China

Overpriced IPOs spell longer-term misery for A share investors

20 May 2013

For 10 years a yawning chasm has existed between the performance China’s stock market and its economy, according to a veteran China expert, who likens the market to a casino – with all the risk...

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China Red Cross donations in doubt after new figures show discrepancies

20 May 2013

A public outcry against missing donations by the Red Cross Society of China has morphed into subdued scepticism after the Ministry of Civil Affairs reviewed figures at the weekend that indicated...

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Despite curbs, China’s vast hot money triangle flourishes

20 May 2013

In an underground mall just a stone’s throw from China’s teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese...

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China news round-up: Li Keqiang visits India, gay activist arrested in Hunan

20 May 2013

Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India
The Times of India

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China needs to make reforms in dealing with prostitution

20 May 2013

China's laws on prostitution are crystal clear: it is illegal. Yet no country has as many sex workers. Their services are visible and readily available and what has become a thriving industry is a...

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Fear of abuse keeps bulk of Chinese gays in closet in workplace

18 May 2013

More than half of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on the mainland have heard colleagues use insulting language or tell offensive jokes about LGBT people, resulting in most...

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

Updated 3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

Updated 3:35AM

Premier Antonis Samaras says Greece can be China's gateway to Europe

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras yesterday touted his troubled but improving economy as an attractive entry point for Chinese investment into the European Union.

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China plays double game to protect its interests in Myanmar

According to the defence analysis company IHS Jane's, China recently transferred five large helicopter gunships to the United Wa State Army (UWSA), the 20,000-strong ethnic militia in northern...

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Police launch murder investigation after torso found on Beijing street

A brutal murder case is gripping Beijing. On Thursday, a man's headless, limbless body has been found in the Chinese capital, just one block south of the Tiananmen Square.

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CCTV blames Dalai Lama, foreign media for instigating self-immolations

Chinese national television aired a lengthy prime time news feature blaming the Tibetan government-in-exile and foreign media for self-immolations in the country's Tibetan-populated areas.

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Kunming mayor stays true to his promise and opens microblog account

The mayor of Kunming, Li Wenrong, has posted his first message on a Sina Weibo microblog in a move aimed at showing government transparency in the Yunnan provincial capital.

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China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas

China’s television regulator has ordered a crack down on dramas about the country’s battles with Japan during and before World War II and demanded they be more serious, state media said on Friday...

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