Tightening up Checks

正Measures taken to clean out foreigners who overstay their visa, or work in China illegally On May 14, the Beijing police launched a 100-day campaign targeting foreigners illegally residing and working in the city.According to the Exit-Entry Administration     

A Tightening Net

At the age of 75 and having retired years ago, Wang Zhenlin, former head of the coalfield geology bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China, thought he had safely put his past behind him.     

Tightening the Reins

正New corruption patterns and more crafty offenders pose a stern test for China's anti-graft efforts Atotal of 4,843 Chinese officials above the county head level were punished for disciplinary infractions in 2011 and cases involving 777 of these officials have been transferred to judicial departments.These figures were released by the Central     

Tightening Trusted Ties

正Five decades after forging diplomatic ties,China and Tanzania stand ready to inject new vigor into their traditional friendship,symbolized by the iconic Tanzania-Zambia Railway.Shortly before their golden jubilee,which falls on April 26,Abdulrahaman A.Shimbo,Tanzanian Ambassador to China,sat down with Beijing Review reporter Ni Yanshuo to share his thoughts on the latest development of bilateral relations.Excerpts follow:     

Tightening Rules On Power

<正>A total of 146,517 officials across China were punished for disciplinary violations in 2010, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC). During     

No Tightening of the Purse Strings

China’s proactive fiscal policy-or increased government spending-for 2013 has the backing of the National People’s Congress (NPC). During the First Session of the 12th NPC, which concluded on March 17, deputies deliberated and approved the Report on the Implementation of Central and Local Budgets in 2012 and on Draft Central and Local Budgets for 2013.HANZ According to the report     

Scandinavian Purchase

China’s largest private carmaker Geely buys Volvo Ford Motor Co. is handing the keys ofits Volvo car unit over to a new owner     

Land Purchase

China Vanke Co.Ltd.,the nation’s largest real estate developer by sales,secured 38 plots of land valued at 25 billion yuan($4 billion) within five months.     

A Legendary Purchase

正The Dalian Wanda Group,a Chinese real estate and investment conglomerate,announced plans to acquire Legendary Entertainment,an American media company based in California,for $3.5 billion in January.The U.S.Department of Commerce gave Wanda the green light to go ahead with the deal in February.The deal has won high acclaim domestically,with many regarding it as a sign of the increasing presence of Chinese capital in Hollywood.     

No Limits

正China advances confidently by manned spacecraft and submersible China's scientific horizons expanded greatly in both space and sea as explorers achieved new feats in June. On June 24,     

Testing Limits

DPRK’s pursuit of nuclear capability is more than a military strategy The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) on February 12 carried out its third nuclear test—the first since Kim Jong Un came into power.The test triggered a storm of reaction from the international community, including worries about a possible leak of nuclear materials among neighboring countries. Analysis of the greater context shows that the primary purpose of possessing nuclear capability is not to wield nuclear power,nor to     

Home Smart Home

<正>Is intelligent technology really ready for our homes?Huang Xingwen,a 60-year-old Beijing resident, finally agreed to buy a floorsweeping robot after weeks of persistent persuasion by her daughter."My daughter said that the intelligent machine could go under the bed,clean every corner in the house,and we wouldn’t even need to charge it as it can automatically find where the outlet is and charge itself," Huang     

Home Swish Home

LIN Chi-Jung likes to tell a comely story he once got from a veteran devel- oper. “He said that he felt so touched when seeing houses with their light lit up at night, it touched his heart to know that there are so many families living happily in those houses that he built.” Now the chairman of Sunrise Real Estate, Lin says see- ing “laughter and happiness” in family hearth is the reason he’s in business. It helps that Sunrise makes plenty of money doing so. Headquartered at hold- ing…     

要约收购刍议

要约收购是指收购人为获得或加强对上市公司(目标公司)的控制权而采取的向该公司所有的股东公开发出买入要约的方式来购买该公司有表决权的股份(通常为普通股)的民事法律行为.它是上市公司收购的一种极为重要的方式.除要约收购方式以外,还有协议收购方式.要约收购应当遵循股东待遇平等、要约慎重、禁止滥用反收购措施和保护少数股东即中小股东利益的原则.证券法主要通过制定强制收购要约规则来规范要约收购行为,平衡收购者、被收购者及其股东之间的利益关系,以达到既鼓励公司的兼并重组,又不至于严重损害目标公司少数股东利益之目的,进而维护证券市场的健康、有序、稳定和安全地运行.     

Within Acceptable Limits

<正>‘Foreign investors will be allowed to own up to 51 percent of shares in joint ventures in securities,funds or futures,and this cap will be removed after three years;the 20-percent cap on a single foreign investor holding shares of a Chinese bank or financial asset manager will be eased;and the25-percent cap on several foreign investors holding such stakes will also be relaxed.After three years,foreign investors will be allowed to own up to 51 percent     

Home, Sweet Home

THE Englishman’s home is his castle, or so they say. It’s a safe haven, a place where strangers may enter only if invited. It’s a private place where each of us can have a different persona from the one that we portray in our hours at work. Instead of being smart, cultured, controlled, authoritative, we are allowed to be untidy and lazy.     

Life Beyond Limits

正People with disabilities are working their way out of poverty with the help of the government and society At the age of 13, Zhao Yang, a resident of Xiaozhao Village in Nangong City, Hebei Province in north China, lost his arms due to electric shock. He said the accident changed his life in the blink of an eye.     

Beyond the City Limits

正College graduates-turned-village officials explore opportunities in the vast countryside While most fresh university graduates in China aim to find jobs in the cities, more and more welleducated young people are starting to look for career opportunities in rural areas.