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• Smartphones, tablets gaining popularity in Taiwan: survey
• Latest downpour bypasses Beijing, but lives lost elsewhere
• China expands VAT to more regions
• Wanda's purchase of AMC Entertainment given go-ahead
• Baidu opens first overseas joint laboratory in Singapore
• China factor looms large in Heineken's bid for stakes of Asia-Pacific Breweries
• Taiwan's former first lady sentenced for abuse of power
• Australian beef to stay free of ractopamine: interest group
• China launches 3rd satellite in its global data network
• Taiwanese firm in Hangzhou may pull out after row with tenants
• H&M Flagship Store to Close Amid Rent Rises
• Ang Lee's Life of Pi trailer heightens expecations
• Chinese film industry slumps after opening up to Hollywood
• Rain cuts off Beijing-Baotou rail traffic
• 168,000 affected by Typhoon Vicente in southern China
• China Arrests Over 10,000 In Cybercrime Crackdown
• William Bradley: Sunrise in California?
• Netizens brainstorm survival skills after Beijing's deadly flood
• Top China Stories from WSJ: Bo Xilai’s Wife Charged with Murder, Flood Death Toll
• US-China Rights Dialogue: Moving Beyond Closed-Door Talks

Smartphones, tablets gaining popularity in Taiwan: survey Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:24 AM PDT Taiwan is currently home to some 7.07 million smartphone or tablet computer users, accounting for about 30.7% of its 23 million population, according to the results of a survey released Thursday. T...

Latest downpour bypasses Beijing, but lives lost elsewhere Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:20 AM PDT A forecast downpour bypassed Beijing on Wednesday but battered the neighboring city of Tianjin, flooding many downtown streets and vehicles. Around ten people have been confirmed killed in storms in o...

China expands VAT to more regions Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:56 AM PDT The Chinese government said Wednesday that it will expand the pilot reform of replacing turnover tax with value-added tax to 10 more provinces and cities from August 1 this year as part of the country...

Wanda's purchase of AMC Entertainment given go-ahead Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:36 AM PDT China's Dalian Wanda Group has received regulatory approval for its purchase of AMC Entertainment, the second largest movie exhibitor in the United States, paving the way for sealing the deal at the e...

Baidu opens first overseas joint laboratory in Singapore Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:36 AM PDT Chinese language internet search provider Baidu opened its first overseas joint laboratory with Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) on Thursday here. The laboratory, unde...

China factor looms large in Heineken's bid for stakes of Asia-Pacific Breweries Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT Singapore hottest financial topic of the past week is the likely bidding war for shares of Asia-Pacific Breweries. Last Friday, Heineken launched a takeover bid for Singapore conglomerate Fraser and ...

Taiwan's former first lady sentenced for abuse of power Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT Taiwan's former first lady Wu Shu-jen was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday by the Supreme Court for influence peddling in a memo for a government-owned business complex in Taipei in 2003. ...

Australian beef to stay free of ractopamine: interest group Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT Australia will continue to supply beef products that are free of ractopamine despite Taiwan's removal of a ban on residues of the livestock leanness-enhancing drug in beef imports, an Australian inter...

China launches 3rd satellite in its global data network Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT China successfully launched the Tianlian I-03 satellite Wednesday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, completing the country's first data relay satellite network system. The...

Taiwanese firm in Hangzhou may pull out after row with tenants Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT An enterprise owned by a Taiwanese company in Zhejiang province in eastern China said Thursday it may suspend its business there in light of a dispute with its tenants. Buynow, an affiliate of Taiwa...

H&M Flagship Store to Close Amid Rent Rises Posted: 26 Jul 2012 08:11 PM PDT As retail rents boom in Hong Kong, mass-market fashion retailer H&M says it's closing its flagship location downtown after throwing open its doors just five years ago to considerable fanfare.

Ang Lee's Life of Pi trailer heightens expecations Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:08 AM PDT The first trailer for Taiwan-born director Ang Lee's big-screen adaptation of Life of Pi has been getting rave reviews in the US since it went up online Wednesday. The trailer reveals lavish scenes ...

Chinese film industry slumps after opening up to Hollywood Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:52 AM PDT China's domestic film industry has hit a five-year low despite robust growth in box office sales across the country in the first half of this year, filmmakers say. The industry is going through a r...

Rain cuts off Beijing-Baotou rail traffic Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:40 AM PDT An overnight rainstorm on Wednesday flooded a section of the railway linking Beijing with Baotou in northern Inner Mongolia, deferring 24 train trips. The railway authorities in Hohhot, the regiona...

168,000 affected by Typhoon Vicente in southern China Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:40 AM PDT Typhoon Vicente has affected 168,000 people in Guangxi in southern China, including 9,900 who were forced to evacuate, local authorities said Wednesday. Vicente, this year's eighth typhoon, made la...

China Arrests Over 10,000 In Cybercrime Crackdown Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:56 PM PDT More than 10,000 suspects have been arrested and 600 criminal gangs "busted" in China's latest cybercrime crackdown, the authorities say. As of Jun... Read more: Pornography, China Cyber Crackdown, China Arrests, Illegal Surveillance, Identity Theft, Online Censorship, China Internet Crime, Telecommunications, Oliver Barron, Weapons Trading, Internet Cafes, China, World News This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

William Bradley: Sunrise in California? Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:22 PM PDT With California's economy, and the job market in particular, perking up notably in the last two months, could it be time to retire the sack cloth and ashes of the past few years? Read more: High-Speed Rail, Water Project, Solar, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, San Francisco News, Wind, Renewable Energy, Los Angeles News, Gray Davis, Jerry Brown, China, Video, Politics News This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Netizens brainstorm survival skills after Beijing's deadly flood Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:28 AM PDT After the Chinese capital suffered the worst downpour in 61 years on Saturday, the city's residents have been trying to equip themselves with the skills to survive treacherous weather. The storm ...

Top China Stories from WSJ: Bo Xilai’s Wife Charged with Murder, Flood Death Toll Posted: 26 Jul 2012 06:44 PM PDT Chinese officials have indicted Bo Xilai's wife on charges of intentional homicide; embattled Beijing city officials raised the death toll from weekend flooding to 77.

US-China Rights Dialogue: Moving Beyond Closed-Door Talks Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT The United States and China concluded their 17th human rights dialgoue this week. The closed-door format has long been criticized for producing little results. So do these talks work?

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