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,

A business group including leading companies such as Sony, Nokia and Nike has come together to present the Tokyo Declaration, a joint call to tackle the urgent issue of climate change.

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

Osaka, Japan, Feb 15, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd. today announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art IPS panel plant in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture. As a new manufacturing base for LCD TV panels, the new facility

Tokyo, Japan, Feb 15, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501, "Hitachi") and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC / TSE: 6752, "Matsushita") today announced the conclusion of a formal contract related to a

Seiyu Ltd. said Thursday the supermarket chain incurred a group net loss for the sixth consecutive year in its fiscal 2007 due to weak clothing sales at its stores and swelling restructuring costs. For the year that ended in December,