Shanghai bishop who spent years in prison dies
Source: Taiwan News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-27 12:39:47 -0700 | political-news
Catholic news service AsiaNews says Shanghai bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian has died in China ...Jin worked to improve tense relations between the Vatican-loyal underground church and China 's officially-sanctioned Catholic church, which doesn't recognize papal authority to make bishops.
Top charitable donor list published
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-27 09:34:26 -0700 | political-news
A list of China's biggest charitable donors was published on Saturday, naming 311 individual benefa cto rs who donated a combined total of nearly 7.1 billion yuan ($1.14 billion) last year. The list, jointly compiled by the China Association of...
China's cabinet appoints, removes officials
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-27 09:34:26 -0700 | political-news
The State Council, or China's cabinet, on Saturday announced a number of appointments and removals of government officials. Wang Yongqing, Shu Xiaoqin and Wang Zhongwei were appointed deputy secretary-generals of the State Council, with Shu also serving as director of...
China's retrieval of lost relics needs time
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-27 07:19:05 -0700 | political-news
Two bronze animal heads looted from a Chinese royal garden 149 years ago will soon be returned to China, beaming in a ray of hope despite the difficulties the country faces in bringing its treasure trove of cultural relics home....
Officials graduate from CPC training program
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-27 09:34:30 -0700 | political-news
The Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a graduation ceremony for 254officials in Beijing on Saturday. Liu Yunshan, president of the CPC's top Party school and a member of the Standing Committee of the...
Sichuan tourism hit hard by quake
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-27 03:02:13 -0700 | political-news
An empty cable car runs through Hailuogou scenic spot in Sichuan province on April 26. Popular tourist attractions in the province, including Jiuzhaigou, Emei Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan and Hailuogou, were mostly spared by the Lushan earthquake on April 20,...
China prosecutes thousands for corruption in Q1
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-27 00:53:01 -0700 | political-news
China's prosecutors handled 3,657 corruption cases, and 1,481 cases involving dereliction of duty and rights violations during the first quarter of 2013, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced on Saturday. All these violations had directly infringed upon peoples' interests, according...
China to tighten crackdown on illegal fundraising
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 11:25:57 -0700 | political-news
China will further crack down on illegal fundraising after handling 4,293 cases concerning this crime since 2011, a senior legal official said on Friday. A total of 4,170 such criminals have been sentenced to penalties in this period, with 34.75...
Number of illegal fundraising cases rises
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 12:14:53 -0700 | political-news
The imprisoned were among a total of 4,170 people convicted since 2011 for such crimes, Miao Youshui, deputy dire cto r of the No 2 criminal tribunal under the Supreme People's Court, said during a news conference on Friday. The...
China cuts gov't intervention to push reforms
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 11:25:54 -0700 | political-news
In an executive meeting on Wednesday, the State Council, or China's cabinet, announced it would cancel or delegate power to lower levels concerning 71 items that were previously subject to central government administrative approval. The move that allows local governments...
China clarifies law to crackdown on blackmail
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 10:40:38 -0700 | political-news
Chinese authorities on Friday unveiled a judicial explanation to clarify the seriousness of blackmail cases in order to crackdown on the crime. The nine-article explanation, issued by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, outlines the amounts of...
Journey to enthrall TV viewers
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 06:44:48 -0700 | political-news
The episodes will zoom in on the lives of people living in the less frequented mountainous and riverside areas. The first five episodes will take audiences to the lost horizons of Yunnan province, such as a village in the depth...
'First class to Shanghai please': Intrepid traveller sets off on epic train journey from Wales to ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 06:29:06 -0700 | political-news
26 April 2013 A mother is following in the footsteps of her grandfather and setting off to China by train 100 years after he departed to the very minute. Liz Barron, 63, and her husband Tony, 71, set off on...
Guangzhou helps migrant workers from Hunan
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 04:22:09 -0700 | political-news
It will provide services including employment, protection of rights, and public policy promotion for migrant workers, sources with the Guangdong human resources and social security authorities said. The largest number of migrant workers in Guangdong come from Hunan, according to...
Former commerce chief to lead cross-Straits body
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-04-26 10:40:26 -0700 | political-news
China's former top commerce official Chen Deming took up the baton as the top cross-Straits negotiator on Friday. Experts said the veteran trade specialist can help implement existing business deals and boost trade between the mainland and Taiwan. Chen, the...
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