Briefs, November 7, 2012

Taiwan's high court has extended the jail term of former president Chen Shui-bian's wife by 14 months after further convictions for graft and money laundering. The total jail term of Wu Shu-chen, 59, is now 19 years and two months after her initial four convictions, including corruption and perjury. AFP

Most Chinese see the widening income gap as the country's main problem over the next decade, said a survey published yesterday. Some 75 per cent of 11,400 respondents polled by the official China Youth Daily cited the "serious rich-poor divide" as the issue most likely to hinder the country's development over the next 10 years. AFP