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 | POLICE in central China's Hubei Province have detained a 30-something man who had allegedly abandoned his ill newborn son in a dustbin. A cleaner dumped burning charcoal on him before realizing the boy was alive,... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-11 16:55:56) |
| ANOTHER cold snap is expected next Monday, with the maximum temperature dipping to 10 degrees Celsius after a warm weekend.
Today the city basked in 20 degrees after residents experienced the coldest March night... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-11 16:17:01) |
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On Women's Day this year, 8 girls with colorful masks handed out leaflets on a street in Guangzhou. They only gave the leaflets to male passers-by, and said "eyes on me" to them in gentle language at the same time. Guess what they were doing? Yes, they were advertising for life partners.
Soon, all the leaflets were handed out. If you think that was the end the whole thing, then you are wrong. With the rock mu ... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:53:41) |
| Outgoing Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday met Chinese special envoy Yin Weimin, who is China's minister of human resources and social security.
Yin, who was invited to attend the inauguration ceremony of Chile's new president, conveyed warm greetings from Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to Bachelet. He spoke highly of her contribution to the development of Chinese-Chilean relations.
On behalf of the Chinese government, Yin once again expressed... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:43:04) |
| China's supreme court examined more than 13,300 cases last year, up 26 percent from the previous year, according to a report to be delivered by the chief justice at the annual session of the parliament on Thursday.
Wang Shengjun, president of the Supreme People's Court, is to deliver the report on the work of the Supreme People's Court to nearly 3,000 lawmakers at the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress.
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| China's courts at all levels tried and concluded 767,000 criminal cases last year, down 0.2 percent from the previous year, according to a report to be delivered at the annual parliament session Thursday.
Last year, the courts convicted 997,000 criminals, down 1.1 percent, it says.
The courts strictly controlled the number of death sentences and prudently used death penalties, it says.
The courts implemented the policy of "tempering justice with mercy," it says.
Wang Shengjun,... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:40:12) |
| Chinese courts laid special stress on facts and evidence in the trials of suspects involved in the riots in Lhasa in 2008 and in Urumqi last year, said a report delivered by the country's chief justice to the parliament Thursday.
The courts handled the cases in the principle of "to punish only a handful of criminals but unite, educate and win over the majority", said the report.
Wang Shengjun, president of the Supreme People's Court, delivered the report to nearly 3,000 lawmakers at the... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:39:11) |
| China's top judge Wang Shengjun started to deliver a report on the work of the Supreme People's Court at a meeting of the annual parliament session Thursday.
Chinese leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang attended the plenary meeting of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress.
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| China's courts at all levels tried and concluded 527 cases against mafia-style gangs last year, up 13.8 percent from the previous year, according to a report delivered by the top judge at the annual session of the parliament on Thursday.
The courts convicted 3,231 criminals in these cases last year, up 16.6 percent, it says.
Wang Shengjun, president of the Supreme People's Court delivered the report on the work of the supreme court to nearly 3,000 lawmakers at the Third Session of the... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:36:47) |
| China's procuratorate conducted graft probes against 2,670 officials above county level last year, including eight at the provincial or ministerial level, according to a report to be delivered at the annual session of the parliament Thursday.
The eight high-ranking officials include Huang Songyou, former vice president of the Supreme People's Court and Wang Yi, former vice president of the state-run China Development Bank.
Also on the list are Chen Shaoji, former top political advisor of... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:35:24) |
| ALL 20 marriage registration offices across Shanghai will open at the weekend for the first time to allow couples to marry on the lucky date October 10, 2010, which falls on a Sunday.
Hundreds of young couples... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-11 15:34:13) |
| Sun Zhihui, CPPCC member and director of State Oceanic Administration, said March 10 in an interview that the home-developed manned submersible, the first of its kind worldwide has been successfully tested in the South China Sea 20 times at depths of 1,109 meters in 2009. The vehicle's maximum operational capability at that depth is 7,000 meters.
As a result, China becomes the world's fifth country after the U.S., Russia, Japan and France to possess the technology of developing a manned... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:24:24) |
| In a fresh effort to curb financial risk-taking, China's regulators are tightening controls on pay for its top bankers.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission announced in a statement Wednesday that lenders shall withhold a minimum 40 percent of bonuses for top executives for up to 3 years, and can recover bonus payments if their poor performance leads to losses later.
"We should learn advanced ideas from other countries around the world after the financial crisis to reform the... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 15:02:42) |
| Scholars overseas are focusing their attention on China's measures to improve employment, education, health care, and housing for the people as deputies to China's top legislature gathered in Beijing to debate how to address these issues.
Improving people's well-being is the fundamental goal of economic development, Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday in his government work report to the annual session of the National People's Congress.
"Everything we do is to ensure that the people live a... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 14:58:14) |
| Some lawmakers from the French parliament and Paris council Wednesday called for stopping the practice to raise the "Tibet flag" in the Paris city hall on March 10.
They told a press conference that the action does not represent the collective view of the country's lawmakers or people and is unpopular.
The legislators also saw the move as an offense to China.
"We are opposing Paris city hall's choosing this provocative way to deal with the Tibet issue," said Senator Yves... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 14:49:29) |
| Thirteen people died and six were injured after a bus plunged off a bridge in southwest Guizhou Province Wednesday, police said.
The bus, carrying 19 people, rolled down a 37-meter mountain slope in Guiyang city en route to Guiyang Airport at 6:20 p.m., said a statement of Guiyang Municipal Publicity Security Bureau Thursday.
Four people died at the scene, one died on the way to hospital and eight others, including the driver, died later in hospital.
Six injured people are receiving... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 14:44:58) |
| The governments of Xi'an and Xianyang, two major cities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, have been fined a total of 500,000 yuan (73,530 U.S. dollars) for polluting a tributary of the Yellow River, China's second longest waterway, the local environment watchdog said Thursday.
The two cities are the first to be penalized by the provincial environmental protection department since new measures to curb water pollution took effect on Jan. 1, said Li Xiaolian, deputy chief of the... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 14:43:41) |
| On March 10, 2010, Vice Minister of Agriculture Wei Chao'an stressed that issuing Safety Certificate of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is evaluation and recognition of scientists' work of transgenic biotechnology research and its results, and it is not the same as permitting commercial production.
He said that, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, there needs to be an examination of regional testing and pilot production more rigorous than ordinary crop varieties, as well as... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 14:42:14) |
| THE governments of Xi'an and Xianyang, two major cities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, have been fined a total of 500,000 yuan (US$73,530) for polluting a tributary of the Yellow River, China's second longest... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-11 13:58:59) |
| SHANGHAI travelers will be able to reach Nanjing within an hour when the world's fastest railway opens in July.
The 300-kilometer railway between the two cities has been laid and will begin tests in May, today's... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-11 13:55:30) |
| Zhang Jianwei, a 22-year-old hairdresser in Beijing, has never been inside the Great Hall of the People and takes little interest in TV news or newspapers.
But events in the Hall have been the center of discussion during his meals and leisure time over the past week.
"I only read Internet news and gossip about the two meetings," Zhang says, referring to the dual annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 13:14:18) |
| Some lawmakers from the French parliament and Paris council Wednesday called for stopping the practice to raise the "Tibet flag" in the Paris city hall on March 10.
They told a press conference that the action does not represent the collective view of the country's lawmakers or people and is unpopular.
The legislators also saw the move as an offense to China.
"We are opposing Paris city hall's choosing this provocative way to deal with the Tibet issue," said Senator Yves Pozzo di... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 13:12:17) |
| Yu Minhong, the CEO of New Oriental and a CPPCC member, said because of insufficiency in life experience and communication ability, it is not necessary for college students to start their own businesses just after graduation when he answered questions by reporters March 11.
Yu believes it would be a pity if a person does not have an opportunity to open a business once in their life. However, regarding new graduates difficult job hunting situation, Yu said it was inappropriate for them to... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 13:06:30) |
| China will launch the "Tiangong I" space station and the "Shenzhou VIII" spaceship in the first and second half of 2011 respectively, conducting China's first rendezvous and docking test, said Niu Hongguang Wednesday, deputy commander-in-chief of the China Manned Space Program.
China will also launch the "Shenzhou IX" spaceship and the "Shenzhou X" spaceship in the first and second half of 2012 respectively, realizing rendezvous and docking between the spaceships and the space station and... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 11:29:17) |
| The four Chinese who lost their lives while serving the UN mission in Haiti will be remembered for forever, China's envoy to the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Li Baodong, China's permanent representative to the UN, made the statement after meeting the families of the four Chinese UN peacekeepers who were killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
"The four martyrs gave their precious lives for China's interest and the diplomatic cause, and also for the maintenance of world peace," Li... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 11:24:14) |
 | South Korea's foreign minister Yu Myung Hwan will make a three-day visit to China from next Wednesday for talks with Chinese leaders on the six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization and other matters of mutual interest, his ministry announced Thursday. Yu will hold talks with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and pay a courtesy call on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao next Thursday, the ministry's spokesman Kim Young Sun told reporters. (Kyodo News, 2010-03-11 11:07:47) |
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&$Rescuers are busy working on the site where a landslide occurred in Zizhou county of Yulin city, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on March 10, 2010. At least 17 people were dead in the landslide occurred on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)&$&$
The death toll of a landslide in northwest China's Shaanxi has risen to 17 by Thursday morning, as 11 others were still missing.
The landslide that occurred at 1:30 a ... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 11:07:46) |
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&$People gather at the site of a bus accident near Shanshulin Bridge between Longli and Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 10, 2010. A bus carrying 19 passengers lost control before overturned down a slope leaving 10 people dead and nine injured. (Xinhua/Chengjie)&$&$&$
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| THE death toll of a landslide in northwest China's Shaanxi has risen to 17 by this morning, as 11 others were still missing.
The landslide that occurred at 1:30 am yesterday buried 44 villagers in 15 homes in... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-11 10:54:37) |
| An alleged ringleader and his 32 gang members stood trial Wednesday on gang-related charges in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Shen Chao, the alleged ringleader, faces seven charges, including organizing and leading a criminal gang, gambling, murder, intentionally injuring people, causing social disturbance, and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
Shen denied all the charges except for gambling, saying that he was "too busy investing in coal mines in Shaotong city to commit... (People's Daily, 2010-03-11 10:53:49) |
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China's Dictators at Work: The Secret Story (The New York Review of Books) “If the Mafia boss thinks you might betray him, he will just kill you or throw you into prison.” That is not how the government of China should behave...
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Desertification worsening in Tibet: Report (Phayul) Desertification is worsening in Tibet, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. According to the report, authorities in Tibet aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and
Experts Say Chinese Filter Would Make PCs Vulnerable to Intrusion (New York Times) The program would let outsiders monitor a computer’s Internet activity, steal personal data or plant viruses, according to those who have examined it.
The Day China's Heart Froze (newmatilda.com) Twenty years ago today, thousands were being killed in the streets around Tiananmen Square. Dan Edwards in Beijing speaks to survivors about a wound that hasn't healed
Founding fathers (BBC NEWS) The French town with an unlikely Chinese past
China: A Threat to or Threatened by Democracy? (Dissent Magazine) How can one know whether China will or will not democratize? In general, as Karl Popper showed in The Poverty of Historicism, political futures in even the middle distance are unknowable because of the inherently uncertain and contingent dynamics of politics. Therefore, an analyst should focus on the multiple factors that make different futures more or less likely.
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