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• Vietnam: China’s Claims Disputed
• China: Tainted Milk Recalled
• Chinese-made big screens planned for 100 cinemas
• iPhone 5 battery issues could delay release
• Google shows off Project Glass with dramatic live broadcast
• Taiwan's HaiPa Wang fails food safety test in China
• South Korean TV technology secrets leaked by staff at Israeli partner
• Avis to open branch in Taiwan
• Hong Kong shaping up as leading RMB offshore center: Tsang
• Purge of High-Level Ministries Started in China, Says Magazine
• Chinese Police in Deadly Crackdown on Guangdong Protests
• Chinese space capsule returns to Earth after ambitious mission
• China's June inflation to ease: bank report
• Revenue slumps at Taiwan's science parks
• U.S. Exempts China and Singapore From Sanctions on Iranian Oil
• Taiwan's semiconductor industry on a hot streak
• US requests WTO settle dispute with China over rare earths
• China's radio, film and TV industries generate US$46 bln in 2011
• Bo Xilai: Inside The Scandal – A WSJ Documentary
• Nuclear Arsenal in China Much Bigger Than Believed, Says Expert

Vietnam: China’s Claims Disputed Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT The Foreign Ministry has protested a Chinese state-owned oil company's move to offer for exploration nine blocks in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

China: Tainted Milk Recalled Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT A Shanghai dairy company announced Thursday that it was recalling a batch of milk that had been contaminated with lye.

Chinese-made big screens planned for 100 cinemas Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:43 AM PDT One hundred Chinese cinemas will be equipped with DMAX screens made with Chinese technology in three years, according to the China Film Co, one of the screen's developers. The plan, which was announc...

iPhone 5 battery issues could delay release Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT The release of Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 5 is likely to be delayed due to unresolved issues with the phone's battery, according to the Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily. On Wednesday,...

Google shows off Project Glass with dramatic live broadcast Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT A Google product announcement on Wednesday was "unexpectedly interrupted" by the company's co-founder Sergey Brin in a live video chat with several skydivers wearing Google Glass, a futuristic device ...

Taiwan's HaiPa Wang fails food safety test in China Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT The cuttlefish balls of HaiPa Wang, a Taiwan-based frozen foods maker, were found to contain excessive amounts of the harmful bacteria staphylococcus aureus in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, the third...

South Korean TV technology secrets leaked by staff at Israeli partner Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT Exclusive technology to be used in next-generation TVs being developed by South Korean firms Samsung and LG has been leaked by employees of Israel's Orbotech to competitors in China, reports IT news w...

Avis to open branch in Taiwan Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT Avis, the world's largest car rental company, will soon launch full operations in Taiwan and become the first global car rental brand to offer a services in Taiwan, the Ministry of Economic Affairs sa...

Hong Kong shaping up as leading RMB offshore center: Tsang Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT Hong Kong is now taking shape as a premier offshore renminbi business center and serves as an important platform for the development of RMB business around the globe, according to Donald Tsang, the ou...

Purge of High-Level Ministries Started in China, Says Magazine Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:27 PM PDT The presumptive next head of the CCP, Xi Jinping, pictured on March 13 in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) A team of high-level Chinese Communist Party officials have been organized to initiate a purge of Party members, especially those within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, and Foreign Affairs Office, according to a recent report by the Hong Kong-based Trend magazine. Headed by Vice President Xi Jinping, who is expected to succeed Hu Jintao as the next leader of the CCP, the team will gather information from members of key departments, Party organizations, and Party leadership circles. The tidying up is scheduled to take place from June to late August, during which the team will obtain information on Party members' overseas communications and relations with foreign political circles; their political ideology and their stance on major events concerning the Party; the financial activities of affiliated overseas agencies and organizations; and the Party membership status of immediate family members and relatives. Other officials on the team are those who are expected to become members of the 18th Politburo Standing Committee, including Organization Department Chief Li Yuanchao, Chief of the General Office of the Central Committee Ling Jihua, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, and Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu, who has taken control of the party's security apparatus from Zhou Yongkang, the head of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee. Canada-based political commentator Wen Zhao believes that the purge, which is targeting high-level departments in the CCP like the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of State Security (MSS), could be in reaction to the recent Wang Lijun and Bo Xilai scandals that have rocked the CCP leadership. After former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun escaped to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu in February, reports surfaced that Wang had handed off classified documents detailing Zhou Yongkang and former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai's attempted coup to seize power from Xi Jinping. Wang's was also said to have provided information about the practice of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners and about corruption and crimes committed by high-ranking CCP officials. In addition, reports also emerged earlier this month that the private secretary of a vice minister in the MSS was arrested in Hong Kong for passing on classified information to the United States about China's intelligence activities. According to Wen Zhao, the purge could be ordered to eliminate Party members who are similarly disloyal to the current CCP leadership and thereby conduct a reshuffling of the high-level personnel. Wen said: "The CCP top leadership feels that their grip over important departments like the Ministries of Public and State Security is not firm enough. They are also unsure of the reliability of the personnel who work in these departments. Indeed, these departments are in control of large amounts of information that could directly affect the survival of the CCP system." With reporting by Ariel Tian. Read the original Chinese article. chinareports@epochtimes.com Click www.ept.ms/ccp-crisis to read about the most recent developments in the ongoing crisis within the Chinese communist regime. In this special topic, we provide readers with the necessary context to understand the situation. Get the RSS feed. Get the new interactive Timeline of Events. Who are the Major Players? The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter.

Chinese Police in Deadly Crackdown on Guangdong Protests Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:17 PM PDT Chinese riot police. Thousands of armed police and riot officers have been deployed to deal with the riots in Guangdong Province. (Andrew Wong/Getty Images) Chinese migrant workers in Guangdong Province have said that police and paramilitary forces have been ordered to use deadly force to quell riots and demonstrations in Zhongshan city over the past several days, according to Hong Kong newspapers Ming Pao and Apple Daily. In the past several days, local residents, migrant workers primarily from Sichuan Province, and police have clashed with one another in Zhongshan, particularly in Shaxi town, which is located across the Pearl River from Hong Kong. It is one of China's main garment-producing areas and employs thousands in that industry. Migrants who work at factories in the southeastern province have long complained of being mistreated and being given poor wages compared to locals. The riot started on June 25 after the son of a migrant worker was beaten by local security forces after the boy got into a scuffle with local boys. Following the incident, thousands of migrant workers from Guangzhou, Foshan and Jiangmen (other cities in Guangdong Province) have "flocked to Shaxi" and even surrounded some of the town's government buildings, said Ming Pao. Workers threw bricks and other objects at police officers, who in turn attacked the workers and local residents. There are as many as 10,000 armed police and riot officers who have been deployed to deal with the riots, according to Ming Pao, which reported on rumors that were circulated. Other rumors have been spread among residents and netizens, saying that police have been ordered to use deadly force. Some Chinese netizens said there were 3,000 police in Shaxi. High-ranking officials in the Chinese Communist Party handed down an order for riot and armed police to "shoot at any time" when the situation gets out of hand, reported the Apple Daily. The dissident Molihua website reported on Wednesday that in previous days several people had died in the clashes and more than 100 were injured, most of whom were migrant workers. However, according to Voice of America, as many as 30 people may have been killed in the violence. A Chinese Internet user on the website QQ, who identified themselves as "Wind," said that two days ago while he was driving in Zhongshan, riot police severely beat anyone they could see. "The wounded collapsed on the ground, with broken windows and car pieces scattered on the road. Lots of people were beaten to death and were lying on the side of the road," the netizen said. The QQ blogger said "all hospitals" were flooded people who were injured in the clashes and said, "The death toll is rising." He added that his father was one of the victims of the police brutality and was in critical condition when admitted to the hospital But despite the graveness of the incident, he said local Chinese Communist Party officials told hospitals to force out wounded migrant workers in "attempt to shy away from responsibility." A reporter with The Epoch Times called the Shaxi police station on Wednesday, asking a spokesperson about the riots. An employee, who refused to give her name, said to call the "local propaganda department to get an answer; we are not responsible for answering these questions." When the reporter called the Zhongshan municipal government office, an employee said that "absolutely no" one was injured or beaten during the riots, and added that the reporter should contact the propaganda department. When The Epoch Times attempted to call the propaganda department, there was no answer. In recent days, locals in the area were told by both police and protesters to stay in their homes. One local resident said that if they speak Mandarin, they will be attacked by police, but if they speak Cantonese—the local language—the migrant workers who are from Mandarin-speaking areas of China will attack them, according to Ming Pao. A BBC reporter, John Sudworth, who was in Shaxi on Thursday, said that he saw hundreds of marching riot police moving in formation in the streets. "The police just started beating people without reason, any migrant on the street they just beat him," a woman told the BBC. chinareports@epochtimes.com The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter.

Chinese space capsule returns to Earth after ambitious mission Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:37 PM PDT China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday, completing an ambitious mission that notched up a series of breakthroughs for the country, including putting its first woman in orbit.

China's June inflation to ease: bank report Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:55 AM PDT China's inflation is expected to cool down significantly in June driven by falling food prices, according to a report released by the Bank of Communications on Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index, a ...

Revenue slumps at Taiwan's science parks Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:55 AM PDT The total revenue of Taiwan's three major science parks dropped in March and April, affected by the European debt crisis and the sluggish US economy. Science park revenue totaled NT$313.6 billion (U...

U.S. Exempts China and Singapore From Sanctions on Iranian Oil Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT Last-minute waivers will spare China and Singapore from potentially onerous financial penalties required under a strict American law on Iran sanctions.

Taiwan's semiconductor industry on a hot streak Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:27 AM PDT Production value of Taiwan's semiconductor industry for 2012 is expected to rise 6% from a year earlier on the back of solid growth in the foundry and integrated circuit design businesses, the Market...

US requests WTO settle dispute with China over rare earths Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:07 AM PDT The United States government announced Wednesday that it has asked the World Trade Organization to take new step to settle a trade dispute with China over its export quotas on rare earths and other ma...

China's radio, film and TV industries generate US$46 bln in 2011 Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:07 AM PDT China's radio, film and television industries generated 289.4 billion yuan (US$45.8 billion) in 2011, a 17.7% year-on-year increase, according to a report released by the State Administration of Radi...

Bo Xilai: Inside The Scandal – A WSJ Documentary Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:36 PM PDT The fall of Bo Xilai, once a rising star in Chinese politics, has plunged the country into its biggest crisis since Tiananmen Square. In this documentary, The Wall Street Journal examines how his downfall has altered the debate about China's future.

Nuclear Arsenal in China Much Bigger Than Believed, Says Expert Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:35 PM PDT A Chinese military propaganda poster showing the country's nuclear might. (Military-Industrial Courier) The People's Republic of China's (PRC) notoriously opaque nuclear arsenal could be much bigger than the estimates prevalent in the United States—up to 1,800 warheads as opposed to the 300 or 400 currently thought—according to a report authored by a retired Russian colonel general. In addition, the report says that the PRC has rail-mounted intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with nuclear warheads, and nuclear warheads on a series of ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) and cruise missiles—statements that contradict dominant understandings of China's nuclear posture. Viktor Yesin, the former chief of the main staff of the Strategic Rocket Forces and currently professor at the Academy of Military Sciences, published his view in the military publication Military-Industrial Courier in early May. He writes that Chinese factories that supply fissile material could have as of 2011 produced 40 tons of weapons-grade uranium and about 10 tons of weapons-grade plutonium, enough for a total of 3,600 nuclear warheads. Yesin reasons that about half of this fissile material would not be used in warheads, but for stockpiles or other uses. Of the 1,600–1,800 warheads that were probably built, in Yesin's view, perhaps 800–900 would be operationally deployed with the rest in storage, he says. A translation of Yesin's journal article, which runs to nine pages in English, was disseminated by Phillip Karber of the Asian Arms Control Project, which focuses on the strategic implications of the PRC's nuclear weapons buildup. Karber's research on the PRC's network of underground tunnels used for storing nuclear weapons has previously drawn controversy, particularly from the arms control community. In this case, views of the Russian colonel general's warhead estimates are no different, where an analysis of the recent report becomes an exercise in examining the wider debate about the PRC's nuclear posture. Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, who also blogs on arms control issues, wrote in an email commenting on Yesin's journal article that the retired general's views, which he was already familiar with, are "exaggerated" and "alarmist." Lewis also questioned the veracity and provenance of the information. On the other side, Richard Fisher, an analyst of the PRC's military modernization and senior research fellow with the International Assessments and Strategy Center, says, "Gen. Yesin has dropped a nuclear bomb on the hubris of the American arms control community." Yesin is a prominent commentator on strategic issues in Russia, and according to an introduction prepared by the Asian Arms Control Project "is viewed as an authoritative source closely associated with Russian government positions." "Over the last 15 years he has been a major adviser to Putin," Karber says, adding that Yesin would have a close understanding of the PRC's nuclear arsenal in part due to extensive contacts over several decades between the two powers, and access he may have to classified sources. Apart from the large estimates of warheads that Yesin gives—which agree with estimates Karber gave in a previous study on the PRC's underground tunnel network—Yesin's remarks about rail-mounted ICBMs equipped with nuclear warheads are significant in Karber's view. When you have that degree of mobility you can't track how many there are. They drive into a rail tunnel and you can't tell if there are 20 in there or only 1. —Karber "When you have that degree of mobility you can't track how many there are. They drive into a rail tunnel and you can't tell if there are 20 in there or only 1," Karber said. Such weapons could be used as a first strike against enemy forces or as a second strike capability against cities. The idea of rail-mounted nuclear weapons and nuclear warheads on ballistic and cruise missiles—hundreds of them at least, according to Karber—upends the assumption that the PRC has a small nuclear force focused solely on deterrence. The assumption that the PRC does have such a small force is shared by Jeffrey Lewis and others in the arms control community. They say that only insufficient evidence, or in some cases recycled, discredited claims or other misinformation, has been put forward to disrupt these basic assumptions. A practical issue raised by Yesin's report is the possibility of a nuclear arms race as countries in the PRC's periphery seek to gain a semblance of nuclear parity in the face of the PRC's enormous arsenal. Those countries, which currently see themselves under America's security umbrella, could feel that the United States was unable to protect them. Fisher said, "By building to a level of superiority in nuclear weapons, China could cause the greatest period of nuclear proliferation in the world, as Japan, South Korea, Australia, Vietnam, and others could all rush to develop their own deterrent nuclear forces." Related Articles Slip-Up in Chinese Military TV Show Reveals More Than Intended chinareports@epochtimes.com The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter.

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