From AP via Canoe.ca : A Hollywood group said Friday it is suing a popular Chinese website over film piracy, expanding a legal battle over use of the Internet by China's thriving industry in product copying. The Motion Picture Association
From SignOnSanDiego.com: A jobless Hong Kong man, detained for weeks and denied bail in the city's nude celebrity photo scandal was released on Friday following a public outcry that he was unfairly victimised by police. Chung Yik-tin, 29, was arrested
Slate Magazine writes about the recent book by Rupert Murdoch's former right-hand man in China, Rupert's Adventures in China: How Murdoch Lost a Fortune and Found a Wife, which has recently been published in Britain and Australia: Because sucking up
The European Union issued strict testing rules on imported rice from China this week. The policy change comes after EU officials repeatedly warned China to keep a banned rice out of Europe. From the Associated Press via the Houston Chronicle:
Guangzhou-based writer and blogger Hengjun Yang ( ) wrote the following essay on his blog, translated by CDT's Linjun Fan. I had to exit the highway because of a traffic jam on my way back to Guangzhou after a trip
A personal diary that records a rare handshake with the Chinese president during his visit to Guangxi Province, and more importantly, the Chinese secret service clean-up prior to Hu's arrival. The post, after a brief life online, was deleted by
Because of stronger currency and rising cost, China's monthly trade surplus outstripped expectations in January. From BBC News : China's trade surplus soared 22.7% in January as the economy continued to boom despite efforts to cool the rate of growth,
We express regret," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. "All preparation work for the Beijing Olympics is proceeding smoothly. The Chinese people are willing to work with artists from around the world with wisdom and talent and the Olympic Games
One of the victims was a child aged five, the Beijing News said. The suspect, who was arrested on Thursday, was involved in a land dispute with members of the clan, and might even have been a member of the
Chinese people just welcomed the Year of the Rat a few days ago, but rats are not welcomed in China, especially Beijing. Beijing will host the 2008 summer Olympics in August, thus rats are the latest target of Beijing's efforts
The central, eastern and southern parts of China will receive mainly cloudy and overcast skies in the coming week. According to forecasts from the Central Meteorological Station on Friday morning, the overall temperature in most par ...
The volunteer department of the Beijing Olympic Committee reported that services in 55 languages will be provided during the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games; and thousands of professional volunteers are needed to provide these language ...
The assets of China's banking sector rose to 52.6 trillion yuan (7.32 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2007 from 43.9 trillion yuan in 2006, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) reported. The state-owned Bank of China, China Cons ...
Initiated by the State Administration for Religious Affairs of the P.R.C (SARA), the top 10 Buddhist scenic spots in China have been recently selected from about one thousand places. The Shaolin Temple in the Songshan Mountains in China ...
Strong gales sweeping the Yulong Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province since last Friday have damaged hundreds of homes and deterred tourists from one of southwest China's best known attractions. The gales, sweeping at up to 108 kilomete ...
Chinese shares fell 1.21 percent on Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index losing 55.19points to 4497.13. The Shenzhen Component Index lost 208.71 points, or 1.25 percent, to 16,496.23. Source:Xinhua ...
China passenger vehicle sales soared to a monthly high in January, with the worst winter storms in half a century failing to dampen the country's increasing love for cars, an industry group said. Chinese car makers sold 639,000 pass ...
An electrical appliances tycoon has appealed a 10-year jail term for a fraud and embezzlement conviction, his lawyer said on Friday. The sentence for Gu Chujun, the former chairman of China's biggest refrigerator maker -- Guangdong ...
China's trade surplus in January jumped 22.6 percent year-on-year to 19.49 billion U.S. dollars, the General Administration of Customs said on Friday. The figure was slightly lower than the 22.69 billion U.S. dollars in December. Si ...
Certainly one of the more bizarre moments in the discussions between Kissinger and Mao has come to light. From AP, via CNN: "You know, China is a very poor country," Mao said, according to a document released by the State
