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www.nytimes.com — In China, where the market for imported passenger cars dates back only about three decades, an entirely alternate set of stereotypes is taking root — and the stakes have never been higher for foreign carmakers.

Take, for example, Mercedes-Benz, a brand that in much of the world suggests moneyed respectability. In China, many people think Mercedes-Benz is the domain of the retiree.

www.chinabuzz.net — At around 6:40 pm, August 27, 2011, 46-year-old Xie Yexin (谢业新), an official of the Disciplinary Committee of Gong’an County (公安县), Hubei Province (湖北省), was found dead in his office. In his body, there were over ten stab wounds. But the government of Gong'an County ruled the death as a suicide.

www.channelnewsasia.com — A local official in central China has been detained after hitting and killing five teenagers with his car at the weekend while apparently driving drunk, state media said Tuesday.

www.chinadaily.com.cn — The Communist Party of China (CPC) has released new restrictions governing "naked officials", or those whose family members have all gone abroad. The new regulation, the second of its kind this month, was issued by the general offices of the State Council and the CPC Central Committee as CPC's latest drive to fight corruption.

www.dailychilli.com — A guard at an unofficial jail in the Chinese capital has pleaded guilty to raping a young detainee, an activist said Thursday, in a case that has put the spotlight on the "black jails" where a growing number of people seeking justice from the government end up.