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Bank of America (BAC) Seeks to Boost Stake in China Construction Bank (CCB)Bank of America Corp. (BAC) will likely boost its stake in state-owned banking giant China Construction Bank Corp., paying about 36 cents a share (2.46 yuan), or 1.2 times the Beijing-based lender’s book value, China’s Caijing magazine reported last Friday, citing unidentified sourc... |
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Olympic ticket scalpers jailedTwo men who tried to scalp more than 500 Beijing Olympic tickets have been jailed and fined a total of 894,000 yuan ($A205,000), in the biggest such case in China's history. ... |
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2 years jail for Olympic ticket toutChina has sent an Olympic ticket tout to jail for two years, and fined him 450,000 yuan for illegally selling over 500 passes to the summer Games, in the biggest such case to come to court in Beijing. ... |
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2 years jail for Olympic ticket toutChina has sent an Olympic ticket tout to jail for two years, and fined him 450,000 yuan for illegally selling over 500 passes to the summer Games, in the biggest such case to come to court in Beijing. ... |
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Ducking In & Out Of BeijingArriving in Beijing, I did the typical tourist things. I spent a few hours touring the Forbidden City. I ventured outside the city to visit the Ming Tombs and the remote Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. Beautiful. Awe-inspiring. Even so, I know what my dear readers care about: How w... |
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Chinese City Bakes Bad Milk Into Bricks [Tainted Milk]As you've probably heard by now, China's been dealing with a massive tainted milk problem. Now that hundreds of tons of milk products have been recalled, precincts are scrambling to figure out what to do with the resulting trash. One city in Southern China has decided that one great way to get r... |


