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Panguso: China's new search engine

Wed, 02/23/2011 - 16:55 by Anter Prakash Singh

China has launched its own Internet search engine 'Panguso,'which will be operated by China's news agency Xinhua and China Mobile.

Former TV anchor accused of contract fraud

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 10:31 by shalini.bahadur

Shijiazhuang, China, Oct. 19: Former China Central Television anchorman Fang Hongjin was detained for alleged contract fraud, police in north China's Hebei Province said.

Fang, 48, was released on bail after he returned his contractual income of $146,000, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Monday.

Fang is accused of agreeing to secure television advertisement space through the advertising firm he is a partner in for an instant noodle company, and then failing to fulfill the contract.

Xinhua did not report the amount of Fang's or what penalties he might face in the case.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Report of town with no men confuses Swedes

Tue, 10/06/2009 - 11:06 by shalini.bahadur

Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 5: Swedish tourism officials said they are skeptical of claims in Chinese media outlets of a mythical town in the Scandinavian country where no men are allowed.

Claes Bertilson, a spokesman for Sweden's Association of Local Authorities and Regions, said he has never heard of Chako Paul City, which China's state-run Xinhua news agency said was founded in a wooded region of northern Sweden in 1820, The Local reported Monday.

"I've never heard anything about it," he said.

Xinhua said men who attempt to enter the "women-only" city are "beaten half to death" by police and China's Harbin News said many women in the city turn to homosexuality "because they could not suppress their sexual needs."

More tax rebates to boost Chinese exports

Tue, 06/09/2009 - 10:18 by preet_20

Beijing -- China, needing to shore up exports in the current global economic downturn, has again raised its export tax rebates, the seventh such boost since last August.

The finance ministry announced Monday the tax rebates would go up on more than 2,600 items, including processed farm products, machines, shoes, hats and toys, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Ministry official Liu Shangxi told Xinhua the new policy reflects efforts to boost the export sector and increase domestic consumption.

"China's exports still face difficulties in the short term. The tax rebate increase would help exporters reduce costs and shore up exports," he said.

Buyer: No plans to make Hummer in China

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 10:19 by preet_20

Beijing -- China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery says it has no plans to make General Motors' Hummer vehicles in China.

The private Chinese firm plans to buy the heavy-duty sport utility vehicle brand from the U.S. automaker, which is now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

"Rather than setting up a plant in China, Tengzhong will use the current facilities including their employees in the United States," spokesman Zhao Xiaolu told Xinhua.

Tengzhong, with headquarters in southwest China's Sichuan province, is a leading maker of road, construction and energy industry equipment, the Chinese news agency said. It came into being in 2005 after a number of mergers and currently employees about 4,800 people.