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China quake activist jailed for three years

A Chinese man was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for breaking China’s “state secrets” laws after he tried to provide legal advice to parents whose children died in shoddily built schools in the Sichuan earthquake last year

China coal mine death toll reaches 104

Relatives of the victims of a gas blast at a coal mine have scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners as state media put the number of dead at 104

China’s Haitong Securities buys Hong Kong rival

Haitong has become the first mainland brokerage to acquire an overseas rival after announcing it would launch a takeover of Hong Kong’s Taifook Securities

BBVA set to raise Chinese bank stake

The Spanish banking group is set to invest a further €1.1bn to lift its strategic stake in China Citic Bank and cement its position as one of the leading European investors in mainland Chinese banking

JPMorgan hires Linklaters lawyer to head China unit

The financial services group hires one of Asia’s leading corporate lawyers to head its China business and lead its ambitious plans in the country

Singh’s visit to “consolidate” US-India ties

Attempt to revive good relations amid concerns that India has slipped down on the US priority list

Sands China’s $2.5bn flotation falls short

Sands China raised less than its chairman had expected as its pricing power had been constrained in part by the precedent set by Wynn Resorts’ Macao spin-off

Fund focus: Invesco Perpetual Asian fund

Invesco Perpetual’s Asian fund targets sectors benefiting from the growth of China, which continues to prove its strength during the downturn

Chinese white weddings boost platinum

Chinese brides, who value platinum partly because it goes so well with a white wedding dress, are on course to snap up enough of the metal to make up for a fall in demand from the auto components industry

China’s banks face overseas pitfalls

Torture case brought in the US reveals the perils that could threaten the overseas’ expansion dreams of China’s government-owned entities

India losing English advantage to China

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