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  • The property billionaire who shuns publicity

    2010-01-04 08:06

    Longfor Properties president Wu Yajun is not only the richest woman in China but also the person in the country's real estate industry of whom least is known.

  • China Mobile's vice chairman removed from post

    2009-12-31 16:41

    Zhang Chunjiang, party chief and vice chairman of China Mobile, has been removed from his post for involvement in "serious economic issues," the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee confirmed on Thursday.

  • Hu Shuli gets top job at News Magazine

    2009-12-31 07:48

    Nearly two months after she quit Caijing in a huff, Hu Shuli has been offered the top job at News Magazine, a little-known general news publication started in 1988 by a think tank focused on economic reform.

  • Tainted milk official in new role

    2009-12-28 07:42

    A government minister who lost his job over last year's tainted baby formula scandal has been appointed deputy head of a department leading China's war on porn. Li Changjiang, 65, former head of the top quality agency, is now vice-director of the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications.

  • Luminary fumes over house takeover

    2009-12-24 07:46

    Hong Huang is a celebrity with many faces. She is a publisher, a widely read blogger, the ex-wife of a renowned film director, the daughter of a diplomat who was also Chairman Mao Zedong's English teacher. But the latest title she has been dubbed with is "the most humorous nail-house owner" because Hong refuses to move out of her half-century-old courtyard house.

  • Villager who ate 'last' rare tiger jailed 12 years

    2009-12-23 07:53

    When Kang Wannian, a villager in Yunnan province, was relishing the meat of a rare tiger he shot dead in February, he probably had no idea the dinner would land him in jail and leave his family bankrupt. He was sentenced to 12 years behind bars for killing and poaching endangered wild animals, and illegal possession of firearms. The county court also fined him 100,000 yuan ($14,600).

  • It's life as usual for Time's bees

    2009-12-22 07:48

    The spotlight is on them, and it seems a bit intrusive now, says Xiao Hongxia, the 31-year-old manufacturing manager who, along with co-workers, was asked to represent the ubiquitous Chinese Worker - one of four runners-up in Time magazine's Person of the Year shortlist.

  • Shenzhen firm to sidestep Mickey

    2009-12-18 07:57

    China's top theme park developer plans to avoid direct competition with The Walt Disney Company by developing new theme parks outside major cities, and a renewed focus on the nation's culture.

  • 11 jailed in Trojan horse virus case in E China

    2009-12-17 15:01

    A court in East China Wednesday handed down jail terms of up to three years to 11 people for their roles in writing and distributing viruses designated to steal usernames and passwords of online games.

  • Chinese company takes over White House Theatre

    2009-12-15 14:42

    China Heaven Creation International Performing Arts Co Ltd (CHC) Monday formally took over the ownership of the White House Theatre in Branson, Missouri, making the first ever successful purchase of an American theatre by a Chinese company.

  • Casino billionaire Ho said to be 'recovering nicely'

    2009-12-10 08:03

    Macao casino billionaire Stanley Ho, who has been hospitalized for the past four months, is "recovering nicely" and may be discharged soon, his son Lawrence said in a Bloomberg Television interview. "Hopefully, some time soon he can come out of the hospital," Lawrence Ho, 32, said.

  • Gang boss goes on trial

    2009-12-09 07:53

    The first gang case connected to arrested former municipal justice bureau director Wen Qiang was made public yesterday at the trial for Wang Tianlun, a billionaire and accused gang boss. Wen testified that Wang, who allegedly monopolized the hog slaughtering and pork distribution markets, had bribed him 200,000 yuan to help cover up the killing of a man by the gang.

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