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- CENTRAL BANK
- Central Bank Nominates 3 to Monetary Policy Committee
- The People's Bank of China announced that three new outside scholars had been appointed to its monetary policy committee.
- Liu Peng | 2010-03-30
- LAW
- Rio Tinto Employees Sentenced to Between 7 and 14 years in Jail
- Four Rio Tinto employees were found guilty of taking bribes and obtaining business secrets in a Shanghai court earlier today and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 7 to 14 years.
- Wang Xiaoxiao, Liu Peng | 2010-03-29
- TRANSPARENCY
- China's First "Naked" Government
- On the Baimiao county website, the local government has posted almost their entire budget for 2010
- Tang Xiangyang, Zhang Meigui | 2010-03-26
- Defendants Plead Guilty at CCTV Fire Trial
- 18 Defendants Plead Guilty at CCTV Fire Trial
- The trial of 21 people charged in relation to a fire that last year engulfed the CCTV headquarters, began on Tuesday at Beijing's No.2 Intermediate People's Court.
- Zhang Xiaohui, Zhang Ran, Liu Peng | 2010-03-24
- HEALTH
- Shanxi Immunization Scandal Pits State-owned Media Against Local Government
- Allegations of children dying or becoming ill due to receiving poor quality vaccines in addition to accusations of corruption outlined in a newspaper report have snowballed to become the latest in a series of national scandals involving children's health.
- Tang Xiangyang, Pang Lei | 2010-03-23
- LAW
- Rio Tinto Four to Plead Guilty to Accepting a Total of 80 Million Yuan in Bribes
- According to a lawyer acting on behalf of one of the four accused Rio Tinto employees, all four defendants will plead guilty to bribery charges.
- Wan Xiaoxiao | 2010-03-22
- LAW
- Lawyer: Rio Tinto Employees to Plead Guilty
- As the case against four Rio Tinto employees got under way in Shanghai earlier this morning, one of the defendant's lawyers indicated that the four accused were likely to plead guilty.
- Wan Xiaoxiao | 2010-03-22
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