Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Yunnan tourist area swept by unrest after policeman killed
Hundreds of armed police were sent to Yunnan's Shangri-La tourist area after unrest triggered by the killing of a local police officer, a human rights watchdog said yesterday.
Beaten to death at Wal-Mart
A woman in eastern China was allegedly beaten to death by five employees of a Wal-Mart store who accused her of shoplifting, a police report and state media said on Tuesday.
Stone sorry for ‘karma’ comment
Hollywood star Sharon Stone has apologised for her “bad karma” comments on the Sichuan earthquake, 15 months after the incident upset Chinese communities around the world.
Beijing to back state firms acting against banks
Beijing has publicly put its weight behind some state-owned firms struggling with oil derivatives losses, saying it will back them in legal action against the foreign banks that sold the products.
Monday, 7 September 2009
Hot Money Back on China’s Front Burner
Yet hot money’s shadowy nature makes it statistically difficult to document, raising questions about the phenomenon’s seriousness.
Monetary Policy Steers an A-Share Ride
Policy decisions and a lending spree lifted Chinese stocks to unwarranted heights before the ‘capital feast’ suddenly ended.
China Auditors Take Close Look at Bank Lending
China’s audit agency launched a probe into bank lending amid concerns that some of the lending ended up in stock and property markets.
Post-Lending Boom Blues for China’s Banks
Banks that issued a combined 7 trillion yuan in loans during the first half are now confronting earnings issues – and the future.
No reason for mainland stock jitters
Just as mainland stocks often rise without fundamental support, they are now tanking even though companies just had a better-than-expected earnings season.
Ignore the doomsayers - home prices will keep rising
“Bubble” may be the word on everyone’s lips when talking about spiralling housing prices on the mainland, Hong Kong and Singapore, but contrarians believe these fears are overblown and prices have yet to peak.
Food safety standards improved after a crisis that tarnished the nation’s image
Could another health crisis like the melamine contamination case happen again? How was it allowed to happen in the first place?
Secrets of Alleged Oil Price Manipulation Exposed
Its superfast, supersecret oil trading software was called the Hammer.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Sacked Urumqi party chief is just a scapegoat
Beijing fired official ‘to ease public anger in Xinjiang’
Sensitive touch needed to soothe ethnic tensions
The sacking of Urumqi’s Communist Party Secretary Li Zhi yesterday, a rare move in response to public protests, reflects the gravity of the situation facing the central government in Xinjiang. Five people have been killed and scores injured in mass rallies triggered by Han Chinese who are angered at a failure by provincial authorities to secure their safety amid a wave of terrifying attacks with syringes.
Syringe attack victims worried about long-term health risks
Jiang Ye was waiting for a friend at the train station in Urumqi when she felt a sharp stabbing pain in her left arm.
Dairy industry now safer, but farmers feeling the pinch
In the first of a two-part series looking back at the milk contamination crisis, Al Guo revisits the dairy farms in Inner Mongolia to see what has changed.
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