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MANILA, Philippines - Perth Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge will preside in a five-day basketball camp in Xiamen designed for the National University varsity during the Bulldogs’ ongoing two-week China tour. Beveridge arrived in Xiamen from Australia ...
May 27, 2012 at 19:43 | Source: ESPN
The case should be seen as a sign of determination to fight corruption and crime, an official said. XIAMEN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Lai Changxing, the kingpin of a notorious smuggling ring, was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday for smuggling and bribery ...
May 18, 2012 at 04:30 | Source: Xinhua News Agency
Lai Changxing, a 53-year-old farmer turned master smuggler, was sentenced by a court in Xiamen, the southern Chinese city he effectively ruled over in the boom years of the mid-1990s, described by some as a Robin Hood figure, and by others as an enemy of the state.
May 18, 2012 at 10:57 | Source: The Business Insider
XIAMEN, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese supermarket chain has denied its overseas connections amid angry calls for a boycott after its former owner was found to have led recent anti-China protests over an ongoing sovereignty dispute between the Philippines and China.
May 15, 2012 at 03:08 | Source: Xinhua News Agency
SHANGHAI (MarketWatch) -- More Chinese cities will implement a trial tax reform by replacing business tax with lower value-added tax, including Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Xiamen and Shenzhen, the Shanghai Securities News reported Tuesday ...
May 22, 2012 at 01:48 | Source: Marketwatch
(Getty Images) A partial solar eclipse is seen from Tokyo on May 21, 2012. (Getty Images) A partial annular solar eclipse is seen from the coast of Xiamen, in China's southeast province of Fujian on May 21, 2012. (Getty Images) A partial annular solar ...
May 21, 2012 at 14:57 | Source: WXIA 11 Alive
Lai was jailed by a court in Xiamen, a coastal city in east China where he was accused of running a vast smuggling ring in the 1990s protected by senior officials who were paid off. "The crimes involve massive sums and particularly serious circumstances ...
May 18, 2012 at 02:36 | Source: YAHOO!
Lai Changxing's conviction by a court in Xiamen - a port city once considered his personal fiefdom - came after a 12-year extradition battle that ended last year, when Canada handed over the man often described as China's most wanted fugitive on ...
May 18, 2012 at 05:49 | Source: The Guardian
Lai was jailed by a court in Xiamen, a coastal city in east China where he was accused of running a vast smuggling ring in the 1990s protected by senior officials who were paid off. “The crimes involve massive sums and particularly serious circumstances ...
May 16, 2012 at 23:59 | Source: calgaryherald.com
The sentencing marked an end for what a decade ago had been one of China's biggest political scandals. From Xiamen and through his company the Yuanhua Group, Lai ran an extensive smuggling network, using the amassed fortune to cultivate powerful political protectors.
May 19, 2012 at 04:00 | Source: YAHOO!