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One Of China's Richest Men Jailed For Illegal Logging -Report (Nasdaq)BEIJING (AFP)--One of China's richest businessmen has been jailed for more than 10 years for illegal logging, state media said Friday.

China's former richest man sent to jail (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)A Chinese businessman once listed as the richest in the country has been jailed for more than 10 years for illegal logging, state media says.

4 population zones planned (People's Daily)China has rolled out a new program for the development of four functional population zones. Its purpose is rational demographic distribution and migration, the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC) said. "This is the first time China has drawn up a system of crucial measures to comprehensively address the nation's population issue," Li Bin, minister of the NPFPC, said on ...

Four population zones planned (China Economic Net)China has rolled out a new program for the development of four functional population zones. Its purpose is rational demographic distribution and migration, the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC) said.

Distiller enlists help of 'barflies' (China Economic Net)A distiller of Moutai, the sorghum-based drink known as China's national liquor, plans to invest millions of US dollars to use bugs to digest its dregs.

Haier Will Build 51 Olympic Hope Schools (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Haier, the world's fourth largest white goods manufacturer and the official white goods sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, will build 51 Olympic Hope primary schools in 25 provinces around China as part of the "One Gold Medal, One Olympic Hope School" program. 15 schools are to be built in Beichuan, the Sichuan county that was devastated by the May 12, 2008 earthquake.

Haier Will Build 51 Olympic Hope Schools (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Haier, the world's fourth largest white goods manufacturer and the official white goods sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, will build 51 Olympic Hope primary schools in 25 provinces around China as part of the ''One Gold Medal, One Olympic Hope School'' program.

China, Bolt big winners (Denver Post)Michael Phelps did it without bragging. Usain Bolt did it with dancing. And China did it all the time, every day.

Best hopeful Zou Shiming awards China first Olympic boxing gold (People's Daily)Zou Shiming, the best hope in China for its first Olympic boxing gold, eventually made the dream come true on home turf, winning the men's light fly 48kg crown at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday. To his surprise and expectation as well, Zou reaped the juicy harvest from an unexpected easy final as his shoulder-injuried Mongolian rival Serdamba Purevdorj abandoned the bout lagging 1-0 ...

Calligraphy of 'Love' goes to China (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)Published: Friday, August 22, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 22, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. Spartanburg artist Ann Stoddard packed "Love" in a suitcase and flew it to China, where it's now on display.