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• U.S. food firm disputes China court’s verdict in meat scandal

  Illinois-based food firm, OSI Group, in unusual move disputed China court's verdict that the company's subsidiary sold substandard meat to fast food chain in China including McDonald's and KFC.

• China freezes U.S. fund Citadel's account in war on stock speculation

  China's markets regulator has suspended a trading account of U.S.-based hedge fund Citadel LLC, the fund said on Monday, in the watchdog's first known move against a big foreign investor as it battles to prop up China's ailing stock markets.

• China's central bank asked lenders to check margin trading risk: memo

  The Shanghai branch of China's central bank has ordered commercial lenders to check for risks in their margin trading business, according to a memo obtained by Reuters.

• China police freeze two Trafigura bank accounts over alleged fraud

  Chinese police have frozen two bank accounts held by Trafigura, one of the world's three largest private oil and metals traders, as the authorities investigate an alleged $32 million gasoline trade fraud, according to three sources.

• China censures 11 officials over Shanghai New Year stampede

  China has punished 11 Shanghai officials for failing to prevent a New Year's Eve stampede that killed 36 people, injured dozens and dented the image of the country's most cosmopolitan and best-managed city.

• End of the road for racy models at Chinese autoshow?

  Female models in tight dresses and miniskirts may be banned from one of Asia's premier car exhibitions in Shanghai this year. The Chinese government is concerned about what it sees as increasing vulgarity in society.

• China launches pilot 'parallel import' for foreign cars

  China will allow selected auto dealers registered in Shanghai's free trade zone to import and sell cars without the consent of foreign carmakers, according to an official notice published late on Wednesday.

• New Year's Eve stampede kills 36 on Shanghai waterfront

  A stampede killed at least 36 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, but police denied reports it was caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous waterfront.

• Chinese police probe executives of business daily for graft: Xinhua

  Police in Shanghai are investigating eight employees of a newspaper, the 21st Century Business Herald, on suspicion of extortion, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, as China steps up its anti-corruption campaign in the media.