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Xiaomi posts "future price" for its new smart phone Mi2

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:50 AM PDT

Lei Jin, CEO of China's mobile phone maker Xiaomi, has announced a "future price" for the company's new second generation smart phone Mi2, trying to confuse competitor pricing strategies before the ne...

Chinese tile firm Cimic to close all plants in Shanghai

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:38 AM PDT

Cimic, the Shanghai-based tile manufacturer, announced its intentions to speed up the closing of its three remaining production lines and one testing line and move the dismantled facilities to the cou...

Solo mission: PLA women fighter pilots make history

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:59 PM PDT

The first batch of five Chinese air force women fighter pilots have recently made their first solo flights in the country's most advanced J-10 combat aircraft, the PLA Daily reported.


China’s ‘B’ Shares Getting Erased as ‘A’ Shares Boom

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:57 PM PDT

The end may finally be near for China's troubled foreign currency-denominated stock market after the world's largest producer of shipping containers proposed quitting the exchange and moving its listing to Hong Kong.

News apps were China's window to the Olympics: Horizon

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:58 AM PDT

More than 60% of people in China used their mobile phones and news apps to keep up with the Olympic Games in London this year, according to a Chinese market researcher. Around 81.3% of audiences ...

Netizens debate outing of China's 'professional' beggars

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:30 AM PDT

Police in Shanghai have published a list of beggars who have been caught the most often on metro trains over the past four years, sparking debates about the problem of "professional" begging. Posted ...

RRR cut less likely in China following record reverse repo

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:30 AM PDT

The possibility of a further drop in Chinese banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) in the short term has lessened following the central bank's record reverse repurchase operation on Tuesday, the Chin...

Beijing appoints new senior officials in reshuffle

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:30 AM PDT

The State Council, China's cabinet, announced a reshuffle of several key posts in the central government on Wednesday. Li Dongrong was appointed deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, the c...

US launches probe into Chinese wireless device suppliers

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:30 AM PDT

The US International Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it has commenced an investigation into wireless consumer electronic devices and components suppliers including Huawei Technologies and Z...

Top China Stories from WSJ: Graduate Glut, Rare-Earth Export Quota, People’s Daily

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:43 PM PDT

The underemployment of huge numbers of graduates that Chinese colleges are churning out poses a challenge for the country; China has increased its 2012 rare-earth export quota for the first time since 2005; The website of the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper more than doubled its first-half profit.

No charges against Taiwanese admiral over naval drill

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Military prosecutors in Taiwan have decided not to charge Rear Admiral Chang Feng-chiang for sailing his fleet out of a designated area during a military exercise in late July or for disobeying orders...

Proview case could encourage Apple's other rivals in China

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

On July 2, Apple reached a settlement with Proview Technology (Shenzhen), agreeing to pay the latter US$60 million for the trademark for the iPad in China. Encouraged by the outcome, numerous firms ar...

The regional salary gap between China's state-owned enterprises

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

A report released on Aug. 14 on the 2011 average annual wages of China's state-owned enterprise employees indicates that employees of state-owned enterprises in the southern province of Guangdong earn...

Henan man rages on 25-meter ad tower, causes traffic jam

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Angered by a flat tire, a man in the central Chinese province of Henan climbed up an advertising tower and, drawing inspiration from the King Kong movies, proceeded to shout and throw objects on Aug. ...

Shanxi coal mine owners look west to Xinjiang

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

More than 20 owners of coal mines from northern China's coal-rich Shanxi province, led by Liu Haowei, returned to the provincial capital of Taiyuan last week after visiting northwest China's Xinjiang ...

Mobile internet changing the game for China's telecoms

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Telecom operators in China are facing tremendous pressure as profits from services such as calls, text and voice messaging are being heavily eroded by the rising popularity of mobile internet services...

Sun burn: the hidden traps in China's solar power industry

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Beijing has been actively promoting the construction of solar power stations as part of its 12th five-year economic plan to stimulate domestic demand for this renewable energy. Yet while the industry ...

Construction flaws found on 12 railway lines: China ministry

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Chinese authorities have called for immediate measures to improve rail construction projects related to 12 railroad systems within a prescribed period after finding a number of faults. The Ministry...

Shenzhen overpass was over-budget and now overlooked, say netizens

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

An overpass in Shenzhen in southern China, which allegedly cost 200 million (US$31 million) to complete, has drawn criticism for its lack of maintenance and inconvenient facilities. The office respons...

Heilongjiang plans transformation of graphite industry

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Heilongjiang province in northeastern China plans to initiate a 150 million yuan (US$23 million) project to develop advanced graphite technologies to transform its graphite industry into a 50 billion ...

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