China News Broadcast, December 26, 2012: Letter from Chinese Labor Camp in Kmart Product

In today’s NTD China News, China’s ambassador to Syria, Zhang Xun, has met with UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Zhang told reporters after their meeting that they both agreed the situation in Syria is serious.

Japans’ new ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, pledging to improve Sino-Japanese ties.

New Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to promote “multi-party” cooperation within the Communist regime—though analysts say this multi-party system isn't what it sounds like.

Former detainees at China’s Masanjia Labor Camp have corroborated claims in a letter discovered by an Oregonian woman in October. The letter came inside a box of Halloween decorations purchased at Kmart, and purports to be from a forced laborer inside the labor camp, pleading for help.

The office of US Trade Representative Ron Kirk has issue a scathing report on China regarding its compliance with World Trade Organization rules.

China has unveiled the world’s longest high speed rail line, linking Beijing to Guangzhou.

Critics of Hohg Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying are planning a massive rally against him on New Year’s Day.

Cold weather and snowstorms have continued in northern China, leaving up to 8 inches of snow in some areas.