James Areddy

Katzenberg Unveils China Film Project

online.wsj.com — DeamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg unveiled his latest China film project, an Indiana Jones-type adventure story based on a wildly popular series of Chinese novels set in 9th century Tibet.

Slower China Growth Signals Days of Miracles Are Waning

online.wsj.com — After three decades of annual economic growth in China averaging around 10%, many industries are now experiencing less bling and more blah.

Ex-Railway Minister Charged in China

online.wsj.com — China's former Railway Minister Liu Zhijun, fired in February 2011 for what state media called severe violation of discipline, has been charged with bribery and abuse of power.

Confidence Ebbs in Chinese Tycoon's Ambitious Deals

online.wsj.com — Liu Han, who threw lifelines to mining firms in Australia and the U.S., is locked up in China, with police alleging he helped a younger brother evade arrest. Since then, mining deals that Mr. Liu has pledged some $2 billion to support have come under doubt.

Chinese Tycoon Held for Harboring Fugitive

online.wsj.com — A statement posted to the website of China's Ministry of Public Security said Liu Han, a tycoon with mining investments around the world, is being held on suspicion of harboring a fugitive family member.

Eight Questions: Hou Xiaoshou on Community Capitalism

blogs.wsj.com — Over the past three decades, China has adopted anything but a textbook version of market economics. Indeed, China's capitalism leaves room for socialism. The socialist-capitalist hybrid lost a stalwart practitioner this week with the death of Wu Renbao, the 84-year-old former Communist Party chief of what is widely known in China as the country's richest village.

Firms Scramble to Get a Fix on Chinese Tycoon

online.wsj.com — Companies in business with Liu Han said they are seeking information about the whereabouts of the Chinese natural-resources tycoon following a Shanghai media report that he had been detained by Chinese authorities.

He Led Village to Become China's Richest

online.wsj.com — Wu Renbao took a vague concept-capitalism with Chinese characteristics-as the blueprint to turn a farm community into what is now known in China as the country's richest village.

Tone Positive As Pigs Pile Up

blogs.wsj.com — As far as pig news has gone this week in Shanghai, Wednesday's counts as an improvement. After several days of increasingly nauseating statistics about dead pigs found in Shanghai's Huangpu River, local authorities reported 685 animal carcasses were salvaged on Wednesday. The government statement said - optimistically - that recovery numbers were sliding as the cleanup efforts intensified.

China's Dead Pigs Many More Than Thought

online.wsj.com — Authorities in Shanghai late Tuesday appealed for calm as they acknowledged finding far more dead pigs in local rivers than earlier indicated, while they also laid blame for the gruesome waterway disposal of more than 5,900 animals on careless farmers in a neighboring Chinese province.