Chinese ivory smuggler gets record sentence

A court in Kenya in January applied a record sentence on a Chinese ivory smuggler.

Tang Yong Jian, 40, was ordered to pay 20 million shillings (170,500 euros, 233,000 dollars) or else go to jail for seven years.

Fishing the South China Sea

China defends South China Sea fishing rule (via AFP)

Beijing on Friday rejected US criticism of a measure requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea, which it claims almost in its entirety. The rule -- which comes as tensions have escalated over overlapping…

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China’s hi-tech billionaire emperors ready to make more in 2014

China’s hi-tech billionaire emperors ready to make more in 2014

China: Facing the Historical Truth

Facing the Truth in China (via Moyers & Company)

Gail Pellett is a Bill Moyers veteran, a producer, director and co-writer who over 13 years worked on a variety of projects with Bill, including including Close to Home: Moyers on Addiction, On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying, God & Politics and The…

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Manufacture Shangri La

China attempts to manufacture 'Shangri-La' (via GlobalPost)

UPDATE, Jan. 13, 2014: Over the weekend, a fire erupted in the “old town” of Shangri La, China, destroying hundreds of wooden shops and homes in a majority Tibetan area. GlobalPost visited this town last year for a series of stories about the ways…

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China wants brutal labour camps to be more humane

For a very long time now, China's huge network of labour camps have been an embarrassment.

They contradicted the Communist party line that China is a country ruled by law.


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China Conducts First Test of New Ultra-High Speed Missile

“We routinely monitor foreign defense activities and we are aware of this test,”  said US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeffrey Pool.

China wants space collaboration with US

China wants space collaboration with US

China's answer to Amazon, Alibaba bans Bitcoin

Alibaba bans Bitcoin

China lifts a 14 year ban on foreign games consoles

Suspension of the game console ban will allow games companies to enter the country's $14bn market

Meat pumped with pond water in south China

(Reuters) - China has held seven people in southern Guangdong province for injecting dirty pond water into lamb meat to swell its weight and raise its price, state television reported in the latest food scandal to hit the world's second largest economy.


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Chinese ship in Antarctica rescue stuck in ice

(CNN) -- The Chinese icebreaker that sent out a helicopter on Thursday to airlift dozens of passengers from a ship stuck in the Antarctic ice is now beset by ice and unable to move, according to Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA).


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China Wal-Mart recalls donkey meat because of contamination

Donkey meat is a dining delicacy in northern China. Fox is not.

Wal-Mart has just recalled donkey meat products from some of its stores in China because tests show that the meat is contaminated with fox meat.

China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2013-2017 Forecast and Analysis

China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2013-2017 Forecast and Analysis (via PR Newswire)

LONDON, Jan. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2013-2017 Forecast and Analysis This IDC study presents our in-depth analysis of the development of the telecom industry…

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