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The government's continuing tight grip on NGOs appears increasingly out of sync.
Guangdong police will strengthen cooperation with their Hong Kong and Macao counterparts in fighting illegal emigration to the two special administrative regions through fake marriages with local residents...
...Hong Kong residents too have been investigated for charging fees to mainlanders to obtain marriage certificates. The fees range from a few thousand yuan to more that 50,000 yuan ($6,500).
Kweichow Moutai confirmed yesterday that its former general manager, Qiao Hong, is in custody and under investigation for corruption...
...There were rumors that Qiao accepted a bribe of at least 3 million yuan from a Shandong -based tour agency, which helped organize Moutai distributors' travel to South Korea.
The story includes a photo of Qiao.
49 Million Illegal Publications Confiscated in First 4 Months of 2007
Chinese law enforcement agencies have confiscated 49 million illegal books, periodicals and audio-visual products in the first four months this year during the latest crackdown on pornographic and illegal publications.
Nearly 90 percent of the confiscated publications were pirated products, the National Office for Cleaning Up Pornography and Fighting Illegal Publications announced on Tuesday.
Of the confiscated publications, there were 1.69 million pornographic publications, 1.06 million illegal newspapers and magazines, and 2.96 million smuggled discs.
The office said 13,000 shops and booths, 364 printing factories and 97 websites were closed for illegal operations. Another 17,000 shops, 1,825 printing factories and 2,123 websites were fined...
Shanda's hit game in China is Legend of Mir II (传奇2) which was created in Korea. The game is free to play — Shanda makes money by selling virtual items and services to players.
Nasdaq-listed rival The9 (best known for World of Warcraft 魔兽世界) is also offering a Korean game free to play, while Netease.com, best known for the home-grown Fantasy Westward Journey (梦幻西游) has been struggling to develop new games on its own and has stuck with the pay-to-play revenue model.
The Xinhua update the next day said that 'a local government investigation has found that the drowning accident occurred on a day-off. The relevant school had not organized group activities.'
One of the parents took issue with Xinhua's altered copy in a post on the popular Tianya Internet forum. Ansfied has translated the parent's complaint, and some of the online responses.
The government looks set to back down from its long-held intention of imposing real-name registration for the country's 20 million bloggers following protests from the industry.
In a draft self-discipline code for blog services published by the Internet Society of China (ISC) yesterday, real-name registration is only to be 'encouraged' instead of being made compulsory.
But the proposal triggered protests from the Internet industry and the growing number of Internet users.
There's no word on whether the deal means that service and food on China Eastern will improve.
Both the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal have reported this news - this link is to the FT.
The launch of a Chinese version of the Your Gallery website - the world's largest interactive art gallery with 20 million hits a day - shows how hot the Chinese art market is. Your Gallery was launched last year to provide a free global platform for artists.
You can find the Chinese version linked off the main site at saatchi-gallery.co.uk
If you are interested in this topic, Danwei yesterday published a translation of Wang Xiaofeng's post about it and a summary of Chinese views.
The Chinese government said yesterday that it would acquire a $3 billion stake in the Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, in the country’s first effort to diversify its $1.2 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves beyond United States Treasury bills and into commercial enterprise.
China's central bank announced on Sunday a series of measures, including allowing more money to be cashed from ATMs in a day, to address complaints of clients that they have to queue up at banks for hours.
Wen Jiabao's recent speeches mean that reformists among the Chinese intelligentsia are optimistic about the seventeenth national congress.
China's immense patient populations suffering from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular illnesses, and a whole range of infectious diseases have captured the attention of drug and medical device companies across Europe and America. They are expanding research and testing facilities in China ... the past 12 months have seen a flurry of new activity
The article examines the legal and economic factors behind business as well as ethical concerns.No mention was made of when a moon colony and mine populated by migrant workers would be constructed.