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- 'Slumdog' opens as Boyle says he'll helm Shanghai film fest [Shanghai Daily] "Danny Boyle will be the jury president for this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, the Oscar-winning director confirmed at the Chinese mainland premiere of 'Slumdog Millionaire' in Beijing yesterday. 'It's fantastic to be in a film festival,' Boyle said, adding that the Shanghai event will be his first jury assignment."
- Report Says Executions Doubled in 2008 [NYTimes.com] With at least 1,718, China was responsible for 72 percent of all executions in 2008, the report stated. After China were Iran (346), Saudi Arabia (102), the United States (37) and Pakistan (36), according to the group. 'Together they carried out 93 percent of all executions worldwide,' the report said. The Chinese authorities also handed down at least 7,003 new death sentences last year, although the report said the true total of both executions and death sentences 'remains shrouded in secrecy.' Some countries, China and North Korea among them, do not disclose the number of executions they carry out."
- China Unicom should quash iPhone launch date rumors to secure best deal - expert [Interfax TMT China] "Xiang Ligang, CEO of domestic telecom news portal Cctime.com and guest columnist for Interfax, told Chinese magazine PC Home that he is concerned over the widespread rumor that China Unicom is, for reasons of prestige, determined to strike a deal with Apple in time to allow it to release the iPhone in China by May 17. He said that if true, the rumors reveal China Unicom's bottom line in the negotiations, vastly strengthening Apple's hand."
- A New Breed of Propaganda Official [Economic Observer] "As the new vice-chief of Yunnan's propaganda department, Wu has brought a strikingly open approach to the office's tasks of media and public opinion monitoring. And last month, his new approach came to a critical test after the death of an inmate in police custody led to public outcry."
- Yum Brands Has an Appetite for Chinese Hot Pot Chain [WSJ] "The U.S. fast food giant has agreed to take a 20% stake in China’s Little Sheep Group Ltd., which operates a chain of over 350 hot pot restaurants across China. Yum will pay $63 million for the stake and expects to complete the purchase by the summer."
- China eyes eastern metropolis for economic boost [Xinhua] "China's State Council, or cabinet, says eastern Shanghai's future lies in modern service, manufacturing and continuing to be an international financial center and shipping hub. "Shanghai's economy and social development have made great achievements during the past 30 years of opening-up. Now it has come to a key transition point… To accelerate Shanghai's development pace in modern service, manufacturing, financing and shipping would be of great significance for the Yangtze River Delta and the whole nation at large,"" We weren't aware we ever thought we WEREN'T of great significance.
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