Dancers perform for the opening of the China Tourism Day and the 3rd Western China Tourism Industry Expo, in Chongqing, Southwest China, May 19, 2013. Chongqing is the main venue for the 2013 China Tourism Day. (Xinhua/Li Jian) Girls in folk costumes perform for the opening of the China Tourism Day and the 3rd...
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A former deputy head of the police in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality was officially expelled from the Communist Party of China and fired from his post, according to a decision made by the municipal Party committee. The decision on Tang Jianhua, which was made public by a posting on the municipal commission for discipline...
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Nearly three dozen officials from the city of Sacramento, local food and agricultural companies, and clean technology firms will head to Chongqing, China, this week to take part in a trade and commerce show held annually in the massive business hub. The delegation is an extension of the city’s growing relationship with Chongqing, a...
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The woman who appeared in a sex tape that forced a Chongqing district level party chief to resign and triggered the expulsion of 10 other officials has been handed to prosecutors after being charged with extortion, theYangtze Daily reported on Friday. If convicted, Zhao Hongxia could face years in jail, said the report. It also cited...
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CHONGQING, — A total of 21 government officials and executives of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality have been punished over a sex video scandal, local authorities said on Tuesday. Of the 21, 15 are government officials and six are SOE executives, according to a statement issued by the information office of...
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Corruption, sex and blackmail. The sex tape scandal that erupted on Chinese Internet last November has entered its next chapter. State-run media today reported that the man at the center of it all, former Chongqing official Lei Zhengfu, has now been charged with corruption. There are no details about the charges, Xinhua only said...
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The woman who starred in a series of sex videos that resulted in the sacking of officials and managers of State-owned enterprises in Chongqing has been formally charged with blackmail by local prosecutors, the People’s Online reported on Thursday. Zhao Hongxia, the mistress who caused the downfall of Lei Zhengfu, the former Party chief...
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Earnings growth at Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank slowed to 15 per cent in the first quarter as net interest margin narrowed and provisions for bad loans surged. The first mainland lender to release interim results in Hong Kong, the Chongqing bank yesterday said net earnings totalled 1.6 billion yuan (HK$2 billion) in the January-March...
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The Chongqing Women’s Federation held a symposium at Chongqing University in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on April 19, 2013, kicking off a series of activities to promote the employment prospects of female college graduates. Women entrepreneurs Liu Ying and Tang Qing were invited to share their experiences and opinions with more than 200 female...
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For decades, the motorcycle industry drove Chongqing’s economic growth, making the municipality the largest center for motorcycle production in China. Now, as motorcycles are banned on the roads of nearly 200 cities, and export volumes keep slumping due to the gloomy global economic environment, local authorities and motorcycle producers are looking to the skies...
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