Current 中国 News Results

Corporate/Company Law (Mondaq)
The advent of the FIP represents an important watershed for foreign investment in China.

Oh, to be young (and a gorilla) in London (China Daily)
Ooh la la! A frisky French gorilla on the prowl in Britain has been turning on the Gallic charm full blast, London Zoo officials said this week.

Super Rich have Craze for luxury goods (China Daily)
A private jet will set you back $20 million, not including the nearly $2 million a year needed to maintain it, but the expense is not enough to stop China's super-rich from acquiring such a "luxurious toy" - along with a slew of other luxury items.

Three top cops sacked over detention death (China Daily)
Three senior police officers were sacked on Sunday and four policemen were placed under investigation after a suspect was allegedly tortured to death in a detention house in Henan province on Feb 21.

Fireworks explosion kills 21, injures 48 (China Daily)
Twenty-one people, including five children, were killed and 48 were injured in an explosion triggered by a fireworks display in a village in Guangdong province.

US teenager gets 15 years for Internet sex scandal (China Daily)
A Wisconsin teen convicted of using Facebook to blackmail dozens of classmates into sex has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Nineteen-year-old Anthony Stancl of New Berlin showed no emotion as the sentence was handed down Wednesday.

伦敦：一座精彩大都会 (The Temasek Review)
作者：黄浩威（英国伦敦大学亚非学院中国与亚洲学博士生） 伦敦享有全世界文化、经济、政治和时尚首都的美誉，应该是当之无愧的。 除了经常阴霾的天空，这是一座很难让你讨厌的大都会。它既古老又繁华，蕴含着年长绅士高贵内敛的气质，又散发年轻彷客狂野新潮的生命力。简单来说，它是一座充满无限可能性，琳琅满目，却又包含着各种矛盾的多元城市 (metropolitan)。但，这就是伦敦令人难以抗拒的魅力。 这十多年来，新加坡政府进行了各种城市规划和翻新工程，推行艺文政策，为的是能增加新加坡的X元素和活力，使之成为另一个精彩的国际都会。尽管人们对文化的关注和参与提高，艺术表演和活动场次也增加了，但数据是否能说明岛国离国际都会的愿景更近一步了呢？ 也许，伦敦能给我们一些启示。在我看来，伦敦不需要过分的尝试，它就已经是一座精彩的城市了。 一座城市如果要在世界地图上占有一席之位，除了必须具备强大的经济实力以外 ...

Australia warns Israel over Dubai assassination IDs (China Daily)
Australia warned Israel yesterday that if it was involved in the alleged use of three fraudulent Australian passports in a Dubai assassination it would not be considered the "act of a friend," the foreign minister said.

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Infographic: China's overseas investments (Shanghaiist)
Nothing quite gets the point across like a good graphic, and here's a lovely one by The Heritage Foundation documenting where China puts its money overseas. Of note, the huge amount of investments in Australia (guess it pays off to have a Prime Minister with a strong grasp of Chinese) and Sub-Saharan Africa. Foreign Policy analyzes the data better than I ever can, so head over there for more ...