Public Security Bureau

Police in Wuhan build 'haunted house' to train new recruits

2 May 2013

The Wuhan Public Security Bureau’s new “haunted house” is a purpose-built facility literally used for testing the "psychological balance" of new police recruits.

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Police chiefs train in run-up to congress

10 Jul 2012

About 1,400 newly appointed county-level police chiefs are in Beijing for a month of training courses on preserving stability, in the sensitive lead-up to the 18th Communist Party Congress in the...

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Museum forced to apologise once again

17 May 2011

Just days after apologising to a Hong Kong museum for losing several of its relics to a burglary, the Palace Museum yesterday issued another apology - this time to the public for the incorrect use...

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80,000 kicked out of Shenzhen in security drive

12 Apr 2011

More than 80,000 people in 'high-alert' groups deemed a threat to security have been evicted from Shenzhen this year by officials aiming to achieve social stability for the Summer Universiade in...

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Guangzhou on a knife edge ahead of Games

21 Aug 2010

People wanting to buy kitchen knives in Guangzhou could soon be required to register their identities as part of security precautions ahead of the Asian Games in November.

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Rules make it tough for lonely officials in 'sensitive' roles

9 Mar 2010

Mainland authorities are notoriously secretive and fearful of outside intervention in national affairs - so it should come as no surprise how close an eye they keep on the personal affairs of...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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9 held as mentally ill murdered in mines

Nine people are under arrest on suspicion of trafficking dozens of mentally disabled peasants from Sichuan and murdering them in coal mines for profit.

The suspects claimed to be...

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Liu Wenli

Olympics sponsor Samsung has chosen 1,400 torch-bearers in China to carry the Olympic flame - for their 'positive contribution to society or their ability to overcome difficulties to inspire and...

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Bogus police station set up by fraudsters to swindle recruits

Hopefuls promised senior posts if they paid 30,000 yuan

A fraud syndicate that operated a bogus police station and swindled 30,000 yuan from each new would-be recruit has been smashed...

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Raids net HK$25m fake computer haul

Police arrest seven in crackdown on counterfeiting syndicate

Up to US$25 million worth of counterfeit computer networking equipment was seized and seven people arrested in 10...

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Hounded families to shed hated surname

More than 1,000 years after being given a bad name, about 500 people from Shaanxi province have decided it's time to stop being called Mr or Mrs Dog and have applied to change their family name...

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Military school denies HK girls were groped

A military school in Guangzhou yesterday denied allegations one of its instructors had indecently assaulted five Hong Kong schoolgirls at a four-day training camp.

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