From BBC News: China’s environmental watchdog has handed the maximum possible fine to a PetroChina subsidiary for a toxic river spill which cut off water to millions. Jilin Petrochemical was ordered to pay 1m yuan ($125,000, ¬£64,000) for its pollution of the Songhua River in 2005, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. A blast at its […]
Read MoreTranslated by ESWN: Former People’s Daily deputy editor-in-chief Zhou Ruijin (Âë®ÁëûÈáë) created a sensation in 1991 when he wrote a series of articles under the penname Huangfu Ping (ÁöáÁî´Âπ≥) to lay the groundwork for Deng Xiaoping’s southern tour the next year. Last year, he also received attention with his article “The Reforms Cannot Vacillate” in […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: Next month, China will ring in the Year of the Pig. Nestl√© SA planned to celebrate with TV ads featuring a smiling cartoon pig. “Happy new pig year,” the ads said. This week, China Central Television, the national state-run TV network, banned Nestl√©’s ad — and all images and spoken […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China’s President Hu Jintao has called for a swift investigation into the murder of a Chinese journalist at an illegal coal mine, state media said. The president’s extremely rare intervention follows an outcry over the beating to death of Lan Chengzhang outside the mine, in Shanxi province. The mine owner is among […]
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