Yilishen Commits Fraud, Goes Belly Up: Authorities Stick to a High Standard to Cover Up News – China Times

An article in the China Times posits that the health supplement brand Yilishen had “powerful and mysterious political connections,” which contributed to the scandal in which thousands of ant farmers lost all their money. Following large-scale demonstrations by the farmers, news about the incident has been tightly controlled inside China. From Taiwan’s China Times (中国时报), […]

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Darker Days for New Listings on China’s Stockmarkets – Economist

From The Economist: By normal standards, investors in Chinese shares ought to be ecstatic. Over the past 12 months prices on the Hong Kong , Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have leapt by 45%, 83% and 132% respectively. This remarkable performance has been propelled by a convoy of new offerings — some genuine stockmarket debuts, […]

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Trucks At Heart of China’s Diesel Problems – Keith Bradsher

From International Herald Tribune: Every night, columns of hulking blue and red freight trucks invade China’s major cities with a reverberating roar of engines and dark clouds of diesel exhaust so thick it dims headlights. By daybreak in this sprawling metropolis in southeastern China, residents near thoroughfares who left their windows open overnight find their […]

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China:Tourists in Conflict With Macao Police – Bob Chen

From Global Voice: Mainland tourists broke into a conflict with riot police in Macao . (In a new statement, Macao denied they were riot police, but only special police training nearby ) It is reported that over 100 people of a mainland tourist group had controversy with the local tour guides on a tour spot […]

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Researchers Map China’s Underground Cybercrime Economy – Ryan Naraine

From Ryan Naraine’s Zero Day blog on ZDNet: Researchers from Peking University in Beijing and the University of Mannheim in Germany released a paper this week that aims to map the underground cybercrime economy in China. The paper concludes that 1.49 percent of the 145,000 most popular sites in China “contain some kind of malicious […]

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Dalai Lama Says Sorry He Can’t Meet Pope – Reuters

From Reuters: The Dalai Lama said on Friday he was sorry he could not see Pope Benedict during a 10-day visit to Italy in which most politicians have shied away from meeting him. China sees the Dalai Lama’s world wanderings as a serious diplomatic offence and the Chinese ambassador to Italy called on politicians not […]

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Chinese ‘Border Gesture’ To India – Subir Bhaumik

From BBC News: China appears to have reversed its long-held policy of refusing to give visas to Indians from the disputed Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It has now allowed a professor from the state – in the north-east of the country – to visit China. Beijing has over much of the last four decades […]

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A Tiger Grabs China by the Tail – Kent Ewing

From Asia Time Online: What do the South China tiger and the Loch Ness Monster have in common? According to a rising chorus of jeers in mainland China, neither one exists – photographs to the contrary. But, whereas there has been no recent sighting of “Nessie” in the Scottish loch from which the mythical monster […]

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Survey: Global Manufacturers Staying Put in China – Smart Cube

The Smart Cube blog (via China Law Blog) reports on a survey that found that despite the recent spate of negative news about exports manufactured in China, foreign companies have no plans to change their modus operandi in the country: In the aftermath of the recent recalls of tainted and toxic China-made products, more than […]

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