Li Keming, younger brother of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, has been removed from his position as vice director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a statement from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The younger Li’s departure from position, often cited by observers as a conflict of interest […]
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US trade representative Michael B. Froman announced the White House was filing a case at the World Trade Organization against Beijing’s subsidies to a broad slew of services for industries that are export-oriented, The New York Times reported. The industries concerned include agriculture, medical products, specialty chemicals, advanced metals, apparel and footwear and textiles. The […]
Recreational drug use has grown to an US$82 billion annual domestic business in China despite intensified crackdowns with arrests in the tens of thousands and narcotics seizures tallied in metric tons, The New York Times reported, citing officially reported figures and independent studies. Anti-narcotics Chief Liu Yuejin estimated last year that the actual number of addicts was […]
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK.LON, GSK.NYSE) China operations will lay off about 1,000 people this year, Caixin reported, citing six unnamed sourced. The company’s China-based arm did not confirm the plans when contacted by Caixin, however one of the sources said GSK would cut 450 employees in the first quarter, with a larger number to be let […]
Two people have died of H7N9 avian influenza in the coastal province of Fujian, where 15 have cases of human infection have been reported this year, with another reported in Jiangxi on Friday, South China Morning Post reported, citing local health officials quoted by state media. Both Shanghai and the neighboring province of Zhejiang have reported cases “this […]