BEIJING Stephen Gostkowski Jersey , Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Another Chinese businesswoman involved in the corruption case of former railway minister Liu Zhijun was sentenced to seven years in prison by a local court in Beijing Wednesday.
Hou Junxia was convicted of illegal business operations, according to a verdict by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court.
The court also confiscated 80 million yuan (12.9 million U.S. dollars) of Hou's personal property.
On Tuesday, her mother, Ding Yuxin, better known for former name Ding Shumiao, received a 20-year jail term for bribery and illegal business operations.
Ding, the main power broker in railway minister's case Dont'a Hightower Jersey , also was fined 2.5 billion yuan and had 20 million yuan in personal property confiscated.
Ding, together with several others, including her daughter, helped 23 railway construction contractors win bids for 57 railway projects between 2007 and 2010. The illegal commission fee amounted to over 3 billion yuan (484 million U.S. dollars), the court found.
Liu himself was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for bribery and abuse of power on July 8 last year.
PARIS, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Faouzi Lamdouni, one of French President Francois Hollande's advisors resigned on Wednesday over accusations of "misuse of company funds" and "tax fraud" in two companies he was connected with James White Jersey , the presidency office said.
Lamdouni, Hollande's advisor at the Elysee on equality and diversity "presented his resignation to have the means to defend himself after appearing before a judge on charges related to acts dating in 2007 and 2008."
The resignation of his close ally won't be a good music to the ears of the Socialist head of state, already weakened by a series of scandals involving his ministers and advisors.
A few days ago, junior minister for veterans Kader Arif announced his resignation over a corruption probe accusing him to favor relatives to enjoy public contracts.
In September, just nine days after he was handed trade portfolio, Thomas Thevenoud was forced to step down, after reports revealed he had not paid income taxes for three years.
Earlier this year Tom Brady Jersey , Hollande's chief communications adviser Aquilino Morelle, resigned over charges of conflict of interest linked to his work for pharmaceutical firms.
The last name in the list is budget minister Jerome Cahuzac who was forced to quit the executive staff in March 2013 over alleged financial wrongdoings.
KIEV, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 people have been killed in the past day in eastern Ukraine as hostilities continued between government troops and pro-independence rebels, authorities said Thursday.
The fatalities came amid hopes that a ceasefire would be established in the restive regions soon after peace talks in Minsk produced a roadmap for an end to fighting.
Explosions and shooting rocked the rebel-held Donetsk city overnight, killing seven people and wounding 14 others, the city council said in a statement.
Besides, three people died during a shelling in Avdeevka town Rob Gronkowski Jersey , 15 kilometers north of Donetsk.
Battles between government troops and the rebel forces were also raging in Lugansk region, leaving 4 civilians dead and 7 other wounded since Wednesday, regional authorities said.
As a result of the fighting across the two restive regions, two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 21 wounded in the past 24 hours, according to the Defense Ministry's General Staff press service.
The insurgents have not commented on their casualties over the past day.
Earlier in the day, leaders of Ukraine, Russia Wholesale New England Patriots Jerseys , Germany and France reached a peace deal for an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine, following 14-hour marathon talks in the Belarussian capital of Minsk.
The agreement envisages a ceasefire between the Ukrainian forces and insurgents effective from Sunday, followed by the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line and constitutional reform to give eastern Ukraine more autonomy.
The conflict in Lugansk and Donetsk regions, which has been raging since April 2014, has claimed more than 5,300 lives so far.
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Approval rating is rarely seen in other world cities: Beijing mayor
Over 9 in 10 Chinese people support the decision to hold the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Beijing mayor Wang Anshun said Tuesday.
Wang Wholesale Patriots Jerseys , who also headed Beijing's bid for the Games, said at a briefing on Tuesday that an opinion poll showed that more than 90 percent of the Chinese people supported the bid, while Beijing and its bidding partner, Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei Province enjoy higher public support, with 92 percent and 99 percent, respectively.
"Such support is rarely seen in other cities bidding for the Winter Olympics and it fully reflects the Chinese people's excitement over the Games Cheap New England Patriots Jerseys ," he said, adding that the poll was not conducted by the Chinese government.
Last month, Beijing won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, making it the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
"Europe has hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics at least 30 times, while Asia has only hosted those events five times," Wang said.
Analysts said that the Games could help boost China's social and economic growth and accelerate the regional integration of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and citizens said they welcomed the bid for the concrete benefits it would bring.
Di Yuchen Cheap Patriots Jerseys , a Zhangjiakou resident, told the Global Times that the bid could attract more visitors to the city to boost its economy. "Zhangjiakou is a city with good food and beautiful natural scenery. This will be our chance to show the city to the world," he said.
Several citizens reached by the Global Times said they look forward to the Games since authorities have promised to curb air pollution.