Connect to share and comment

Chinese professor fined in poetry row

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 15:00
A Chinese court ordered a controversial professor who claims descent from the ancient sage Confucius to apologise and pay a fine after a heated online row over poetry, local media reported Friday. Kong Qingdong, a professor at the elite Peking University who sparked an outcry in 2012 by calling Hong Kong people "dogs", said online that a student was a "dog-like traitor" for criticising a poem he wrote, the Beijing News reported. The poem was in the style of China's Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) but the student said it rhymed incorrectly, the Global Times daily said.

Good for career but bad for health: How expats increasingly see a stint in China

The Canadian PressApril 30, 2013 04:31
BEIJING, China - Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays in hospital and finally a written warning from her doctor telling her she needed to leave, Small packed up and left for Thailand.

Insight - China's 2020 consumer is in a town you've never heard of

April 18, 2013 17:30
By Melanie Lee ZHENGZHOU/CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - Wearing a floral brocade cardigan and toting a Huawei smartphone, Guo Qian, 22, gushes over her latest purchases on Taobao, China's largest e-commerce platform. As an administrative worker, Guo makes only 3,000 yuan a month and spends most of it. Not only does she spend nearly all of her own money, Guo also fritters away most of her father's 1,000 yuan monthly pension on trinkets and clothes on Taobao. "Sometimes I feel guilty using his money, so I buy him some clothes."

Calif. governor looks to China for investments

April 9, 2013 10:33
California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession. Where better to go searching for the money to further those interests than the world's second largest economy and a country that has piles of cash to invest around the globe? The governor of the most populous U.S. state heads to China next week to begin a weeklong trade mission that he hopes will produce investments on both sides of the Pacific.

China's urbanisation drive leaves migrant workers out in the cold

March 30, 2013 22:01
By Lucy Hornby and Jane Lee BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Twenty minutes' drive from Shanghai's glitzy financial district, dozens of migrant workers are preparing to abandon homes in old shipping containers, as one of the more unusual solutions to China's housing shortage faces the wrecking ball.

Beijing, Shanghai vow to enforce new property cooling measures

March 30, 2013 09:30
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing and Shanghai will implement strict property cooling measures as part of a central government crackdown on the overheated property market, Xinhua said on Saturday. The move comes as the central government faces renewed pressure to stabilize skyrocketing home prices in several major cities. Under the new measures, single Beijing residents will be prohibited from buying second homes, Xinhua said.

Patchy economic data pinches China shares, leaves Hong Kong flat

March 11, 2013 05:30
* HSI flat, H-shares -0.4 pct, CSI300 -0.6 pct * Shanghai volume at 2013 low, HK turnover below average * Want Want China margins at risk from higher inflation * Daqin Railway boosted by China railway ministry breakup By Clement Tan

China shares slip after tepid economic data, Hong Kong inches higher

March 11, 2013 01:30
* HSI +0.4 pct, H-shares +0.3 pct, CSI300 -0.3 pct * Mid-sized Chinese banks a drag on A-share index * Yurun Foods dives after its profit warning * Daqin Railway boosted by China railway ministry breakup By Clement Tan HONG KONG, March 11 (Reuters) - China shares were on track for a third straight daily loss on Monday, led by the banking sector after patchy economic data over the weekend raised doubts that earnings will recover for Chinese companies.

RPT-In China, public anger over secrecy on environment

March 10, 2013 17:15
(Repeats March 10 story with no changes in text) By Sui-Lee Wee and Adam Jourdan BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 10 (Reuters) - When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a "state secret", it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment.

In China, public anger over secrecy on environment

March 9, 2013 22:15
By Sui-Lee Wee and Adam Jourdan BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 10 (Reuters) - When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a "state secret", it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment.
Syndicate content