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David John Moon, a second-tier senior officer in the Immigration Department’s Sydney office, was paid in business class holidays by an associate, George Ling, to grant 110 approvals for illegal Chinese immigrants.
Between 1996 to 2000, Ling spent about $119,000 on overseas trips for Moon, including travel for his family to New York, Las Vegas, Orlando, [...]

The family of a Chinese Canadian businessman detained in China is pleading with the federal government to intervene on his behalf and bring him home.Jimmy Chen Yian Yuan, 52, has been held for 18 months in a detention centre in Zhuang Zhou, in China’s Fujian province, on charges of fraud. His lawyers and family say [...]

The Forbidden Kingdom
(out of 4)Starring Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou and Liu Yifei. Directed by Rob Minkoff. 113 minutes. At major theatres. PG
East meets west in The Forbidden Kingdom, a colourful action comedy about an American kung-fu wannabe’s adventures in ancient China.East meets east, though, in the match-up that [...]

By Nopporn Wong-Anan
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an emotional return from exile on Thursday, preaching reconciliation and forgiveness in a country still polarised by his five years in elected office.
“We can certainly have various opinions on various things, but we shall not be divided,” the former [...]

By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Madam Yan and 11 other mothers in
China turned to the All-China Women’s Federation for help after
their toddlers were denied places in kindergarten after testing
positive for the Hepatitis B virus.
“When I see other children going to school happily and mine
is alone, my [...]

Tucked in the Okanagan Valley and trimmed to look like a turn-of-the-20th-century mining town, Silver Star%26#8217;s one-street village includes board sidewalks and Victorian storefronts that have a storybook feel to them. %26#8220;You always know where your kids are, because there%26#8217;s nowhere to go beyond the ski hill, the skating pond and main street,%26#8221; said [...]

By Nopporn Wong-Anan
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an emotional return from exile on Thursday, preaching reconciliation and forgiveness in a country still polarized by his five years in elected office.
“We can certainly have various opinions on various things, but we shall not be divided,” the former [...]

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Small Hong Kong lender Wing Lung Bank
(0096.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday that its two largest shareholders
were considering a possible sale, sending shares in the
family-run bank more than 13 percent higher.
Big mainland Chinese lenders including China Construction
Bank (0939.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) and China Merchants [...]

(Repeats story first issued at 0000 GMT) By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, March 19 (Reuters) - Madam Yan and 11 other mothers in China turned to the All-China Women’s Federation for help after their toddlers were denied places in kindergarten after testing positive for the Hepatitis B virus. %26quot;When [...]

By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Madam Yan and 11 other mothers in China turned to the All-China Women’s Federation for help after their toddlers were denied places in kindergarten after testing positive for the Hepatitis B virus.
“When I see other children going to school happily and mine is alone, [...]