Monday, 1 August 2011
Critics denounce ban on rail disaster reports
Decision by propaganda authorities’ to restrict unfavourable coverage shows that a ‘decades-long habit of muzzling’ is still in force, say analysts
Families may sue railways ministry
Frustrated by the handling of their demands, relatives of victims of the Wenzhou disaster say they may have to resort to court action for justice
18 killed in 2 attacks in troubled NW China
A city government said Monday that six more civilians died and five “terrorist” suspects were killed by police in one of China’s most troubled ethnic regions, raising the death toll from weekend violence to 18.
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Aquanauts take one giant step for China
The captain of the Sea Dragon submersible compares his job to an astronaut’s as he and his crew test the limits of Chinese technology in the dark ocean depths
Press points finger at greedy and callous railways officials
Ministry faces barrage of questions about its overconfident attitude to the high-speed-train crash that took 40 lives
10 days’ training, long hours for drivers in focus
Many drew attention to a state media report late last year about a driver who was given just 10 days to learn how to drive the first Chinese high-speed train. His German instructor had expected a training period of several months.
Censors slap ban on crash coverage
Newspapers forced to ditch pages of reports at last minute after propaganda chiefs issue sudden order, despite premier’s pledge of transparency
China lawyers told not to take train crash cases
Chinese authorities have apologized after lawyers were told not to help victims of a deadly train crash file lawsuits without permission, state media said.
Knife attack in China’s Xinjiang leaves seven dead
Seven people were killed and 28 others wounded by two knife-wielding assailants in China’s ethnically-tense Xinjiang region, authorities said Sunday, in the latest bout of unrest to hit the area.
China ‘forced papers’ to scrap rail crash coverage
China imposed a widespread ban on coverage of last week’s high-speed train crash, forcing newspapers across the country to scrap pages of stories, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.
China forced papers to scrap rail crash coverage
China imposed a widespread ban on coverage of last week’s high-speed train crash, forcing newspapers across the country to scrap pages of stories, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.
Friday, 29 July 2011
Contract makers review business model
Contract manufacturers rolling out an array of gadgets such as Apple’s iPad, Dell’s PCs and other devices in China are re-examining their business models as they grapple with surging costs and shrinking margins.
Thursday, 28 July 2011
China defends carrier plans, neighbours fret over
China’s neighbours are worried its aircraft carrier program may in time intimidate regional rivals but its military on Thursday defended the plan as vital for maritime security.
U.S. says cooperating with China to repatriate graft fugitives
The United States is cooperating with China to repatriate Chinese fugitives facing corruption charges, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, a move that could pave the way for the return of hundreds of government officials wanted for graft.
Panasonic to Sell Sanyo White Goods Units to Haier
Panasonic will sell its Sanyo Electric unit's washing machine and refrigerator operations in Japan and Southeast Asia to China's Haier Group for about 10 billion yen ($130 million), three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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China says equipment flaws caused train crash
Design flaws in signal equipment and human error caused last weekend's high-speed train crash in China that killed at least 39 people, a railway official said Thursday.
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Shanghai tightens property market rules
Shanghai authorities will inspect home sale plans from real estate developers and may reject applications if they find prices to be “unreasonably” high, in its latest effort to fight rising house prices.
China’s investments are not as wasteful as the bears believe
Stories of wasteful infrastructure projects abound across the mainland, but the anecdotes don’t prove that Beijing’s investment binge is money down the drain
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Whither this speed?
When a high-speed train was stalled, allegedly by a bolt of lightning, common sense dictated that later trains waited. Tragedy struck when a second train rear-ended into the stalled one, derailing several carriages and killing at least 39 passengers. It could be the result of a technical glitch or human error, or a combination of both. But before the investigation report comes out, a lot of people are asking: “Why so fast?”
China state paper accuses authorities of ‘arrogance’
One of China’s official newspapers on Wednesday accused the authorities of “arrogance” in their handling of a deadly high-speed train crash, joining a rising chorus of public fury.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Chinese officials close 2 of 5 fake Apple stores
Chinese Officials looking into the illegal sale of Apple gadgets say they are waiting for the electronics company to respond before they decide whether to close three more possibly unlicensed stores.
Warnings about lightning ignored
Transport experts alerted rail authorities to the risks, but preventive measures were considered too costly
Furious relatives demand answers
Grief gave way to anger in Wenzhou yesterday as relatives of the victims of Saturday’s high-speed train crash protested outside the municipal government offices, demanding railway officials meet them face to face.
Yes, there’s a property bubble in China
Its bursting can harm the real economy and can cause negative spillovers to other nations
China’s effort to muzzle news of train crash sparks outcry
Government directives demanding journalists not question official accounts of a deadly high-speed train crash in eastern China are fuelling public anger and suspicion about conflicting details of the accident, such as the death toll.
Monday, 25 July 2011
China outraged by rail crash
Chinese media and public reacted with anger on Monday to a fatal high-speed train crash, with even official newspapers saying safety controls on the rapidly-expanding network may have been too lax.
Local government debt poses risk to growth, says PBOC advisor
China has at least two years to sort out its mountain of local government debt, which poses a ‘very serious’ risk for the fastest-growing economy over the longer term, People’s Bank of China adviser Zhou Qiren said.
Train crash could curb China rail equipment exports
A deadly train crash in China over the weekend has raised concerns about the safety of the country’s fast-growing rail network and threatens to undermine its plans to export high-speed train technology.
China sacks 3 railway officials after train crash
China sacked three senior railway officials yesterday after a collision between two high-speed trains killed at least 43 people and raised new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.
Sunday, 24 July 2011
China Train Wreck Raises Questions
“China, please stop your flying pace, wait for your people, wait for your soul, wait for your morality, wait for your conscience! Don’t let the train run out off track, don’t let the bridges collapse, don’t let the roads become traps, don’t let houses become ruins. Walk slowly, allowing every life to have freedom and dignity. No one should be left behind by our era.”
Customs looks at car pricing tactics
The Government may be clamping down on pricing tactics that have made some cars cheaper but the taxman poorer.
Taxpayers finally get to See where the money goes
The 100 million yuan spent on banquets at the Academy of Sciences may prove hard to swallow as government departments finally divulge their expenditure
Lai’s return expected to worry corrupt officials
Before being deported from Canada, the fugitive, who fled with a fortune, vowed to take many other officials to prison with him if he was convicted
Mainland home prices heading for a fall
Despite enticing smiles from attractive sales agents beckoning visitors to an exhibition for a new property launch, the cavernous hall in suburban Beijing remained virtually empty for hours at a stretch.
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Canada deports fugitive Lai Changxing back to China
One of China’s most-wanted fugitives has arrived back in Beijing after a Canadian court cleared the way for his deportation.
Friday, 22 July 2011
72 super rich in China dead before their time since 2003
Since 2003, 72 billionaires on the Chinese mainland have died an unnatural death, the Changchun-based New Culture News reported Friday.
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Government denies mass SME bankruptcy
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology acknowledged Thursday that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face serious financing difficulties after the government tightened liquidity, but rejected claims of a wave of SME bankruptcies.
China Chamber Warns Beijing of Mass Bankruptcies
The All China Federation of Industry and Commerce, the official chamber for non-state-owned enterprises in China, has urged the central government to take action concerning what it regards as a serious likelihood of major bankruptcies among small to medium-sized businesses in China.
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Harder for foreign couriers to deliver the goods in China
China is the world’s third-largest express delivery market and growing, but it has yet to deliver the goods for global giants such as DHL Express.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Top China newspaper shuts down investigative unit
One of China’s leading newspapers has shut down its respected investigative unit, an editor said Tuesday, an apparent victim of a broad clampdown on political dissent and the media.
Thaksin rules out serving jail term
In his latest interview, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ruled out serving jail term, saying he will have to “stand for justice” by not accepting “unfair” legal action against him.
Monday, 18 July 2011
Singapore property crash: When and how serious?
This property-crazed city of five million seems hell-bent on disproving the old theory that what goes up must come down.
Chinese city wises up to sage’s fame
Xiangyang claims to be where legendary strategist Zhuge Liang met warlord Liu Bei
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Unhappy endings
Expat divorces are on the rise here, and can get nasty because of cross-border legal issues
China switching on to the power of deep heat
Geothermal power is China’s most plentiful, reliable and environmentally friendly renewable energy, and its most neglected - but that may be about to change
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Starbucks, Ai Ni to turn Yunnan into coffee capital
Companies agree to set up joint venture to buy and export top-quality Arabica beans from the province
Fears of a mainland housing bubble are wildly inflated
The rise in property prices might sound like the precursor to a spectacular collapse, but the argument doesn’t pan out when you take a closer look
Female bodyguards for Thailand’s next prime minister
When Yingluck Shinawatra takes up her post as leader of the new government, Thailand won’t just have a female prime minister. Her bodyguards, too, are likely to be drawn from the fairer sex.
Chinese women learn to snag rich men
Want to marry rich? Then the unlikely named Beijing Moral Education Centre for Women is for you.
Tan Jee Say decides to run for presidency
He says many Singaporeans want president with no PAP links
Friday, 15 July 2011
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Da Vinci Furniture importer under fire
A retailer of international brand furniture, which has recently been suspected of selling poor-quality fake foreign products at high prices, has insisted it does not play foul with buyers but has admitted “faults” in its employees’ sales tactics.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Smuggler Lai Changxing nears extradition
The possible repatriation of Lai would mark the end of a 12-year dispute between China and Canada over the issue and justify their partnership in fighting crime, analysts said.
Support staff for Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong
Government says it will help them go about their official duties
Monday, 11 July 2011
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Red Cross stuck in the firing line
Lack of transparency appears to lie at the heart of bizarre saga the major charity is caught up in
Friday, 8 July 2011
Singapore survey: Ruling party losing credibility
Fewer Singaporeans consider the ruling People’s Action Party to be credible after the party’s worst election results since independence, a survey showed Friday.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Beijing halts sales of tainted bottled water
Authorities in Beijing have halted the sale of 31 brands of bottled water after they failed safety tests, the government reported, in the latest such scare to hit China.
China accused of rushing bridge opening
Chinese officials have been accused of rushing construction of the world’s longest sea bridge to open for the Communist Party’s 90th anniversary, with nuts left unfastened, state media said on Thursday.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
China Said to Discuss Letting SEC Probe Mainland Companies
U.S. and Chinese officials will meet next week to discuss giving American securities regulators the right to investigate companies within China for the first time, said two Chinese officials with direct knowledge of the plans.
More developers doubtful over mainland demand
Lower sales and the likelihood of tougher measures to dampen expectations for more sales, Stanchart says
Property market inventories set to soar
The inventory in China’s property market will surge in the second half of the year, thus prompting property developers to cut prices further as tightening measures continue, industry experts said on Tuesday.
Riding on the graft updraft
Corruption charges against Taiwan ex-president Lee Teng-hui should be a blow for the pro-independence camp but they may just win voters to his side
Should Australia Say ‘Sorry’ for Its Old Anti-Chinese Laws?
Arthur Garlock Chang was 13 when he left his mother and eight siblings in China to join his father in Australia. It was the 1930s, and even though he promised to return in five years’ time, Chang’s reunion with his mother did not take place for another 27. “After the war I was told that I could go [to China], but not come back,” Chang recalls. “I couldn’t leave at my will.”
Chinese married couple clueless about sex
A highly educated couple, in their 30s from Hubei, China, thought that the wife would get pregnant by sleeping on the same bed, Malaysia’s largest selling Chinese language newspaper Sin Chew Daily reported.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
China Bears Have It Wrong: Jim Rogers
Commodity bull Jim Rogers says hedge fund managers such as Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates and Hugh Hendry of Eclectica, who have been shorting Chinese related stocks and credits, have got it wrong.
Chinese local debt understated by $540 billion: Moody’s
China’s local government debt burden may be 3.5 trillion yuan ($540 billion) larger than auditors estimated, putting banks on the hook for deeper losses that could threaten their credit ratings, Moody’s said on Tuesday.
Monday, 4 July 2011
Chongqing emerges as a shining industrial hub
Go-West policy incentives lure big businesses to the city of 32m people
Thai election is over but the hatred remains
The much-anticipated election has passed in Thailand and “the people have spoken”. The biggest problem, however, remains unsolved, and it has nothing to do with how to have a workable government, or how to handle the potentially explosive issue of “amnesty”, or how the Thai military should behave.
Thai military ‘accepts’ opposition polls landslide
Thailand’s powerful military will respect a landslide election win by allies of Thaksin Shinawatra who it toppled five years ago, the defence minister said Monday, easing fears of another coup.
Yingluck, thrust into a minefield of power
Thailand’s opposition Pheu Thai Party will have to tread several political minefields despite being able to form an outright government after winning a simple majority.
Divorce rate soars as couples find it easy to quit
Ending a marriage is a simple formality, and rising wealth has been matched by an increase in break-ups
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Ex-Taiwan President Lee indicted on graft charge
Former President Lee Teng-hui, one of the pivotal figures in Taiwan’s modern history, was indicted on graft charges Thursday, becoming the second recent leader to face such charges and prompting opposition accusations that the government was subverting the island’s still-evolving democracy.
Auditor Warning Worsens Local Government Debt Drop: China Credit
Bonds from local government-owned investment companies in China fell this month, paring returns for 2011, after a state audit warned about repayment risks.
Mining Boom Makes Truck Tires Pricier Than Porsches, Condominiums in Miami
China’s insatiable demand for commodities has prompted a tripling in the price of mining truck tires, making them more expensive than a Porsche 911 Carrera S type or a condominium in Miami.
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Youthful ideals abandoned in the pursuit of power
The Communist Party’s promise to embrace democracy won it many supporters in its early days
China migrant unrest exposes generation faultline
In a backstreet pool hall in southern China’s factory belt, young migrant workers gather around the tables, their eyes flitting between the worn green baize and the anti-riot police patrolling the grimy alleys.
As China Communist Party turns 90, a debate erupts
China is marking the 90th birthday of the Communist Party with its typically over-the-top celebrations and an unusually rancorous debate about whether the government needs a major change in direction to sustain the country’s resurgence.
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