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UPDATED: March 3, 2014 NO. 10 MARCH 6, 2014
People & Points No. 10, 2014
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Official Under Investigation

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Vice Governor of south China's Hainan Province Ji Wenlin is now under investigation for suspected serious disciplinary and legal violations, the discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said on February 18.

Ji, 48, was appointed mayor of Haikou, Hainan's capital city, in February 2011 and was later promoted to the vice governor in January 2013. Ji was directly supervised by Guo Yongxiang, former Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, when they both worked for the Ministry of Land and Resources and the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Guo is also currently under investigation for suspected disciplinary violations.

Organized Crime Kingpin

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Prosecutors in Hubei Province brought nine murders and other charges against 36 members of an alleged organized crime gang led by Liu Han, a former mining magnate, on February 20.

The gang is the largest of its kind to be prosecuted in recent years in China. Liu and his younger brother were charged with 15 crimes, including intentional homicide, injury and illegal detention.

Liu, 49, is chairman of the board of the Hanlong Group, the biggest private enterprise in Sichuan Province, as well as the publicly listed Jinlu Group. He owns dozens of subsidiary companies involved in electricity, energy, finance, mining, real estate and securities. Estimates put his worth at tens of billions of yuan.

"Reading books gives you access to the knowledge and culture of the people of different countries. The main problem facing China and Turkey in the field of literature is the lack of translated books."

Chinese writer and Nobel laureate Mo Yan, calling for more translated literature works at a news briefing in Istanbul on February 22

"The exposure will promote Cambodia's tourist sites to the Chinese people. More importantly, it will help to strengthen cultural ties between the two nations."

Ang Kim Eang, President of Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, commenting on a Chinese crew's filming of an episodic drama series titled Love is Brave in Cambodia, which started on February 25

"I wish I knew more about Chinese music. [The pieces that performed by Li were] a great way to learn more about the wonderful and fascinating Chinese culture."

Nicholas Beale, a business executive, after attending Chinese pianist Li Yundi's concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 25 evening, where Li played both classical and Chinese folk music

"More foreign universities have begun to accept that Chinese students with high scores in China's national college entrance exam are qualified to sit in world-class classrooms."

Zhang Feng, marketing manager for projects in Australia and New Zealand for EIC Group, an overseas study consultancy, on February 24



 
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