Commentators split after dismissal of controversial party boss in Chongqing by central committee
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Friday, 16 March 2012
French tennis pro Michaël Llodra apologizes for screaming "Fucking Chinese!" during match
French tennis player Michaël Llodra (ranked No. 41 in the world) recently pulled off a Vincent Chin-esque double-whammy of racial insensitivity, after he reportedly screamed "****ing Chinese!" at a Korean-American woman in attendance during his first round match against Ernests Gulbis at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. He has since taken to his website to apologize in a classically non-apologetic fashion, by qualifying that he is not a racist, and that he lost his temper because the Indian Wells court being uncooperative, and also because tournament organizers scheduled his matches poorly.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Premier Wen chides Chongqing
Party leader says authorities must ‘learn lessons’ of Wang Lijun scandal and that results of inquiry will be made public - but he doesn’t mention Bo Xilai
China removes top leadership contender Bo from post
The Communist Party boss of China's southwestern city of Chongqing, Bo Xilai, has been removed, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, following a scandal involving a senior aide who took refuge in a U.S. diplomatic mission last month.
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Sunday, 11 March 2012
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Dealer in US accused of selling counterfeit wine
Indonesian taken into custody in LA on mail and wire fraud charges
Friday, 9 March 2012
Tax case loss caps bad week for Tony Chan
Court of Appeal backs government’s claim for HK$330 million in late dues, rejecting the fung shui master’s excuse of mishaps in the mail
Deputy held after threat to tell all on ex-police chief
A deputy to Chongqing’s People Congress has been detained by police after threatening to speak out about the city’s former police chief, who is rumoured to have attempted to defect to the United States last month, the deputy’s lawyer said yesterday.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Bo Xilai absent from top meeting
A high-flying Chinese politician dogged by a scandal involving a subordinate possibly seeking U.S. asylum missed an important session of the national legislature Thursday, raising speculation about new setbacks to his political ambitions.
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
China gambles on Cambodia's shrinking forests
It was once the unspoiled jungle home for tigers, elephants, bears and gibbons. But today Botum Sakor National Park in southwest Cambodia is fast disappearing to accommodate a much less endangered species: the Chinese gambler.
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Sunday, 4 March 2012
Professor rebuked by ministry for Hong Kong insults
Disciplinary action may be taken against a Peking University professor whose disparaging remarks against Hongkongers has triggered a cross-border war of words, the Ministry of Education says.
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Shanghai car parks ... a space odyssey
Drivers can spend an hour hunting for somewhere to leave their vehicles, with 367,000 more spots needed
Plagiarism claims hound ‘running dogs’ professor
Peking University professor Kong Qingdong, who hit the headlines recently for calling Hongkongers “running dogs”, has been accused by a scholar of plagiarising a book he wrote 17 years ago.
Friday, 2 March 2012
Singapore's version of locusts advertisement
“Do you want Singapore to spend $36,000,000 yearly to sponsor at least two thousand foreign scholars?
Singaporeans have also had enough!
The locust plague has spread from Hong Kong to Singapore.
We strongly request the PAP government to tighten the overly lax immigration policy!
Stop immigrants from ‘invading’ Singapore unrestricted!
Protect the rights of Singaporeans and defend local culture.
We strongly request NUS disciplinary committee to mete out the most severe punishment to ingrate MOE scholar Sun Xu!”
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