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278,000 criminal cases cracked
BEIJING - China has cracked 278,000
criminal cases and broken up nearly 1,650 mafia-style gangs since it
launched a campaign to maintain public security in rural-urban fringe
zones and on campuses in January. (Xinhua) RELATED:
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Buying votes 'costing more'
In
China the cost of bribing a voter in a grassroots election can be more
than 100 times greater than it used to be, according to a report in an
official newspaper that covers legal affairs. The Procuratorial Daily
cited a probe by provincial prosecutors in Hainan province in the south
of the country. (BBC)
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China vows to clean up judiciary
BEIJING - China's Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said that
courts will take actions on judicial corruption to prevent abuse of
judicial power after a former vice president of the supreme court was
jailed for life two months ago. The pledge came after
Huang Songyou,
former SPC vice president, was sentenced on Jan. 19 to life imprisonment
for taking bribes and embezzlement. (Xinhua)
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8 high ranking officials among 41,000 probed for graft
'Black jails'
BEIJING -
Chinese state agents regularly abduct citizens and detain them for days
or months in secret, illegal "black jails", subjecting them to physical
and psychological abuses, (AFP) REPORT:
An alleyway in Hell
Bank
says terrorist ties 'unfounded'
LOS
ANGELES - Bank of China Ltd., the country's third-biggest bank, said
allegations that it helped Middle Eastern terrorist groups by
transferring millions of dollars to Hamas and Islamic Jihad are
``completely unfounded''. (Bloomberg)
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Internet commentator training
BEIJING - On Sept. 8, Xishui TV, a local station in Hubei Province,
reported a training conducted by the Xishui County Propaganda Department
for spokespersons from various work units and all Internet commentators
in the county. (Epoch Times) PREVIOUS:
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287,000 commit suicide
China executes godfather
CHONGQING
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The mafia godfather of China's biggest city, who also
doubled as its top justice official, has been executed after an
operation to clear the city of corruption. Wen Qiang, 55, used his
position as deputy police commissioner and then as director of the
justice bureau to shield a network of gangsters. (Telegraph UK)
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Justice official executed
Graft at official celebrations
Bo Xilai
China attacks US human rights record
SHANGHAI - Not one to turn the other cheek these days,
China issued a report Friday on human rights violations by the US.
A day after the
US Department of State
pointed the finger at China in its annual report on human rights abuses
in 194 countries, Beijing responded in kind, accusing Washington of
"posing as the world judge of human rights again." (CanWest)
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Report on the work of the government
China warming up to
be an Arctic player
BEIJING - China doesn't own
a single centimetre of Arctic coastline, nor does it belong to the
Arctic Council, of which Canada is a member, that addresses Arctic
issues. But that's not expected to keep China from becoming a
player in Arctic affairs. A groundbreaking study says China will
seek a say in setting rules and regulations governing activities in the
Arctic, to protect its national interests. (Toronto Star)
REPORT:
China prepares for an ice-free Arctic
PLA officer urges challenging US dominance
Failed states and global instability
Drug crime increase
BEIJING -
China's drug enforcement authorities saw an increase in drug-related
crimes last year with about 73,000 people arrested in more than 62,000
cases. (Xinhua) PREVIOUS:
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China will never be a democracy
BEIJING -
China will never adopt multiparty democracy or have an
independent judiciary, the leader of the country's rubber-stamp
parliament has said, reinforcing the determination of China's rulers to
shore up one-party rule at all costs. Wu Bangguo, officially number two
in the Politburo pecking order behind President Hu Jintao, warned that
any move to adopt Western-style institutions of democracy risked
undermining China's economic achievements and plunging the country into
chaos. (Telegraph UK)
'Social stability'
National People's Congress
NPC 2011
Key points of 5-year plan
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China issues white paper
China's National Defense in 2010
White paper highlights US 'competition'
China seeks to build trust
ASAT missile defense
ASAT
US-China military standoff over space missiles
2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test
Truncheon budget
China orders officials to go out and 'make people
happy'
China blasts Middle East protests
China orders officials to go out and 'make people happy'
Wen Jiabao Wu
Bangguo
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Babies stolen for foreign adoption
Since the early
1990s, more than 80,000 Chinese children have been adopted abroad,
the majority to the US. The conventional wisdom is that the babies,
mostly girls, were abandoned by their parents because of the
traditional preference for boys and China's restrictions on family
size. But some parents are beginning to come forward to tell
harrowing stories of babies who were taken away by coercion, fraud
or kidnapping - sometimes by government officials who covered their
tracks by pretending that the babies had been abandoned. (LA Times)
Human trafficking report
Human trafficking gangs
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One-child policy
China steps back from one child policy
Police find child slaves
Children 'sold like cabbages'
167 children rescued
Child laborers in Guangdong
Vietnamese doctors sold babies for
overseas adoptions
Family planning
Calls for resignations over China slave
scandal
China's child slavery in Brick
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Military still expanding
BEIJING - The growth of China's
military is shrouded in secrecy which could give rise to
"misunderstanding and miscalculation", a US defence department
report says. China has been upgrading its land-based missiles,
expanding its submarine force and nuclear arsenal, the Pentagon's
annual report to Congress said. It also said that China has
extended its military advantage over Taiwan. The report
confirms US concerns about the rapid growth of China's military.
(BBC)
'Carrier-killer' could reshape sea combat
Defense Ministry refutes
Pentagon's report
ChiCom carrier killer
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Economic focuses on its military might
China readies military space station
Space
module to be launched in 2010
China's
defense budget to grow 14.9% in 2009
China trying to disrupt US military
advantages
China expresses 'resolute opposition' to
US report
US in 'no position' to query military spending
China Military
People's Liberation Army
China
'to flex military might abroad'
Military balance 2009
China to boost military spending by
17.8%
Another secret submarine base
China's
Jianggezhuang submarine base
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China Military Power Report 2009
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