China fighting official corruption (UPI)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:49 GMT
BEIJING, March 11 (UPI) -- Some 41,000 Chinese officials were investigated for crimes ranging from embezzlement to dereliction of duty last year, the country's chief prosecutor says.
China's courts conclude 527 cases against mafia-style gangs (China Economic Net)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:20:02 GMT
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.
Google says it's in talks with China (Los Angeles Times)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:18:09 GMT
CEO Eric Schmidt expects 'something will happen soon' after the Internet search giant vowed to remove censorship filters in the wake of it suffering a cyber attack. Google Inc. broke a long silence in its clash with China on Wednesday as its chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said that the Internet search giant was talking to Chinese officials and that he expected "something will happen soon."
Google chief sees outcome "soon" in China row (CIOL)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:34:59 GMT
Google threatened in January to shut its Chinese Google.cn portal and to pull back from China, citing problems of censorship and a hacking attack from within the country.
Hostage rescued from spa club in Beijing (People's Daily)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:24:00 GMT
A hostage was rescued Wednesday afternoon in Beijing and her kidnapper seized by the police, municipal police said. The suspect surnamed Zhang, who was in his twenties and claimed to have come from east China's Shandong Province, took a waitress hostage with an imitation gun in a spa club room in Beijing's Chaoyang District at 2:30 p.m., said a Beijing police spokesman Police took the suspect by ...
Google chief sees outcome "soon" in China row (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:54 GMT
Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.
China wages war on pervasive corruption (USA Today)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:56 GMT
Public corruption is not exclusive to China, but it is considered a more serious problem here because it could threaten Communist Party rule if left unchecked.
Rio Tinto CEO to visit China in March (People's Daily)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:59:05 GMT
Tom Albanese, the chief executive officer and board member of the Rio Tinto Group, is reportedly to visit Beijing this month. He may attend this year's China Development Forum, said the Wall Street Journal. Rio Tinto's business in China was hampered by the arrest of its Shanghai office staff member Stern Hu on charges of stealing commercial secrets and Rio Tinto spurned a 19.5 billion U.S ...
China wages war on pervasive corruption (USA Today)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:37:47 GMT
Corruption is not exclusive to China, but it is considered a more serious problem here because it could threaten Communist Party rule.
China rejects claims it is behind cyber attacks (Times Online)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:26:48 GMT
China has hit back at a report in The Times that it is behind a surge in international cyber attacks, saying such accusations were intended to sabotage Beijing’s space to develop its military capabilities.
