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Washington panda cub to be shipped via FedEx to China

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – United States (U.S.)-born panda cub, Tai Shan, will next week leave the National Zoo in Washington and head in grand style for a new life in China — on board a Federal Express cargo plane, officials said.

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

China activist to end protest at Tokyo airport

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – A Chinese activist who spent nearly 90 days camping out at Tokyo’s international airport after being barred from going home said Sunday that he was ending his protest after Chinese officials visited him.

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

Chinese Officials Visit Feng Zhenghu in Narita Airport, and Feng’s Public Reply

Google made global headlines for standing up to the Chinese government as a private company. In the Tokyo Narita airport, a 56-year-old Chinese citizen has spent three months waging his own battle for the right to return to his own country. On November…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

US$34 mil. in quake funds misused: China

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Chinese officials diverted 230 million yuan (US$34 million) in funding for reconstruction after a massive earthquake struck in 2008 into other building projects and loan repayments, a government auditing agency said.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

Peaks’ name change ‘not due to Avatar’

In response to the increasing criticism on the renaming of its mountain peaks, tourism bureau officials in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, said the name was not changed due to the movie Avatar.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

U.S. groups “alarmed” by China business tactics

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Business groups told United States (U.S.) Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and other top U.S. officials on Tuesday they were “increasingly alarmed” by China’s moves to keep out foreign high-tech companies and urged a firm r…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

Top soccer officials detained for corruption probe

Several high-ranking officials of China’s soccer association have been detained amid probe into matchfixing in soccer games, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Wednesday.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Footballers bribed officials to play for China, newspaper alleges

200,000 yuan buys international call-up, claims Shangai report, as sports minister says corruption is deeply rootedChinese footballers paid to play in international matches, a Shanghai newspaper claimed , as the country’s sports minister warned that the roots of corruption ran deep in the game.The allegations come weeks after the head of the Chinese Football Association [...]

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Dalai Lama envoys hope to revisit autonomy plan

Representatives of the Dalai Lama in their first talks with Chinese officials in 15 months are hoping Beijing will reconsider a proposal for greater autonomy for Tibet, the Himalayan region’s self-proclaimed government-in-exile said Wednesday.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

3 firefighters die in firecracker plant blast

Three firefighters died in the line of duty amid blasts at a firecracker plant in Hunan province yesterday, officials said.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |