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Mainland and Taiwanese suspects involved in wire fraud are escorted off a plane upon arriving at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

How rampant phone scams highlight China’s need for tighter privacy laws

Systematic and operable legislation is needed to crack down on the middlemen facilitating fraud by peddling private data, writes Wang Xiangwei.

2 May 2016 - 3:46pm

China has more than 700 million internet users. Photo: Reuters

Chinese Xi Jinping’s tough internet sell to talent

25 Apr 2016 - 9:53am 2

An officer guards the formal entrance to the Zhongnanhai compound, in Beijing. If the central authority is weak government decrees can fail to reach beyond the walls of Zhongnanhai. Photo: Simon Song

Pen-pushers and paper tigers: China’s bureaucrats are still good at getting their way

18 Apr 2016 - 1:11pm 5

Residents ride electric bikes on Changan Avenue in Beijing. Changan Avenue is one of 10 roads in the city where electric bicycles will be banned starting from April 11. Photo: Xinhua

Disservice to the people: the problem with China’s e-tailing taxes and bans on electric bikes

11 Apr 2016 - 9:05am 7

Despite facing tough conditions, former premier Zhu Rongji paved the way for China’s economy to take off in the 21st century. Photo: AP

Why now is the time for China’s leaders to bite the bullet on economic reform

4 Apr 2016 - 10:48am 6

State Food and Drug Administration officials check the vaccines stored in the local Centre for Disease Control in Rong’an county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Photo: EPA

Vaccine scandal highlights public’s lack of trust in the Chinese government

28 Mar 2016 - 11:48am 11

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the media after the close of the National People's Congress in Beijing last week. Photo: Bloomberg

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s tax cuts are a good start but must go deeper

21 Mar 2016 - 9:01am

China’s universities, like Peking University seen above, are bureaucratically ranked, with the highest ranking accorded as a deputy government ministerial position. But not all school chiefs back the system. Photo: SCMP Pictures

In China, Soviet-era ‘rank’ system is crippling reform

14 Mar 2016 - 12:31am 4

Daughter Nan points out the sights to Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen during his southern tour in 1992. Deng warned the party to be primarily alert to the dangers posed by leftist thought. Associated Press

Leftists die hard, but Xi Jinping’s blessing for China’s private sector has positive message for economy

7 Mar 2016 - 2:35am 2

Outspoken Ren Zhiqiang is a former property tycoon. Photo: AP

China’s Donald Trump: loud and proud Ren Zhiqiang offers a litmus test for opinion inside the Communist Party

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 15

New CSRC chief Liu Shiyu is reportedly pragmatic and known for his intelligence in balancing the interests of various parties. Photo: Reuters

After the fall: CSRC chief Liu Shiyu faces uphill battle to reform China’s stock markets

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

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Why China’s rich should do more to help the poor

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

A worker walks on a beam at a construction site for a new commercial building in Beijing, in this December 15, 2014 file photo. China's central bank said on January 15, 2016 that China's relatively fast growth rates in both M1 and broad M2 money supply demonstrated increases in China's economic activity, official media reported. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Files

Why stalled reforms are a bigger worry for China’s economy than a hard landing

8 Mar 2016 - 5:33pm 4

Currency symbols are displayed at a currency exchange store in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. China stepped up its defense of the yuan, buying the currency in Hong Kong and sparking a record surge in the city's money-market rates to deter bearish speculators. Photographer: Xaume Olleros/Bloomberg ORG XMIT: 599519885

Why China will not sharply devalue the yuan

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 1

A banner promotes the "Three Represents" theory. Photo: Reuters

China's leaders are masters at letting the numbers do the talking

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 3

Shen Bing's "autobiography"

A tall tell-all tale from the dark side of Chinese power

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 1

Vice-President Li Yuanchao says he is a victim of overseas rumours. Photo: SCMP

Frustrated Chinese officials tilt at rumour mills

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 3

Xi Jinping's priorities likely to remain firm in 2015

Xi Jinping's priorities likely to remain firm in 2015

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), led by Wang Qishan (above), has spearheaded the campaign and inspires fear with the mere mention of its name.

Officialdom still a breeding ground for flies, rats and fleas

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm

Taiwan's voters seemed driven by local issues. Photo: Reuters

Taiwan's electoral landslide triggered by shifting local ground

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

There are signs that Xi Jinping is pursuing bold ambitions at home and abroad with an eye to setting up a new international order led by China, a rising superpower to compete with the United States.

Towards a new order, Xi Jinping touts Asia-Pacific dream

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 3

A record 200 million yuan (HK$252 million ) in cash was seized from Wei Pengyuan's home.

Planning agency tangled up by graft

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 1

Premier Li Keqiang says GDP is within a reasonable range.

Time to put economy to new reform index test

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm

Stronger rule of law still far away

Strengthening the rule of law will be a long journey

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

Authorities are championing Confucius. Photo: Ricky Wong

Xi Jinping endorses the promotion of Confucius

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

Alibaba chairman Jack Ma Yun has created enormous wealth for himself, his employees and investors.

Alibaba's mega IPO signals rise of China's new wave of tech giants

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

When Wang Qishan was named head of the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency in late 2012.

Wang Qishan's most important mission to date: dousing the flames of corruption

29 Feb 2016 - 12:19pm 2

Pay cuts are in store for executives at state enterprises. Photo: AFP

Party's over for state-firm fat cats

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 1

BMW is one carmaker under investigation over the cost of spare parts. Photo: Reuters

Level the field but keep FDI in play

29 Feb 2016 - 12:19pm

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