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Hoax phone calls hit mainland flights
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkGUANGZHOU/CHONGQING (China Daily/ANN) -- Several flights from Chongqing and Guangzhou were forced to land or delayed on Friday after telephone threats were received, airport authorities said. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was told by police...Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Extradition, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China)
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Senior Chinese planning official sacked in latest corruption case
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - A deputy head of China's top planning agency has been sacked for corruption after allegations against him were first posted online, media said on Tuesday, in the government's latest move against pervasive graft. Liu Tienan had been...Tags: Corporate Crime, Communist Party of China, Political Corruption, Newspaper and Magazine, Bo Xilai
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China official charged in sex scandal amid microblog uproar
ReutersBEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) - China will charge a district Communist Party official with corruption, which carries a maximum penalty of death, after images of him having sex with his mistress were splashed across microblog websites last year, state media...Tags: Heads of State, Bo Xilai, China, Xi Jinping, Government
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URGENT: 7.0-magnitude quake hits SW China's Sichuan, at least 47 dead
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkCHENGDU (China Daily/ANN) -- The earthquake struck near the area where a devastating quake left 90,000 dead or missing and presumed dead five years ago A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county of Ya'an city in south China's Sichuan province at 8:...Tags: China Earthquake (2010), Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Germany, China
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Insight: China's 2020 consumer is in a town you've never heard of
ReutersZHENGZHOU/CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - Wearing a floral brocade cardigan and toting a Huawei smartphone, Guo Qian, 22, gushes over her latest purchases on Taobao, China's largest e-commerce platform. As an administrative worker, Guo makes only 3,000...Tags: Medical Specialization, Market Research, Shanghai (China), Beijing (China), Philosophy
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Ford's Chinese visitors boost Earth Day cleanup in Lima
The Lima News, OhioA group of volunteers from China joined a group of Ford Motor Plant employees and student volunteers Friday at the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District for the annual Earth Day cleanup. Fifteen Ford Motors employees from Chongqing, China, have...Tags: Earth Day, Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing and Engineering, China, Automotive Equipment
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Asia: Kempinski opening hotels in China and India
Another longtime European hotel group is making fresh inroads into Asia. Kempinski Hotels, one of Europe's oldest luxury hotel groups, is adding to its portfolio of 75 properties by opening three hotels in China and another in India. "We are opening...
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Architect Zaha Hadid dealing with design piracy in China
When it comes to doing business in China, Hollywood is well acquainted with the perils of piracy. Now it appears that architects must also be wary of unlicensed copying while in that country. Architect Zaha Hadid is reportedly dealing with a pirated...
Tags: Zaha Hadid, Arts, Architecture, Germany, Wang Shu
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Chinese state media implicate fallen politician in murder scandal
World NowFor the first time, Chinese state media appear to have implicated fallen Communist Party official Bo Xilai in the murder scandal that has gripped the country, reporting that he angrily rebuked the local police chief, Wang Lijun when told that Bo's wife,... -
Bo Xilai scandal: Wang Lijun on trial for bribe-taking, defection
World NowBEIJING -- Wang Lijun, the Chinese police chief who touched off a far-reaching political scandal in February when he sought refuge at a U.S. consulate, stood trial Tuesday on charges of bribe-taking and “bending the law for selfish ends.”... -
In China, questions abound despite verdict in Gu Kailai trial
World NowLegal experts are questioning the trial of Gu Kailai -- the wife of a former Chinese Politburo member -- who was given a suspended death sentence for poisoning British businessman Neil Heywood.... -
Beijing car crash opens door to another scandal in China
World NowBefore dawn on March 18, a black Ferrari slammed into a concrete barrier in Beijing, killing the young male driver, badly injuring two young women and setting off yet another episode in the soap opera that has become Chinese politics. Chinese-language...
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