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• Supreme Court inflexible on jail terms for Taiwan plasticizer couple
• Hanlong invites state firms to join African mining project
• Daimler integrates sales in China, dealers join forces
• Thigh of relief: Woman touches Ma Ying-jeou's leg, none dead
• Carrefour will not withdraw from China, says CEO
• Taiwan's medical tourism rules adjusted for Chinese visitors
• Taiwan targets 50% growth in electric motorbike sales in 2013
• Taiwanese student on Australia work holiday complains of underpay
• Most office workers in Taiwan hope to change jobs in 2013
• Sinopec signs deal with ConocoPhillips to explore shale gas
• Hon Hai special offer sees 500 60-inch TVs sell out in hours
• CyberMart partners with RadioShack, GCL-Poly for China expansion
• BAIC plans IPO amid 2012 target failures
• Jiangsu drug dealer busted after police find girlfriend's photos
• 'Beijing 14th safest city in China, Lhasa tops the list'
• China News Broadcast, December 28, 2012: Laws Passed to Tighten Internet Control
• 3.41bn passenger trips expected during Spring Festival rush
• China CNR secured US$1.6bn in contracts for 2012
• New wave of minimum wage increases in China set for Jan.1
• 16,000 jobs may have gone as Sany 'optimizes' workforce

Supreme Court inflexible on jail terms for Taiwan plasticizer couple Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:15 AM PST Taiwan's Supreme Court on Dec. 27 upheld the high court's verdict on Yu Shen Chemical Co owner Lai Chun-chieh and his wife Chien Ling-yuan. Lai will be jailed for 15 years and Chien will serve 12 year...

Hanlong invites state firms to join African mining project Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:35 AM PST The Sichuan-based Hanlong Group is in talks with Chinese state-owned enterprises to develop an iron ore project in Africa owned by Australia's Sundance Resources, reports the Chinese-language National...

Daimler integrates sales in China, dealers join forces Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:27 AM PST Daimler has completed the integration of its sales channels in China with a new subsidiary set up in Beijing, while one of its main partners has teamed up with several rival dealerships in the country...

Thigh of relief: Woman touches Ma Ying-jeou's leg, none dead Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:27 AM PST A woman in northern Taiwan was escorted away after touching President Ma Ying-jeou's thigh and giving a thumbs-up gesture on Dec. 28 during the president's visit to the city of Taoyuan, embarrassing t...

Carrefour will not withdraw from China, says CEO Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:03 AM PST After pulling out of several markets around the world and shutting down six of its stores in China owing to lackluster performance, French retailer Carrefour said it expects to revive its company's fo...

Taiwan's medical tourism rules adjusted for Chinese visitors Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:59 AM PST Taiwan has amended regulations on medical tourism to set restrictions on Chinese nationals visiting Taiwan for checkups and cosmetic surgery and change how hospitals will be held responsible for the m...

Taiwan targets 50% growth in electric motorbike sales in 2013 Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:59 AM PST Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau said Friday it has targeted a 50% year-on-year increase in electric motorbike sales in 2013 because of growing environmental awareness. Expected economic recov...

Taiwanese student on Australia work holiday complains of underpay Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:51 AM PST A Taiwanese student on a working holiday vacation in Australia has accused her local employer and an employment agency Friday of exploiting her. The graduate student, Chou Yu-hsuan, said from Austr...

Most office workers in Taiwan hope to change jobs in 2013 Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:51 AM PST Up to 82% of Taiwan's office workers want to land a new job before the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10, 2013, because of the economic slowdown, the results of a survey released on Friday showe...

Sinopec signs deal with ConocoPhillips to explore shale gas Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:31 AM PST State-run oil giant Sinopec signed an agreement on Dec. 21 with ConocoPhillips China to survey shale gas reserves in southwestern China, reports the Chinese-language National Business Daily. The m...

Hon Hai special offer sees 500 60-inch TVs sell out in hours Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:31 AM PST Hon Hai reportedly sold all of its 500 60-inch RadioShack brand LCD televisions within two and a half hours on online portal Yahoo! The company originally planned to offer 500 Radioshack TVs over a th...

CyberMart partners with RadioShack, GCL-Poly for China expansion Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:31 AM PST CyberMart, an electronic retail division of Hon Hai group, partnered with Chinese energy supplier GCL-Poly and American electronics retail chain RadioShack to expand the number of its stores in the Gr...

BAIC plans IPO amid 2012 target failures Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:31 AM PST BAIC Group, China's fifth-largest auto group by sales, plans to list its passenger vehicle arm BAIC Motor on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by the end of next year, sources told the Chinese-language Sec...

Jiangsu drug dealer busted after police find girlfriend's photos Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:43 AM PST The young lover of a drug dealer in Zhenjiang in eastern China's Jiangsu province accidentally exposed her boyfriend's illegal business after police found hundreds of photos on her phone of her posing...

'Beijing 14th safest city in China, Lhasa tops the list' Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:45 PM PST Despite the vast network of security cameras and constant police watch on roads and lanes, the national capital got the low rank of 14 in terms of public safety.

China News Broadcast, December 28, 2012: Laws Passed to Tighten Internet Control Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:46 PM PST China passes new laws to tighten internet control. A former prisoner of conscience talks about psychiatric abuse she suffered at the Masanjia labor camp. China announces its rare earth metals export quota for 2013.

3.41bn passenger trips expected during Spring Festival rush Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:55 AM PST Public transportation networks are expected to accommodate more passengers during the upcoming Spring Festival or Chinese New Year travel rush, as millions of people will board trains and buses across...

China CNR secured US$1.6bn in contracts for 2012 Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:55 AM PST China CNR Corporation, the country's leading manufacturer of railway equipment, secured domestic and overseas orders worth 10 billion yuan (US$1.6 billion) this year, reports the weekly Chinese-langua...

New wave of minimum wage increases in China set for Jan.1 Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:55 AM PST After 24 regions in China adjust their minimum wage standards on Jan. 1, Shenzhen will have the highest monthly minimum wage at 1,500 yuan (US$241), while Beijing will have the highest hourly salary a...

16,000 jobs may have gone as Sany 'optimizes' workforce Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:55 AM PST Xiang Wenpo, CEO of Sany Heavy Industry, China's leading manufacturer of construction equipment, recently said the company "optimized" 30% of its workforce at a shareholders' meeting, indirectly veri...

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