BEIJING - China plans to boost patrols in the South China Sea to deal with the growing threat of illegal fishing and sharpening territorial disputes, a Chinese official was quoted as saying by state media Thursday. The report in the China Daily newspaper follows China's dispatch last week of a converted naval vessel to patrol fishing grounds surrounding the disputed Paracel Islands, about 400 miles (640 kilometers) south of Hong Kong. Fisheries department director Wu Zhuang was quoted as saying that additional patrols were needed to handle new "challenges and complications" in...
Pinoy drug mules facing death in China
Journal Online
Journal Online
A TOTAL of 174 Filipinos are being held in different jails abroad for drug trafficking with 22 of them facing execution in China, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chair Dionisio R. Santiago said yesterday. “This is...
NMTV Acquires Exclusive Rights to Air UFC in China
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
BEIJING, June 30 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- NMTV, a free-to-air satellite television station in China reaching over 250 million viewers nationwide, today announced it will air the Ultimate Fighting Championships (TM) ("UFC")...
UFC lands broadcast TV deal in China
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print As if there was any prior doubt as to whether or not the sport of MMA is growing on a global level, there can definitely be none now. Earlier this week, the UFC announced that it had...
China: Use of Controversial Software to Filter Web Is Optional, Official Says
The New York Times
The New York Times
An official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, quoted in an official English-language newspaper on Tuesday, said that while computer makers were required to supply a controversial Internet...
IOC monitoring case against China's 2000 gymnasts
The News & Observer
The News & Observer
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee says it is following developments in the case of the two gymnasts on China's 2000 Olympic team who are suspected of being underage. If Dong Fangxiao and Yang...
PepsiCo CEO Talks Bottlers, China Growth and More
CNBC
CNBC
PepsiCo Chief Executive Indra Nooyi said Thursday she is not concerned about the potential for Moody's to downgrade the company's credit rating if it succeeds in acquiring its two largest bottlers Pepsi Botting Group PBG...

