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• A Chinese Education, for a Price
• Manufacturing in China Showed Growth in November
• China shocked by death of five boys who lived in a bin
• Liu Xianping models his granddaughter's fashion line – in pictures
• Russia agrees to sell 24 Su-35s to China in US$1.5bn deal
• East Asia Summit sees verbal sparring over South China Sea
• New Ping An share buyer could find integration difficult: report
• Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission given greater enforcement power
• Taiwanese, Chinese film industry heavies join forces to build 'Chinese Hollywood'
• Asustek introduces new Padfone to Russian market
• Asustek unit to tap enterprise cloud business in China, Japan
• US seeking to close loopholes on Chinese solar tariffs
• Goal to double income levels possible: Chinese labor expert
• People's Bank governor reviews his decade at the helm
• Cross-strait traders to save 2%-3% costs with clearance mechanism
• Grave concerns suspend tomb relocation in Henan province
• Chinese Car Buyers Coming of Age
• Top China Stories from WSJ: Trash Bin Deaths, Bangkok Spending
• Poisoned rare Oriental storks trigger calls for intensified animal protection
• Nearly two-thirds of China's oil to come from imports in 2013

A Chinese Education, for a Price Posted: 21 Nov 2012 09:00 PM PST In China, officials at state-run schools demand steep payoffs from parents who want their children to get an academic edge.

Manufacturing in China Showed Growth in November Posted: 21 Nov 2012 09:00 PM PST Export demand and domestic stimulus measures aided the first expansion for the sector in more than a year.

China shocked by death of five boys who lived in a bin Posted: 21 Nov 2012 05:13 AM PST The deaths of five street children who poisoned themselves after lighting a fire to fend off the cold have triggered an outpouring of online grief and reinforced a national debate over China's growing wealth gap. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Liu Xianping models his granddaughter's fashion line – in pictures Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST A 72-year-old has become an internet sensation after modelling his granddaughter's clothing from her online fashion company

Russia agrees to sell 24 Su-35s to China in US$1.5bn deal Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:39 AM PST The Russian defense minister, Sergey Shoygu, finally approved the sale of 24 advanced Su-35BM fighters to China during his visit to Beijing in a deal worth US$1.5 billion, reports the Moscow-based bus...

East Asia Summit sees verbal sparring over South China Sea Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:35 AM PST The seventh East Asia Summit, which just ended in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, unexpectedly became a battleground for the United States and China, as both countries and their allies launched a verbal war ov...

New Ping An share buyer could find integration difficult: report Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:27 AM PST HSBC Holdings Plc, the biggest share holder in China's Ping An Insurance Group, reportedly plans to sell its stake in a deal worth up to HK$7.2 billion (US$930 million). A potential buyer could be Chi...

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission given greater enforcement power Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:59 AM PST Taiwan's Legislative Yuan on Nov. 19 gave greater legal authority to the country's Fair Trade Commission to raid and confiscate from companies under investigation if they fail to cooperate. "The tige...

Taiwanese, Chinese film industry heavies join forces to build 'Chinese Hollywood' Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:59 AM PST Film production studios, directors, producers and financiers in Taiwan and China are partnering up with the aim of deveoping the Chinese world's film industry to ultimately take on Hollywood. Noritz...

Asustek introduces new Padfone to Russian market Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:59 AM PST Taiwan's Asustek Computer, the world's fifth-largest PC vendor, unveiled its second-generation Padfone 2 hybrid smartphone in Russia Tuesday. Asustek CEO Jerry Shen first introduced the device at two...

Asustek unit to tap enterprise cloud business in China, Japan Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:59 AM PST Asus Cloud, the cloud unit of Taiwan's leading PC brand Asustek Computer, said Wednesday it plans to introduce its enterprise cloud service to overseas markets in 2013 to bolster its presence in the c...

US seeking to close loopholes on Chinese solar tariffs Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:55 AM PST The US government could be looking to close off loopholes that have allowed Chinese solar companies to sidestep antidumping duties aimed at protecting the American solar industry, reports Shanghai Sec...

Goal to double income levels possible: Chinese labor expert Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:55 AM PST Su Hainan, vice director of the China Association For Labor Studies, said Hu Jintao's plans to double the country's GDP by 2020 can be achieved by increasing the income of the poor and the pensions of...

People's Bank governor reviews his decade at the helm Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST The governor of the People's Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, recently reviewed the country's monetary policies during the decade of his tenure, as the central banker is expected to retire next year, Sh...

Cross-strait traders to save 2%-3% costs with clearance mechanism Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST The secretary-general of China's central bank, Wang Huaqing, has said that cross-strait trading companies can spare approximately 2%-3% of their costs once the currency settlement mechanism between ...

Grave concerns suspend tomb relocation in Henan province Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST A massive "tomb-relocating" operation has been suspended in Zhoukou city, central China's Henan province, after the move triggered grave concerns among the public. An official with the Zhoukou city g...

Chinese Car Buyers Coming of Age Posted: 21 Nov 2012 07:14 PM PST Amid the hoopla of the Guangzhou auto show, which opened to the press Thursday, management consulting firm McKinsey & Company delivered a depressing message to auto makers.

Top China Stories from WSJ: Trash Bin Deaths, Bangkok Spending Posted: 21 Nov 2012 06:06 PM PST The discovery last week of the bodies of five children in a trash bin has rattled China's online community; China's Premier Wen Jiabao brought the prospect of more infrastructure spending to Thailand.

Poisoned rare Oriental storks trigger calls for intensified animal protection Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:19 AM PST An endangered species of bird grabbed headlines in Chinese media over the past week not because of its elegant beauty, but because 20 died of poisoning in northern China. Poachers poisoned the wild b...

Nearly two-thirds of China's oil to come from imports in 2013 Posted: 22 Nov 2012 12:55 AM PST Imported oil will account for around 60% of China's total consumption of the commodity in 2013, reports Chinese news website CRI Online. Yu Baocai, vice general manager of the China National Petrol...

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