HTC co-founder Cher Wang, widely considered one of the most powerful and successful women in technology, was defrauded of $7.4 million intended for a church she attended in Saratoga, California, a US court heard.
Beijing is to strengthen research on air quality forecasting with data from more monitoring stations to improve decisions taken to curb smog.
China plans to expand air quality forecasting services to cover more cities after the opening of a national website at the start of the year.
Any defense deployment on China's territory would be legitimate, Beijing said on Wednesday, responding to reports that China has positioned anti-aircraft missiles on the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea.
In a season when blockbusters are deemed standard, The Mermaid has proved to be so splashy that it wiped clean a slate of records and made numerous headlines. The Stephen Chow comic fantasy, which opened on Lunar New Year's Day, Feb 8, set a record with seven consecutive days with at least 230 million yuan ($35.2 million) in receipts each day.
Beijing hopes that commitments will be "honored by actions" after the United States and the leaders of Southeast Asian nations pledged "non-militarization" in a joint statement following a two-day gathering.
Lost for over 200 years, a cantata co-written by classical maestros Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri rang out in public for the first time on Tuesday, shedding new light on their reputed intense rivalry.
The National Development and Reform Commission pledged to increase investment led by the central government in major facilities in industry and public service, after the nation reported lower growth in investment in fixed assets last year.
When it comes to Lunar New Year, relations between China and the US couldn't be better.
Item from Feb 18, 1989, in China Daily: The Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Plant in Hunan province, the country's only specialized electric locomotive producer, manufactured 170 locomotives last year, chalking up record highs both in production value and output.
Many mother shave been complaining about inadequate public baby care facilities. Read the story on page 5.
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