https://www.scmp.com/rss/32215/feed On March 4, 2013, a grey Toyota RAV4 was stolen from outside a convenience store in Changchun's Luyuan district. Strapped into the back seat was Xu Haobo, a two-month-old baby boy. A city-wide manhunt was launched and on March 5 the stolen SUV was found abandoned outside the Yingchengzi Elementary School in Yongfa township. Later that day, a 48-year-old man handed himself in to police, confessing that he had choked the baby to death after stealing the vehicle and had buried its remains in the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A costly national surveillance network is under fire in Changchun, Jilin, for failing to catch the suspect in a high-profile kidnapping case that tragically ended in the death of a two-month-old baby boy. The incident has captivated the mainland public this week, with an outpouring of mourning for the infant, along with scrutiny of local police. "It was a security guard who found the vehicle and notified police. The suspect then turned himself in to police. And the baby's body was found after... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1185794/net-users-blame-skynet-over-death-abducted-mainland-baby?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1185794/net-users-blame-skynet-over-death-abducted-mainland-baby?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 After 3,500 cops were unable to find either Zhou Xijun, the vehicle he stole or the baby he murdered during a 40-hour citywide manhunt in Changchun earlier this week, public anger has turned toward the city's costly and apparently somewhat useless network of CCTV surveillance cameras. Borrowing a quote from a slamming article published by Caijing yesterday, writer Xu Shaolin asks: Changchun spent 140 million yuan [HK$174.6 million] on building its fiery eye-in-the-sky project - a blind eye, as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1185209/failed-police-manhunt-changchun-baby-murderer-brings-cctv-surveillance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1185209/failed-police-manhunt-changchun-baby-murderer-brings-cctv-surveillance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:28:24 +0000 A media blackout had been imposed on further coverage of the high-profile death of the two-month-old baby boy apparently killed by a car thief who stole the father's SUV in Changchun, Jilin province. A search for the infant boy, Xu Haobo, and the thief appeared to end in tragedy on Tuesday when a 48-year-old man turned himself in to police and said he had choked the baby to death. The killing shocked millions, and left many people heartbroken and expressing outrage online and in mainland... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1183829/media-blackout-baby-boy-strangled-death-car-thief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1183829/media-blackout-baby-boy-strangled-death-car-thief?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Thousands of Jilin residents braved the freezing cold to attend a candlelight vigil in China’s northeastern city of Changchun on Tuesday evening to mourn the death of a two-month-old baby who had been stolen along with an SUV and was killed by the thief. The killing has left millions of Chinese heart-broken and infuriated. Many of them had been praying for the safe return of the baby. “I cried when I heard about the killing on the radio,” a taxi driver surnamed Wang told Chinese media. Wang was... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1182288/thousands-join-vigil-mourn-jilin-baby-killed-vehicle-heist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1182288/thousands-join-vigil-mourn-jilin-baby-killed-vehicle-heist?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:00:03 +0000 A two-day manhunt for a baby boy and the man who kidnapped him ended last night after the suspect turned himself in and admitted choking the baby to death, Jilin police said. Zhou Xijun, a 48-year-old native of the northeastern province, surrendered to police in Changchun at around 5pm yesterday and confessed to killing the two-month-old after stealing his father's SUV, in which he had left the baby, according to a post on the police's official microblog account. Zhou said he did not realise... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1180991/jilin-man-confesses-killing-missing-baby-boy-police-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1180991/jilin-man-confesses-killing-missing-baby-boy-police-say?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A two-day city-wide manhunt in snow-covered northeastern China ended in heartbreak and disbelief after a baby stolen along with a SUV was found murdered and the suspected thief and murderer turned himself in. The case gripped the heart of the nation after reports on Monday that a two-month-old baby was stolen, along with a parked SUV he was in, from a supermarket in Changchun the capital city of Jilin province. The baby’s father, identified in news reports only by his last name Xu, had left the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1180392/city-wide-changchun-manhunt-missing-baby-ends-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1180392/city-wide-changchun-manhunt-missing-baby-ends-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:37:24 +0000 Police recovered a stolen vehicle taken with a two-month-old baby seated in the back on Tuesday - but the child is still missing. Officers found the Toyota RAV4 at about 8am in front of a school entrance in Gongzhuling county, about 40 kilometres southwest of Changchun, Jilin province in northeastern China. But there was no baby in the vehicle or any trace of the kidnapper. Changchun police launched a citywide manhunt on Monday morning after a father, identified by surname Xu, reported that his... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1178851/vehicle-found-baby-still-missing-after-changchun-manhunt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1178851/vehicle-found-baby-still-missing-after-changchun-manhunt?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:52:33 +0000 A stolen SUV with a two-month-old baby inside set off a citywide search in the capital of Jilin province yesterday. Local media in Changchun broadcast live coverage of the search as police urged the public to call in with any tips and to help track down the thief-turned-kidnapper. The owner of the grey Toyota RAV4 left it running with the baby inside at around 7.20am yesterday, near an intersection in Luyuan district, local police said. The baby's father, whose full name was not given, left the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1177447/theft-car-baby-inside-triggers-citywide-manhunt-changchun?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1177447/theft-car-baby-inside-triggers-citywide-manhunt-changchun?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Organisers of an ice festival in China’s northern Jilin province thought they were being clever by inviting tourists to use live chicken as shooting targets. Instead, it has sparked controversy and anger when people across the country learned about the cruel game. The photos, published by major newspapers including the People’s Daily, showed people shooting arrows at live chicken at an ice park. In one photo, a chicken is seen struggling after being shot with two arrows. Festival staff said... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1129355/live-chicken-shooting-game-sparks-controversy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1129355/live-chicken-shooting-game-sparks-controversy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:08:08 +0000 More than 12,000 artillery shells were seized from a truck in the central province of Hubei on Sunday, local media reported yesterday. The truck was heading to the northeastern provonce of Jilin from the southwestern municpality of Chongqing when traffic police stopped it. A highway patrol officer in Lichuan city, operating under the jurisdiction of Hubei, told the Enshi Evening News that the thousands of armour-piercing projectiles and high-explosive shells were seized in a container on a red... https://www.scmp.com/article/997536/conflicting-reports-seizure-12000-shells?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/997536/conflicting-reports-seizure-12000-shells?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The chances of Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang being appointed to the nation's most powerful ruling body this autumn have improved considerably after he was picked to lead the troubled southwestern municipality of Chongqing . Being asked to take on the difficult task of succeeding the ousted Bo Xilai as the municipality's party secretary yesterday makes the 66-year-old Zhang a strong contender for a spot on the Politburo Standing Committee during the 18th party congress later this year. Speaking at... https://www.scmp.com/article/995580/zhang-ascent-he-takes-chongqing-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/995580/zhang-ascent-he-takes-chongqing-post?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Border festival plea to boost friendly exchanges Jin Shuoren, an NPC deputy from Jilin, has proposed the setting up of a border areas festival, the People's Daily reports. Jin said it could strengthen people's care and support of border areas, drive economic development and promote exchanges among different nationalities. Tax break for noodles and steamed buns urged Li Jingxian, a member of the China Democratic League's national standing committee and a delegate, has proposed that daily... https://www.scmp.com/article/994896/odd-proposals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/994896/odd-proposals?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Telecommunications giant China Mobile says it is checking online speculation that its vice-president, Lu Xiangdong, and the general manager of its Guangdong branch, Xu Long, have been put under investigation. A staff member who identified herself as an assistant to company spokesman Zhang Xuan said yesterday that China Mobile's 'leaders are studying the case', after rumours on Sina Weibo that the two men have been put under shuanggui, a form of detention imposed on Communist Party members being... https://www.scmp.com/article/994214/telecoms-chief-inquiry-mystery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/994214/telecoms-chief-inquiry-mystery?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The mainland has a woman provincial governor once again, more than a year after the last one stepped down. Li Bin, former minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC), was elected governor of Anhui by the provincial people's congress on Wednesday. The last woman governor was Song Xiuyan, the head of Qinghai province from 2005 to 2010. Li's election had been expected; the 58-year-old was appointed Anhui's deputy Communist Party secretary and acting governor in... https://www.scmp.com/article/992863/woman-top-job-theyre-few-and-far-between?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/992863/woman-top-job-theyre-few-and-far-between?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ... TV debate for pan-democrat rivals Pan-democrat contenders for the chief executive election will hold their first televised debate, part of campaigning ahead of Sunday's vote to choose the bloc's sole candidate. Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan (left) and Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood lawmaker Frederick Fung Kin-kee (right) will face each other in the debate's opening session, before taking... https://www.scmp.com/article/989083/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/989083/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Overhanging tree branches that struck a tour bus may have led it to crash, killing two Hong Kong tourists, in Jilin province, tour members said yesterday. A man, 42, and a 60-year-old woman died after the coach ran into a truck carrying corn near Yushu wile it was heading from Harbin in Heilongjiang to Jilin on Friday. Thirty-seven Hongkongers were on the sixth day of an eight-day Wing On Travel tour of three northeastern provinces. The bus also carried a guide from the mainland and... https://www.scmp.com/article/987465/tree-branches-may-have-distracted-crash-driver?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/987465/tree-branches-may-have-distracted-crash-driver?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Jilin police say a flavoured milk drink that killed a boy in Changchun last month had been deliberately poisoned after tests showed that other products in the same batch were not toxic. The boy died on November 28 and his mother was left in a coma after they drank strawberry-flavoured milk made by Coca-Cola subsidiary Minute Maid in the province. A few days earlier, two other Changchun residents received hospital treatment after drinking the same product. Police found highly toxic pesticides... https://www.scmp.com/article/987021/death-drink-poisoned-purpose-say-police?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/987021/death-drink-poisoned-purpose-say-police?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 The desertion of four soldiers from a PLA base in Jilin province after stealing an automatic rifle with almost 800 bullets has sparked speculation about the reasons for their escape and how they carried it off. Both the People's Liberation Army and the provincial government remained silent on the incident. It took police a day to track down the four after they absconded from the base in Shulan on Wednesday. Three of the soldiers were shot dead, and the fourth was wounded and captured.... https://www.scmp.com/article/984507/silence-over-pla-deserters-raises-questions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/984507/silence-over-pla-deserters-raises-questions?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Three of the four PLA soldiers from a military base in Jilin province, who fled after stealing a rifle and nearly 800 bullets, were shot dead yesterday, police and mainland media said. Traffic police in the province's Jilin city said in a microblog post that officers shot dead the three soldiers, while the fourth one was injured. It said one police officer was wounded in the crossfire from the shoot-out with the four soldiers in neighbouring Liaoning province's Yingkou city. The Shulan ... https://www.scmp.com/article/984400/soldiers-killed-after-arms-theft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/984400/soldiers-killed-after-arms-theft?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Beijing has stepped up its crackdown on brazen land grabs and forced demolitions. A total of 57 local government officials have been penalised, Xinhua reported. Of those, 31 are under criminal investigation. They were allegedly involved in forcing people out of their homes earlier this year, which led to violent clashes. The government's move comes after large-scale protests against land-grabs in Guangdong province, one of the country's economic hubs. Lufeng , a city of 1.7 million people,... https://www.scmp.com/article/980211/government-steps-its-clampdown-illegal-forced-evictions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/980211/government-steps-its-clampdown-illegal-forced-evictions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Jilin province's desertification has created environmental problems not only for its cities but also for nearby provinces and even Beijing. As land in the northeastern province dries up and becomes deserts, soil is loosened and swept away by the wind, causing sandstorms in central and southern China. Last month, Young Post visited Jilin with students from CLP's Young Power Programme, which hosted a 10-day green tour for teenagers from Hong Kong, Nanning in Guangxi province and India. Most... https://www.scmp.com/article/980128/province-drying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/980128/province-drying?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Climate change is one of the biggest concerns in the modern world. We always hear about ice sheets melting in the North and South Poles, and countries being badly hit by droughts and floods. But, besides the rise in temperature, our city has not been directly affected by global warming. A group of teenagers who went on an educational tour this summer has returned with lessons on how to combat it. Four winning groups that competed in the Young Power Programme, organised by CLP and Junior... https://www.scmp.com/article/978386/environmental-envoys?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/978386/environmental-envoys?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Seventeen years ago, Song Xuewen graduated from a technical school and had just started his career as a pipeline repairman at a chemical factory in Jilin province. It was an enviable job. But Song's plans took a devastating turn upon his arrival at work one day when a seemingly innocent find resulted in severe radiation poisoning that left him crippled for life. But that hasn't stopped the 35-year-old from finding love, carrying on with life and providing a public service that otherwise wouldn't... https://www.scmp.com/article/978104/crippled-life-still-full-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/978104/crippled-life-still-full-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 It seems that not even the dead can escape the mainland's inflationary pressures and real estate speculation. With Tuesday's Ching Ming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, approaching, many mainlanders who find housing prices unaffordable are also complaining about skyrocketing tomb prices. Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis News reported this week that small tombs in the city centre could cost between 60,000 (HK$71,000) and 130,000 yuan (HK$154,000) for a 20-year lease, while new... https://www.scmp.com/article/963931/tomb-prices-make-city-centre-flats-look-cheap?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/963931/tomb-prices-make-city-centre-flats-look-cheap?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Pacific Century Premium Developments (PCPD) has regained the right to buy and sell land in Beijing after a ban imposed by the city government seven months ago. In an announcement on Thursday on its official website, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources said PCPD - chaired by Richard Li Tzar-kai - and its subsidiaries were allowed to take part in land sales, but no reason was given. In March, Beijing, Shanghai and seven provinces - Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi,... https://www.scmp.com/article/726330/beijing-lifts-land-deal-ban-pcpd?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/726330/beijing-lifts-land-deal-ban-pcpd?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Toxic chemicals leaked into the Songhua River from a chemical factory warehouse near Jilin city in northeast mainland last month. The leakage was made worse by floodwaters. More than 1,000 barrels, containing at least 160 tonnes of liquid chlorotrimethylsilane, were washed down the river. The provincial government said chlorotrimethylsilane was highly toxic and could burn the skin and irritate the lungs. When mixed with water the chemical reacts to produce hydrochloric acid, which in... https://www.scmp.com/article/721908/stricter-control-industry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/721908/stricter-control-industry?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Probe after civil service exam answers read out on air Two thirds of the way through the Jilin province civil service exam, a muffled female voice began clearly enunciating a string of question numbers and figures to the astonishment of exam-takers and supervisors. School administrators rushed to cut off the radio system when they realised the voice was coming from the school's campus radio station and could have been an attempt to dictate exam answers. Chinajilin.com.cn, a provincial... https://www.scmp.com/article/710812/brief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/710812/brief?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:00:00 +0000 The NBA and GDP have become the latest subjects of mainland media controls, with authorities now banning broadcasters from using the English acronyms and requiring them to use the full Chinese phrase. China Central Television and other local channels received an order not to use English acronyms last week, the Today Morning Express reported yesterday. The new regulation means popular phrases such as F1 (Formula One racing) and WTO (World Trade Organisation) must disappear from public... https://www.scmp.com/article/710735/acronyms-latest-victim-media-controls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/710735/acronyms-latest-victim-media-controls?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Jilin, the landlocked and struggling northeastern province, is in talks to use ports in neighbouring North Korea and Russia to ship goods to overseas markets in an effort to develop its economy. Provincial governor Han Changfu said the scheme was a necessary step for the development of the Changchun-Jilin-Tumen economic development zone, called the Tumen River Area. The State Council recently approved a plan to set up the zone in the eastern part of Jilin to encourage cross-border trade with... https://www.scmp.com/article/698812/jilin-talks-use-ports-north-korea-russia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/698812/jilin-talks-use-ports-north-korea-russia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000 A former deputy mayor in Jilin province yesterday joined the seemingly endless list of mainland officials to be thrown into jail for corruption. Yu Guohua was convicted on multiple charges of bribery, possession of unaccountable valuable assets, and possession of firearms. Yu was sentenced to life imprisonment by Changchun Intermediate Court. He was also stripped of his political rights and assets. Yu was found to have accepted nearly 7.5 million yuan (HK$8.50 million) in bribes and failed to... https://www.scmp.com/article/680804/corrupt-former-jilin-official-jailed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/680804/corrupt-former-jilin-official-jailed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 May 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Luyuan district in Changchun, capital of Jilin province, is seeking Hong Kong investors in a bid to become one of the business hubs of the north-eastern provincial capital. 'Luyuan aims to be a business centre in western Changchun,' said the district's party secretary, Chen Kexin, yesterday after it held a promotional day in Hong Kong. 'There are 100 projects under construction this year with total investment of 37 billion yuan [HK$41.96 billion].' The district has opened three areas to... https://www.scmp.com/article/675421/changchun-district-courts-hk-investors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/675421/changchun-district-courts-hk-investors?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000 The Jilin provincial government yesterday secured 56.7 billion yuan (HK$64.28 billion) worth of foreign investment for 37 projects, moving to strengthen co-operation with Hong Kong and boost industry amid the financial crisis. The investments include the joint development of vehicle and related products manufacturing, agricultural and energy businesses as well as the local property market. 'Both Jilin and Hong Kong are facing the challenges brought by the financial crisis,' said provincial... https://www.scmp.com/article/675307/jilin-projects-secure-foreign-investment-worth-567b-yuan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/675307/jilin-projects-secure-foreign-investment-worth-567b-yuan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000 A couple of the principal dancers from the Hong Kong Ballet are chilling in Chile right now. Jin Yao and Zhang Yao were invited to perform as special guests with the Ballet de Santiago as part of their Gala de Estrellas: Festival de Pas de Deux last weekend. The two gave a rousing performance of duets from Turandot and The Butterfly Lovers. Since they had to fly all the way to South America, the two decided to hang around and do four more performances in the country's capital. 'It is my... https://www.scmp.com/article/648142/hk-ballet-stars-tiptoe-their-way-through-some-chilean-feasting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/648142/hk-ballet-stars-tiptoe-their-way-through-some-chilean-feasting?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Hong Kong's electronics and vehicle-parts companies are setting their sights on the mainland as the country's expanding car-manufacturing industry lifts demand. 'The mainland had a late start in car manufacturing, so the level of its industry is relatively lower,' said Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association chairman Chan Kei-biu yesterday. 'Hong Kong companies have advantages in this area, especially electronic car parts.' Mr Chan is part of a business delegation led by Chief Executive... https://www.scmp.com/article/646231/expanding-car-production-helps-hk-suppliers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/646231/expanding-car-production-helps-hk-suppliers?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000 It's late evening and Jiang Meiying sits by the sewing machine at home, carefully stitching embroidered flowers onto curtains for a customer. She usually leaves this sort of work to her employees but, this time, the customer's requirements were so important that no one on her staff felt confident enough to take on the job. Ms Jiang's embroidering skills have won the admiration of all 14 of her employees - however fastidious customers might be, she always seems able to satisfy them. Her... https://www.scmp.com/article/645209/self-made-sewing-tycoon-sort-entrepreneur-jilin-counts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/645209/self-made-sewing-tycoon-sort-entrepreneur-jilin-counts?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000 From May until the Games open in August, the Olympic torch is travelling from hand to hand through China. As it reaches each new province, this page will feature an in-depth profile, with relevant interviews, on the day it arrives in the province. Today: Jilin What is the torch route? May Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei June Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Shanxi June 29-July 1 Ningxia July 2-4... https://www.scmp.com/article/645211/tracking-torch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/645211/tracking-torch?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000 More than 50 years ago, as Mao Zedong was preparing to launch the Great Leap Forward, a rudimentary factory opened in the northeast and, at a stroke, launched China's automobile industry. The first model to roll off the lines at First Automotive Works (FAW) was the 'Red Flag' sedan in 1959, copied largely from Soviet limousines. Roomy and relatively plush, the Red Flag was favoured by state leaders and diplomats - besides the Great Helmsman, famous passengers included Deng Xiaoping and late... https://www.scmp.com/article/645210/automaker-proud-history-set-transform-province-chinas-detroit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/645210/automaker-proud-history-set-transform-province-chinas-detroit?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000 In the article 'Jilin officials seek investors for 12b yuan projects' published yesterday, the name of Jilin's governor should be Han Changfu. https://www.scmp.com/article/633259/corrections-clarifications?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/633259/corrections-clarifications?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000 China and Japan are moving closer to agreement over a massive cleanup of chemical weapons left behind by Japanese forces after the second world war, long a sticking point in relations between the Asian giants. The cleanup would focus on seven to 10 areas, including the city of Harbin and Jilin province , according to a source close to the negotiations. Disposal would take up to a decade for the worst- affected areas in the northeast and four years for other sites. Beijing claims Japan abandoned... https://www.scmp.com/article/631401/deal-nearer-over-cleanup-japans-wartime-weaponry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/631401/deal-nearer-over-cleanup-japans-wartime-weaponry?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Police in Heilongjiang rescued more than 30 mentally and intellectually handicapped workers enslaved at a construction site in the Hulan district economic development zone last week, according to Life newspaper. The 33 men were locked in a 30 sq metre room when officers forced their way into an apartment building in Harbin's Chang-qing street on March 13. They slept on straw mats and were fed rice porridge, preserved vegetables and restaurant leftovers, an officer said. There were no toilets... https://www.scmp.com/article/630743/handicapped-slaves-freed-work-site?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/630743/handicapped-slaves-freed-work-site?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Jilin Yatai (Group) said yesterday it would raise 2.1 billion yuan for future acquisitions by selling a 26 per cent stake in its cement unit to Ireland's CRH. In addition, CRH would have an option to pay two billion yuan for another 23 per cent stake in the unit, Jilin Yatai said in a statement posted on Shanghai stock exchange. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission early last year said the cement industry should be consolidated into 12 pillar companies to... https://www.scmp.com/article/624951/jilin-yatai-sell-cement-unit-stake?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/624951/jilin-yatai-sell-cement-unit-stake?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Today 1st Quarter: Sunevision Holdings Interim: Armitage Technologies Holding, Beijing Beida Jade Bird Universal Sci-Tech, Glory Mark Hi-Tech (Holdings), Hong Kong Health Check and Laboratory Holdings, Inno-Tech Holdings, Intelli-Media Group, Man Sang International, Neolink Cyber Technology, New Chinese Medicine Holdings, North Asia Strategic Holdings, Palmpay China (Holdings), SYSCAN Technology Holdings, Shanxi Changcheng Microlight Equipment, Town Health International 3rd Quater: Beijing... https://www.scmp.com/article/615405/results?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/615405/results?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:00:00 +0000 A protege of President and Communist Party chief Hu Jintao - now the party's chief media censor - will become party boss of the northern province of Jilin , according to party sources. The promotion of Ji Bingxuan, executive vice-director of the party's powerful Publicity Department, is further evidence that officials with a background in the Communist Youth League - a power base of Mr Hu - are in the ascendancy. They are expected to dominate the new round of reshuffles of senior central and... https://www.scmp.com/article/615096/hu-protege-youth-league-tipped-jilin-party-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/615096/hu-protege-youth-league-tipped-jilin-party-post?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Gao Bing, general manager of Jiutai County Rural Credit Co-operative, runs a busy, successful operation these days but it has not always been like that. People who cannot get through to him on his phone are greeted with a recorded message welcoming fellow 'farmer friends', a sign his co-op is getting back to its roots. The folksy message is a small part of the credit union's efforts to bolster its image among the rural community near Jiutai, a county-level city with a population of 850,000 in... https://www.scmp.com/article/613480/country-loans-help-revive-credit-co-ops?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/613480/country-loans-help-revive-credit-co-ops?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Controversy always seems to dog Zhang Dejiang . The 60-year old Guangdong Party secretary has earned as much praise as criticism during his decade at the helm of China's two richest provinces. Supporters describe him as an energetic leader who is cautious yet decisive. He is said to be capable of handling complex situations and making difficult decisions. Mr Zhang, who was the party secretary of Zhejiang between 1998 and 2002 before moving to Guangdong, is also the man behind the formation of... https://www.scmp.com/article/612612/zhang-dejiang-bumpy-ride-fast-lane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/612612/zhang-dejiang-bumpy-ride-fast-lane?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Spiralling debts have begun to take their toll on the daily operation of universities, the National Development and Reform Commission has warned. In a social development report, the top planning agency said universities had amassed 200.1 billion yuan in debts by the end of 2005. It was the first time mainland authorities had revealed such figures and offered a rare insight into the scale of debts that universities on the mainland face, the Beijing News reported yesterday. Soaring debts... https://www.scmp.com/article/604411/debt-said-be-taking-toll-universities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/604411/debt-said-be-taking-toll-universities?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Sinofert Holdings, the fertiliser unit of mainland oil trader Sinochem Corp, expects to complete one to two acquisitions of minority stakes in nitrogenous fertiliser makers this year, chief executive Du Keping says. Sinofert, China's largest fertiliser distributor, will take stakes of less than 10 per cent to form supplier-distributor alliances as part of its strategy to expand sales volume, he said. 'We aim to use small stake investments to secure long-term, stable and large procurement... https://www.scmp.com/article/589113/sinofert-growth-plan-includes-purchase-two-fertiliser-makers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/589113/sinofert-growth-plan-includes-purchase-two-fertiliser-makers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Xiamen Port Development posts 43pc growth in net profit Xiamen Port Development, the A-share listed subsidiary of Xiamen International Port, said net profit rose 43 per cent last year to 168.28 million yuan on an increase in throughput tonnages and port-related business. Sales jumped 23 per cent to 919 million yuan. The profit margin in the terminal business fell 19.2 per cent to 27 per cent. Charlotte So CKI to invest in Jilin power plant and petrochemical project Cheung Kong... https://www.scmp.com/article/588497/business-digest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/588497/business-digest?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 The central government has promised to bail out the mainland's universities as they struggle with mounting debt from overborrowing in the late 1990s to fund rapid expansion. Director of the Ministry of Education's department of development and planning, Han Jin , said yesterday that the government would proceed with prudent accounting practices at the universities in an attempt to rein in their serious credit risk. Also, 'the government should share with university authorities some of the... https://www.scmp.com/article/586644/help-debt-ridden-universities-pledged?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/586644/help-debt-ridden-universities-pledged?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Quiet, hard work seen as the secret of Wang Min's rapid rise in the ranks Wang Min , the new party secretary of Jilin province , appears to have learnt the golden rule of the mainland's officialdom: shun the media and never steal the limelight from your superiors. The soft-spoken academic-turned-official has acquired a reputation for declining interviews since his swift promotion from acting governor to party secretary - all in just about two years. Jilin, long considered the backwater... https://www.scmp.com/article/584729/jilins-new-party-chief-prefers-life-out-limelight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/584729/jilins-new-party-chief-prefers-life-out-limelight?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000