Briefs
- CHONGQING
- Chongqing Hilton Shareholder Peng Zhimin Sentenced to Life in Prison
- Another gang-related trial in Chongqing involving bribery of officials ends with life sentence for gang leader
- Zhang Ran | 2011-05-04
- STOCKS
- What Was Behind the Steep Fall in China's B-shares?
- Rumors questioning the likelihood of a merger of B-shares with either A-shares or a new International Board appear to have led to steep decline in the B-share index
- Peng You | 2011-05-03
- CORRUPTION
- Chief Engineer at MIIT Officially Removed from Position
- Following reports that Su Jinsheng (蘇金生), the chief engineer at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), had been taken away for questioning and investigation by unspecified authorities on suspicion of violations of discipline emerged in March this year, a brief formal announcement was posted to MIIT's website on Apr 27 announcing that the leading party group of the central ...
- Pang Lei | 2011-04-29
- COAL
- NDRC Meets With Coal Companies to Discuss Prices
- The NDRC is unlikely to introduce strict price controls immediately, but if prices continue to rise it remains an option
- Zhang Xiangdong | 2011-04-27
- REAL ESTATE
- Haikou Considers End to Property Purchase Restrictions as Market Cools - Updated
- After government revenues dropped, the mayor announced that the city plans to limit prices but not restrict purchases
- Jia Huajie | 2011-04-26
- LAW
- Chongqing Prosecutors Drop Case Against Lawyer
- Li Zhuang has had additional charges of inciting a witness to alter testimony dropped in the latest unexpected twist in this ongoing legal saga
- Zhang Xiaohui | 2011-04-22
- INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE
- Transport Workers Blockade Shanghai Port Over Price Hikes
- Shanghai truck drivers picketed a Shanghai port district on Wednesday
- Tang Xiangyang | 2011-04-22
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