Chongqing China

On the evening of May 27, thousands of Wangsheng District residents walked the street in protest. (Screenshot from NTD Television) Each evening in the Wangsheng District of the central-western ...  

Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses as of the close. The Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP), which tracks the bigger of China’s stock exchanges, fell 4.97 points, or 0.2 percent ...  

Ameco (Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corp) Beijing has added a third international customer to its Chongqing outstation. Earlier this month the MRO provider entered into a contract with Finnair to support the airline’s four-times-weekly ...  

BEIJING -- Authorities are questioning billions of dollars worth of government spending in the city of Chongqing launched under fallen top Chinese leader Bo Xilai, according to people familiar with the matter, in a direct challenge to his state-heavy, populist programs that drew interest from across China. Chongqing's new...  

UTStarcom announces that it has won a contract from Chongqing Radio and Television Group to build an integrated IPTV broadcasting control platform. Chongqing, one of the largest municipalities in China, is the first of the 42 new trial cities to award a contract to an IPTV solution provider. The new broadcasting control platform can support the content management and distribution needs of IPTV, Internet TV and mobile TV. Since 2010, UTStarcom...  

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday said it planned to invest $600 million to expand annual production by 350,000 units at its plant in the central Chinese city of Chongqing. The company and its Changan Ford Mazda Automobile joint venture would expand capacity in Chongqing by 2014 to "meet growing demand in the world's largest auto market," Ford said....  

SINGAPORE: A consortium led by CapitaLand that is pumping 21 billion yuan (S$4.3 billion) into developing a site in Chongqing, China, said it is working closely with the local government to implement the project and the project is "progressing as planned".  

Chongqing, China — The legacy of Bo Xilai, the ousted regional Communist Party chief, endures in this southwestern Chinese mega-city with its four-lane highways, expanding factories and hundreds of thousands of new apartments. While Bo remains under ...  

The Chinese government is shocked - shocked, they say - to discover one of its own rising stars, Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party boss in the southwestern city of Chongqing, was deeply corrupt. Many ordinary Chinese were less surprised to read the lurid details of how much money Bo and his family allegedly embezzled. After all, while Bo was preaching socialist values in Chongqing, his playboy son, Bo Guagua, was spotted buzzing around...  

CHONGQING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo New Energy" or the "Company"), a leading polysilicon manufacturer based in China, announced that its subsidiary Chongqing Daqo New Energy was praised by Chongqing municipal government as one of the “50 Largest independent enterprise taxpayers in Chongqing in 2011”. In the awarding ceremony, the Mayor of Chongqing, Mr. Qifan Huang presented the award to Dr. Gongda Yao...  

CHONGQING, China — The legacy of Bo Xilai, the ousted regional Communist Party chief, endures in this southwestern Chinese megacity with its four-lane highways, expanding factories and hundreds of thousands of new apartment units. While Bo remains under ...  

The local government of Chongqing, western China, has offered financial prizes of CNY150 million (US$23.8 million) in total to encourage notebook shipments, with a recipient required to have monthly shipments in May or June 2012 exceeding shipments in any month in January-April, according to sources from Taiwan-based supply chain makers.  

Ko Ja (Cayman), a Taiwan-based maker of membrane touch switches (MTS) mainly used in notebook keyboards, will establish a factory in Chongqing, western China, with production to kick off in the second quarter of 2013, according to company chairman Lin Chih-feng.  

The New York Times’ Edward Wong reports that Chongqing officials are investigating whether local police officers used torture during former party chief Bo Xilai’s anticrime campaign: The review of police actions was revealed in interviews with a lawyer in Beijing and a person in Chongqing with ties to police officials. It appears to be part of a deeper critical look at Mr. Bo’s reign in Chongqing and could be used to further tarnish his...  

Today Finnair begins flying direct to Chongqing, one of the largest and fastest-growing cities in China. The new route is a logical next step in the carrier’s strategy of offering the shortest connections between Asia and Europe via Helsinki. Finnair is the first carrier to open a direct flight route between Europe and Chongqing.  

After the sudden replacement of Chongqing's committee secretary in China, the government of Chongqing reportedly will accelerate the subsidy it promised to notebook players as a pacification with Hewlett-Packard (HP) is said to have already received the subsidy, while Acer will also soon to be subsidized along with the related ODMs, according to sources from upstream supply chain.  

CHONGQING, CHINA—I take a left out of the hotel, but the sidewalk is blocked by televisions. Reversing direction, I am soon lost in a jungle of shoebox stacks. On a stairway beside the hotel, a man carrying a refrigerator-sized basket on his back filled ...  

Fall of China official roils Chongqing, with some public dissent Residents who benefited from local chief Bo Xilai's initiatives openly defend him. But the crackdown, with sensational allegations against his wife, continues. By Jonathan Kaiman, Los Angeles Times April 11, 2012 CHONGQING, China — Change has come quickly to this sprawling city of 30 million people since the charismatic local party chief, Bo Xilai, was fired last month by the...  

MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parabel and CECEP sign agreement leading to ten commercial micro-crop license units. End products to include protein, feed, and feedstock for "drop-in" fuels. Initial construction is underway.  

Residents who benefited from local chief Bo Xilai's initiatives openly defend him. But the crackdown, with sensational allegations against his wife, continues.CHONGQING, China — Change has come quickly to this sprawling city of 30 million people since the charismatic local party chief, Bo Xilai, was fired last month by the national Communist Party leadership in China's most high-profile political shake-up in 20 years.  

CHONGQING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo New Energy" or the "Company"), a leading polysilicon manufacturer based in China, today announced its chief executive officer, Dr. Gongda Yao, received “2011 Chongqing Friendship Award” from Chongqing municipal government. This award was established in 2002 as the highest award to recognize foreign experts’ contribution to the city. Mr. Qifan Huang, Mayor of Chongqing...  

I am traveling now and will be for nearly the entire month. But let me direct you to a brilliant post by one of my favorite bloggers about a topic all of us are interested in. Xujun, who’s from Chongqing, puts into perspective a complex story in a truly must-read post.  

Chongqing municipal police have vowed to better protect foreigners after the recent death—believed to be a homicide—of a British national. Officials claim that outside of the recent scandal, there have been no cases of violent crimes against foreigners in Chongqing since 2010. The megacity is a hub of business, academics and tourism, and is plagued [...]  

Ford Motor has chosen China for its largest factory expansion program in a half century, announcing Thursday that it would build a $760 million assembly plant in Hangzhou, two weeks after announcing another $600 million plan to build a new assembly plant in Chongqing and less than six weeks after completing a third assembly plant in Chongqing.  

Scandals in Britain and China show the need for the separation of powers and the independence of professionsLet us consider the tale of Murdoch Xilai and little Bo James. I mix them up like this since both Britain and China are roiled by scandals involving corruption, spying, intimidation, cover-up and collusion at the highest levels.Of course such affairs do not unfold in quite the same way in one of the world's oldest democracies and in the...  

A man in Chongqing who says he is sick and tired of his (non-existent) sex life is taking matters into his hands in a most unusual way. The man was seen on a busy avenue wearing red female underwear, black stockings and a white bra. He was also wearing a pair of pink earrings and was not ashamed at all, striking different poses in front of cameras and mobile phones. [ more › ]  

For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab takes on the hottest political story of the day: the dismissal of former Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai and the investigation of his wife, Gu Kailai, for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Hotpot is a spicy Chongqing specialty, in which several ingredients are cooked in a huge pot in the center of the table. “Chongqing Hotpot” has also become a...  

BEIJING — The dramatic ouster of Bo Xilai as Communist Party chief in Chongqing has prompted an outpouring from people who say their relatives were wrongly jailed under his rule and want the government to reopen their cases. Read full article >>  

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Philip Chan, managing director of institutional equity sales at Shenyin Wanguo (H.K.) Ltd., talks about China's banks and his investment strategy. Chan also discusses People's Bank of China monetary policy. He speaks with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)  

SHANGHAI, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Shui On Land Limited, the Shui On Group's flagship property development company in Mainland China, launched Commercial Cluster of Chongqing Tiandi to the public, domestic and international enterprises and media, at Langham Hotel,...  

It is reported that Chongqing Energy Investment Group mainly engaged in the coal, power and gas sectors plans to issue CNY 1 billion worth of unsecured medium-term notes with a maturity of five years on the interbank market on May 29. The company said in a ...  

The latest on Madam Gu: apparently she was having a torrid affair with a French lawyer in Bournemouth, described as a 'faded resort town'. According to every US newspaper style book, all English resort towns are 'faded'. But anyway, this...  

Online reports circulating in China say thousands of residents of Wansheng District in Chongqing protested and rioted today over an administrative decision to merge two separate districts. According to online reports, residents of Wansheng District are afraid their living standards and economic conditions will deteriorate after the merge. The riots occurred the same day that the central government announced that former Chongqing Party chief Bo...  

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Reuters relays new and bizarre details surrounding the Gu Kailai, wife of the disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai and the chief suspect in the murder investigation into British businessman Neil Heywood: A few days after Heywood was killed in Chongqing, southwest China in November, Gu strode into a meeting of police officials wearing a military uniform and gave a rambling speech in which she told the startled officials that she was...  

Ford and its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA) will invest approximately US$600 million to expand capacity in Chongqing by 350,000 passenger vehicles, raising total capacity in China to 950,000 vehicles annually. The new investment will increase Ford’s total...  

[Note: this post is cross-posted (with light editing) from the FOARP blog, and does not necessarily reflect anyone's views other than my own. All errors are mine - Gil] [Note from Richard: This guest post does not necessarily reflect my own views.]   From my seat in a delightfully pretentious health-food restaurant (think Shanghai’s Element [...]  

The U.K. has asked China to open an investigation into the death last year of a British businessman with potential ties to the family of Bo Xilai, the latest twist in the drama surrounding the dismissal of the former Chongqing party chief. The man, Neil Heywood, was found dead in his Chongqing hotel room in November and authorities cremated the body without an autopsy after claiming he had died of “excessive alcohol consumption.” From Reuters...  

Bo Xilai, former Party Secretary of Chongqing and current Politburo member, was recently sacked by Chinese leadership. He is well known for his economic success at growing Chongqing, and his flamboyant leadership style which included the revival of "Red Culture"[previously]. Prior to removal from office, Bo Xilai was considered a top contender for a spot on the Standing Committee of the Politburo, a nine person body that is effectively the...  

Beijing Steps In to Steady City Bo Ruled By BRIAN SPEGELE BEIJING—A senior Chinese leader expressed concern over the stability of development in Chongqing, the city run by fallen politician Bo Xilai until last month, and promised greater central-government support for the city in the aftermath of the upheaval. The statement marks the latest sign that China's central government is working to secure its hold over Chongqing, where Mr. Bo built a...  

With details of an alleged murder plot threatening to make their way into the public spotlight, Chinese politician Bo Xilai had two people tortured to death in an attempt to quash an investigation, according to a document recited to government officials in Chongqing. On Feb. 6, Wang Lijun — the police chief of Chongqing and ...  

Ministry of Tofu translates, together with comments from Sina Weibo, a Sina.com photo essay showing migrant workers in Chongqing living in improvised tents and shacks, under bridges or on construction sites.Mr. Zhou, 47 years old, lives under the Sandong Bridge in Chongqing. He does not think there is much worth complaining under such living conditions. “We suffered from wage arrears before, but this is no longer a problem now,” He smiled,“We...  

Guess what else has been happening in the wider Chongqing area. Order was being restored Wednesday after thousands of people clashed with police in a district of Chongqing that is struggling economically, a local official said. The incident began at...  

April 13, 2012 1:50 AM[SINGAPORE] City Developments (CDL) will stand pat on its China strategy, and in particular its entry into Chongqing, despite the stunning charges levelled against the former chief of Chongqing, Bo Xilai, in recent weeks, it said yesterday.  

HONG KONG — With China’s propaganda apparatus in overdrive as the Communist Party demolishes the reputation of one of its former stars, a few defiant and angry fans are sticking to their guns. “We support the Chongqing Model and Bo Xilai,” declared a call to arms posted on the Web site of the Progress Society, a pugnacious “new left” fraternity that trumpets the ousted Chongqing Party boss as a hero. Its logo features a panda wearing a Mao cap...  

Chongqing hotpot = King of the Southwest = King Who Pacifies the West = Minister of Yu = Tomato What do these words have in common? They are all coded references to Bo Xilai, the disgraced former Communist Party leader in southwestern Chongqing, and they were all censored in China...  

Fearful Final Hours for Briton in China The day before his death in the fog-shrouded Chinese city of Chongqing, Neil Heywood sensed that something was amiss. The British businessman had been summoned on short notice to a meeting in Chongqing in early November with representatives of the family of Bo Xilai, the local Communist Party chief, according to an account by a friend whom Mr. Heywood contacted at the time. Mr. Heywood told the friend he...  

BEIJING — Order was being restored Wednesday after thousands of people clashed with police in a district of Chongqing that is struggling economically, a local official said. One witness from Wansheng, Liu Wei, said businesses and schools were closed Wednesday in the area. Liu said Wansheng residents were unhappy because some benefits, such as pensions and some teacher salaries, were reduced after the merger. On Wednesday, the Chongqing...  

The wife of Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been accused of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. The wife of Bo Xilai, China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary, has been accused of murder (Picture: Reuters) Gu Kailai, whose husband was recently suspended as Chongqing party secretary, is said to have had 'conflict' with Heywood over 'economic interests'. Both Gu and Zhang Xiaojun, who...  

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford will expand its biggest factory complex in China to meet growing demand in the world's largest car market. The $600 million expansion will include a new assembly line, body shop and paint shop at its Chongqing site in southwestern China, Ford said Thursday. Chongqing is the company's largest manufacturing operation outside of the Detroit area. Ford is trying to catch up with rivals who have been in China longer and...  

Chinese media say a district head in the scandal-rocked megacity of Chongqing has been taken into police custody.The detention signals a widening of a leadership upheaval in the city of 32 million that already has felled its top official, Bo Xilai, and his former chief of police.A Beijing-based business weekly known for bold reporting, the Economic Observer, reported Sunday that the top party official in Chongqing's Nan'an district, Xia...  

BEIJING - A prominent American forensic scientist said on Wednesday that Chinese police asked him to analyse an unidentified blood sample, in a possible link to a spiralling political scandal in which senior official Bo Xilai was sacked amid allegations ...  

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced it will cooperate with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to establish production lines in Chongqing, China for printer manufacturing with annual capacity set for 30 million units.  

With Bo well and truly out, it's hunting season on the Chongqing Model itself. Praise for it wasn't limited to the "left" - an enormous amount of officials, academics, foreign "experts" etc were flown to Chongqing, wined and dined, and...  

The new investments are being seen as a gift from Beijing; Zhang Dejiang, who was appointed party secretary in Chongqing after Bo was removed from his position in March, also serves as a member of the party's politburo and one the country's deputy premiers.  

BEIJING -(MarketWatch)- A delegation of China's top state-owned enterprises have signed contracts worth CNY350.6 billion ($55.5 billion) with the southwestern city Chongqing, previously run by ousted leader Bo Xilai, the Economic Observer reported.  

BEIJING May 20 (Reuters) - Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan ($55.3 billion) with the southwestern municipality Chongqing, Chinese media reported on Sunday, in a sign of Beijing's ...  

In Chongqing, Mayor Huang Qifan and 49 others were elected as the candidates to the southwestern municipality's delegation to the CPC's 18th National Congress, according to another document published on Monday. Bo Xilai, former Chongqing Party chief ...  

In Chongqing, Mayor Huang Qifan and 49 others were elected as the candidates to the southwestern municipality's delegation to the CPC's 18th National Congress, according to another document published on Monday. Bo Xilai, former Chongqing Party chief ...  

Mostly unmentioned during the very public removal of Chinese leader Bo Xilai was the ambitious urban development program he led in Chongqing. Julia Zhou looks at those efforts and their uncertain future.read more  

CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - Frank Chuang proudly surveys his immaculate new car plant as partly assembled versions of the Ford Focus travel down the production line. Glancing at the small cars in the massive manufacturing complex in the city of Chongqing ...  

Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan openly challenged disgraced party chief Bo Xilai at a high-level meeting early this year when Bo announced his decision to sack the municipality's police chief, Wang Lijun. A source familiar with the Chongqing municipal ...  

City divided by disgraced Communist leader's legacy By Ed Flanagan, NBC News CHONGQING, China – Everywhere you go in Chongqing, you can see traces of the complicated legacy of Bo Xilai, the former Communist party chief who ran this municipality of 30 million people until scandal derailed him. At one time destined for a top post in China’s highest echelon of power, the standing committee of the politburo of the Communist Party, Bo aggressively...  

The fall of disgraced former Communist Party high-flier Bo Xilai has put the economy of Chongqing, the southwestern mega-city he ruled from 2007 until March this year, under the microscope. A gross domestic product that nudged past 1 trillion ...  

(TrendHunter.com) Chongqing Mountain and City Sales Office by One Plus Partnership Limited is located in Chongquing, China. Serving as the corporate space for a real estate company, this bold interior features an...  

The South China Morning Post, citing unnamed sources, reported Monday that a special legal team has been established for the trial of former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun, who could face the death penalty. Wang was a key ally of Chongqing party boss Bo ...  

The top Communist Party official in Shandong is the front runner to become Chongqing party secretary, succeeding Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang , who assumed the position after the downfall of Bo Xilai in mid-March, according to well-placed sources.  

CHONGQING, China: Along with growing affluence, China's fastest-growing metropolis Chongqing is seeing a rise in legal disputes over property and wealth, especially among married couples getting divorced.  

Finnair begins flying direct to Chongqing, one of the largest and fastest-growing cities in China. The new route is a logical next step in the carrier's strategy of offering the shortest connections between  

In mid-January, Wang Lijun, the police chief in Chongqing, began to suspect that Heywood was murdered and that the wife of Bo Xilai, Chongqing's powerful party secretary at the time, was involved. He confronted Bo with his suspicions ...  

SINGAPORE: CDL China, City Developments' property development arm in China, has said that the recent political drama in the country has not affected its strategy nor its property operations in the city of Chongqing.  

The new Party secretary for China’s Chongqing municipality, Zhang Dejiang, has called on Chongqing to develop a more robust private sector using the “Zhejiang Experience,” an economic model used in Zhejiang province, where Zhang previously served as ...  

HONG KONG May 9 (Reuters) - Agile Property Holdings spent 696 million yuan ($110 million) to buy land for a residential and commercial site in Chongqing even as China's biggest political scandal in two decades threatens to slow investment in the city.  

CHONGQING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Major Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc. will build 300 new stores in southwest China's Chongqing municipality over the next three years, a company spokesman said Thursday. Lawson has established more than 40 24-hour ...  

Even the world's most luxurious aircrafts lacks fine dining in a way this Airbus A380 themed airplane restaurant does. And for one, you don't need to pay expensive expensive airfares and going through vigorous security ...  

BEIJING (Reuters) - China Development Bank Corp (CDB) , a policy bank that lends at Beijing's behest, has agreed to expand financing to a range of infrastructure, industry and social projects with Chongqing Municipal Government, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday. CDB head Chen Yuan told a meeting between the bank and top city officials that the agreement reflected confidence in Beijing's policy to develop western regions and the bank's...  

The New York Times has a whopping four stories from China in today's issue — quite a feat — and something that really shows the paper believes the Bo Xilai scandal (not to mention the Chen Guangcheng scandal) is a fundamentally huge issue in the country.  

Huang Qifan, mayor of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on Friday said the scale of the megacity's debt was in line with its economic development status, denying media reports that the city was facing a serious deficit problem. Huang said the city ...  

Reuters reported that China's Chongqing Iron and Steel Co Ltd plans to issue new shares in private placements to fund a massive restructuring, including an issue to its parent company to buy steel plants from the group. The larger Chongqing Iron and Steel ...  

CHONGQING - As dusk falls on Chongqing, the People's Square at the heart of this mega-city on the Yangtze springs to life. People gather in crowds to dance, sing, drink tea, chat or sit idly under leafy banyan trees. Heavily-shaded, the square is more like ...  

China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai attends a session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of the Chongqing Municipal ...  

CHONGQING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's biggest municipality, Chongqing, has approached Hong Kong investors with the aim of selling distressed property assets ... a fast developing northern suburb, said home sales were fairly brisk, with 600 of a total ...  

In the awarding ceremony, the Mayor of Chongqing, Mr. Qifan Huang presented the award to Dr. Gongda Yao, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. "The 50 largest taxpayers, who have strong influence in promoting regional economy, are the backbone and core ...  

In the awarding ceremony, the Mayor of Chongqing, Mr. Qifan Huang presented the award to Dr. Gongda Yao, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. “The 50 largest taxpayers, who have strong influence in promoting regional economy, are the backbone and core ...  

CHONGQING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The number of laptops produced in southwest China's Chongqing in the first quarter of this year exceeded 11 million, up more than six times year-on-year, local authorities said Thursday. Chongqing assembled 11.006 million ...  

Chongqing represents the growth of China past. But a look at ousted Communist Party high-flier Bo Xilai's old stamping ground suggests that the investment and export-fueled model has a few more years left to run. Growth in Chongqing from 2007 to 2011 ...  

AFPChina's murder mystery hotelCNN InternationalBy Stan Grant, CNN Chongqing, China (CNN) -- I glimpse the sprawling hotel from a distance, nestled into the lush hills on the outskirts of Chongqing. The air is fresher here, the temperature several degrees cooler than the sprawling metropolis of more ...China probes Bo family's HK investments: reportAFPBo Xilai Clan Links Included Citigroup Hiring of Elder SonSan Francisco ChronicleChina vows...  

"A hero ... in this situation you're going to need more than one" - Ed Exley, at the end of LA Confidential So, the latest leaked official version, as Jamie notes, is that Wang Lijun went to Bo Xilai about...  

During a meeting on Wednesday with Zhang Dejiang, China's vice premier and newly appointed Chongqing Party chief, HP CEO Meg Whitman said Chongqing is a main focus of HP's business in China. HP, which has been operating in Chongqing since 2005, will ...  

CHONGQING : With two Unesco World Heritage sites _ the Dazu Rock Carvings and the Three Natural Bridges in Wulong _ some might say Chongqing does not need to go on the offensive to draw tourists to this burgeoning Chinese municipality. But the tourism ...  

CHONGQING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A team headed by Nobel Laureate K. Barry Sharpless has been brought in to help develop the biomedical industry in Chongqing municipality, according to an agreement signed Tuesday. The team consisting of six international and ...  

As investigators in Beijing continue to make their case against Bo Xilai, the disgraced politician leaves a legacy in Chongqing of tackling high-profile issues like crime and expensive housing. But some say Bo's improvements in the southwestern Chinese ...  

CHONGQING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chongqing municipal police have vowed better ... the former Communist Party chief of Chongqing, and Zhang Xiaojun, an orderly at Bo's home, are highly suspected. According to investigation results, Bogu Kailai and her ...  

Chongqing isn’t just the world’s biggest city (depending how you measure it), one of the fastest growing places in China, and the venue for a murder mystery that is still shaking China’s political foundations. It is now reachable directly ...  

CHONGQING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Chongqing municipality will soon open an international air cargo route that will link the metropolis with the United States and Australia. The weekly route will link Sydney, Chongqing, Shanghai, Chicago and ...  

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- An "online Communist Party of China (CPC) branch" was set up in Banan District of southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality after voted for by dozens of floating Party members, Chongqing Daily reported Sunday. Floating Party ...  

Don't you ever which you could just experience eating in a jumbo jet without actually having to pay a ticket and fly to who knows where? Me neither, but apparently there are people out there who love to eat on an airplane, ...  

Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses as of the close. The Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP), which tracks the bigger of China’s stock exchanges, rose 45.86 points, or 2 percent ...  

The Welsh government's relationship with a major industrial city in China will not be affected by political upheaval there, First Minister Carwyn Jones has said. Mr Jones met Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party boss in Chongqing, when he visited last year.  

Let us consider the tale of Murdoch Xilai and little Bo James. I mix them up like this since both Britain and China are roiled by scandals involving corruption, spying, intimidation, cover-up and collusion at the highest levels. Of course such affairs do ...  

Foreign enterprises expressed confidence in the future development of Chongqing after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang to replace Bo Xilai as secretary of the CPC Chongqing municipal committee on March 15.  

THE public security bureau in Chongqing has vowed to step up its efforts to protect foreigners visiting, studying or living in the vast southwestern metropolis where the British businessman Neil Heywood was killed. The unusual pledge by police in Chongqing ...  

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Several heavyweight foreign investors have expressed ... During a meeting on Wednesday with Zhang Dejiang, China's vice premier and newly appointed Chongqing Party chief, HP CEO Meg Whitman said Chongqing is a main focus ...  

Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan attended the ceremony with other guests, marking his first appearance before foreign media since Bo Xilai, who had been chief of the Chongqing Chinese Communist Party, was stripped of all party posts on Tuesday. Huang's move was ...  

Students dance and beat drums at the student games in Chongqing on Wednesday. The games, in which 58 schools in the city participated, were held to mark the 100-day countdown to the London Olympics. Chen Chao / China News Service For Yang Zhili and many of ...  

Qantas Freight will begin its inaugural scheduled freighter service tomorrow from Sydney to the Chinese manufacturing hub ... by leveraging the carrier's existing assets. “With the addition of Chongqing Qantas Freight will market cargo capacity to ...  

CHONGQING, China — Until recently, visitors who arrived at the ... As the self-appointed mascot of the so-called Chongqing Model — his signature formula of state-led investment projects and populist politicking — Mr. Bo used the urban ...  

BEIJING—Authorities are questioning billions of dollars worth of government spending in the city of Chongqing launched under fallen top Chinese leader Bo Xilai, according to people familiar with the matter, in a direct challenge to his state-heavy ...  

"Chongqing is at a crucial stage of development and must continue its pace of opening-up," Zhang Dejiang, Party chief of Chongqing, said in a meeting with delegates from Saudi Basic Industries Corp. Zhang added that the municipal government of Chongqing ...  

"Chongqing is at a crucial stage of development and must continue its pace of opening-up," Zhang Dejiang, Party chief of Chongqing, said in a meeting with delegates from Saudi Basic Industries Corp. Zhang added that the municipal government of Chongqing ...  

"It is the 14th international regular cargo airline opened by the Chongqing Airport, and the first freight route in China''s central and western regions, to be linked with Australia," state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The most modern city of 20 ...  

CHONGQING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Residents of Chongqing have expressed support for the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's decision to investigate the recently-fired Party chief of the southwestern municipality. On Tuesday, the CPC Central ...  

The principal asset of Chongqing Baoxu is the shopping arcade, Dong Dong Mall, located at No. 2 ... Chongqing Doyen is wholly owned by Doxen's executive director and chairman, Lo Siu-yu, and Lo's spouse. Lo and his associates (including his spouse ...  

Nor were Mr Bo's allies safe from his criticism. In 2010, at a meeting of writers from across China, Mr Bo publicly humiliated Chongqing's mayor, Huang Qifan, in front of hundreds of people. "Huang Qifan, the mayor of Chongqing, stood up and gave a speech ...  

But many say they miss a man who inspired genuine affection ... He was seen as a can-do politician in a country where bureaucracy is perceived as a barrier to progress. In 2008, he negotiated live on television with taxi drivers and their bosses to ...  

Chen said. "The armed police has been telling people to open up shop again," he said. "They say that if their premises are smashed and looted, the government will compensate them." The city's official newspaper, the Chongqing Daily News, ran a series of ...  

CHONGQING/HONG KONG May 2 (Reuters) - China's biggest municipality, Chongqing, has approached Hong Kong investors with the aim of selling distressed property assets and bolstering its finances, which are under a cloud after the fall of its ...  

Bank of America Merrill Lynch came out with a note yesterday and made a very nice summary to illustrate the point of how the fastest growing region in China was growing via unsustainable level of borrowing that funds the over-investment: Chongqing is ...  

The mayor of Chongqing, Huang Qifan, visited the area several days ago and assured the government's commitment to "balance and coordinate" the development of rural and urban areas. In addition, the local government has issued a statement to "reassure the ...  

Even as the personal fate of disgraced Chongqing Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai remains unknown, his “Chongqing model” of state-led capitalism is under attack by the state-run media. The criticisms of Bo are designed to justify a new round of pro ...  

Barely six months to go for the once in ten-years leadership change in October, a major power struggle exploded in China. Chongqing Municipality Party Chief and Politburo member, Bo Xilai was declared removed from all his posts in Chongqing. Reasons ...  

Executive manager Lisa Brock said the new service will market freight capacity to nine ports in mainland China including Shanghai, Gulin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shantou, Guangzhou and Beijing.  “Qantas Freight Enterprises is very confident in the ...  

Chongqing, China (CNN)-- I glimpse the sprawling hotel from a distance, nestled into the lush hills on the outskirts of Chongqing. The air is fresher here, the temperature several degrees cooler than the sprawling metropolis of more than 30 ...  

Bo's replacement, Zhang Dejiang, and mayor Huang Qifan have ordered an investigation of the so-called "build-transfer" infrastructure projects initiated by the city government, China Business Journal reported. Many of the projects may slow down this year ...  

CHONGQING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's biggest municipality, Chongqing, has approached Hong Kong investors with the aim of selling distressed property assets and bolstering its finances, which ...  

Chongqing Changan Automobile Company Limited is principally engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The Company offers mini passenger vehicles under the brand Changan Star, minivans under the brand ...  

UTStarcom Signs IPTV Broadcasting Control Platform Contract in ChongqingSacramento Bee("UTStarcom" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: UTSI), a leading provider of interactive, IP-based network solutions in iDTV, IPTV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators, announced today that it has won a contract from Chongqing Radio and ...and more »  

There are three features about Chongqing. One is the six months of wither climate, one is the six months of summer climate, and the last one is the mountainous city. Many people think there two seasons in Chongqing. So there is no spring or fall ...  

THE Party chief of Nan'an District of Chongqing Municipality in southwestern ... Xia is the first senior official in Chongqing to be placed under investigation after Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang replaced Bo Xilai as the Party chief of the 31-million-people ...  

A Chinese reporter is serving three years for "endangering state security" after posting online about the now-ousted leader Bo Xilai. Authorities in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing handed a three-year jail term to a journalist who hit out at the ...  

Another broker downplayed the falls, but said investors hoped the scandal would not affect the business environment for local companies. "Everyone surely hopes for political and economic stability," Zhang Qi, an analyst at Haitong Securities, told AFP.  

For Chinese democrats, it has been a rough couple of decades. Despite hopes of democratization or liberalization following the Tiananmen protests, there has been little progress and in some areas even a tightening since the relative liberalism of the late ...  

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn (left) met Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan during his recent visit to the city. Provided to China Daily Seattle to help China in its quest for sustainable development When US President Richard Nixon made his historic trip to China on ...  

ONE day, in the early ’80s, at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, I was playing Ping-Pong, brandishing my favorite red Double Happiness racket with exceptional speed and spin, trouncing schoolmates both ...  

Apr 17, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- UTStarcom Holdings Corporation, a provider of interactive, IP-based network solutions in iDTV, IPTV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators, announced that it has won a contract from ...  

CHONGQING, China — A sign of how strange things have become in Chongqing and China, in general: One can ask, out loud and with a straight face, “Did the wife of a disgraced Chinese official really poison a dashing British businessman at the ...  

Former Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing Bo Xilai. Former Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing Bo Xilai. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg Former Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai, right, is a... Pro portfolios track ...  

who have made great contributions to build up bridges of friendship among Chongqing City and the rest of the world,” commented Mr.Qifan Huang, Mayor of Chongqing City. “Dr. Yao has been successfully leading Daqo New Energy to outperform in the fierce ...  

CHONGQING, Mar 26, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- TV drama series made a comeback Monday on Chongqing's satellite TV channel, a year after the metropolis in southwest China replaced primetime TV series with revolutionary programs to restore "red morals."  

BEIJING -(MarketWatch)- China National Petroleum Corp. said Friday that it has signed a preliminary agreement with the Chongqing government to supply natural gas to be used as feedstock at petrochemical project in the municipality, located in ...  

NetSol Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTWK), has signed an agreement to license and implement the NetSol Financial Suite (NFS)™ solution with China's first state owned auto finance company, Chongqing Auto Finance Co., Ltd. (CQAFC). This new contract further ...  

Satellite TV in Chongqing has resumed broadcasting TV series in prime time, one year after it dropped all sitcoms and commercials to forge the first provincial-level "red channel." Starting Monday, TV series and a news program have replaced programs that ...  

CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - The British businessman whose murder ... The door to the mother's home carried a note saying she would not speak to reporters. GU'S 'SOULMATE' Heywood spent his last week in Chongqing in Nan'an district, an area ...  

CHONGQING, China - On the day that former Chongqing boss Bo Xilai was removed from all his Chinese Communist Party posts and his wife announced to be a murder suspect, a mob of at least 10,000 people took over the streets of one of the ...  

Huang Qifan, mayor of Chongqing municipality, said the local government will help construct a complete policy system at the expo for the development of the cloud computing industry. "The cloud computing industry's development will contribute greatly to the ...  

Chongqing Grain Group Co., Ltd. (CGG), one of the leading state-owned grain companies in China, plans to invest USD1.2 billion to build grain production bases in Argentina this year, for the planting of soybean, corn, cotton, etc., reported by Xinhua News ...  

is a residential and commercial complex built through the redevelopment of houses dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries. The project attracted local and international chains including Paulaner Brahaus and Starbucks Corp. Shui On Land said ...  

In People’s Park in Chongqing, a sequence of tree-shaded terraces clinging to the steep mountainside above the Yangtze River, a big sign has gone up. “Do not make noises that could disturb others,” it says, along with other exhortations about ...  

our relationship with the management we feel is going from strength to strength. We are still very optimistic and very positive about the investments being made and we will continue to make further investments. We see no reason for us to change ...  

BEIJING — Bo Xilai, a man recently seen as headed for the center of power in China, was removed from his office as the Chinese Communist Party chief of the mega-city of Chongqing, a stunning turnabout for one of the nation's most controversial politicians.  

Huang offered five focal works in anti-corruption campaign, including the leaders should take the lead to carry out clean rule, "manage themselves, those around them and the whole team well." Since the dismissal of Bo Xilai, CPC secretary in Chongqing who ...  

The upper-middle section is the Yangtze's contested stretch. The steep gradient and fast-running water make it enticing to dam developers, yet this section is also spawning ground for about 40 species of endangered fish, including the Chinese ...  

The British government has asked the Chinese authorities to look again into the death of a UK citizen. Neil Heywood died in Chongqing last November, apparently because of the over-consumption of alcohol. His family and the British embassy initially ...  

Britain has asked China to investigate the death of a British man in Chongqing, the south-west Chinese metropolis formerly run by Bo Xilai, a leadership contender whose abrupt ousting has shaken the ruling Communist party. Neil Heywood died and was ...  

Foreign enterprises expressed confidence in the future development of Chongqing after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang to replace Bo Xilai as secretary of the CPC Chongqing municipal committee on March 15.  

China 3D Digital Scheduled to Operate a Cinema in Prime Area of ChongqingMarketWatch (press release)Hong Kong, Mar 28, 2012 (ACN Newswire via COMTEX) -- China 3D Digital Entertainment Limited ("China 3D Digital" or the "Group", HKSE: 8078) today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent with ChongQing PengRun Real Estate Development Company Limited ...and more »  

Analysts including Zhao said Bo’s chances of winning a spot on the Standing ... Later signals from the party suggested it was trying to project an image of unity, said Huang Jing, a professor of political science at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public ...  

Murder. Intrigue. Knowing they have a scorching hot property, Brendan [O’Kane, his fellow blogger] and Jeremiah travel to Los Angeles to meet with Brad Grey and Harvey Weinstein. The project is called: “Operation Bo Bo: Bidding War” BRENDAN : No ...  

Britain has asked China to investigate the death last year of a British man with reported ties ... was detained last week but that it was still unclear what charges he might face. The People's Daily and other state-run media ran the report on their ...  

On Jan. 16, Bo Xilai, who then still ran the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, declared at a meeting of local officials that “integrity is a kind of blessing” and they should “maintain the Communist Party’s pure and advanced nature, be self-disciplined, clean in their government work and strive to build a ‘clean Chongqing.’” That [...]  

A Wansheng resident surnamed Chen said large numbers of police and military personnel ... Reported by Jiang Pei for RFA's Mandarin service, and by Lin Jing and Hai Nan for the Cantonese service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.  

Fixed-asset investment, an indicator of construction activity, in non-rural areas of Chongqing rose 22.7% on year in the first quarter, down 1.8 percentage points from a year earlier, the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Statistics said in a ...  

CALABASAS, Calif., April 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NetSol Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTWK), a provider of global IT and enterprise application solutions, today said it has signed an agreement to license and implement the NetSol Financial Suite ...  

Mr Bo was the party secretary for Chongqing municipality before his downfall. The paper also reports a municipal government meeting chaired by Mayor Huang Qifan, apparently with the intention of showing that life is back to normal in Chongqing. In Hong ...  

The natural gas-supply agreement was announced during a meeting between CNPC Chairman Jiang Jiemin and Chongqing's new party leader, Zhang Dejiang, who replaced fallen leader Bo Xilai in early March. Methylene diphenylene diisocyanate is an ...  

A Chinese businessman who fled overseas looks back at the 'red terror' campaign in Chongqing. The Maoist revival campaign led by Bo Xilai, the purged ruling Chinese Communist party chief in southwestern Chongqing city, was more horrific than the bloody ...  

China's CCTV reported that Bo has been suspended from his posts on the party Central Committee and the 25-member Politburo and that his case has been handed over to a disciplinary inspection commission for investigation. In a separate dispatch ...  

Shares of Chongqing Brewery dropped as much as 2.6 percent in Shanghai and were trading 1.2 percent lower at 28.02 yuan at 10:09 a.m. local time. Chongqing Water Group Co. dropped 1 percent. Chongqing Road & Bridge Co. (600106) slid 1 percent.  

BEIJING — After the downfall of Bo Xilai, Party Secretary of the Southern Chinese metropolis of Chongqing, details of a conservative campaign he mounted have leaked out to the public. Bo started what is known as Chongqing Model, a conservative group ...  

There are more people in Chongqing than in the whole of Iraq, or Malaysia. And then, suddenly, Chongqing became literally the talk of the (global) town, like a dystopian new Rome, thanks to a monumental political scandal during the National People's ...  

China’s ruling Communist Party replaced a senior official in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing as part of broader changes there after Politburo member Bo Xilai was ousted from his leadership post. Chen Cungen was removed as a standing ...  

CHONGQING : Chongqing's industrialisation in the past decades has cultivated a generation of technopreneurs who are now looking to expand their small businesses. And they are getting extra help ...  

Xi visited Chongqing in late 2010, enthusiastic about Bo’s achievements, including “singing red and hitting black” and Chongqing’s public housing policy. Among China’s current leaders, Zhou Yongkang, responsible for security, was thought to be ...  

The day before his death in the fog-shrouded Chinese city of Chongqing, Neil Heywood sensed that something was amiss. The British businessman had been summoned on short notice to a meeting in Chongqing in early November with representatives of ...  

Mar 27, 2012 (China Daily - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- BEIJING/CHONGQING (CHINA DAILY/ANN) -- Satellite TV in Chongqing has resumed broadcasting TV series in prime time, one year after it dropped all sitcoms and ...  

Thousands of Chinese protesters clashed with police and uniformed security forces wielding batons in an area of Chongqing on Wednesday, according to news reports and images ... The A.P. report said. Photos posted to Chinese microblogs and ...  

The U.K. asked China to investigate the November death of a British citizen in Chongqing, the southern city that was run by Politburo member Bo Xilai until his ouster earlier this month. Britain’s embassy in Beijing asked China’s government ...  

Britain has asked China to investigate the death last year of a British man with reported ties to a high-profile politician who was dismissed this month in a massive scandal. The British citizen, Neil Heywood, died in November in Chongqing ...  

They say that the outward calm is tenuous and was achieved only after China’s leadership team of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao appealed to party elders for support and yielded important posts in Chongqing to representatives of other influential ...  

The U.K. asked China to investigate the November death of a British citizen in Chongqing, the southern city that was run by Politburo member Bo Xilai until his ouster earlier this month. Britain’s embassy in Beijing earlier this year asked ...  

Heywood had business links with Mr Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the case. The newspaper said Heywood apparently did not drink alcohol. “Right now the drama is just getting started,” said Huang Jing ...  

Police in Chongqing said Monday that they had no information on the case, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong ... crackdown on organized crime and penchant for self-promotion. Wang set the scandal in motion in February when he took refuge ...  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is becoming more competitive with China as more companies see fewer benefits of moving their investments offshore, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday. "We are seeing a very promising shift in the relative competitive position of our two economies," Geithner told a congressional panel, citing a number of companies that have ...  

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The European Union is set to launch a major trade case against China's biggest telecom equipment makers, arguing that they have benefited from illegal government subsidies, the Financial Times said. The EU told member states it had been gathering evidence for an anti-dumping case against Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp, saying that they had obtained illegal ...  

The problems largely stem from Bo’s “smash the black” campaign, a furious effort to crackdown on corruption and organized crime carried about by former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun that, by all accounts, involved misuse of both the ...  

CHONGQING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- As dusk falls on Chongqing ... On March 15, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee appointed Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang to replace Bo as secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee.  

If there is one truth that has accompanied the downfall of Bo Xilai, the prominent Chinese official who was removed from his post on March 15, it is that every revelation prompts more questions. The story is far from over, and this year’s ...  

CHONGQING, China: Troubled Chinese politician Bo Xilai will be remembered by some as the man who launched a social housing scheme in Chongqing when he was the city's party chief.The former ...  

The attempted defection on Feb. 6 of former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun (first domino) has set in motion accelerating changes in the Party hierarchy. Former Chongqing Party head Bo Xilai ...  

Prime Minister David Cameron raised the topic during a meeting Tuesday ... The Chongqing Drama The mysterious death of Neil Heywood in the Chinese city of Chongqing last year is emerging as a key element in the drama surrounding Bo Xilai.  

Chongqing Satellite Television is resuming its regular programming after a year in which the southwestern network aired nationalistic ... the China Daily quoted a Chongqing Satellite TV spokesman as saying. The move comes weeks after Mr ...  

Helsinki, May 17: In a bid to strengthen its presence in the growing Asian market nordic carrier Finnair has started a direct flight to western China city of Chongqing, official said. - Indiatalkies.com  

The $600 million expansion will include a new assembly line, body shop and paint shop at its Chongqing site in southwestern China, Ford said Thursday. Chongqing is the company's largest manufacturing operation outside of the Detroit area.  

China Shipping probably slumped to a first-quarter loss because “insufficient” demand and excess global capacity caused a decline in rates, the company said in a statement yesterday. To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story ...  

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The list for Chongqing includes some officials considered allies of Bo Xilai.  

Bo was toppled after his wife emerged as the main suspect in the poisoning of a close family friend, British expatriate businessman Neil Heywood. (Reporting by Langi Chiang and Nick Edwards; Editing by Chris Lewis)  

China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai (C) and former Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Wang Lijun (Bo's L) at a session of the Chinese People's Political ...