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350 held in China for online train ticket scalping

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 08:51 PM PST

Police in China have arrested 353 people for using unauthorized online services to book an excessive number of train tickets and reselling them for profit.


PBOC drains liquidity, withdrawal of funds hits new high

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:54 AM PST

The People's Bank of China, the nation's central bank, has repeatedly tightened liquidity in the banking system after the Lunar New Year holiday. Its withdrawal of funds from circulation so far this w...

North Korea announces 28 hairstyles to ward off capitalism

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:46 AM PST

The North Korean government has recommended a relatively generous range of 28 hairstyles for its citizens, claiming that they are "the most comfortable" style and capable of warding off the corrupting...

Asus 10-inch tablet to go on sale in Taiwan next week

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:10 AM PST

Taiwan-based Asustek Computer will begin selling its 10.1-inch tablet, the MeMO Pad Smart ME301, in Taiwan on Feb. 25, the company announced on Friday. The unit, which was first unveiled by Asustek o...

Jiang Yi-huah to make first policy report to legislature next week

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:10 AM PST

Taiwan's legislature decided Friday to invite new premier Jiang Yih-huah to make his first policy report next week. Jiang, who took over his post Feb. 18, is scheduled to report to the Legislative ...

Xi Jinping to meet former heads of Taiwan parties: report

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:10 AM PST

The latest edition of Taiwan's Journalist magazine reports that China's new leader Xi Jinping will meet former leaders of Taiwan's three largest political parties during an exhibition that features wo...

Cloud Gate's Lin Hwai-min honored by American Dance Festival

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:06 AM PST

Lin Hwai-min, founder and artistic director of Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, will be this year's recipient of the Samuel H Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, the fest...

Global tablet computer shipments up 78.4% in 2012: IDC

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:06 AM PST

Shipments of tablet computers worldwide in 2012 rose 78.4% from a year earlier to total 128.3 million units, according to global market information advisory firm International Data Corp. In a repo...

Geely to set up Volvo R&D center in Gothenburg

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PST

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the Chinese automaker which acquired Volvo Cars from Ford in 2010, said on Feb. 20 it will set up an R&D center at Volvo's headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. At almost ...

Talks on cross-strait services deal may be delayed

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PST

The completion of a cross-strait agreement on trading services may be delayed to April or May, our sister paper Commercial Times reported on Feb. 22. The delay will come from the potential personne...

Moelis has foot in door as Australian property braces for 888

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 03:30 AM PST

Announced with fanfare in November last year, Australia's bold play to revolutionize independent Chinese investment through a "lucky" 888 Visa has produced a scramble among fund managers, once again p...

Grateful Shandong shoemaker bows to returning workforce

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:34 AM PST

Senior managers of a factory making leather shoes in eastern China's Shandong province recently lined up at the entrance to greet and bow to their workers to thank them for returning to work after the...

Railway company apologizes to Yunnan village after workers riot

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:34 AM PST

The state-owned China Railway Tunnel Group has issued an official apology and paid out 300,000 yuan (US$48,000) to residents of Yan village in southwestern China's Yunnan province after a hundred of i...

Ang Lee's wife has 'no expectations' for Life of Pi at Oscars

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:34 AM PST

Jane Lin, wife of Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee, said Wednesday that she had "no expectations" for his latest film Life of Pi at the Oscars,though she has been pleased by its success at the b...

HTC One's launch date badly timed, say analysts

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:34 AM PST

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the HTC One, which is being seen as a sink-or-swim device by foreign investors due to the company's recent underperformanc...

Cheung Kong avoids property tax by selling hotel suites

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:34 AM PST

Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Holdings sold 360 individual rooms in its Apex Horizon All-Suite Hotel during the Chinese New Year holidays (Feb. 9-15), a move which avoids a tax applied to property transac...

Anhui-based study finds link between smoking and dementia

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:34 AM PST

A research team led by Chinese scientists has linked smoking to higher risks of dementia, Health News, a national newspaper reporting on health news, reported on Thursday. The research results, pub...

Beijing to keep up campaign against property speculation

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:30 AM PST

China's State Council or cabinet has reiterated the government's determination to crack down on speculation in the housing market through the introduction of several new measures, following a meeting ...

Marry in haste, divorce at a cost of billions, China's rich discover

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:30 AM PST

The marriages of many rich and prominent men in China have hit the rocks in recent years, with some paying billions of yuan in divorce settlements. Li Zhaohui, the richest man in northern China's ...

Son of Chinese PLA singer arrested for gang rape

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 05:09 PM PST

The family of Li Shuangjiang: Meng Ge (left), Li Shuangjiang (middle), Li Tianyi (right)

Beijing, China – 17-year-old Li Tianyi, the son of general Li Shuangjiang, was arrested in relation to a gang rape case. Xinhua News then reported that Haidian Police arrested 5 suspects of a rape case, including Li, on February 20. The female victim was taken to a hotel nearby and raped by the gang after drinking in the bar. The details of the case remained confidential while the police said one of the suspect was Li's cellmate in prison in 2011. All 5 suspects are now under criminal detention.

The news was first disclosed on Weibo by an editor of South China Morning Post on February 22. He said, "A young man named 'Li Guanfeng' was arrested under  suspicion of gang rape, but he was still recognized: Li Tianyi, the son of Li Shuangjiang."

Li Tianyi, born in April 1996, was the son of both renowned singer Li Shuangjiang and Meng Ge. Li's name was soon spread on internet as he was known by his reckless driving at age 15. In September 2011, Li was driving a BMW without proper license and beat a couple after got in an accident with them. He was sent to rehabilitation for a year after a settlement made with the victims. Li was release in September 2012.

General Li Shuangjiang, father of Li Tianyi, was a popular singer among the Chinese. Li was born in 1939 and started his military career in 1963. He is also a professional actor and a professor at PLA Art Academy. FMN

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