新富知識精英掀移民潮

China is becoming the largest migrant exporter and the investment migration tide is the hottest topic for Chinese media this year. The most popular countries are Canada, the US and Australia. The main reason is for children's education.?

《國際金融報》消息，2010年的中國社科院《全球安全與政治》報告顯示，中國正成為全球最大的移民輸出國，而投資移民熱也成為今年中國媒體熱議的話題。21世紀開始的投資移民熱呈現新的特點，申請者們只是希望更換公民身份但繼續留在中國生活。這批新移民群體主要由新富階層與知識精英構成。普遍受到中國投資移民申請者青睞的國家是加拿大、美國和澳大利亞。"子女教育"是客戶選擇移民海外的最主要原因。

貴州網吧爆炸6人死亡

據新華社報道，昨晚11時5分許，貴州省凱里市一網吧發生爆炸，至少造成6人死亡，38人受傷，其中9人傷勢嚴重。網吧隔壁屋內所藏的非法化學原料導致了爆炸，爆炸產生的氣浪震碎了臨近建筑物的玻璃。當地公安機關仍在確認遇難者的身份，并對爆炸事故做進一步的調查。

車改16載 成效甚微

據《人民日報》報道，自從1994年國務院宣布公務車改革、削減公務車數量，至今已有16年，但是全國每年在公務車方面的花銷仍達到驚人的1500至2000億元。公務用車維護費用高、公車私用現象嚴重、使用效率低下、超編屢禁不止是目前中國公務用車的主要問題。

中國貨輪在巴士海峽沉沒

據新華社消息，一艘搭載中國船員的巴拿馬籍貨輪3日在巴士海峽附近沉沒，至今10人下落不明。沉船地點在位于廣東汕頭市以南240海里的海域，貨輪載有24名船員，14人已經獲救。沉船的原因暫未查明。

男子撞父逃逸父阻報警

《揚子晚報》5日報道，江蘇省儀征市一男子駕車撞傷自己的父親及父親身邊的一位長輩后，因晚間光線差，沒看清是自己的老父，當即駕車逃逸。其受傷較輕的父親在看出是兒子"惹禍"的情況下，為了幫助兒子逃避經濟賠償和法律制裁，竟一路阻止目擊群眾報警。目前，肇事兒子向警方投案自首，糊涂父親也被警方立案調查。

Emigrating for education

China is becoming the largest migrant exporter and the investment migration tide is the hottest topic for Chinese media this year, according to the 2010 Global Security and Politics report issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, International Finance News reports. The new tide of investment migration starting from the 21st century has its features. The migrants want to change their nationalities but continue to live in China. They are mainly the newly rich and intellectual elite. The most popular countries are Canada, the US and Australia. The main reason is for children's education.

Internet café blast kills 6

At least 6 people were killed and 38 others injured – 9 seriously – in an explosion that ripped through an Internet café in the downtown area of Kaili, Guizhou Province, Saturday night, Xinhua reports. Chemicals illegally stored in an adjacent room were the source of the blast. The blast occurred at around 11:05 pm. Its shock wave shattered the windows of nearby buildings. Local police have yet to identify the victims, and a further investigation is underway.

Still too many official cars

China still spends 150-200 billion yuan annually to maintain a colossal fleet of official cars nationwide, some 16 years after the State Council decided to cut the number of official cars, the People's Daily reports. High maintenance costs, official cars for private use, rare use, and excessiveness are four major problems in the current official car fleet.

10 Chinese sailors missing after shipwreck

Ten Chinese sailors were missing after their vessel that was flying a Panamanian flag sank near the waters of Bashi Channel on Dec. 3, Xinhua reports. The ship went down in waters 240 nautical miles south of Shantou, Guangdong Province, bringing 24 crew members into the water; 14 have been rescued. Causes of the sinking are still unknown.

Son hits father in hit-and-run

A male motorcycle rider in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province ran away after hitting and injuring his father and another elderly man due to the dim light at night, the Yangtze Evening News reports. He didn't realize that one of the men hit was his father. But his father, who was less seriously injured, saw it was his son. In order to help him escape, his father stopped witnesses from calling police. The son has now surrendered to the police, and his father's actions was also recorded in police files.

(China.org.cn December 5, 2010)