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Tag Archives: law
I was just reading in the BBC Chinese ab …
I was just reading in the BBC Chinese about a recently released report from the Chinese govt’s national audit office, whose job it is to figure out where corrupt officials are stashing their ill gained loot. Here’s the article in … Continue reading
The return of the nail houses
Well, the nail-houses have never gone anywhere, it’s more a matter of where the media has gone when they don’t cover them. I’m not saying there ought to be round the clock coverage, just that the phenomenon is and always … Continue reading
Chinese journalist Jing Jianfeng to go on trial
Just saw this on a Xici thread. Basically, the story goes like this: Cheng Weixiu (成维秀), a migrant worker from Lin county in Shanxi province（陝西臨縣) was supposedly beaten to death by a coal mine boss Xue Sanwei (薛三卫) in 2007. … Continue reading
Nanyang: Man fined 1900 yuan for having porno on his computer
Man, I’d hate to see what I would get fined if they … Poor Ren Chaoqi, you really have to feel for this guy — he got his fifteen minutes of fame for being fined 1900 RMB for having some … Continue reading
ATM scams in China…this is how they do it
银行因挂失电话冗长误事 赔偿客户1万元(图)_网易新闻中心 via kwout Never deposit a huge wad of money in the bank machine, at least not in Guangzhou, and definitely not in front of strange men that you don’t know. The scam is interesting: Mr. Shu puts the … Continue reading
China Media Say Ten Multinational Corporations Fail On CSR
This is from the China CSR newsletter: August 5, 2008 Local sources report that according to a committee organized by Chinese media, ten multinational corporations have been exposed for lack of corporate social responsibility in China. According to Sina.com, the … Continue reading
Old man kicks Chen Shuibian in the ass, Chinese people rejoice
Well, I was about to write “old” until I realized that my parents are about the same age. Shu Anquan, 64, waited outside the Taipei courthouse where former Taiwanese prez Chen Shuibian took the stand as the defendant. Shu comes … Continue reading
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Notice to Chinese petitioners: if you fight the law, the law will win.
徐贲：善待底层民情_网易新闻中心 via kwout These two pictures, from Hunan province, have been making the rounds on the internet because of what it says on the banners: the first one says “谁不依法信访就打击谁” which means “whoever unlawfully petitions the government will be attacked” … Continue reading
The troubles in Weng’an and Jiang Jie He village: gangs, dams, mines, gambling, death
I was reading Southern Weekend’s investigation into the Weng’an region: the common wisdom now is that the problems didn’t begin or end with the June 28 incident, but that the latter was merely what happened when long simmering problems reached … Continue reading