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China to introduce jury trials first time starting next week

From bloomberg.com: China will introduce jury trials next week for the first time aiming to bring impartiality and independence to the judicial system. About 27,000 jurors will report for duty May 1, helping decide criminal and civil cases as they sit on a three-member panel with judges. The jurors were picked by half of China’s […]

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U.S. Increases Pressure on China Over Counterfeiting, Piracy

From bloomberg.com: The U.S. said China has failed to live up to its pledge to crack down on counterfeiters, and laid out a series of improvements Chinese authorities must take to avoid a dispute over the issue at the World Trade Organization. In a report on protection of intellectual property rights globally, the U.S. Trade […]

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Lien visits his alma mater in Xi’an

From ETToday.com: KMT Chairman Lien Chan, currently on a visit to China, arrived in Xi’an on Saturday, and paid a visit to the elementary school where he had studied during his childhood. Lien Chan was greeted warmly by the students there, and in return, Lien presented a red-envelope with RMB100,000 to his alma mater for […]

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KMT Chairman Lien Chan arrives Xi’an

From People’s daily online: Visiting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party Chairman Lien Chan reiterated his unwillingness to see a prolonged stalemate in the cross-Straits relations after arriving at Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, the third leg on his eight-day mainland tour, at around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Lien said he hoped to learn more about […]

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Amended Securities Law protects investors

From People’s daily online: The amended Securities Law is required for establishing a protection fund for stock investors, said a major official involved in drafting the revised law. The law is currently under the deliberation of Chinese top legislators. “This is one of the major measures to protect interests of stock investors, mainly small and […]

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