BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court will try a rights campaigner in the nation's southwest for "illegal possession of state secrets" after he gave help to parents of children killed in last year's devastating earthquake, his wife said. Huang Qi, 45, was detained in quake-hit Sichuan province last June and on Monday a court in the provincial capital Chengdu told his wife Zeng Li he would be tried on the state security charge on Tuesday, she said by telephone. "They didn't say what...
Beijing to phase out firing squads in favour of lethal injection
The Times
The Times
Execution by firing squad will be halted in Beijing by the end of the year, to be replaced by lethal injection. The ruling is designed to make the death penalty less cumbersome and to reduce the trauma to all involved -...
Chinese makers of faulty products rarely suffer consequences
The Wichita Eagle
The Wichita Eagle
WASHINGTON - Chinese manufacturers made more than half of the goods that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled last year, but few of them paid any price for producing defective wares. The long list of...
China's empty land reform
The Guardian
The Guardian
Recently, Beijing announced new procedures to "give an effective guarantee" to rural citizens that their land rights would be respected by "standardising" arbitration procedures. This is explicit recognition that rural...
Report: China likely to reject Hummer acquisition
The Wichita Eagle
The Wichita Eagle
BEIJING - China's planning agency is likely to reject a Chinese company's bid to acquire General Motors Corp.'s Hummer unit, in part because its gas-guzzling vehicles conflict with Beijing's conservation goals, state...
China likely to reject Hummer acquisition: report
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
BEIJING -- China's planning agency is likely to reject a Chinese company's bid to acquire General Motors Corp.'s Hummer unit, in part because its gas-guzzling vehicles conflict with Beijing's conservation goals, state...
Report: China likely to reject Hummer acquisition due to energy, business concerns
Stockhouse
Stockhouse
BEIJING - China's planning agency is likely to reject a Chinese company's bid to acquire General Motors Corp.'s Hummer unit, in part because its gas-guzzling vehicles conflict with Beijing's conservation goals, state...
A Move Back Toward Due Process
The New York Times
The New York Times
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has served the cause of justice by reversing a noxious last-minute order by the Bush administration that diluted the promise of a fair hearing for immigrants facing deportation. Skip...
PLI and Morrison & Foerster Break New Ground with the First Complete Guide to Highly Popular Exempt and Hybrid Securities Offerings
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PLI and Morrison & Foerster Break New Ground with the First Complete Guide to Highly ...
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
Pawlenty keeps the upper hand
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Unallotment: The authority granted the governor by state law to reduce spending if anticipated revenues fall short of what's needed for the remainder of a two-year budget period. DFLers say Gov. Tim Pawlenty is acting...
No one rushes to sue Pawlenty
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Unallotment: The authority granted the governor by state law to reduce spending if anticipated revenues fall short of what's needed for the remainder of a two-year budget period. DFLers say Gov. Tim Pawlenty is acting...
Pawlenty keeps the upper hand on budget
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Unallotment: The authority granted the governor by state law to reduce spending if anticipated revenues fall short of what's needed for the remainder of a two-year budget period. DFLers say Gov. Tim Pawlenty is acting...

