Some 300 Communist Party investigators have been examining property deals and procurement practices in the capital city since at least late September and have uncovered suspicious dealings that implicate top Chinese leaders. Quelle: NYT

Eight men are on trial in Shenzhen over the brutal murder of a Hong Kong millionaire businessman, shot in the head over breakfast four years ago at one of Hong Kong’s most famous teahouses. Quelle: The Standard

Fines as high as 500,000 yuan (HK$492,350) will be imposed on anyone found damaging the Great Wall under the central government’s first set of uniform laws issued this week to preserve the ancient structure. Quelle: The Standard/AFP

A l’occasion de la visite de Jacques Chirac en Chine, Airbus a conclu un accord pour la vente de 150 moyens courriers à Pékin. Quelle: Le Figaro

As many as 10,000 college students fought with Chinese police in four days of protests over their academic status, damaging cars and buildings and leaving at least 20 people injured, a foreign monitoring group said Thursday. Quelle: The Guardian

Realitätsschock Unter den mehr als 20 Millionen chinesischen Studenten verbreitet sich Zukunftsangst. Nur eine Minderheit der Absolventen findet angemessene Arbeit. Von Georg Blume und Babak Tavassolie (Die Zeit). Vgl. Xinhua-Meldung vom Mai 2006.