NTD Weekly Newsletter - State-Run Media: Bad Loans on Rise

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Issue 71     May 9, 2013
 

 

Alibaba the Behemoth

Chinese "eBay" will acquire 18% of China's Twitter-like company, Sina Weibo, providing direct access to 46 million daily users. The e-commerce giant has also been pushing its own smartphone operating system. 
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State-Run Media: Toxic Loans on Rise

Non-performing loans are up 20% from last year, totaling nearly $85 billion. Bad loan practices and local governments in the red may be pushing overall debt to critical levels. Video

Sydney University, Chinese Surgeon Criticized

One of Australia's top universities is being urged to take back an honorary professorship awarded to Dr. Huang Jiefu, China's head organ transplant surgeon. The organ transplant industry is increasingly under fire for executing criminals by removing their organs.  Video

EU to Impose Duties on Chinese Solar Panels

Starting in 2009 Chinese solar panel production outpaced demand, disrupting the world market. On the heels of a similar US action last year, the EU will impose duties on Chinese-made panels with the aim of protecting European producers.  Video

Freedom House Gives Mixed Review on Press Freedom

Violent assaults on foreign reporters in creased in 2012. But so did the use of social media, a "modest improvement" for press freedom. Overall, Chinese media remains "Not Free." Video

Discovering China

Discover the origins of "extreme boxing" - the ancient practice of tai chi. Video

NTD Corner

Chunghwa Telecom Urged to Renew NTD Contract

Taiwanese legislators are pressing Taiwanese-owned Chunghwa Telecom to renew its satellite contract with NTD-Asia Pacific. Pressure from the Chinese Communist Party may be influencing the telecom company, which is trying to expand into Mainland China.

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Reporter Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award

Society of Professional Journalists has recognized a reporter from an NTD media partner. Matthew Robertson of the Epoch Times has extensively researched China's organ transplant industry and the claim that living Falun Gong practitioners make up the majority of donors.

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