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High-priced fish is off the menu 

National
2012-2-9

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Death-row convict's assets sold to pay her debts 

National
2012-2-9

ZHEJIANG Province authorities have confiscated more than 100 houses and 41 luxury cars owned by a woman who was sentenced to death for organizing a huge pyramid scheme. Her assets will be sold to pay debts. Police...

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'Anti-graft' official gets 10-year jail sentence for taking bribes 

National
2012-2-9

A former vice mayor in central China's Hunan Province was recently sentenced to ten years in prison for taking bribes of 1.51 million yuan (US$239,800) and abusing his power, the People's Daily reported today. ...

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Youth detained for raping, killing 91-year-old woman 

National
2012-2-9

A 19-year-old man in south China's Guangdong Province has been detained for allegedly robbing, raping and killing a 91-year-old woman early this month, the Guangzhou Daily reported today. Police of Heyuan City...

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No cat images on 100-yuan notes, bank insists 

National
2012-2-9

THE People's Bank of China, the issuing bank of yuan, has denied allegations that its 100-yuan note contains cat images, saying the cloud pattern was copied from an ancient lacquer ware. The issue gained currency...

Man stabs 2 students at middle school, gets away 

National
2012-2-9

POLICE in eastern China are hunting for a knife-wielding man who broke into a middle school yesterday and stabbed two students before fleeing. The man, wearing a cap, gloves and a red coat, entered the No. 1 Middle...

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China urges guaranteed safety for overseas Chinese 

National
2012-2-9

FOREIGN Ministry Spokesman Liu Weimin today urged countries to take tangible measures to guarantee the security of overseas Chinese people and institutions. "Although the abduction of Chinese workers by Sudanese...

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China urges countries to guarantee safety for overseas Chinese 

National
2012-2-9

FOREIGN Ministry Spokesman Liu Weimin today urged countries to take tangible measures to guarantee the security of overseas Chinese people and institutions. "Although the abduction of Chinese workers by Sudanese...

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China plan to boost jobs and salaries 

National
2012-2-9

CHINA'S State Council yesterday issued a plan to boost employment during the current five-year plan, with the aim of creating 45 million jobs and keeping registered urban unemployment under 5 percent. The government...

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Officials back plan to require real names before HIV tests 

National
2012-2-9

STATE health officials are backing a proposal by south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region requiring people to give their real names when they take an HIV test. The draft also requires them to tell their...

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Diplomats in contact with Lai 

National
2012-2-9

CANADIAN diplomats have had regular access to China's most wanted man, who was deported from Canada last year after a decades-long legal battle to face smuggling charges, a Canadian official said yesterday. China...

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Alleged embezzler caught 

National
2012-2-9

A banker who allegedly embezzled hundreds of millions of yuan has been arrested about a week after he fled, police reported yesterday. Liu Weining, a branch head of Yantai Bank, was caught near a railway station...

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Rebuild hutong, firm told 

National
2012-2-9

A real estate development firm that destroyed the courtyard residence of a famous Chinese architect in downtown Beijing is being held legally liable for its action, authorities said. Fuheng Real Estate, a subsidiary...

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Central bank denies cat images in its 100-yuan note 

National
2012-2-8

THE People's Bank of China has denied the allegations that its 100-yuan note contained cat images, saying the pattern was copied from an ancient lacquer ware. It has aroused public curiosity after someone claimed...

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Farmers storm chemical plant for polluting crops 

National
2012-2-8

AN industrial park hosting more than 180 chemical plants in Binzhou, eastern Shandong Province is blamed for contaminating nearby farmland and causing cancers in a rising number of villagers. The Binzhou Industrial...

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Beijing orders developer to restore Lin's heritage house 

National
2012-2-8

A real estate developer that erased the courtyard residence of a famous Chinese architect in downtown Beijing is held legally liable for its action, authorities said. Fuheng Real Estate, a subsidiary of China Resources,...

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Sichuan man gets a windfall of 260m yuan from lottery 

National
2012-2-8

A man in southwestern Sichuan Province hit a jackpot of 260 million yuan (US$41 million) last night, becoming the third biggest lottery winner on the Chinese mainland. The middle-aged man in Nanjiang County bought...

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China may send envoys 

National
2012-2-8

CHINA said yesterday that it was considering sending envoys to discuss ways to end the violence in Syria. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told a news briefing in Beijing that China wants the violence resolved...

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Chinese workers freed in Sudan 

National
2012-2-8

REBEL forces in Sudan's border state of South Kordofan released 29 Chinese workers to the International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday, 11 days after they were kidnapped, Sudan's foreign ministry said. The...

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The boy who came in from the cold 

National
2012-2-8

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Real names the rule in Beijing 

National
2012-2-8

BEIJING microbloggers will be banned from posting or reposting messages if they haven't registered with their real names by March 16, officials in the capital said yesterday. On December 16 last year the city...