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China punishes ’Ip Man 3’ distributor for box office fraud

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – China’s film authorities have suspended the license of a distributor that inflated box office figures for Hong Kong martial arts movie “Ip Man 3,” according to state media. The third installment of the franchise starring Donnie Yen opened in mainland China on March 4 and soon attracted […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing Max Screen, China, Chinese, Donnie Yen, Hong Kong, Ip Man, United States, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1, Xinhua News Agency, Zhang Hongsen

Fake story reflects real divide between rural, urban Chinese

March 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A woman from a big Chinese city visits her boyfriend’s rural hometown and is so appalled by the squalor she sees that she dumps him. The story was fake, but it swept through Chinese media because it highlighted a deep societal gap that the ruling Communist Party has vowed to close.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Associated Press, Beijing-based Renmin University, China, Chinese New Year, Communist Party, National People, Premier Li Keqiang, Rural Chinese, Tang Yinghong, Tsinghua University, Wu Qiang, Xinhua News Agency, Zheng Fengtian, Zhu Liangyu

China seizes 620 turtles and tortoises smuggled from Vietnam

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese border patrol officials seized 620 wild turtles and tortoises — 510 of them considered endangered — that were found alive in a shipment of frozen seafood from Vietnam, state media said Sunday. The official Xinhua News Agency said border police detected crawling sounds when they were inspecting the shipment at a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: China, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 38| September 12 - September 18, Xinhua News Agency

Ex-top China military official, facing bribery probe, dies

March 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP)  — The Chinese military’s former second-highest ranking officer, Xu Caihou, who had been under investigation for alleged bribe-taking and brokering of promotions, has died in a hospital of cancer, the state Xinhua News Agency reported early Monday. He was 71. A former deputy chairman of the ruling Communist Party’s Central […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Beijing, CMC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Communist Party, Ex-top China, Gu Junshan, Hong Kong-based, Hu Jintao, Liberation Army, Phoenix Weekly, President Xi Jinping, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, Xinhua News Agency, Xu Caihou

Witnesses: Sequence of errors led to Shanghai stampede

January 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — On New Year’s Eve of 2013, Shanghai authorities sent about 6,000 city police officers

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, Chen Yi, China, Huangpu River, Jack Chang, Liu Tiemin, New Year, Pan Haiqin, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16, Wang Qiang, Witnesses Sequence, Xinhua News Agency, Yu Ping, Zhao Chu, Zhao Weiwei

Jackie Chan expresses shame over his son’s drug charge

January 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong action film star Jackie Chan said he feels shame for his son, Jaycee Chan, who has been indicted by Beijing prosecutors on a drug charge and could be jailed for up to three years. Jaycee is the son of Chan and his wife, Lin Feng-Jiao, a Taiwanese actor. Jaycee was […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: 2009, Beijing, CCTV, China, Chinese People, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Jackie Chan, Jaycee Chan, Ko Chen-tung, Ko Kai, Los Angeles, Political Consultative Conference, Stacy Nguyen, Xinhua News Agency, attention

China reveals cases of torture in police detention

September 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Three police officers and four other people have been convicted of torturing suspects to obtain confessions, China’s official state news agency reported, in a rare instance of prosecution of the practice.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Cheng Xiaowei, China, Chinese, Harbin Intermediate People, Hong Daode, Hong Kong-based Human Rights Watch, Maya Wang, Vol 33 No 40 | Septembe 27 - October 3, Wu Yan, Xinhua News Agency, Zhao Chunguang

China braces for 2nd typhoon; Taiwan drenched

August 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — China was bracing Wednesday for the arrival of a second typhoon in less than a week, as communities along the country’s southern coast cleared away debris in the wake of the earlier storm, which killed dozens of people.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Central News Agency, China Meteorological Administration, Chinese, Hainan Island, Hong Kong Observatory, Philippines, Taiwan, Typhoon Matmo, Typhoon Rammasun, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 32 | August 2 - August 8, Xinhua News Agency

China government executes 13 over terrorism, violent crimes

June 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) – China executed 13 people on June 15 over terrorism and violent crimes in the far western region of Xinjiang, including three men accused in an attack that left at least 34 people dead, state media said.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Beijing, China, Dilxat Raxit, Han Chinese, Muslim Uighur, Philippines, SWAT, Supreme People, Tiananmen Gate, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, World Uyghur Congress, Xinhua News Agency

China dispatches pollution inspectors amid bad air

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – China’s environment ministry said on Feb. 23 that it had sent inspectors to Beijing and other areas of the country to inspect polluting industries and check construction sites amid a spell of severe air pollution.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Beijing, China, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, Xinhua News Agency

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