An earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwestern China Saturday morning, killing at least one person and injuring several more, according to state media and the China Earthquake Administration.
Aug 302013
Aug 302013
An earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwestern China Saturday morning, killing at least one person and injuring several more, according to state media and the China Earthquake Administration.
Aug 302013
An earthquake struck a remote part of southwest China on Saturday near the popular tourist area of Shangri-La, killing at least one person, state media said.
Aug 302013
NBA star Jeremy Lin sends basketballs with his signature to students of the Lushan Middle School in the quake-hit Lushan County of Ya’an City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Aug. 30, 2013.
Aug 282013
 |
|
Xue Charles Bi-Chuen, an investor and prolific microblogger was arrested in Beijing last Friday. |
Police in Beijing have captured 27 people after they were found to have been involved in prostitution, including Chinese-American Xue Charles Bi-Chuen, who is a famous online commentator.
Xue, 60, an investor and prolific microblogger with more than 12 million followers, was arrested in the Chaoyang District of Beijing last Friday, police said.
Xue was accused of group licentiousness for participating in group sex parties, according to police, adding that among the detainees nine were male and 18 were female, who were captured in late August.
Investigation found Xue, whose Chinese name was “Xue Biqun” and was verified as “Xue Manzi” in Sina Weibo, China’s most popular Twitter-like service, came to China in 2007 and had engaged in licentious activities with more than ten female sex workers since May this year.
He also admitted that he has a problem with his addiction to soliciting prostitutes.
After the local police reported Xue’s detaining to the U.S. embassy on Saturday, the embassy sent its consular officers to visit him on Monday afternoon.
“We are aware that a US citizen has been detained in Beijing, and the embassy will provide all appropriate consular assistance,” Justin Higgins, acting spokesman of the US embassy, told the Global Times late Wednesday in an interview, but refused to make further comment due to “considerations of privacy.”
The case is still under investigation, local police said.
Xue Manzi, who currently has over 12 million Weibo followers, has advocated for critical illness insurance in China, initiated a campaign to track down trafficked children and called for transparent details on pollution in the country.
Xinhua contributed to this story.
Aug 202013
Austrian oil and gas company OMV announced Monday a 2.65-billion-U.S. dollar acquisition of North Sea interests from Norwegian company Statoil, making it the largest industrial investment in Austrian history.
Aug 172013
U.S. companies want to invest in Brazil, but need more guarantees to do so, visiting U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said on Friday.
Aug 142013
European Union (EU) Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs Olli Rehn on Wednesday hailed the latest European economic data as encouraging, but warned the debt and economic crisis in Europe was not over.
Aug 142013
However he said the dwell time of transit cargo is at six days which translates to reduction of one day that must be improved d. Ndua said they intend to reduce free storage days for both local and transit cargo from six days to the globally recognized three days once all measure have been put in place at the port t. He said stakeholders will be meeting soon to deliberate the reduction of storage period to avoid any inconvenience for importers and shipping companies who are likely to incur huge demurrage charges s.
Aug 132013
The IMF arrangement is designed to facilitate the rapid reduction of financial market stress in Hungary,while supporting the country’s long-term economic reforms.