Many of the television shows, movies and publications produced in China each year are rubbish, and the solution is to banish decadent themes and concentrate on uplifting social values instead, a senior government minister has said.
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China has banned private clubs in historical buildings, parks and other public facilities because they are hindering the fight against corruption, state media said on Monday, as the government broadens its anti-graft and frugality campaigns.
China is set to unveil key legal reforms this week that will try to limit the influence local officials have on court cases, a move being closely watched by company executives who hope it will make the legal system more impartial.
Apple Inc has a lot for which to thank people like Deng. Apple Inc has a lot for which to thank people like Deng. A Beijing-based quality analyst, she gave only her surname as she's embarrassed by how much money she spends playing mobile games on WeChat, a hugely popular messaging app developed by Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd.
China will crack down on smartphone apps featuring pornography and obscene content, the government said on Tuesday, the latest move in an official campaign to 'clean the Internet'.
The Vietnamese government plans to exit its stakes in 11 state-owned companies under the transport ministry via stock market listings to boost economic productivity and growth.
More state-owned companies in China may be sold off as private entities in a bid to improve economic, according to a Chinese official affiliated with the agency that controls the country's largest state firms.
Amid the run up to the Third Plenum, many market investors who have waited for the policy direction from the Chinese government had made them either hopeful or disappointed with the communique released by President Xi Jinping.
The Third Plenum reiterated the central role of state-owned enterprises as well as the the large role markets play in the future of the Chinese economy.
Many analysts say the lack of transparency may put the free trade zone experiment in China in jeopardy, unless it is confirmed as one of the economic priorities of the Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party.
