China detains another exec for illicit fund raising

6 February 2012, 3:19 am

China has detained another private company executive in the eastern province of Zhejiang for illegal fund raising, as the government cracks down on so-called shadow banking, state media said Monday.... Read More »

High-profile gun crimes in China spark calls for action

5 February 2012, 8:36 pm

Experts are calling for stricter controls on guns across China in the wake of a series of shooting tragedies. In the latest case, three people were killed and eight injured in Huining county in Northwest China's Gansu province, according to local police, who captured the suspect on Sunday.... Read More »

China detains Wenzhou exec in city's debt crisis: report

5 February 2012, 5:21 pm

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Police in China's eastern province of Zhejiang have detained a Wenzhou educational company boss for allegedly failing to repay large debts, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday, the latest fallout from a credit crunch in the entrepreneurial hub. ...... Read More »

Govt's 2015 China Strategy in need of $50m

5 February 2012, 9:30 am

The newly launched 2015 China Strategy will need a $50 million investment to fully deliver on the Government's goals.That was the estimate put in front of the business community when Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials...... Read More »

Police hunt for Chinese teens who killed cats

5 February 2012, 4:18 am

Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) Police in China's Shanghai city is on the lookout for three notorious teenagers suspected of having brutally killed 10 stray cats during the weeklong Spring Festival holiday.... Read More »

Eastday-Woman's horror ordeal in SA

2 February 2012, 6:22 pm

A WOMAN who had been tricked into traveling to South Africa and forced into prostitution for two years returned to China on Wednesday, Shanghai border police said yesterday.... Read More »

Eight executives detained in China pollution case

1 February 2012, 10:37 pm

SHANGHAI: China has detained another company official, bringing the total to eight, over a massive river pollution case in the country's south, the government and state media said Thursday.... Read More »

Integrity system to target Net dishonesty in Shanghai

1 February 2012, 9:40 pm

Shanghai (China Daily/ANN) - Internet users in the municipality with a history of online dishonesty may be barred from certain business activities in real life, a senior official from Shanghai said on Wednesday.... Read More »

China says shots fired at cargo boat on Mekong

14 January 2012, 10:25 pm

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Unidentified attackers fired on a Chinese cargo boat on the Mekong River in Laos, China's police said, less than two months after Beijing began joint patrols to protect shipping.... Read More »

Thousands of China police hunt for wanted killer

10 January 2012, 2:33 am

Thousands of police officers have launched a massive hunt in eastern China for an uncommunicative loner and one-time policeman suspected in a series of slayings and robberies dating back to 2004, state media reported Monday.... Read More »