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Chinese broker tried in insider trading

AP — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:24:32 +0000

The former president of a major Chinese stock brokerage has gone on trial on insider-trading charges in connection with the company’s 2006 stock market debut, a state news agency reported...

Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown

AP — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:56:45 +0000

Beijing’s Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital’s gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games.

Detained Chinese crew members facing longer stay

AP — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:25:00 +0000

Lawyers for the pilot of the ship that struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge say there is new evidence raising doubts about the Chinese crew’s truthfulness after the incident, but say the crew should be detained as witnesses for several...

More than 100 Chinese villagers protest man's death

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:21:41 +0000

More than a hundred Chinese villagers attacked a police station to protest the death of a man they say was beaten by local Communist Party security guards, police said Friday, the latest in a recent spate of violence triggered by discontent with...

Group says Chinese Internet dissident is arrested

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:13:34 +0000

A Chinese dissident who wrote politically sensitive articles including some criticizing the government’s handling of a devastating earthquake was formally arrested Friday on charges of allegedly possessing state secrets, a human rights group...

China issues anti-terror guide for Olympic games

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:12:57 +0000

Remain calm, don’t fight back and try to send a text message to the police. That’s how Chinese police have advised people to respond if captured by terrorists during next month’s Olympic Games, the official Xinhua News Agency said...

WTO publishes trade ruling against China

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:19:26 +0000

The World Trade Organization has made public the first official condemnation of Chinese commercial practices, an auto parts ruling that sides with the United States, the European Union and...

Chinese oil giant Sinopec warns of profit fall

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:18:19 +0000

Chinese oil giant Sinopec says its first-half profit will fall more than 50 percent from the same period last year due to government controls that limit its ability to pass on record-high crude costs to...

Liquor fed Chinese chickens sell like hot cakes

Sharmila Chakravorty — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:56:00 +0000

A chicken raiser in southern China has been making big bucks by feeding his livestock with medicinal liquor. The raiser from Jiangxi province has been feeding his chickens with medicinal liquor, mixed with 30 types of herbs for three to seven...

2 Chinese carrying ivory held in Kenya

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:56:58 +0000

Kenya’s wildlife service says two Chinese women are being questioned at Nairobi’s international airport after being found with 36 pieces of ivory.