| Renowned performer passes away Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:48 PM PST One of China's greatest stage actor Yu Shizhi has just passed away. The 86 year old is best known for his unmatched portrayals of a teahouse owner in the drama "Teahouse", based on the novel of famous writer Lao She. |
| New Year exhibition: Masterpieces from provincial museums Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:38 PM PST The National Art Museum of China has just opened its first major exhibition for 2013. |
| Gala preshows given to test appeal Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:46 PM PST Programs that will feature in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala are preshowing at schools and companies, to test how they would go down with the audience. |
| Countdown to CCTV's New Year's Eve Gala Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:44 PM PST With Spring Festival just around the corner, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala mounted its first series of rehearsals. |
| Frescoes found in the Colosseum Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:42 PM PST To Italy, the towering 2,000-year old Colosseum, where gladiators once fought bloody battles for the entertainment of crowds, is the symbol of Imperial Rome. |
| World's tallest crystal glass statue Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:41 PM PST A Taiwanese artist has sculpted a Buddha statue honouring a rare ancient fresco in danger of disappearing. |
| "On/Off" showcases China's young artists Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:39 PM PST The Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, or "UCCA" for short, has opened a New Year exhibition you don't want to miss. Named "On-and-Off", it focuses on the young artists in China. 50 promising individuals and their works were chosen. |
| Chinese firms retreat as SEC presses - Biz Wire - January 18,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:09 AM PST | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com or Twitter.com/ChinaBizWire Chinese companies who are deserting US stock markets in record numbers as regulatory scrutiny mounts and the advantages of a US listing seem to be slipping away. SEC investigations of suspect financial reports and battered share prices have for many Chinese companies and limited the chances of raising new money in the United States giving them little reason so stay says China experts. James Feltman, a senior managing director at Mesirow Financial Consulting, said that there's very little new capital flows to those companies, their valuations are low and they're encountering significant headwinds in terms of regulatory oversight. Twenty-seven China-based companies with US listings announced plans to go private through buy-outs last year, up from 16 in 2011 and just six in 2010, according to investment bank Roth Capital Partners. Before 2010, Roth added, only one to two privatizations a year were typically done by China-based companies. In addition, about 50 mostly small Chinese companies 'went dark', or deregistered with the SEC, ending their requirements for public disclosures. That was up from about 40 in 2011 and the most since at least 1994, when the SEC's records start. Companies with a limited number of shareholders can voluntarily go dark and rid themselves of the cost of public filings without buying out investors, but those investors often suffer as the value of <b>...</b> | Views: 1 0 ratings | | Time: 03:11 | More in News & Politics |
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| Further online official scandal - Media Watch - January 19,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:37 PM PST | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode A senior official has lost his job after a woman claiming to be his mistress posted a 120000-word account of their alleged love affair online. She later apologized and said she had made up the story. However, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday that Yi Junqing, head of the Party's compilation and translation bureau, had been removed from the post for his "improper lifestyle." Chang Yan, a postdoctoral researcher at the bureau, recounted in her post 17 incidents when she claimed to have slept with Yi and said she had offered him tens of thousands of yuan to be with him. Chang, a married woman from Shanxi Province, said she did so to obtain a Beijing hukou, a permanent residence permit, but failed. She said Yi had at least two other mistresses. After she found Yi couldn't help her get the permit, she claimed she asked for "compensation" and said Yi offered her 1 million yuan (US$160740). Chang also e-mailed the account to colleagues in the bureau. She later deleted the online account and said she had made it up. Chang said she had been suffering from depression due to pressure of work. An online apology posted in place of her article read: "In my spare time I put together a work of fiction." It continued: "I suffered serious depression ... and regularly sank into a state of delusion and even fantasy." The fall of Yi, who had a rank equivalent to vice minister, comes as the Communist Party's new leaders have declared war on <b>...</b> | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 02:16 | More in News & Politics |
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| Man detained for school death - Media Watch - January 18,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:35 PM PST | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Police have detained a man they suspect of killing a school principal and critically injuring a student on Tuesday in Xinhua county in the city of Loudi, Hunan province. Wang Zhichu, 27, is believed to have sneaked into Beidu primary school by jumping over the school's fence at about 1:50 pm on Tuesday. Police say he approached Wang Zhenyu, a 9-year-old third-grader, and stabbed him in the head with a pair of scissors. School principal Yang Jianyi, 59, tried to stop the attack and was stabbed to death in the ensuing struggle. The suspect is unemployed and has a history of mental illness. Police detained him on Tuesday evening and Wang Zhichu confessed the next day that he had attacked the pupil and stabbed the school principal to death, police in Xinhua county said. The student suffered wounds as deep as five centimeters to his skull, China Central Television reported on Wednesday. He underwent two operations on Tuesday night and is now in the intensive care unit of a Loudi hospital. Doctors said he is in critical condition and may not survive. A memorial service for their father will be held at 10 am on Thursday. More than 300 villagers gathered to pay tribute to Yang when his body was moved from the crime scene to a funeral home on Tuesday afternoon. "I hope I can keep my mother at home when the memorial service happens," said the principal's son Yang Hongwei. He said his mother, Kang Guimei, was in deep mourning and refused to <b>...</b> | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 02:12 | More in News & Politics |
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| Elsker bought out by Johnson & Johnson - China Beat - January 18,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:00 PM PST | The multi-national giant Johnson & Johnson has used their Chinese venture to acquire the Shanghai-based bath product company Elsker. After watching Elsker's market position rise, Johnson & Johnson bought the company outright rather than have them threaten the domination Johnson & Johnson has in China. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 02:13 | More in News & Politics |
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| World ice king - China Take - January 18,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:50 PM PST | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Many people in China have been wondering who will claim the coveted title of world ice king. Well, they must wait no longer. China News Service has reported that the ice king is Jin Songhao, 58, born in North East China's Heilongjiang province. In Jan 2011, he submerged his entire body in an ice bath for two hours in Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province -- Setting a new world record for the longest period of time an individual has been able to remain in an ice bath. He created another Guinness World Record by burying himself naked under snowdrift on Aer Mountain in Inner Mongolia for 46 minutes and 7 sec. During the Alilang Ice and Snow tourism festival in Yanji city, Jilin province, which started on Jan 12 and will continue until Feb 28, Jin Songhao surprised the world once again by having an ice bath, burying himself under snowdrift and wrestling with Jin Haiquan, wrestling champion of National Minorities Games, while only wearing a pair of shorts. He also climbed the mountain with spectators, again only wearing a pair of shorts. Jin feels that the cold challenges can exercise people's willpower and encourage them to exert themselves. He is also planning to create new world records at the North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest. | Views: 1 0 ratings | | Time: 02:02 | More in News & Politics |
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