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- Consortium signs Next Media buyout deal
- Global mobile device chip market forecast to grow 5% in 2012
- Asustek sees new Padfone as its future ace in Taiwan
- Taiwan firm introduces intelligent libraries to China
- Claims of corruption and coerced sex in Heilongjiang
- Arrested development: J-15 carrier landing gear made in China
- Jeremy Lin's double-double propels Rockets to 3rd straight win
- No VPN? No Problem. A New Way Around China’s Great Firewall
- Xiu's fake product scandal damages e-commerce and eBay deal
- U.S. Not Neutral in Island Dispute, Armitage Told Beijing
- More Chinese firms move factories to Bangladesh
- Japan’s Nuclear Mistake
- Top China Stories from WSJ: Yuan Value, Passports Row, Tourism Hit
- Boat accident kills 12 in Northeastern China
- Signs of Anti-Corruption Effort in China, But Destination Unclear
- Shanghai Yuantong punished for sloppy logistics practices
- New leaf: Chongqing's giant Buddha gilded for 5th time in 800 years
- Xi Jinping counts wunderkind and old soldier in his brain trust
- Beijing strives to foster 100 agricultural mega-firms
- UFOs spotted from China said to be Guyanese rockets
| Consortium signs Next Media buyout deal Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:27 AM PST A Taiwan consortium, in which the Formosa Plastics Group has the biggest stake, signed a contract early Wednesday to buy out Hong Kong-based Next Media Group's media businesses in Taiwan. According t... |
| Global mobile device chip market forecast to grow 5% in 2012 Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:27 AM PST The world market for mobile device semiconductors is expected to show an annual 5% growth for 2012, despite the global economic slowdown, a market research firm said Wednesday. The anticipated growt... |
| Asustek sees new Padfone as its future ace in Taiwan Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:27 AM PST Taiwanese computer maker Asustek expects to sell 150,000 units of its second-generation Padfone in Taiwan by the second quarter of next year, which would make it the company's best-selling smartphone ... |
| Taiwan firm introduces intelligent libraries to China Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:27 AM PST Chinese cities have been showing great interest in intelligent libraries since a system was introduced there by a Taiwanese information service provider, an executive of the company said Wednesday. T... |
| Claims of corruption and coerced sex in Heilongjiang Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:23 AM PST A woman claiming to be a Heilongjiang television news presenter named Wang Dechun has, on a microblog post, accused National People's Congress delegate Sun Dejiang of forced sex while she was seven mo... |
| Arrested development: J-15 carrier landing gear made in China Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:23 AM PST The arresting cables used when a Chinese J-15 fighter conducted a successful landing aboard the country's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, were made in China, reports our sister Chinese-language ... |
| Jeremy Lin's double-double propels Rockets to 3rd straight win Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:55 AM PST Jeremy Lin shot a double-double to lead the 7-7 Houston Rockets to their third victory in a row, a 117-101 drubbing of the Toronto Raptors in Texas on Tuesday. Lin was 7 of 9 from the field against t... |
| No VPN? No Problem. A New Way Around China’s Great Firewall Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:46 PM PST With a key method for circumventing China's "Great Firewall," the virtual private network, coming under attack from the government lately, a number of savvy Chinese Internet users have found a different way to escape their fetters. |
| Xiu's fake product scandal damages e-commerce and eBay deal Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:15 AM PST The flagship online store of fashion products e-commerce company Xiu on Tmall's platform was shut down in September after reports of the sale of counterfeit Gucci products. After claiming that an inte... |
| U.S. Not Neutral in Island Dispute, Armitage Told Beijing Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:57 PM PST The U.S. isn't saying who it thinks has legal sovereignty over islands disputed by Japan and China in the East China Sea, but don't mistake that stand for neutrality, says former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. |
| More Chinese firms move factories to Bangladesh Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:39 AM PST More clothing original equipment manufacturers in China are setting up factories in Bangladesh as much of their lucrative business increasingly moves Southeast Asia where exporters enjoy lower labor c... |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:00 PM PST Japan's plutonium recycle program sets a terrible precedent and creates a tempting target for terrorists. |
| Top China Stories from WSJ: Yuan Value, Passports Row, Tourism Hit Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:51 PM PST China sought to play down a backlash sparked by maps printed on new passports; a territorial dispute between China and Japan has hurt Japan's new growth strategy; the U.S. Treasury Department repeated that China's currency remains "significantly undervalued." |
| Boat accident kills 12 in Northeastern China Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:14 PM PST  Rescue team is carrying a body from the accident to shore in Dalian, Liaoning. /Picture by Xinhua News Liaoning, China – A fishing boat sank in coastal waters near Dalian port on November 28, left one survivor and 12 killed. According to Xinhua News, the wind at the coast were strong and the water temperature was nearly freezing, which increased the risk and difficulty for search and rescue. The fish boat with 17 people on board sank around midnight, when the boat suddenly caught a huge wave. As on 3:30 pm on Wednesday, the rescue team has found 9 bodies and 7 fishermen are still missing. The rescue work continues with two helicopters and several marine patrol ships in the waters near the accident. The cause of the accident is under investigation. FMN |
| Signs of Anti-Corruption Effort in China, But Destination Unclear Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:26 PM PST  Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Sept. 29, 2012. Xi Jinping has on a number of occasions linked the survival of the Party with defeating corruption. (Feng Li/Getty Images) There are tentative signals coming from China that with the ascendancy of the Chinese Communist Party's new Party leader Xi Jinping, a new anti-corruption purge is underway, beginning in Chongqing, the former stronghold of disgraced Politburo member Bo Xilai. Eliminating, or at least curtailing corruption, has been emphasized repeatedly by Chinese leaders, including during the Party's recent 18th Party Congress. Xi Jinping himself said during his first address to the world that "There are many pressing problems within the Party that need to be resolved urgently, especially the graft and corruption cases that occurred to some of the Party members and cadres." His first moves against corruption may be taking place in Chongqing, according to a series of new developments in the southwestern megalopolis. A recent announcement says that, for example, Meng Jianzhu, the new head of Political and Legislative Affairs Committee (PLAC), will dispatch large number of well-trained officials to Chongqing to start cleaning up corrupt officials. The PLAC controls all law enforcement operations in China, including the massive police force and a number of secret police agencies. Lawless SouthwestA number of other cases related to Chongqing also indicate that a shift of winds may be afoot. Li Zhuang, a former lawyer who was jailed in 2009 as part of Bo Xilai's "smash the black" campaign, was recently summoned by China's top prosecutor to begin re-examining his case.
When the case against Li took place in 2009, it was seen as a public blow to the rule of law in China because of its blatant flaunting of due process. The trial of Li took place in the context of Bo's alleged anti-mafia campaign, but which was later revealed to be largely a large shakedown of political enemies. Chinese media have published remarks from Li's former client, Gong Gangmo, that he falsely testified against Li because he was tortured and forced to recite in the court "a written document prepared by a special investigation team." That team was ultimately overseen by Bo Xilai. Gong Gangmo's brother Gong Ganghua was also summoned by prosecutor's office recently. He told NTD Television that he was threatened that, if he did not cooperate in framing Li Zhuang, his brother would be shot, and two dozen of his family members, neighbors, and friends would be packed off to jail. Gong Ganghua also said that in order to win the cooperation of his brother, Gong Gangmo, the special investigation team hung the latter and beat him so violently that he lost control of his bladder and bowels. Though those details did not make it into the official reports, Xinhua's coverage of Li Zhuang's case–which had originally been strictly verboten–indicates that the faction favoring heavy punishment of Bo has taken the upper hand, political commentator Zhang Sutian commented to Sound of Hope Radio. As part of the campaign two other officials who had some connection with Bo in Chongqing have also been fired: former deputy chief of the Chongqing Public Security Bureau, Tang Jianhua, who actively took part in the anti-mafia campaign; and Lei Zhengfu, the Party head of a district in Chongqing, who appeared in a secretly recorded sex tape that appeared online recently. Chinese constitutional law scholar Tong Zhiwei of East China University of Political Science and Law published online his own investigative report into Bo's anti-mafia campaign. In it he says the campaign was entirely lawless, and that on the say-so of Bo Xilai or his deputy Wang Lijun, thousands of private businessmen were labeled as belonging to the "mafia." Their assets were then seized, while some of the men were then executed. In Tong Zhiwei's reading, Li Zhuang's problems were merely a sampling. 'Purity' of the PartyXi Jinping has on a number of occasions linked the survival of the Party with defeating corruption, also saying that corruption is connected with the "purity" of the Chinese Communist Party, which just celebrated its 63rd anniversary since seizing power. Xinhua reported that Xi told the new 25-member Politburo on Nov. 19 that the Party must be vigilant against corruption, and if the problem increases "it will lead to the ruin of the Party and the country." The new leadership might be considering using Chongqing as a starting point to experiment with new anti-corruption approaches and reform measures, according to a commentary by The Sun in Hong Kong. Zhu Reifeng, moderator of the website People's Supervision Network, which first posted the lewd video of Lei Zhengfu, leading directly to the latter's dismissal, told Voice of America that his articles exposing corrupt officials were previously blocked by authorities, but that "this time they were not censored." He said that he took it that Party central is refraining from blocking reports of corruption in Chongqing–at least to a degree. Xi Jinping has stressed many times the need to "maintain the purity of the Party." According to Wen Zhao, a political commentator with NTD Television, slogans like this and a mobilization-purge campaign backing them up may be a new direction for the leadership to attempt to reinvigorate the authority of the Party and address the public's calls for change. "Eliminating some factional forces under the banner of 'maintaining the purity of the Party' is a way to respond to public opinion. It also avoids directly using the banner of political reform to irritate the obstinate hardliners," Wen told NTD. But how much of the truth of what went on in Chongqing, and how far the campaign will extend outside of Chongqing, remain to be seen, Wen said. Chu-Cheng Ming, professor of Political Science at National Taiwan University, thinks that a burgeoning anti-corruption campaign has already been launched, according to an interview with New Epoch Weekly. Ming believes that more corruption cases will be exposed and investigated, but that only low-level officials will be targeted, as Xi attempts to strengthen his power without affecting vested interests in the regime. Related ArticlesThe Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter.
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| Shanghai Yuantong punished for sloppy logistics practices Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:39 AM PST On Nov. 19, China Air Transport Association suspended the status of Shanghai Yuantong Express as a second-tier cargo agency after discovering a failure to inspect and report the presence of lithium ba... |
| New leaf: Chongqing's giant Buddha gilded for 5th time in 800 years Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:55 AM PST The Tongnan Golden Giant Buddha statue in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality has undergone gone a fifth round of gold leaf gilding renovations and was unveiled officially on Nov. 24 drawing a... |
| Xi Jinping counts wunderkind and old soldier in his brain trust Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:55 AM PST The brain trust of China's new leader Xi Jinping is dominated by a "wunderkind" and an "old soldier," reports Duowei News, an outlet run by overseas Chinese. The so-called wunderkind is Li Shulei, ... |
| Beijing strives to foster 100 agricultural mega-firms Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:55 AM PST China has its ambitions set on creating 100 agricultural companies with annual sales exceeding 10 billion yuan (US$1.61 billion) in the next three to five years, a senior agricultural official said on... |
| UFOs spotted from China said to be Guyanese rockets Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:55 AM PST Astronomy enthusiasts in China's southwestern Sichuan and Yunnan provinces have observed luminous fan-shaped objects emitting cylindrical rays of light. The Beijing UFO Research Society says the objec... |
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