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Beijing car plate petition hits 100,000 in 4 days

2011-01-05 16:47:43

A new restriction on Beijing's monthly car license has achieved no significant result, at least for now, as the municipal government says more than 100,000 applications have been filed online just four days into the new year.

Personal income tax reform not to alter threshold

2011-01-05 16:38:27

The personal income tax reform is unlikely to change the 2,000 yuan ($303) threshold, but may adjust the tax rates and the distances between rate levels, China Business Herald reported Tuesday citing anonymous sources.

Beijing leads in housing price hike

2011-01-05 15:48:23

Average prices of newly built commercial-residential buildings in the country’s four first-tier cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, all surged in 2010, according to China Real Estate Information Corp (CRIC), the Shanghai Securities News reported Wednesday.

Olympic champion divorces after 2-year fight

2011-01-05 15:44:45

Famous table tennis player Ma Lin has finally settled his divorce with Zhang Ningyi after six trials in two years, Guangzhou Daily reported.

15-year jail for 3m yuan vice-mayor conman

2011-01-05 15:37:52

A man who swindled a female vice mayor 2.86 million yuan ($430,000) through a false relationship was sentenced to 15 years in jail on charges of fraud in Beijing, Beijing News reported Wednesday.

Rugged Great Wall hikes top accident list

2011-01-05 15:31:47

Visitors are being urged to avoid climbing on undeveloped parts of the Great Wall after the site topped a list of sporting accidents in 2010.

Tour bus driver dies after tiger bite

2011-01-05 15:08:27

A tour bus driver was bitten by a tiger and died on the spot at Hengdao Hezi Tiger Breeding Center (HHTBC) in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, Jan 3, 2011, dbw.cn reported Wednesday.

Adult children must visit parents regularly by law

2011-01-05 14:27:16

Adult children of elderly parents will be required to visit their parents regularly and must care for their spiritual needs and cannot neglect or isolate them, according to a draft amendment of China’s elder law, Legal Daily reported Wednesday.

Bohai-Xinjiang water project still in talks

2011-01-05 14:26:32

The government has not yet come to a final decision on building a water transfer system in order to divert seawater from Bohai Sea to the drought-stricken Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Beijing Times reported Wednesday, citing the State Forestry Administration's Deputy Director Zhu Lieke.

The 42m-yuan masked lottery winner

2011-01-05 13:59:13

China's latest multi-millionaire lottery winner collected his prize wearing a disguise and said he would not immediately tell his family about his new fortune.

4 men indicted for mass spam texting

2011-01-05 13:49:10

Four young men who were accused of sending mass spam text messages were indicted on charges of illegal business operation, prosecutors in Beijing's Xicheng district said Tuesday.

China's first sentence in homosexual rape case

2011-01-05 09:21:45

In a first for China, a man received a one-year prison sentence in a homosexual rape case in Beijing on charges of intentional injury, marking the advancement of Chinese law on homosexual crime, djnews.com.cn reported Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011.