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Asia: Kempinski opening hotels in China and India
Another longtime European hotel group is making fresh inroads into Asia. Kempinski Hotels, one of Europe's oldest luxury hotel groups, is adding to its portfolio of 75 properties by opening three hotels in China and another in India. "We are opening...
Tags: China, Lifestyle and Leisure, India, Nobel Prize Awards, Chinese Restaurants
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Architect Zaha Hadid dealing with design piracy in China
When it comes to doing business in China, Hollywood is well acquainted with the perils of piracy. Now it appears that architects must also be wary of unlicensed copying while in that country. Architect Zaha Hadid is reportedly dealing with a pirated...
Tags: Arts, China, Architecture, Wang Shu, Arts and Culture
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Chinese state media implicate fallen politician in murder scandal
World NowFor the first time, Chinese state media appear to have implicated fallen Communist Party official Bo Xilai in the murder scandal that has gripped the country, reporting that he angrily rebuked the local police chief, Wang Lijun when told that Bo's wife,... -
Bo Xilai scandal: Wang Lijun on trial for bribe-taking, defection
World NowBEIJING -- Wang Lijun, the Chinese police chief who touched off a far-reaching political scandal in February when he sought refuge at a U.S. consulate, stood trial Tuesday on charges of bribe-taking and “bending the law for selfish ends.”... -
In China, questions abound despite verdict in Gu Kailai trial
World NowLegal experts are questioning the trial of Gu Kailai -- the wife of a former Chinese Politburo member -- who was given a suspended death sentence for poisoning British businessman Neil Heywood.... -
Beijing car crash opens door to another scandal in China
World NowBefore dawn on March 18, a black Ferrari slammed into a concrete barrier in Beijing, killing the young male driver, badly injuring two young women and setting off yet another episode in the soap opera that has become Chinese politics. Chinese-language... -
Former police official linked to China scandal faces charges
World NowWang Lijun, the Chinese police official who sought refuge at a U.S. consulate earlier this year, was formally charged Wednesday with defection, abuse of power, bribe-taking and what was described by the state press as “bending the law for selfish... -
Former police chief in China gets 15-year sentence in scandal
World NowBEIJING – The Chinese police chief who fled to a U.S. consulate in February and set off a messy, sprawling political scandal involving murder was convicted Monday on charges of abuse of power, defection bribe-taking and “bending the law for... -
Han Suyin dies at 95; wrote 'Many-Splendored Thing'
Han Suyin defiantly straddled two worlds decades before multiculturalism became fashionable. "We must carry ourselves with colossal assurance and say, 'Look at us, the Eurasians!' " the half-Chinese, half-Belgian physician and author whose career swept...
Tags: China, India, Science and Technology, Literature, Swiss Confederation
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Wife of deposed Chinese leader formally charged with murder
World NowCharges in China scandal: Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, and one of her aides were formally charged with murder of a British businessman, the official New China News Agency reported Thursday. Gu and her aide, Zhang Xiaojun,... -
Chinese official's wife admits poisoning British businessman, court says
World NowGu Kailai, the wife of a Chinese Politburo member, and her butler both admitted poisoning a British businessman with whom the family had a financial dispute, a court official told reporters in a press conference Thursday. At the end of a daylong trial... -
Murder trial of Chinese official's wife: charges uncontested
World NowGu Kailai's murder trial opened and closed on Thursday, lasting all of seven hours. At the end of the session, a court official held a press conference at a nearby hotel that Gu, 54, and a co-defendant, Zhang Xiaojun, 33, the family’s butler, had...
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