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In China, Being Green Can Kill Your Career

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 08:40 PM PST

Chinese officials who spend heavily to reduce pollution instead end up reducing their chances for promotion, a new paper says.

Taiwan's cabinet approves bill on nuclear safety commission

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 04:54 AM PST

Taiwan's cabinet approved a bill on the organization of a nuclear power safety commission on Thursday and will submit it to the Legislative Yuan for enactment soon. The commission, to be converted fr...

Lien Chan to meet President Ma prior to China visit

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 04:50 AM PST

Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, will meet with ruling Kuomintang honorary chairman Lien Chan prior to Lien's departure for a China visit Feb. 24, Presidential Office spokeswoman Garfie Li said Thurs...

China News Broadcast, February 21, 2013: Latest on the Bo Xilai Scandal

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 02:41 PM PST

Bo Xilai "goes on hunger strike". White House announces plans to tack cyber theft of trade secrets. Taiwan's ex-premier Frank Hsieh has his Sina Weibo account deleted.

Chinese man accused of murdering family of four

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:38 PM PST

Businessman Anxiang Du was extradited to the UK and is charged with the murders of a university lecturer and his family

A Chinese businessman appeared in court after being extradited to the UK, charged with murdering a family of four. Anxiang Du, 54, appeared at Northampton magistrates' court charged with the murders of university lecturer Jifeng "Jeff" Ding, his wife Ge "Helen" Chui and their two daughters Alice, 12, and Xing, 18. The family were found stabbed to death at their home in Wootton, Northamptonshire, on 29 April 2011. Du gave only an address in Coventry and his date of birth before being remanded into custody.

The court heard he was arrested after being extradited from Morocco. District judge Timothy Deber sent the case to Northampton crown court and remanded Du, who appeared wearing a white hooded top and flanked by two armed police officers, into custody. He will appear at Northampton Crown Court on 15 March at 10am.


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What the ‘Unofficial’ Numbers Say About China’s Economy

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 07:32 PM PST

On the eve of China's annual legislative concave, growth in the world's second-largest economy has rebounded - but doubts about the reliability of the data remain. We've amassed an array of alternative data points to try and understand what's going on.

Gordon Chang on China and North Korea’s Nuclear Test

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 07:35 PM PST

On February 12, North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test. It was their third nuclear test, and the first one since 2009.

Smuggled Hong Kong milk powder sells cheap in China

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 03:02 AM PST

Hong Kong-branded milk powder is reportedly being smuggled into southern China through Vietnam, Hong Kong-based Ming Pao reported on Feb. 21. A large amount of milk powder is shipped to Vietnam from ...

Over 39% of Taiwanese feel uneasy shopping online: survey

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:26 AM PST

Although Taiwanese consumers are shopping online more than ever, they still have doubts about internet security, according to a survey released Tuesday. Conducted jointly by US-based security softw...

Jiangsu man and rented girlfriend get CNY 'package deal'

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

While "boyfriend/girlfriend for rent" services have become popular with single people to handle embarrassing questions from their parents and relatives about marriage and their love lives during the S...

Gansu province to establish cultural zone to aid development

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

China's central government has approved a plan to protect and showcase cultural resources in northwestern Gansu province as part of efforts to promote cultural value and support economically underdeve...

Taiwan's science and technology parks lift earnings in 2012

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

Revenue earned by Taiwan's three major science and industrial parks --which together constitute the nation's answer to Silicon Valley and are home to hundreds of tech firms-- grew 5.25% in 2012, repr...

China bans linking doctors' incomes to patient expenses

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

The Chinese government on Wednesday released a guideline on its basic healthcare system that forbids hospitals from linking doctors' incomes with their patients' care, examination and pharmaceutical e...

National Taiwan Univeristy grads top pick for most employers: survey

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

Graduates of National Taiwan University are still the top choice for local businesses seeking to recruit, according to the results of an annual survey released Tuesday by Cheers magazine. In second a...

Chinese designer closes London Fashion Week

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

Wang Haizhen, the Chinese designer who won the 2012 Fashion Fringe Award, brought the 5-day London Fashion Week to a close on Tuesday evening. The 21-look collection bore his signature of masculine f...

Vietnam seizes Chinese lanterns with names of disputed islands

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

Lanterns introduced to Vietnam from China bearing the Chinese names of disputed islands in the South China Sea are being seized by local authorities according to Tuoi Tre (Youth), a major daily newspa...

China mulls BBQ ban in major cities

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:22 AM PST

The pressures of severe air pollution have prompted China's environmental watchdog to consider pushing forward a legal ban on barbecues in densely populated urban areas. Barbecues should be strictly ...

Edward Goldberg: Foreign Policy, the Headlines, Reality, Europe and China

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:42 PM PST

Besides any job creation impact and economic efficiencies created by an U.S./ EU trade pact, essentially a win win, the pact will enable the U.S. and Europe's economy to be more integrated in order to balance China's growing power in world trade.

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Top China Stories from WSJ: IPO Scrutiny, Foxconn, Ivory Trade

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 06:01 PM PST

China is trying to improve the quality of companies issuing shares; Foxconn Technology Group has frozen post-holiday hiring; activists are urging Thailand and China to take stiffer measures to curb the illegal ivory trade.

China expected to increase property market restrictions

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 12:58 AM PST

As rumors about China tightening restrictions on the purchase of second homes mount, several commercial banks said they were yet to receive any official word of the new policy, yet some market experts...

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