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Netizens mock China's "transparent" charities

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:39 AM PST

A ranking of Chinese charities based on transparency has been mocked online, as 17 foundations managed to receive full scores despite a series of scandals in recent years. The ranking of over 2,000 C...

Lost in Thailand becomes surprise hit for Enlight Media

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:31 AM PST

Lost in Thailand had grossed 721 million yuan (US$116 million) after 17 days at the box office, surpassing Painted Skin 2 to become the No. 1 Chinese-language movie, reported the Shanghai-based 21st C...

Hon Hai to set up optoelectronics research center in Japan

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:43 AM PST

The world's biggest contract electronics producer, Taiwan-based Hon Hai, plans to set up an optoelectronics research center in Japan, according to the United Evening News. The company has refused to c...

Beijing to roll out tougher food safety law

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:43 AM PST

The Beijing municipal government will soon introduce a strict law, as well as an accountability system, to ensure food safety in the city. Food producers or vendors will be banned from the sector f...

Bill on TW health insurance for Chinese students clears first hurdle

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:35 AM PST

Amendments to a law governing relations between Taiwan and China that will make it easier for Chinese nationals to live and study in Taiwan passed their first reading at the Legislative Yuan on Friday...

China's pharmaceutical market to hit US$369bn by 2020

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:31 AM PST

China's pharmaceutical market is expected to soar to 2.3 trillion yuan (US$369.2 billion) by 2020, up from 926.1 billion yuan (US$149 billion) this year, according to a report. The Report on China'...

China's foreign financial assets hit US$5tn

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:11 AM PST

China's total foreign financial assets reached US$5.04 trillion by the end of September, data released Friday by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange show. The country's net foreign financi...

Taiwan military denies using contractors to dismantle missiles

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:11 AM PST

The military on Friday denied an accusation by an opposition lawmaker that it had hired contract workers for crucial tasks such as dismantling missiles. All missile disassembly work at the Chung-Sh...

Housing sales rebound predicted in China next year

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:11 AM PST

Industry observers say China's real estate sector is likely to pick up steam in 2013, as they expect increased housing transactions due to growing market demand. The anticipation, which comes amid ...

China to release real-time air quality data

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:11 AM PST

The Chinese government will issue real-time air quality monitoring data in 74 cities starting Jan. 1, 2013, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Friday. Notably, the data will include PM2....

Hong Kong tightens birth policy enforcement

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:27 AM PST

The Food and Health Bureau in Hong Kong has reiterated that according to the zero quota policy promulgated earlier, all public hospitals will not accept any bookings by pregnant non-local women for de...

China to follow Russia in developing next-generation bomber

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

Following in the footsteps of Russia, which is working on its PAK-DA fifth-generation strategic bomber, China is looking to develop a bomber with sufficient range to strike the United States, reports ...

Learn Taiwanese, Xi tells Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

The new head of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, has urged members of the China-based Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League to learn, if they do not already know it, the Minnan language com...

'Peking Pound' dominates Boxing Day sales in London

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

Chinese tourists spending Christmas in Britain have embraced the country's traditional Boxing Day sales, with Chinese customers seen in the early-morning lines on Dec. 26 waiting for department stores...

China's legislature ends bimonthly session, adopts amendments

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

China's top legislature on Friday concluded a bimonthly session in which revised laws were adopted and the country's new police chief was appointed. Members of the National People's Congress Standi...

Three trade pacts close to completion: Taiwan economics minister

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

Taiwan's economics minister, Shih Yen-shiang, said Friday that talks on trade pacts with China, Singapore and New Zealand will soon be complete, though he would not specify when final agreements will ...

Staff at Taiwan's loss-making state firms to get 2011 bonuses

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs approved on Friday long-delayed year-end performance bonuses for 2011 for workers at state-run enterprises, including companies that lost money. "It is not tha...

Dongfeng Renault Motor plant to be set up in Wuhan

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

Wuhan-based Dongfeng Motor Corporation expects to form Dongfeng Renault Motor with the Renault-Nissan Alliance, a partnership between the French and Japanese automakers, in 2013, reports the weekly Ch...

NPC fixes date to announce China's new state leaders

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 02:03 AM PST

The first annual session of the 12th National People's Congress will convene on March 5, 2013, during which top state leaders including the country's president will be elected. The 30th meeting of...

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Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:27 PM PST

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