BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese police detained more than 4,500 suspects in the 1,900 cases of pyramid selling they investigated in 2011, according to figures released on Friday.

During the investigation, the police froze nearly 900 million yuan (143 U.S. dollars) of illegal assets, said a statement jointly issued by the Ministry of Public Security and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

Pyramid selling has been banned in China since 1998, but “remains rampant in some regions and is posing …

SHENZHEN, March 31 (Xinhua) — A court on Saturday blocked a request to liquidate Proview Electronics, which is in dispute with Apple Inc. over the use of the iPad trademark.

The Intermediate People’s Court of Shenzhen rejected the request filed by Proview’s creditor Fubon Insurance, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Fubon Financial, on the grounds that the iPad trademark owned by Proview as a company asset might be valuable enough to pay off its debts.

“As it is too early to determine Proview …

BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) — Chinese police announced Wednesday that 3,651 convicted drunk drivers have had their driver’s licenses permanently revoked since the introduction of an upgraded statute last May.
Such punishments apply to those drivers whose drunk driving causes an accident serious enough to constitute a crime, according to the amended Road Traffic Safety Law which went into effect on May 1, 2011.
Previously, the law also imposed license revocations for repeated drunk driving offenses, …

BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese stocks dropped to a six-week low on Tuesday, dragged down mainly by liquor producers and oil refineries.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.15 percent, or 3.42 points, to end at 2,347.18.

The Shenzhen Component Index dropped 1.05 percent, or 104.75 points, to end at 9,841.38.

Combined turnover on the two bourses expanded to 124.97 billion yuan (19.89 billion U.S. dollars) from 107.4 billion yuan the previous trading day.

Losers outnumbered gainers by 510 to 373 in Shanghai, …

CHENGDU, China, March 25, 2012.- On March 23, the 86th China National Food, Wine & Spirits Fair, sponsored by China National Sugar and Alcohol Group Corp. and the People’s Government of Chengdu Municipality, is grandly opened in Chengdu, China’s Celebrated City for Exhibitions and Meetings.

The Food, Wine & Spirits Fair is the largest platform connecting production and marketing of wine and food industries in China.

After development of more …

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) — China’s consumer quality watchdog on Tuesday urged the manufacturer of imported Renault automobiles to recall two defective models and take immediate action to remove potential safety hazards.

The Renault Megane 2.0 and Scenic 2.0-model vehicles were specified in a notice posted on the website of the General Administration of Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).

The Megane-model vehicles may carry a safety risk due to improperly functioning airbags, while the Scenic-model vehicles may have defective dashboards, the …

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) — About 900,000 cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were discovered and treated in 2011, including 423,000 infectious cases, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced Monday at a press conference.

Xiao Donglou, a health inspector from the MOH, said at the press conference that China improved its ability to prevent and control TB last year, focusing on HIV/TB co-infections and cases of TB among the country’s migrant population.

Xiao said 1,701 HIV/TB co-infections were reported last year, as well …

SINGAPORE- UNITED STATES – STATS ChipPAC Ltd. (“STATS ChipPAC” or the “Company”) (SGX-ST: STATSChP), a leading semiconductor test and advanced packaging service provider, today provided an update on its outlook for the first quarter 2012.
In its first quarter 2012 outlook published in the Company’s fourth quarter and full year 2011 results release dated 1 February 2012, the Company had expected net …

HOHHOT, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — A month-long cold front has persisted in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region and caused havoc for more than 40,000 people, said local authorities Tuesday.

Over 1,600 heads of livestock were killed and cracks appeared on walls in over 8,000 homes due to the freezing weather in the city of Hulunbuir, located in the region’s northeast, according to a spokesman with the regional civil affairs department.

The …