'Happy Boy' star detained for hit-and-run accident (People's Daily)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:37:50 GMT
Talent show singer Amguulan, a contestant from Hunan TV's 2007 "Happy Boy" singing competition, turned himself in on March 6 for a hit-and-run in a car accident in Hangzhou, according to domestic news reports. The accident happened around 5 a.m. on March 3 in downtown Hangzhou when Amguulan was behind the wheel of a BMW limousine. The car crashed into an electric cycle at an intersection and the ...
China's changing approach to enforcing laws (People's Daily)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:09:19 GMT
Like his neighbors and friends, Chen Shuangxi (pseudonym) dined with his family on the evening of Lantern Festival and enjoyed the first full moon of the Chinese lunar year. The man is serving his imprisonment, but not behind the bars. Chen, living in Jinhua of eastern Zhejiang Province, was sentenced three years in prison with a reprieve of four and a half years in 2006 for his involvement in ...
China's changing approach to enforcing laws (China Daily)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:09:16 GMT
BEIJING - Like his neighbors and friends, Chen Shuangxi (pseudonym) dined with his family on the evening of Lantern Festival and enjoyed the first full moon of the Chinese lunar year.
The Bonus: Devon Alexander escaped streets of St. Louis to become boxing champ (Sports Illustrated)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:42 GMT
Behind a metal detector at the entrance to the Marquette Recreation Center, a middle-aged secretary sits at the front desk, crying. A boy she knew, a 19-year-old amateur boxer named Darnell Mason, had been standing in the wrong place at the wrong time and was killed in a drive-by. Three other people were shot: one in the arm, one in the leg and one in the face. The bullet that killed Mason went ...
Protests and Harsh Sentences Continue in Tibet (International Campaign for Tibet)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:37:47 GMT
A Tibetan farmer in Kham, eastern Tibet, has been sentenced to death with two years suspension, and two other Tibetans to life and 16 years imprisonment, for setting fire to a government office as part of a protest in February 2009. The protest occurred almost a year after a wave of protests swept across the Tibetan plateau from Lhasa on March 10, 2008. »continue
China writer blocked from going to German festival (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:27:42 GMT
An outspoken Chinese writer and government critic says he has been blocked from leaving China for a 13th time, this time taken off a plane as he was setting off for Europe's largest international literary festival.
China writer blocked from going to German festival (MalaysiaNews.net)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:58:33 GMT
FILE - In this June 6, 2008 file photo, Chinese poet and novelist Liao Yiwu revisits the earthquake damaged Gu Temple in Jiezi town of Sichuan Province. The outspoken Chinese writer and government cri...
China writer blocked from going to German festival (MalaysiaNews.net)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:55:32 GMT
BEIJING (AP) -- An outspoken Chinese writer and government critic says he has been blocked from leaving the country to participate in Europe's largest international literary festival.
China writer blocked from going to German festival (Sify News)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:55:34 GMT
An outspoken Chinese writer and government critic says he has been blocked from leaving China for a 13th time, this time taken off a plane as he was setting off for Europe's largest international
Ex-FA head on bribery charges (Straits Times)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:59:09 GMT
BEIJING - CHINESE police have received approval from state prosecutors to arrest the former head of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) Nan Yong on bribery charges, state media reported on Monday. The move, which follows his questioning in January and formal detention last month, means Nan is now certain to undergo criminal trial on the charges, which arise from an investigation into match ...
