Tag: China
China confirms Microsoft probe for ‘monopoly’ actions
China is investigating Microsoft for allegedly operating a monopoly in its market, the government said Tuesday, as it took aim…
Man arrested in China for testicle chopping
A man used a blunt razor to chop off the testicles of four patients at a Chinese nursing home, state…
China policeman executed for killing pregnant woman
A policeman in China who shot dead a pregnant woman while drunk and injured her husband was executed for the…
China shuts meat producer supplying McDonald’s, KFC
Shanghai has shut a factory of US food producer OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald’s…
High-ranking China official given life sentence for bribery
A Chinese regional official was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for bribe-taking, a court said, the first high-ranking bureaucrat…
Man set bus on fire over gambling losses
A Chinese man infuriated by his gambling losses set fire to a bus, leaving two people dead and injuring 32,…
More than 65,000 Chinese nationals in Nigeria
The Consul-General of the Chinese Consulate in Lagos, Liu Kan, on Monday said that there were presently more than 65,000…
Samsung finds ‘evidence’ of child labour at China plant
Samsung said Monday it temporarily suspended business with one of its suppliers in China over the suspected use of child…
Samsung to probe child labour charges in China
Samsung Electronics Company said Thursday it was “urgently” investigating allegations that one of its suppliers in China employed children and…
S.Africa intel reveals ‘abuses’ in battle against Boko Haram
Nigeria faces a prolonged battle to quash the bloody Boko Haram insurgency despite a “hardline” campaign that has witnessed rights…
China’s first-half auto sales up 8.4%
Auto sales in China, the world’s biggest car market, reached 11.68 million vehicles in the first half of 2014, an…
China to release daily Japanese war crimes ‘confession’
China on Thursday began publishing “confessions” of 45 convicted Japanese World War II criminals, officials said, in Beijing’s latest effort…
China’s Xi snubs N. Korea with summit talks in South
China’s president held talks in Seoul Thursday with South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye at the start of a state visit…
China bans civil servants, students from Ramadan fasting
China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from taking part in Ramadan fasting,…
Terrorist groups using Internet to recruit, plan attacks
Terrorist groups are using the Internet to recruit people, raise funds and plan attacks in China, the State Internet Information…
China student jumps to death after losing World Cup bets
A college student in China leaped to his death after losing more than $3,000 gambling on the World Cup, state…
China manufacturing grows for first time in six months
China’s manufacturing activity expanded in June for the first time this year as the effects of Beijing’s mini-stimulus on the…
Alibaba to absorb mobile browser
China’s Alibaba said Wednesday it will absorb mobile browser developer UCWeb, calling it the “biggest” merger in the country’s Internet…
Jonathan lauds Chinese Premier’s wife
Wife of the president, Patience Jonathan on Tuesday praised the wife of the Chinese Premier, Mrs Mme Cheng, for redeeming…
World Bank sees ‘flat’ growth for developing countries
The World Bank lowered its 2014 growth forecasts for the global economy Tuesday, but said advanced economies’ rebound from a…
China navy plane crashes on training mission
A Chinese navy plane crashed on a training mission over the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, the official Xinhua news…
International academic outcry over detained China scholars
Hundreds of international academics called Wednesday for the release of scholars and lawyers detained in China ahead of the 25th…
China punishes 422 porn websites
China has investigated and punished 422 websites as part of a national crackdown on online pornography, the State Internet Information…
Malawi’s president seeks ‘new friends’ in China, Russia
Malawi, traditionally dependent on Western aid donors, will look for “new friends” in countries such as China and Russia, newly…
Australia backs US comments on China
Australian Defence Minister David Johnston has backed comments by his United States counterpart Chuck Hagel accusing China of “destabilising” actions…
NDLEA nabs Malian with 4kg cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it had apprehended a 22-year old Malian in possession of…
Six ‘cult’ members held over China McDonald’s death
Chinese police have detained six people for beating to death a woman at a McDonald’s restaurant who refused to disclose…
China gun safety demonstration wounds five
A policeman’s handgun went off accidentally when two officers held a safety demonstration at a kindergarten in China to mark…
China fines foreign eyewear makers in price crackdown
China on Thursday fined several foreign eyewear makers more than 19 million yuan ($3.1 million) for “price manipulation”, the government…
China sentences 55 in mass trial at Xinjiang stadium
Authorities in China’s mainly Muslim Xinjiang mounted a mass sentencing in a stadium for 55 people on offences including terrorism,…