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Of Falling Trust and Fake Monks

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 08:50 PM PST

With surveys showing trust eroding in China, news of a fake monk scheme at a sacred mountain suggests even religion isn't immune to the no-holds-barred hustler ethos that has come to dominate so much of the country.

PLA plane almost hit by Japanese fighters, says general

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:18 AM PST

Japanese F-15J fighters almost collided with a Chinese Y-8 cargo plane on Jan. 10 over the East China Sea, according to General Luo Yuan of the People's Liberation Army, reports our sister paper Want ...

'Uncooperative' Bo Xilai likely to be tried in secret: Boxun

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:18 AM PST

The upcoming trial of disgraced former Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai will likely take place in secret due to Bo's refusal to cooperate with authorities, reports Boxun, a citizen journalism websit...

360buy sells US$400m stake to Saudi company

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:10 AM PST

In a bid to fuel the company's growth, Chinese e-commerce giant 360buy has sold a US$400 million stake to a Saudi Arabian company. Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), which is owned by billionaire Al-Wa...

Experts express optimism over Taiwan's economic outlook

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:10 AM PST

Experts expressed optimism over Taiwan's economic growth in 2013 on Sunday, as positive signs showed a continuing global economic recovery that might further boost investments and business inventories...

'Locally specific' criteria to diagnose online gaming addiction

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:10 AM PST

Authorities in China will develop locally specific criteria for the diagnosis of young people's addiction to online gaming. Where cases are assessed based on imported criteria developed for those w...

Chinese cities see excessive air pollution over holidays

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:10 AM PST

Festival fireworks caused readings of PM2.5 to skyrocket in many cities during the Spring Festival holiday, indicating worsened air quality in China, the country's Ministry of Environmental Protection...

Shanghai official probed over luxury villa

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PST

Authorities in Shanghai said Sunday they are investigating a local official after he was reported to own a large villa, a property that would normally be out of the financial reach of someone in his p...

Beijing to construct new north-south subway line

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 03:38 AM PST

Construction of a new subway line will start next month in Beijing to help ease traffic in the Chinese capital. The No.16 Line, which will link the Yongfeng hi-tech industrial base in the north with...

Beijing to promotes energy-saving internal combustion engines

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 03:38 AM PST

China will step up efforts to develop energy-saving internal combustion engines and promote their use in the coming years to reduce emissions, according to a guideline issued by the State Council. En...

NE China's first nuclear power plant enters service

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 03:02 AM PST

The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, went into operation on Sunday afternoon. The plant's first unit went into operation a...

110 released from bird flu quarantine in Guizhou

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:58 AM PST

A total of 110 people who had close contact with two patients who contracted H5N1 avian influenza in southwest China's Guizhou province earlier this month have been released from quarantine, local hea...

Hon Hai to unveil 70-inch TV in second quarter: source

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:54 AM PST

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, plans to launch a 70-inch flat-panel television in the second quarter of this year to target premium consume...

Direct sea transport between Taiwan, Fujian up a notch

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:54 AM PST

Direct sea transport between Taiwan and southern China's Fujian province has witnessed a significant increase between January and February, after Taiwan's independent travel program was extended to th...

WaPo: Congressional Staffers Often Travel On Tabs Of Foreign Governments

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 01:09 PM PST

About a dozen congressional staffers flew business class on a trip to China last summer and stayed at luxury hotels while touring the Great Wall, the ...

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China's Hollywood 'killed' nearly 1bn Japanese enemies last year

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:34 AM PST

Nearly one billion Japanese soldiers or enemies were killed off in TV productions filmed last year at Hengdian World Studios, the studio facilities known as the Hollywood of China, the Guangdong-based...

Death sentence for former head of Zhejiang food company

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:14 AM PST

The former head of a state-owned food enterprise in eastern China's Zhejiang province was recently sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in a high-profile graft case. Ying Guoquan, former cha...

Liaoning 27-yr-old buys house with allowance and holiday cash

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 01:38 AM PST

Every year from the age of seven, a boy from the city of Anshan in China's northeastern Liaoning province frugally saved the money he was given at Lunar New Year. Twenty years later, he brought a hous...

Top China Stories from WSJ: Saudi Investment, Myanmar Mine, Oil

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 06:00 PM PST

A U.S. energy company can resume operations at an offshore Chinese oil field after being sanctioned by Beijing; a group that includes a Saudi prince is betting on Chinese e-commerce; pockets of protests erupted against a Chinese-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar.

Miracle: Chinese cosmetics brand gets unexpected lease of life

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 01:38 AM PST

The popularity of China-made cosmetics is seeing a resurgence with an older brand named Miracle reaching the top of the best-seller charts on Taobao — the country's largest online shopping platform ...

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