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18 more detained in GSK bribes scandal
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74942.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:17
2013-07-28 10:17 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Wang Fan
At least 18 more people have been detained in China in connection with a corruption scandal involving British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, state media reported, giving more details on an investigation that has rocked the company.
China's state radio reported late on Friday on its website that police in Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan Province, had "recently held, in accordance with the law, 18 GlaxoSmithKline (China) employees and some medical personnel."
It provided no details of the detentions, nor said exactly when they took place.
Zhengzhou police news department said they were "unaware of the situation."
A GSK spokesman in London declined to comment.
Chinese police had previously announced the detention of four Chinese GSK executives in connection with allegations that GSK funneled 3 billion yuan (US$489 million) to travel agencies to facilitate bribes to doctors and officials.
GSK has admitted that some Chinese executives appeared to have broken the law but Chief Executive Andrew Witty said on Wednesday that head office had no knowledge of the alleged wrongdoing.
Prescribe more drugs
Xinhua news agency said certain GSK employees were "suspected of offering bribes to doctors, asking them to prescribe more drugs in order to grow sales, and in the meantime, push up drug prices."
Xinhua cited an interview with a man surnamed Li, who it said was a regional sales manager for GSK responsible for selling respiratory drugs to more than 10 hospitals in Zhengzhou. Li gave details of how the corruption worked.
"They invited doctors to conferences to help practitioners increase influence. They also established good personal relations with doctors by catering to their pleasures or offering money, in order to make them prescribe more drugs," Xinhua reported.
"A 35-year-old female medical representative surnamed Wang, working under Li, said she entered doctors' offices to act as their assistant, and meet their needs as much as possible, even their sexual desires," the report added.
"Wang said GSK China's executives knew this, and some executives gave clear directives to the sales department to offer bribes to doctors."
GSK this week appointed one of its top European executives as head of its operations in China.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: He, Wang reaffirm China's 3m springboard dominance
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He, Wang reaffirm China's 3m springboard dominance
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74946.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:27
2013-07-28 10:27 Agencies Web Editor: Wang Fan
He Zi claimed her second title of the FINA world championships and kept up China's dominance at the diving pool with an easy win in the women's 3-meter springboard in Barcelona.
She led after every round on the way to a total score of 383.40 points. The real drama was for the other spots on the podium. China's Wang Han held on for the silver with 356.25, while Canada's Pamela Ware pulled out the bronze with 350.25.
China has won eight of nine events at the scenic Montjuic pool overlooking the city.
The final event of the traditional diving competition is the men's 10-meter platform today. Olympic gold medalist David Boudia will try to prevent an American shutout and showed he hasn't lost his London form, leading after the semifinals.
Boudia opening dive yesterday received one perfect 10 and nothing lower than a 9.0 from the judges. He led through all six rounds, finishing with 534.40 points.
China's Qiu Bo, the silver medalist behind Boudia at the London Olympics, led after the morning preliminaries. He only finished sixth in the semifinals after a poor first dive, though still good enough to advance.
Mexico's Ivan Garcia was second, followed by Germany's Sascha Klein. Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Daley was seventh despite a triceps injury that required treatment.
Elsewhere, Germany's Thomas Lurz won another gold medal at the championships yesterday, touching first in the grueling 25-kilometer open water.
The 33-year-old Lurz took his second gold of the championships and seventh career victory at the worlds. He won in 4 hours, 47.27 seconds, beating Belgium's Brian Ryckeman by 0.4 seconds. The bronze went to Russia's Evegenii Drattcev, who edged out American Alex Meyer for a spot on the podium by 0.1 seconds after nearly five hours in the waters of Barcelona's scenic harbor.
On the women's side, Italy's Martina Grimaldi claimed victory by an even closer margin - one-tenth of a second ahead of Angela Maurer, denying the Germans dual victories at the last two open water events of these championships.
Maurer thought she had won on her 38th birthday, the scoreboard initially showing she had touched first. She grabbed a chair, totally exhausted. There was nothing she could do when the official results flashed on the scoreboard, flipping the order of the top two. Grimaldi's time was 5:07:19.7. American Eva Fabian claimed the bronze.
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He, Wang reaffirm China's 3m springboard dominance
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74946.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:27
2013-07-28 10:27 Agencies Web Editor: Wang Fan
He Zi claimed her second title of the FINA world championships and kept up China's dominance at the diving pool with an easy win in the women's 3-meter springboard in Barcelona.
She led after every round on the way to a total score of 383.40 points. The real drama was for the other spots on the podium. China's Wang Han held on for the silver with 356.25, while Canada's Pamela Ware pulled out the bronze with 350.25.
China has won eight of nine events at the scenic Montjuic pool overlooking the city.
The final event of the traditional diving competition is the men's 10-meter platform today. Olympic gold medalist David Boudia will try to prevent an American shutout and showed he hasn't lost his London form, leading after the semifinals.
Boudia opening dive yesterday received one perfect 10 and nothing lower than a 9.0 from the judges. He led through all six rounds, finishing with 534.40 points.
China's Qiu Bo, the silver medalist behind Boudia at the London Olympics, led after the morning preliminaries. He only finished sixth in the semifinals after a poor first dive, though still good enough to advance.
Mexico's Ivan Garcia was second, followed by Germany's Sascha Klein. Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Daley was seventh despite a triceps injury that required treatment.
Elsewhere, Germany's Thomas Lurz won another gold medal at the championships yesterday, touching first in the grueling 25-kilometer open water.
The 33-year-old Lurz took his second gold of the championships and seventh career victory at the worlds. He won in 4 hours, 47.27 seconds, beating Belgium's Brian Ryckeman by 0.4 seconds. The bronze went to Russia's Evegenii Drattcev, who edged out American Alex Meyer for a spot on the podium by 0.1 seconds after nearly five hours in the waters of Barcelona's scenic harbor.
On the women's side, Italy's Martina Grimaldi claimed victory by an even closer margin - one-tenth of a second ahead of Angela Maurer, denying the Germans dual victories at the last two open water events of these championships.
Maurer thought she had won on her 38th birthday, the scoreboard initially showing she had touched first. She grabbed a chair, totally exhausted. There was nothing she could do when the official results flashed on the scoreboard, flipping the order of the top two. Grimaldi's time was 5:07:19.7. American Eva Fabian claimed the bronze.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Japan's Abe pledges to beef up Philippines maritime defences
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Japan's Abe pledges to beef up Philippines maritime defences
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74943.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:19
2013-07-28 10:19 Agencies Web Editor: Wang Fan
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday pledged to strengthen the Philippines' maritime defence capabilities.
"For Japan, the Philippines is a strategic partner with whom we share fundamental values and many strategic interests," Abe told a joint news conference with Philippine president Benigno Aquino after their meeting in Manila.
Abe said his visit was intended "to strengthen the relations with the Philippines in all areas," - including politics, security and the economy.
He cited 10 patrol boats that Japan is providing to the poorly-equipped Philippine coast guard.
The Filipino coast guard and navy have been at the forefront of tense encounters with naval and maritime surveillance vessels from China.
Japan earlier this year announced it would make loans to the Philippines to purchase the 10 Japanese patrol vessels for its coast guard.
"The prime minister and I agreed to strengthen maritime cooperation which is a pillar of our strategic partnership," Aquino said yesterday.
Abe said his party's decisive victory in the upper house of the Japanese parliament would help him pursue his vision of Tokyo's role in the region - many parts of which were under brutal Japanese occupation during World War II.
He sought to assure the rest of Asia that his vision for a more robust Japanese armed forces would not threaten the region's peace and security.
"I intend to further proceed with strategic diplomacy which will contribute to regional and global peace and security," he said.
Abe has pledged to loosen limits on the military in Japan's pacifist, post-war constitution and stand up to China over their East China Sea dispute.
He acknowledged at a separate news conference, after he appeared with Aquino, that a more assertive Japanese military was a sensitive issue.
"I intend to explain politely so that the countries in the region will not have any misunderstanding," he said.
As Abe and Aquino met at the presidential palace, about 80 protesters, including elderly women who said they were former "comfort women," protested nearby, holding signs demanding reparations from Japan.
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Japan's Abe pledges to beef up Philippines maritime defences
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74943.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:19
2013-07-28 10:19 Agencies Web Editor: Wang Fan
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday pledged to strengthen the Philippines' maritime defence capabilities.
"For Japan, the Philippines is a strategic partner with whom we share fundamental values and many strategic interests," Abe told a joint news conference with Philippine president Benigno Aquino after their meeting in Manila.
Abe said his visit was intended "to strengthen the relations with the Philippines in all areas," - including politics, security and the economy.
He cited 10 patrol boats that Japan is providing to the poorly-equipped Philippine coast guard.
The Filipino coast guard and navy have been at the forefront of tense encounters with naval and maritime surveillance vessels from China.
Japan earlier this year announced it would make loans to the Philippines to purchase the 10 Japanese patrol vessels for its coast guard.
"The prime minister and I agreed to strengthen maritime cooperation which is a pillar of our strategic partnership," Aquino said yesterday.
Abe said his party's decisive victory in the upper house of the Japanese parliament would help him pursue his vision of Tokyo's role in the region - many parts of which were under brutal Japanese occupation during World War II.
He sought to assure the rest of Asia that his vision for a more robust Japanese armed forces would not threaten the region's peace and security.
"I intend to further proceed with strategic diplomacy which will contribute to regional and global peace and security," he said.
Abe has pledged to loosen limits on the military in Japan's pacifist, post-war constitution and stand up to China over their East China Sea dispute.
He acknowledged at a separate news conference, after he appeared with Aquino, that a more assertive Japanese military was a sensitive issue.
"I intend to explain politely so that the countries in the region will not have any misunderstanding," he said.
As Abe and Aquino met at the presidential palace, about 80 protesters, including elderly women who said they were former "comfort women," protested nearby, holding signs demanding reparations from Japan.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: New vice mayors appointed for Shanghai
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New vice mayors appointed for Shanghai
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74944.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:21
2013-07-28 10:21 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Wang Fan
Shanghai legislators yesterday approved the appointments of two city vice mayors. They are Jiang Zhuoqing, former secretary general of the city government and director of the Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau, and Bai Shaokang, director of Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
Meanwhile, former vice mayors Shen Xiaoming and Jiang Ping are taking up new posts. Shen is now party secretary of the Pudong New Area, while Jiang has been appointed chairman of the Shanghai Political and Law Commission.
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New vice mayors appointed for Shanghai
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74944.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:21
2013-07-28 10:21 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Wang Fan
Shanghai legislators yesterday approved the appointments of two city vice mayors. They are Jiang Zhuoqing, former secretary general of the city government and director of the Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau, and Bai Shaokang, director of Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
Meanwhile, former vice mayors Shen Xiaoming and Jiang Ping are taking up new posts. Shen is now party secretary of the Pudong New Area, while Jiang has been appointed chairman of the Shanghai Political and Law Commission.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Woman dies after eating toad soup
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Woman dies after eating toad soup
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74945.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:24
2013-07-28 10:24 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Wang Fan
A woman who ate toad soup in a bid to cure cirrhosis of the liver died from toxins contained in the amphibians, city food safety officials reported Friday.
The 57-year-old's husband, who is suffering from cancer, also took some of the toad soup - a traditional folk remedy - but survived following treatment.
Officials said the couple from Hongkou District asked their son to bring live toads from Rudong County of neighboring Jiangsu Province as they believed toad soup could treat their diseases.
The couple boiled the toads and ate the soup on Wednesday morning. They went to hospital in the afternoon when symptoms of poisoning began to appear.
Officials said the woman was already in a poor health and vulnerable to the toad toxins.
She died at 6pm in the hospital. Her husband is in stable condition.
"This was the first time that a person has died from eating toads in Shanghai in recent years," said Gu Zhenhua, vice director of Shanghai Food and Drug Administration.
Toads have also long been used in tradition Chinese medicine. As the amphibians live in cool, damp places, it is believed that ingredients from them can clear heat from the body, remove toxins and kill cancer tumors.
Gu warned the public against making their own toad remedies, instead advising them to follow the advice of doctors.
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Woman dies after eating toad soup
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-28/74945.shtml
Jul 28th 2013, 01:24
2013-07-28 10:24 Shanghai Daily Web Editor: Wang Fan
A woman who ate toad soup in a bid to cure cirrhosis of the liver died from toxins contained in the amphibians, city food safety officials reported Friday.
The 57-year-old's husband, who is suffering from cancer, also took some of the toad soup - a traditional folk remedy - but survived following treatment.
Officials said the couple from Hongkou District asked their son to bring live toads from Rudong County of neighboring Jiangsu Province as they believed toad soup could treat their diseases.
The couple boiled the toads and ate the soup on Wednesday morning. They went to hospital in the afternoon when symptoms of poisoning began to appear.
Officials said the woman was already in a poor health and vulnerable to the toad toxins.
She died at 6pm in the hospital. Her husband is in stable condition.
"This was the first time that a person has died from eating toads in Shanghai in recent years," said Gu Zhenhua, vice director of Shanghai Food and Drug Administration.
Toads have also long been used in tradition Chinese medicine. As the amphibians live in cool, damp places, it is believed that ingredients from them can clear heat from the body, remove toxins and kill cancer tumors.
Gu warned the public against making their own toad remedies, instead advising them to follow the advice of doctors.
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Friday, July 26, 2013
ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: China, Russia boost ties with joint drills
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China, Russia boost ties with joint drills
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-27/74893.shtml
Jul 27th 2013, 00:20
2013-07-27 09:20 China Daily Web Editor: Gu Liping
China and Russia will start a joint counter-terrorism drill, known as Peace Mission 2013, on Saturday, less than one month after the two sides completed their largest-ever naval drill in the Sea of Japan.
Observers said this is the first time that the two countries have conducted so many drills in a short period of time and sent military forces from bases that are geographically so close to one another, indicating a high level of mutual trust.
The drill, which involves 1,500 soldiers, will be held in Chelyabinsk, in Russia's Ural Mountains region, from Saturday until Aug 15.
It will be the ninth time that the two countries have participated in bilateral or multilateral exercises since 2003, and the move comes two weeks after they held the Joint Sea 2013 naval drill in Peter the Great Gulf near Russia's Far East port city of Vladivostok.
Starting on Saturday morning, 646 Chinese soldiers from the Shenyang military division of the People's Liberation Army will be deployed by air and rail. They are expected to arrive in the drill areas by Aug 2, according to the military region.
It will be the first time that the military division, which is in northeastern China near the border with Russia, will participate in drills abroad, it said.
The move shows ever-growing mutual trust between the two sides, said Chen Xuehui, a Beijing-based military expert. "Traditionally, military forces that are geographically close are supposed to be each other's opponent in defense policies.
"Such cooperation is important given that forces near to each other usually face similar threats and conduct similar exercises in daily training," said Chen, adding that counter-terrorism has been a main subject of military cooperation under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that groups China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The deployment of troops will be followed by two phases of war planning and campaign drills.
According to the Ministry of National Defense, the Chinese troops will include a planning panel, a command, an infantry combat group, an air force combat group and a logistics group. They will be equipped with various models of armed vehicles, self-propelled guns, and fixed-wing and rotating-wing aircraft, including Z-9 and M-171 helicopters.
"The size of the drill is not much larger than those held before, but it's rare that the two countries hold two drills within a month," said Li Shuyin, a researcher on Central Asian and Russian military studies at the PLA Academy of Military Sciences.
"Both sides have been holding such drills regularly, further strengthening military ties, a key part of their comprehensive strategic partnership," Li said.
"And this does not target any third party," she said.
The first Peace Mission joint counter-terrorism drill involving the two countries was held 2005. Since then, the two countries have held similar drills every one or two years in China or Russia
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China, Russia boost ties with joint drills
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-27/74893.shtml
Jul 27th 2013, 00:20
2013-07-27 09:20 China Daily Web Editor: Gu Liping
China and Russia will start a joint counter-terrorism drill, known as Peace Mission 2013, on Saturday, less than one month after the two sides completed their largest-ever naval drill in the Sea of Japan.
Observers said this is the first time that the two countries have conducted so many drills in a short period of time and sent military forces from bases that are geographically so close to one another, indicating a high level of mutual trust.
The drill, which involves 1,500 soldiers, will be held in Chelyabinsk, in Russia's Ural Mountains region, from Saturday until Aug 15.
It will be the ninth time that the two countries have participated in bilateral or multilateral exercises since 2003, and the move comes two weeks after they held the Joint Sea 2013 naval drill in Peter the Great Gulf near Russia's Far East port city of Vladivostok.
Starting on Saturday morning, 646 Chinese soldiers from the Shenyang military division of the People's Liberation Army will be deployed by air and rail. They are expected to arrive in the drill areas by Aug 2, according to the military region.
It will be the first time that the military division, which is in northeastern China near the border with Russia, will participate in drills abroad, it said.
The move shows ever-growing mutual trust between the two sides, said Chen Xuehui, a Beijing-based military expert. "Traditionally, military forces that are geographically close are supposed to be each other's opponent in defense policies.
"Such cooperation is important given that forces near to each other usually face similar threats and conduct similar exercises in daily training," said Chen, adding that counter-terrorism has been a main subject of military cooperation under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that groups China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The deployment of troops will be followed by two phases of war planning and campaign drills.
According to the Ministry of National Defense, the Chinese troops will include a planning panel, a command, an infantry combat group, an air force combat group and a logistics group. They will be equipped with various models of armed vehicles, self-propelled guns, and fixed-wing and rotating-wing aircraft, including Z-9 and M-171 helicopters.
"The size of the drill is not much larger than those held before, but it's rare that the two countries hold two drills within a month," said Li Shuyin, a researcher on Central Asian and Russian military studies at the PLA Academy of Military Sciences.
"Both sides have been holding such drills regularly, further strengthening military ties, a key part of their comprehensive strategic partnership," Li said.
"And this does not target any third party," she said.
The first Peace Mission joint counter-terrorism drill involving the two countries was held 2005. Since then, the two countries have held similar drills every one or two years in China or Russia
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Chinese writers visit St. Petersburg for cultural exchange
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Chinese writers visit St. Petersburg for cultural exchange
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-27/74892.shtml
Jul 27th 2013, 00:16
2013-07-27 09:16 Xinhua Web Editor: Gu Liping
A delegation of China Writers Association visited Russia's cultural capital St. Petersburg on Friday for cultural exchange.
Alexei Rodionov, coordinator of the Confucius Institute of St. Petersburg State University, highlighted the recent surge of interest in Chinese literature among Russians and the plans of the local Confucius Institute to produce high-quality Russian translations of Chinese works.
Rodionov said three collections of contemporary Chinese literature were published in Russia last year, featuring works by more than 20 Chinese authors, and a fourth volume would be published jointly by the Confucius Institute and local publishing house KARO.
The group of eight Chinese writers arrived here from Moscow at the invitation of the local Confucius Institute.
Chinese poet Xiao Dai, who is on second visit to Russia, said an ever-growing number of Russian students had learned the Chinese language and culture in recent years, and Chinese authors had attached more importance to Russian literature.
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Chinese writers visit St. Petersburg for cultural exchange
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-27/74892.shtml
Jul 27th 2013, 00:16
2013-07-27 09:16 Xinhua Web Editor: Gu Liping
A delegation of China Writers Association visited Russia's cultural capital St. Petersburg on Friday for cultural exchange.
Alexei Rodionov, coordinator of the Confucius Institute of St. Petersburg State University, highlighted the recent surge of interest in Chinese literature among Russians and the plans of the local Confucius Institute to produce high-quality Russian translations of Chinese works.
Rodionov said three collections of contemporary Chinese literature were published in Russia last year, featuring works by more than 20 Chinese authors, and a fourth volume would be published jointly by the Confucius Institute and local publishing house KARO.
The group of eight Chinese writers arrived here from Moscow at the invitation of the local Confucius Institute.
Chinese poet Xiao Dai, who is on second visit to Russia, said an ever-growing number of Russian students had learned the Chinese language and culture in recent years, and Chinese authors had attached more importance to Russian literature.
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