken a hit after the company spent a huge amount of money to recruit talent from its rivals such as Baidu, Sogou and adSage. The firm has...

China's growing overseas investments: apprehension and research

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

Given China's large foreign-trade surplus over the past few years, capital-rich Chinese enterprises have been investing overseas aggressively. They have focused on acquiring European and US enterpri...

HIV cases in China rise among older men and college students

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

The number of people in China with HIV/AIDS increased by 48,000 cases in 2011 to a total of 780,000. There are also trends showing a faster rate of infection among males over the age of 60, college s...

Shanghai subway releases figures on 'professional' begging

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

Shanghai's subway authorities on Aug. 14 posted on their official Sina Weibo microblog a ranking of the people who have been caught begging at the city's stations the most times since 2008. The rankin...

The Mongolian "Gold Rush" subsides

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

When Quilin Group, headquartered in Inner Mongolia, extended its wool processing business into Mongolia, it did not anticipate China's lifting of export tariffs for wool. The company's wool processing...

US "diploma mills" step up their marketing in China

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

US "diploma mills" became highlighted in China for their Chinese alumni who now hold posts as government officials, big firm owners or celebrities, our sister newspaper the Want Daily reported on Aug ...

Anhui police arrest a drug-dealer "loyal to his country"

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

An armed drug dealer arrested by Anhui police on July 4 was found with a tattoo on his back reading "serve your country with loyalty" in Chinese, Anhuinews.com reported on Aug 24. A month after the a...

Weibo succeeds in selling advertising space

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:06 AM PDT

The microblogging service of China's leading Internet portal Sina has succeeded in selling advertising space, reported First Financial Daily in Shanghai, citing the company's financial report for the ...

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