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• Chinese film company to co-own Cameron's Digital Domain
• Working Conditions: The Persistence of Problems in China’s Factories
• China's A-share market has shed US$158bn so far this year
• Netizens unimpressed by scenic area holiday price cuts
• China, EU agree to negotiate solar power dispute: source
• Starbucks store at Hangzhou temple gives cause to meditate
• UK firm cancels investment in massive Jiangxi foie gras farm
• Anti-Japan boycott hits industry, shopping, tourism and events
• China, Taiwan supply 7 of Fortune's top 50 women in business
• China's SMEs face financial crunch amid slowdown: report
• Top China Stories from WSJ: Wang Lijun Verdict, Hon Hai Riot, Rich List Reshaped
• America: The Next Hot Investment for China's Elite
• 12 children sick from milk at school in Central China
• China jails ex-top cop; Bo trial next?
• Labour riot shuts down China plant tied to Apple
• Labour riot shuts down China plant tied to Apple
• China Blazes Net-Muzzling Trail
• In China, Sister of Ex-Police Official Bemoans His Conviction
• A villager shot dead by police in land requisition protest
• Foxconn plant shut down after workers riot in Taiyuan

Chinese film company to co-own Cameron's Digital Domain Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:14 AM PDT China-based film production company Galloping Horse has won a joint US$30.2 million bid with India's Reliance MediaWorks to take over James Cameron's Digital Domain Productions. Under the reported de...

Working Conditions: The Persistence of Problems in China’s Factories Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:10 PM PDT With a riot recently having broken out at an Apple Inc. supplier in China, CRT columnist Stanley Lumban says increased scrutiny has failed to significantly improve poor working conditions in the Chinese factories that make the world's most beloved electronics.

China's A-share market has shed US$158bn so far this year Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:30 AM PDT The Shanghai composite index has dropped 7.85% and the total value of the China's A-share market has dropped by 993.3 billion yuan (US$157.5 billion) since the beginning of the year. The Shanghai...

Netizens unimpressed by scenic area holiday price cuts Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:30 AM PDT Internet users in China have criticized an announcement on Sept. 21 by the country's National Development and Reform Commission to reduce the price of admission to a total of 80 national scenic spots,...

China, EU agree to negotiate solar power dispute: source Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:30 AM PDT China and the European Union have agreed to handle the antidumping investigation against Chinese solar companies through negotiations acceptable to both parties, a source has told Shanghai's First Fin...

Starbucks store at Hangzhou temple gives cause to meditate Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:50 AM PDT In 2007, a row over a Starbucks outlet in the Forbidden City in Beijing caused the US-based coffee chain to beat a retreat from the former imperial palace. A new Starbucks outlet which opened at the L...

UK firm cancels investment in massive Jiangxi foie gras farm Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:50 AM PDT The UK-based Creek Project Investments, which invests in agricultural projects in China, announced in April that it will cease investing in a controversial foie gras project in the southeastern Chines...

Anti-Japan boycott hits industry, shopping, tourism and events Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:50 AM PDT China is extending its economic sanctions against Japan due to the territorial conflict over disputed islands in the East China Sea, while members of the public have launched a boycott on Japanese pro...

China, Taiwan supply 7 of Fortune's top 50 women in business Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:50 AM PDT Sun Yafang, CEO of Chinese communications technology solutions provider Huawei, has placed 18th on Fortune's list of the top 50 women in business in 2012. Seven women from China, Hong Kong and Tai...

China's SMEs face financial crunch amid slowdown: report Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:50 AM PDT China's small and medium enterprises have been hit by multiple difficulties as the overall economy falters and export demand weakens, according to a new report. The report was jointly released by C...

Top China Stories from WSJ: Wang Lijun Verdict, Hon Hai Riot, Rich List Reshaped Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:57 PM PDT Many of China's richest citizens have seen their wealth shrink this year; a riot at an electronics factory left at least 40 people injured; a court handed a 15-year jail sentence to the former police chief of Chongqing who triggered turmoil in the Communist Party elite.

America: The Next Hot Investment for China's Elite Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:56 PM PDT Chinese foreign direct investment in the United States is at an all-time high. But it's not just Chinese companies who are looking to invest in the US.

12 children sick from milk at school in Central China Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT Hunan, China – 12 elementary school students suffered from suspected food poisoning after drinking dairy products distributed by school during lunch. The incident occurred in Mengquan County, Changde on September 21. A sick student said the milk had a sour and bitter taste but she managed to finished it anyway. However, 11 other classmate of hers had same symptoms just like her, vomiting with abdominal pain. All sick children were sent to hospital and made a full recovery after two days. Local Disease control center announced on September 24, the milk products distributed by Sunshine Dairy contained excessive colonies. All products from the same batch have been suspended. FMN

China jails ex-top cop; Bo trial next? Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT A Chinese court has sent Wang Lijun, the police officer who sparked off the country's biggest political scandal in decades, to jail for 15 years.

Labour riot shuts down China plant tied to Apple Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT Foxconn Technology Group, which among other things assembles Apple's iPhones, closed its plant in northern China after a riot in the company's dormitory involving 2,000 workers.

Labour riot shuts down China plant tied to Apple Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT Foxconn Technology Group, which among other things assembles Apple's iPhones, closed its plant in northern China after a riot in the company's dormitory involving 2,000 workers.

China Blazes Net-Muzzling Trail Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:40 PM PDT China's strategy of controlling social media content has become a particularly potent model for other authoritarian countries, a study by Freedom House said Monday, amid reports that Beijing is sending experts or hackers to help some governments impose Internet restrictions. The independent U.S. watchdog made the observation in its annual report on Internet freedom in which it warned about the threat of brutal attacks by governments against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, "proactive" manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online. Despite these threats, the report "Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media" found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts have resulted in several notable victories to maintain Internet freedom. "The findings clearly show that threats to Internet freedom are becoming more diverse. As authoritarian rulers see that blocked websites and high-profile arrests draw local and international condemnation, they are turning to murkier—but no less dangerous—methods for controlling online conversations," said Sanja Kelly, project director for Freedom on the Net at Freedom House. China, home to the world's largest population of Internet users but also the most advanced system of control, has exerted a greater influence in the online world, emerging as an "incubator" for sophisticated new types of Internet restrictions, the report said. "The Chinese method for controlling social media content—restricting access to international networks while coercing their domestic alternatives to robustly censor and monitor user communications according to the ruling Chinese Communist Party directives—has become a particularly potent model for other authoritarian countries," it said. Belarus's autocratic president, for example, has praised China's Internet controls, and Uzbekistan has introduced several social media platforms on which users must register with their real names and administrators have preemptively deleted politically sensitive posts. In Iran, a prominent Internet specialist likened the intended outcome of the country's proposed National Internet scheme to the Chinese censorship model, with users enjoying "expansive local connections," but having their foreign communications filtered through a "controllable channel," according to the report. Chinese expertise Meanwhile, Freedom House said reports have emerged of Chinese experts, telecommunications companies, or hackers assisting the governments of Ethiopia, Libya, Sri Lanka, Iran, and Zimbabwe with attempts to enhance their technical capacity to censor, monitor, or carry out cyber attacks against regime opponents. Alongside China, countries such as Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have recently increased efforts on the international stage to institutionalize some of the restrictions they already implement within their own borders, the report said. Freedom on the Net 2012, which identifies key trends in Internet freedom in 47 countries, evaluated each country based on barriers to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights. The study found that Estonia had the greatest degree of Internet freedom among the countries examined, while the United States ranked second. Iran, Cuba, and China received the lowest scores in the analysis. Eleven other countries received a ranking of Not Free, including Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Thailand. A total of 20 of the 47 countries examined experienced a "negative trajectory" in Internet freedom since January 2011, with Bahrain, Pakistan, and Ethiopia registering the greatest declines. In Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, and China, authorities imposed new restrictions after observing the key role that social media played in the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. At the same time, 14 countries registered a positive trajectory, with Tunisia and Burma experiencing the largest improvements following dramatic political openings. It listed "countries at risk"—seen as particularly "vulnerable to deterioration" in the coming 12 months—as Azerbaijan, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka. Widely utilized The study warned that certain methods to stifle Internet freedom that were previously employed only in the "most oppressive" environments have become more widely utilized. To counter the growing influence of independent voices online, an increasing number of states are turning to proactive manipulation of web content, rendering it more challenging for regular users to distinguish between credible information and government propaganda, the report said. "Regimes are covertly hiring armies of pro-government bloggers to tout the official point of view, discredit opposition activists, or disseminate false information about unfolding events," it said. "This practice was in the past largely limited to China and Russia, but over the last year, it has been adopted in more than a quarter of the countries examined." Based on the types of controls implemented, Freedom House said many of the countries examined in the report can be divided into three categories: * Blockers: The governments block a large number of politically relevant websites, often imposing complete barriers on certain social media platforms. Among the countries that fall into this category are Bahrain, China, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Syria, Thailand, and Uzbekistan. * Non-blockers:  Most often, these governments seek the appearance that their country has a free Internet, and prefer to employ less visible or less traceable censorship tactics. Among the countries that fall into this category are Azerbaijan, Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. * Nascent blockers: These countries—including Belarus, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Russia—have started imposing politically motivated blocks, but the system has not yet been institutionalized, and it is often sporadic. Reported by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.

In China, Sister of Ex-Police Official Bemoans His Conviction Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:00 PM PDT The sister of Wang Lijun, a former police chief who played a central role in a seismic political scandal, criticized his sentence of 15 years in prison, saying it was unfair and symptomatic of the lack of justice in China.

A villager shot dead by police in land requisition protest Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:32 PM PDT Liaoning, China – A villager was shot dead by a police officer when having a dispute over land requisition conducted by local law enforcement officers. The accident occurred on September 21 in Panjin City, Liaoning Province. Local investigation team said the police officer opened fire after feeling his life was threatened. The investigation team from Panjin said in a statement on September 22, the victim was obstructing the officer in performing his duty. The shooting occurred was within laws and regulations. Wang Shujie, 36, who was shot dead, have two children . His wife was arrested after the accident and both Wang's parents were injured. On September 21, a local leader who controls farms in the area led over 100 people  to Wang's field and tried to demolish Wang's crops. Without reaching an agreement on composition, Wang's family clashed with the intruders. Local police from Panjin came to the scene, but the conflict wouldn't stop. Wang's family blocked the police and attacked them with axe and sickle. Zhang, the police who opened fire, was spilled with gas by Wang and his family. Zhang then injured his wrist and left palm from a sickle held by Wang's father. Zhang fired a warning shot but Wang's father kept attacking. Zhang shot his (Wang's father) knee, when seeing Wang has lighted his own clothes on fire and coming toward him. Zhang shot Wang believed his life was in danger, the statement said. "The prosecution office found Zhang was performing his duty when shot the victim, it is within the laws and regulations." FMN

Foxconn plant shut down after workers riot in Taiyuan Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:26 PM PDT A workers riot at Foxconn Taiyuan plant on September 24. /Picture from Weibo.com SWAT teams inside Foxconn Taiyuan plant on the morning of September 24. /Picture from Weibo.com Shanxi, China – Over 2,000 workers were involved in a massive fight between two different production lines in Foxconn Taiyuan around 3 am on September 24. Xinhua news confirmed that 40 were injured in the fight, in which 3 were in serious condition and others were slightly wounded. The fight was initiated from a dispute between workers from Shandong and Henan Province. According to China Business News, 10 workers were killed in the riot, however, the news has not been confirmed by either police or Foxconn. Local police sent out 5,000 officers to the scene and subsided the riot at 9 am. There were smashed glasses of stores and gates at the scene, even some police vehicles were also damaged. Foxcoon Taiyuan decided to shut down the plant for a day due to the flight. Louis Woo, spokesman of Foxconn said the fight occurred in the dormitory building and the company will issue a statement upon further investigation. Foxconn Taiyuan plant manufactures electronic components for automobiles, LED lights, and mobile phone parts. With over 79,000 employees in the plant, Foxconn Taiyuan experienced a strike regarding salary issue earlier this year in March. FMN

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