Friday 30th July, 2010
Chinese man builds castle to win back estranged wife
A 75-year-old man in China is building a castle to win back his wife who separated from him 10 years ago.
China leads in outer space pollution: Russian space agency
China has topped the list of the world's major polluters of the near-Earth space environment, followed by the US and Russia, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Friday.
Blue Paper says China leads world in urbanization
China's urban population has reached 46 percent of the total population, making it the largest such population in the world, according to a 'Blue Paper' released on Thursday.
China rejects West standards on human rights
Beijing News.NetChinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying has said that his government remains opposed to attempts by the West to impose its human rights standards on China.
India to be world's most populated country by 2050
Beijing News.NetThe world's population will increase inexorably, swelling from 6.89 billion to 9.49 billion, and India is expected to hit 1.75 billion becoming the largest country in the world by overtaking China by 2050, according to the Population Reference Bureau, a US body which supplies data to governments and institutions around the world.
Time not ripe for Sino-US military exchanges: Chinese experts
Beijing News.NetChinese experts believe that it is not the ripe time for China and the United States to resume their military talks.
China conducts two military drills to test long-range striking ability
Beijing News.NetChinese military conducted two exercises near the Yellow Sea on Sunday to test the troop's long-range striking precision.
China trains foxes to hunt rats
Beijing News.NetChina is no longer relying on poison to kill rats - it is training a group of foxes to hunt down the disease-infested rodents.
China naval drill in South China Sea: state media
West AustralianBEIJING (AFP) - China this week staged a large naval and air exercise on its southeast coast, as South Korea and the United States conducted their own naval drill opposed by Beijing, state media said ...
China to crack down on pro-Cantonese protesters
West AustralianBEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in China's southern city of Guangzhou will punish people who try and organise any more protests in support of the Cantonese dialect, a state-run newspaper said Frid...
Taiwanese wary about China amid warming ties
The Miami HeraldTAIPEI, Taiwan -- In the crowded Taipei theater, Eddy Fang laughs politely at the Chinese ensemble's comic references to jealous husbands and overweight wives but can't help thinking it's all a bit l...
China Saves Coke From Itself
ForbesRemember when Coca Cola tried and failed to acquire Chinese beverage giant China Huiyuan Juice for $2.4 billion? The Chinese Ministry of Commerce rejected the deal in a high-profile test of its then-n...
Uighur group condemns jailing of webmasters in China's far west
Earth TimesChina of "suffocating" free expression by the country's Uighur minority after reports that three Uighur webmasters were sentenced to long prison terms last week for "endangering state security."News o...
Audi profits up 42 per cent on US, China sales
Earth TimesAudi reported Friday a 42.6-per-cent jump in first half earnings powered ahead by growing sales in the key US and Chinese markets.The top-end offshoot of
Taiwan approves additional investment from China
The China PostTAIPEI -- The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved Thursday an additional US$28.59 million-worth of investments in Taiwan by Chinese investors amid warming ties across the Taiwan Strait.
Google backs off report of Internet search being cut off in China, blames system error
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China allows IMF report release
BBCChina had previously blocked the annual report's release because it objected to the IMF's view that its currency, the yuan, needed to be a lot stronger.
Beijing's home prices still growing, signs of slowing showing
YahooBeijing has achieved initial success in the regulation of its property market. Speculation in the real estate sector has been effectively curbed and the growth of housing prices has started to cool, s...
Arts group says China pressuring L.A. to thwart its theater bid
Los Angeles TimesThe Shen Yun performing arts organization went aggressively on the offensive Thursday, claiming it is being stonewalled by government officials as it tries to pursue building a huge theater and reside...
Obama urged to probe China deal
Times of IndiaBEIJING: A group of US legislators has urged President Barack Obama to investigate a plan by a top Chinese steelmaker to invest in an American firm, saying Washington failed to heed an earlier call...
'China to see growth of more than 9%'
Times of IndiaBEIJING: China's economy will escape a double dip and enjoy gross domestic product growth this year of more than 9 percent, Yi Gang, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said in re...
U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines reports 112 mln USD 2Q profits
People's DailySouthwest Airlines, the biggest U.S. discount airline, said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose to 112 million U.S. dollars, from 91 million in the same period last year.Total operating revenue ro...
Samsung Electronics scores record Q2 operating profit
People's DailySamsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips and flat-screen panels, on Friday reported a record second-quarter operating profit of 5.01 trillion won (4.2 billion U.S. dollars), a wh...
Brazil's mining giant Vale reports year-on-year hike in 2Q net earnings
People's DailyBrazil's mining giant Vale, the world's leading iron ore producer, announced on Thursday net earnings of 3.7 billion U.S. dollars in the second quarter of 2010, 2.1 billion dollars higher compared to ...
Brazil's Vale to acquire copper metallurgy company
People's DailyBrazil's mining giant Vale said Thursday it plans to acquire copper metallurgy company Paranapanema in a bid to become a top copper producer.According to Vale, the world's biggest iron ore miner, the ...
U.S. economic recovery slow, outlook uncertain: IMF
People's DailyThe U.S. economic recovery has been slow and the outlook remains uncertain with rising downside risks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday."Private demand has been sluggish, while t...
Risks of inflation in Brazil decrease: central bank
People's DailyThe Monetary Policy Committee of Brazil's central bank said Thursday that the risks of inflation were decreasing in the country, according to the minutes of its meeting held last week.The committee de...
Eurozone economic confidence rises to two-year high in July
People's DailyEurozone economic confidence rose to a two-year high in July despite the debt crisis, the European Commission said Thursday.The Commission said in its monthly survey that the economic sentiment indica...
Social networking up despite challenges
People's DailyWhile the number of Chinese social networking site (SNS) users has been steadily increasing, growth rates in the crowded market appear to have slowed, with some firms losing users and others shutting ...
Proactive fiscal policy to continue
People's DailyChina will continue its proactive fiscal policy in the second half of the year, focusing on speeding up economic restructuring, Finance Minister Xie Xuren said Tuesday.Xie made the statement at a conf...
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