Welcome to the first edition of Panda Punchers, my opportunity to post my favorite inane China bashing quotes of the week. With the Olympics and a U.S. presidential election coming in 2008, and in the face of financial turmoil, expect the rhetoric to reach the heights of idiocy. Enjoy, and feel free to send me [...]

An unemployed man has been convicted of making a false report to the Independent Commission Against Corruption against two Customs officers for alleged corruption.

Tell me if this sounds familiar. Property developer aggressively markets a residential community, makes lots of promises about what will be built in later phases, including great stuff like a big clubhouse, and then sells a bunch of units to folks eager to buy in while the market is hot.

What happens [...]

This is pretty cool:

Information on the country's imports and exports including quality and quarantine standards, regulations and policies will be made available online in March, the authorities said yesterday.
The move to strengthen standards and safety covers more than 4,000 kinds of goods in 14 major categories and sub-categories, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection [...]

I started reading the below article because it is about IP infringement, but I got sidetracked very quickly. Sorry to be an anal bastard, but I used to be an editor, and this stuff still bothers me:

Six people were arrested on Wednesday for importing nearly $20 million worth of counterfeit designer urban street [...]

The Information Office of the State Council issued a white paper on the Chinese political party system on November 15, according to a Xinhua article issued on the same date (English, Chinese). The white paper emphasizes the dominant role of…

The China Internet Network Information Center has punished Shanghai Huiming Network Technology Company because it has reportedly violated the Internet Domain Name Registration Service Industry Self-Discipline Convention by cheating users.