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- Fog to hit central, E China
- Young official's promotion raises doubts
- Chinese authorities ban 55 TV ads
- Shanghai sees real estate growth
- Tenant ordered to pay for neighbor's fire losses
- Anti-graft investigations rose in 2012 in Guangzhou
- China eyes stronger partnership with ROK: foreign minister
- China to strengthen national defense education
- Chinese premier calls for financial reform push
- Hostage death toll rises in Algerian gas plant
- Operation against Taliban in Kabul ends: police
- Lhasa-Shigatse railway to complete track-laying
- No Chinese involved in Algerian hostage crisis
- China to strengthen national defense education
- China, Japan keeping communication on Diaoyu Islands
- Bag factory catches fire in east China
- China-Myanmar pipelines to be completed in May
- Chinese fleet patrolling around Diaoyu Islands
- Teenager shoots five dead in New Mexico
- Death of doctor on house call raises safety fears
| Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST BEIJING - China's meteorological authorities said Monday that central and east China will be shrouded in fog through Tuesday morning. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a blue alert for the fog. Blue is the lowest level in China's four-tier color-coded weather alert system. Fog will lower visibility to less than 1,000 meters in parts of Tianjin municipality and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui, with visibility dipping as low as 200 meters in some areas, according to a statement on the center's website. The NMC also said that a cold front will sweep most parts of north China from Wednesday to Thursday, bringing strong winds and dropping temperatures by 6 to 10 degrees Celsius.  |
| Young official's promotion raises doubts Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST A young official had ranked at the bottom of a test for the government job she was recently promoted to, renewing netizens' doubts over her promotion. Dong Haitao's score was the lowest among 25 candidates running for a deputy mayor job at Donggang city, Liaoning province, according to Chinese media reports. Dong, 31, the former director of the foreign affairs office at Eastern Liaoning University, was promoted to deputy mayor of Donggang city earlier this month. The promotion was questioned by netizens due to her age and the fact that her husband's uncle is a senior official of the Liaoning provincial government. Local authorities insisted that the promotion was done according to the law, the People's Daily reported on Monday. Related stories: Guangzhou officials probed over alleged graft Retired official investigated over sexual harassment Official sacked, 49 others disciplined in Hubei |
| Chinese authorities ban 55 TV ads Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST BEIJING - China's top broadcasting watchdog has ordered a broadcast ban for 55 advertisements for consultation and TV shopping services, as they have violated relevant regulations. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) on Monday released a circular saying that advertisements that were recently broadcast during some TV programs have violated SARFT regulations, although details concerning which stations the ads were broadcasted on were not revealed. Among the banned ads is a watch advertisement that uses the name of former Chairman Mao Zedong, violating a SARFT regulation that forbids the use of state leaders' names in advertisements. Other ads for dieting solutions and breast enlargement were banned for false or misleading content. Creators of televised shopping programs have been criticized for fraudulent practices, including the sale of shoddy products. Related stories: TV stations' ad revenue might stop rising: analysts Ads tainted by false, unlawful info |
| Shanghai sees real estate growth Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST Investment in real estate development reached 238 billion yuan ($38.2 billion) in Shanghai in 2012, a 9.7 percent year-on-year increase, according to a Jan 21 report from the Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau. In 2012, newly developed commodity real estate in Shanghai reached 27.2 million square meters, a 25.2 percent year-on-year decrease, among which 15.6 million sq m was for housing, a 36.8 percent year-on-year decrease. Sales of commodity real estate was 19 million sq m, among which 16 million sq m was for housing. The average price of newly developed commercial real estate in 2012 was 21,412 yuan per square meter, down 0.8 percent from 2011; the average price of housing apartments was 14,061 yuan, a 3 percent decrease from 2011. Yan Jun, Chief Economic Engineer with the Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau, said the figures show that policies to enhance the welfare of Shanghai's residents have been effective, and measures to control increasing housing prices have worked well. |
| Tenant ordered to pay for neighbor's fire losses Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST A tenant and his landlord have been ordered to pay a total of 89,000 yuan ($14,311) in compensation to the owner of the next door flat that was damaged by a fire, Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court ruled on Jan 21. The fire broke out in August 2011 in the makeshift flat of a tenant surnamed Liu. The fire soon spread to his neighbor Qi's flat, causing extensive damage. According to Fu Xinzhen, a court official, Liu is responsible for 50 percent of his neighbor's losses caused by the blaze, which totaled 112,000 yuan, for using a poor quality gas appliance that is likely to have started the fire. The fire accident report prepared by Pudong district's fire department ruled out the possibility of arson, climatic factors, spontaneous combustion and electrical failure. Liu's landlord Xi was ordered to pay 30 percent of the total loss in compensation, which is 33,000 yuan. The court said both properties are illegal makeshift flats. |
| Anti-graft investigations rose in 2012 in Guangzhou Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST Prosecutors in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, investigated 564 officials involved in 522 corruption cases in 2012, said Wang Fucheng, chief procurator of the local People's Procuratorate. The figures represent an increase of 54.9 percent year-on-year in terms of the number of officials investigated, and a 56.8 percent increase when it comes to the number of cases, Wang added. In a report released during the annual session of the local People's Congress on Jan 21, Wang said that the investigations have helped recoup losses of up to 500 million yuan ($80.3 million). Local courts gave various sentences to 581 officials found guilty of embezzlement and accepting bribes in 2012, according to Liu Nianfu, chief judge of the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court. |
| China eyes stronger partnership with ROK: foreign minister Posted: 21 Jan 2013 09:06 AM PST Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said during a Monday meeting with ROK president-elect Park Geun-hye's special envoy Kim Moo-sung that China looks forward to a stronger partnership with the Republic of Korea (ROK). |
| China to strengthen national defense education Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:26 AM PST China will strengthen national defense education with a focus on safeguarding maritime rights, the national defense education office said on Monday. |
| Chinese premier calls for financial reform push Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:19 AM PST Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday called for the government to push forward financial reforms. |
| Hostage death toll rises in Algerian gas plant Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:05 AM PST The Hostage death toll from a four- day siege at Algerian Gas Facility In Amenas has increased after at least nine Japanese also reported killed in the attack, Al- Jazeera reported on Monday citing a Japanese official. |
| Operation against Taliban in Kabul ends: police Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:05 AM PST Operations against Taliban gunmen who seized a traffic police facility in western Kabul ended Monday afternoon, with all the militants having been killed, the Kabul police chief said. |
| Lhasa-Shigatse railway to complete track-laying Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:56 AM PST The Lhasa-Shigatse railway, known as the national key project, has completed the track-laying according to the railway construction headquarter under the Ministry of Railways of China. |
| No Chinese involved in Algerian hostage crisis Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:53 AM PST No Chinese citizens were involved in the Algerian hostage crisis, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Monday. |
| China to strengthen national defense education Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:59 AM PST China will strengthen national defense education with a focus on safeguarding maritime rights, the national defense education office said on Monday. |
| China, Japan keeping communication on Diaoyu Islands Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:53 AM PST A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry said Monday that the country is maintaining communication with Japan on the Diaoyu Islands issue. |
| Bag factory catches fire in east China Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:48 AM PST About 100 fire fighters are striving to put out a fire that broke out in a bag factory in east China's Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.8 The flame started at 11:13 a.m. Monday and was strengthened by wind, which baffled the fire fighting at the Banghe International Luggage Factory. |
| China-Myanmar pipelines to be completed in May Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:04 AM PST If everything goes as planned, the China-Myanmar oil and natural gas pipelines, China's new strategic energy channels, are expected to be completed on May 30, according to the contractor. |
| Chinese fleet patrolling around Diaoyu Islands Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:23 AM PST A Chinese marine surveillance fleet continued patrolling China's territorial waters around the Diaoyu Islands on Monday and monitored Japanese ships that violated China's territorial waters. |
| Teenager shoots five dead in New Mexico Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:23 AM PST A teenager fatally shot five people, including three children, inside a home in the U.S. state of New Mexico, U.S. media reported Sunday. |
| Death of doctor on house call raises safety fears Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:23 AM PST The killing of an emergency doctor during a house call in Inner Mongolia on Saturday has again raised concerns about medics' safety. |
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