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GM to build third factory complex in China
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and its joint venture partners say they will build a third factory complex in China to keep pace with rising sales. GM China, SAIC and Wuling Motors expect to start construction on the plant in the Chongqing...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Plant Openings, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Automotive Equipment, Services and Shopping
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China charges six in sex video "extortion" case
ReutersBEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were...Tags: Government, Bo Xilai, Blackmail and Extortion, Politics, Organized Crime
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China charges six in sex video 'extortion' case
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were charged with...Tags: Government, Bo Xilai, Politics, Blackmail and Extortion, Xi Jinping
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China official charged in sex scandal amid microblog uproar
ReutersBEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) - China will charge a district Communist Party official with corruption, which carries a maximum penalty of death, after images of him having sex with his mistress were splashed across microblog websites last year, state media...Tags: Government, Bo Xilai, Politics, Xi Jinping, Heads of State
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Asia: Kempinski opening hotels in China and India
Another longtime European hotel group is making fresh inroads into Asia. Kempinski Hotels, one of Europe's oldest luxury hotel groups, is adding to its portfolio of 75 properties by opening three hotels in China and another in India. "We are opening...
Tags: Dalai Lama, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Nobel Prize Awards, Personal Service
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Architect Zaha Hadid dealing with design piracy in China
When it comes to doing business in China, Hollywood is well acquainted with the perils of piracy. Now it appears that architects must also be wary of unlicensed copying while in that country. Architect Zaha Hadid is reportedly dealing with a pirated...
Tags: Piracy, Architecture, Arts, Germany, Wang Shu
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Chinese state media implicate fallen politician in murder scandal
World NowFor the first time, Chinese state media appear to have implicated fallen Communist Party official Bo Xilai in the murder scandal that has gripped the country, reporting that he angrily rebuked the local police chief, Wang Lijun when told that Bo's wife,... -
Bo Xilai scandal: Wang Lijun on trial for bribe-taking, defection
World NowBEIJING -- Wang Lijun, the Chinese police chief who touched off a far-reaching political scandal in February when he sought refuge at a U.S. consulate, stood trial Tuesday on charges of bribe-taking and “bending the law for selfish ends.”... -
In China, questions abound despite verdict in Gu Kailai trial
World NowLegal experts are questioning the trial of Gu Kailai -- the wife of a former Chinese Politburo member -- who was given a suspended death sentence for poisoning British businessman Neil Heywood.... -
Beijing car crash opens door to another scandal in China
World NowBefore dawn on March 18, a black Ferrari slammed into a concrete barrier in Beijing, killing the young male driver, badly injuring two young women and setting off yet another episode in the soap opera that has become Chinese politics. Chinese-language... -
Former police official linked to China scandal faces charges
World NowWang Lijun, the Chinese police official who sought refuge at a U.S. consulate earlier this year, was formally charged Wednesday with defection, abuse of power, bribe-taking and what was described by the state press as “bending the law for selfish... -
Former police chief in China gets 15-year sentence in scandal
World NowBEIJING – The Chinese police chief who fled to a U.S. consulate in February and set off a messy, sprawling political scandal involving murder was convicted Monday on charges of abuse of power, defection bribe-taking and “bending the law for...
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