Provides the latest RSS feeds for Beijing News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Beijing News.net http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/cat/55582c89cb296d4c/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:00 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:00 -0400 30 China welcomes "constructive and sensible advice" and suggestions on Tibet's development, Chinese Tibetologists said here. "There are many scholars studying Tibetan history and culture. We hope the scholars and political leaders from other countries, and all those who care about Tibet would participate in its development, and offer constructive, sensible, feasible advice," said Zhaluo, a scholar ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214686593/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:50:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214686593/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here. China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with little difficulty Tuesday, reports Xinhua. "My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very angry," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, the assistant coach of Kazakhstan. "Although we won the game, I ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685513/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685513/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China would firmly consolidate and develop ties with Pakistan "no matter how the international and regional situation changes", said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who arrived here Wednesday on an official visit to Pakistan. Li said that as he began his visit, he brought with him the Chinese people's friendship to the Pakistani people. Pakistan, a key South Asian country, has made important ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685509/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685509/scat/55582c89cb296d4c With the absence of Chinese star Liu Xiang, American David Oliver topped the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing here, while China's Li Jinzhe continued his good form and grabbed a second win in the men's long jump. Oliver, bronze medallist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Games, held off the challenge of London Olympic runner-up Jason Richardson and Jamaica's Dwight ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684595/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684595/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr Li Bin, Minister of Health and Population, People's Republic of China met here yesterday on the sidelines of World Health Assembly to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in healthcare sector. Congratulating Dr Li Bin for taking over as Health Minister of China, Azad stated that in view of her keen interest in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681662/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:03 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681662/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China is likely to make a substantive move this year toward initiating an anti-dumping investigation into wine imported from the eurozone, according to Xinhua . Chinese wine producers have been squeezed by stiff competition from their strong overseas counterparts and a persistent slump in their domestic market. The China Security Journal has reported the government may take a further step in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680691/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:40:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680691/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China have held talks over their bilateral economic relations. The talks were held Tuesday between Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, the UAE's minister for economy and deputy governor of Chinese Anhui province. Mansouri said huge potential and opportunities were still untapped for the advancing of economic relations between the UAE and China as trade between the ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214678603/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214678603/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China has appealed for communication with the US on cyber security, Xinhua reported Tuesday. While stressing that cyber security was a global issue, confronting not only America but also China, a foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said: "China proposes stronger cooperation with the United States on cyber security." The statement came during a daily press briefing in response to a question ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214676535/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:20:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214676535/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Montevideo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, on Saturday will begin a four-day official visit to the Republic of China. Accompanied by a government and a business delegation, the president, who left here at 14:00 hours (local time) to Paris, where he will make a stop over for Beijing, he will Sunday travel by train to the city of Tianjin to hold meetings with Chinese ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699269/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:09 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699269/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> EU trade chief: Deal could increase each side's GDP by half of 1 percentage point each year China has "no reason" to worry about an ambitious free-trade pact being negotiated by the United States and the European Union, because the two are already its biggest trading partners, the EU's trade chief said. Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht was asked ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699271/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:22 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699271/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> New shares in China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd were in hot demand on Wednesday, after it raised $1.1 billion in a much-anticipated Hong Kong IPO. The shares rose 11.3 percent at one point, before ending the day up six percent on its trading debut. The city's IPO drought has been broken by the new listing, along with that of Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co Ltd last ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699272/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:18 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699272/scat/55582c89cb296d4c On May 22, Pope Francis reminded his weekly public audience that the coming Friday, May 24, would be the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan, the day set aside by Pope Benedict XVI for prayer for the Church in China. Chinese Catholics traditionally make a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Sheshan, near Shanghai, on the feast day. Pope Francis urged Catholics throughout the world to join in prayer, to ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699275/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:48 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699275/scat/55582c89cb296d4c By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI | Wed May 22, 2013 4:59pm EDT SHANGHAI May 23 (Reuters) - The rolling green hills and gurgling blonde toddlers in the ads for Yashili International Holdings Ltd underscore how keen China's biggest milk powder producers are to appear global to emerge from the shadow of a fatal baby formula scandal. The 2008 incident, which involved melamine-tainted milk ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699273/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:59:56 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699273/scat/55582c89cb296d4c By David Stanway and Niu Shuping BEIJING | Wed May 22, 2013 4:55pm EDT BEIJING May 23 (Reuters) - The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food chain - possibly at the expense of Mao Zedong's cherished goal of self-sufficiency. The ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699051/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:55:32 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214699051/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Hillary Kipsang , who trains under Golazo Sports management, was too strong for his opponents as he led unprecedented top-four spots for Kenya. Kipsang, who boasts an impressive 8:07.71 personal best and the sixth world junior all-time, showed little respect for a classy line up that had world 3,000m steeplechase silver ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214698021/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:41 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214698021/scat/55582c89cb296d4c "Such an important move should encourage all countries, and particularly the other large emitters such as the United States, to take stronger action on climate change" - Lord Stern, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, LSE ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697864/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:21 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697864/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> China and Pakistan said on Wednesday they will set up an economic corridor to further connect their two economies. The announcement came as ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697865/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:09 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697865/scat/55582c89cb296d4c seven cities and provinces , including Beijing, which will take part in the pilot program, set to be completely implemented by 2014. And according to one local news source, China could implement an absolute, nation-wide cap on its carbon emissions by 2016. China’s 21st Century Business Herald reported this week that the country’s State ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697866/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:23:24 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697866/scat/55582c89cb296d4c AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines is weighing what course of action to take in the wake of the latest Chinese incursion in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as the country asserted its capability to defend its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday that it was already coordinating with the Philippine Coast Guard ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697867/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:35 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697867/scat/55582c89cb296d4c An annex to a hotel building, which was under construction, collapsed in Fuzhou, Fujian Province Monday afternoon, burying dozens of cars parked ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697870/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:09 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697870/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves during their meeting in New Delhi, India, May 20, 2013. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) The Chinese and Indian premiers yesterday pledged to resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace. China and India will study new ways to ease tensions ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697869/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:09 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697869/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Could N. Korean envoy to China be turning point for foreign policy? . MAY 23, 2013 04:21. . Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697871/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:49 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697871/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A Goldman Sachs sign is seen over the company's trading stall on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, in this March 21, 2013, file photo. (Brendan ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696099/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:16 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696099/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Europe an Union (EU) by agreeing on the export price of the products have failed, Chinese trade body sources involved in the talks said on Wednesday. China and the EU had agreed that talks on such "price undertaking" would be held between representatives of the Chinese solar ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696433/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:29 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696433/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> The size of nature reserves in China reached almost 15 percent of the country's total land area by the end of 2012, exceeding the global average of 12 percent. Li Ganjie, vice-minister of environmental protection, announced the figure at a celebration of the 2013 International Day for Biological Diversity on ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696037/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:26 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696037/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> ISLAMABAD - China and Pakistan will always be good partners and brothers that are reliable and sincere to each other, visiting ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696434/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:22 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696434/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> A prosperous, stable and peaceful China is important to Switzerland and the world, according to President of the Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer. His comments come ahead of official visits by ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696590/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:19 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696590/scat/55582c89cb296d4c DETROIT | Wed May 22, 2013 3:07pm EDT DETROIT May 22 (Reuters) - * Former GM exec Bob Lutz, China's Wanxiang Group offer $20 million for Fisker Automotive - ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697536/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:07 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214697536/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The 2013 China Poker Tournament (CPT), the 2nd WPT (World Poker Tour) National China is to kick off in Sanya in November. The 1st WPT National China, which was held at the MGM Grand Sanya at Yalong Bay last December, attracted many of the world’s best professional poker players, such as David Chiu and Johnny Chan as well as the famous American poker player Phil Hellmuth who has won a ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694796/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:49 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694796/scat/55582c89cb296d4c During his weekly address Wednesday in St. Peter's Square, the pope called for prayers so Chinese Catholics can live their lives "in the service of their country and fellow citizens," in a way that is consistent with their faith. China's government does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The two sides have regularly clashed over China's influence ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694762/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:33 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694762/scat/55582c89cb296d4c An envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Chinese officials on Wednesday in the first such talks since Kim succeeded his late father, Kim Jong Il, Chinese state media said. Choe Ryong Hae, a military leader with close ties to the Kim family, met Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department. Diplomatic meetings between China and North Korea are ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694798/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:54 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694798/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Choe Ryong-hae (center), director of the Korean People's Army politburo, leaves Pyongyang airport to visit China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un Wednesday. Choe, a top official and confidant of Kim Jong-un, on Wednesday met a senior Chinese official in Beijing ahead of a China-US summit.Photo: ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694975/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:09 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694975/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang steps down from his plane upon arrival at Pakistan's Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi on May 22, 2013. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to strengthen his country's partnership with Pakistan as he arrived for a visit less than two weeks after the country's general election. The long-time allies will look to use the two-day trip to boost trade ties, and Li ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694319/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:59 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694319/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> BEIJING - Electricity prices for all businesses in agricultural production and logistics will be cut from June 1, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced on Wednesday. Pork and vegetable producers will now enjoy the same electricity prices as other agricultural production businesses, which were already benefiting from preferential costs, the commission ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694393/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 14:02:34 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694393/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Islamabad: In a significant move, China today signed a pact with Pakistan which will connect the latter's strategically important port of Gwadar to it via rail, road and air routes. The crucial deal was inked during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Islamabad today.China had taken over operations at the port earlier this year, a move that had upset India.Once complete, the port, ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694551/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694551/scat/55582c89cb296d4c ) Tiny spiders with oversized rumps have been discovered in China. The little arachnids, each about a millimeter long, represent two new species of orb-weaving spider. They belong to the Mysmenidae family of orb-weavers, and are described May ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694696/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:32 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694696/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Musicians from the military bands of China's People's Liberation Army and the U.S. Army take photos during a rehearsal for their joint concert at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, in this October 29, 2012 file ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694277/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:57 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694277/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Pakistan and China today inked several agreements and memoranda of understanding, including a pact on a system to manage the border between Xinjiang autonomous region and Gilgit-Baltistan ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694800/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 13:41:10 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214694800/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696045/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 13:20:10 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214696045/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The video for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's newly released song starts by re-creating the conditions of his captivity during the 81 days he was held in police detention in 2011, later dissolving into a dystopian ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693197/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:35 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693197/scat/55582c89cb296d4c "Having India as a permanent member may add to Tokyo's influence." Wang Dehua, a South Asian studies specialist at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies,saying that China will not support India's bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council, quoted by the South China Morning Post on ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693198/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:45 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693198/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his entourage flew from India to Pakistan yesterday for a two-day visit. The plane was escorted by six Pakistani Air Force JF-17 fighter jets after entering Pakistani airspace. Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso welcomed Li at the airport in person, which clearly reflects the "all-weather" friendship ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693039/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:45 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693039/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China ranks second to last among developing countries on tobacco control, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report that is due to be made public by China's authorities at the end of this month. With a total score of 44.6, China ranks the 13th among 14 nations that have reported their progress to the WHO on implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693019/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:42 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693019/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday on his first official visit to Pakistan, marking the second leg of Li's first overseas tour since taking office.The trip, which came on the heels of the election of Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif, reaffirms the time-tested all-weather friendship between China and Pakistan and serves the interests of the two ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693040/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:36 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693040/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday linked growth in his country's restive west with that in sluggish Pakistan, saying the two sides wanted to create an "economic corridor" to boost development. Li, on his first overseas trip since taking over in a once-in-a-decade power transfer in Beijing, congratulated Pakistan on its recent general election and hailed the countries' ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693647/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:47:16 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693647/scat/55582c89cb296d4c unveiled details of its first pilot carbon-trading programme, which will begin next month in the southern city of Shenzhen.The trading scheme will cover 638 companies responsible for 38% of the city's total emissions, the Shenzhen branch of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693178/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:32:03 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693178/scat/55582c89cb296d4c At the end of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis made an appeal to Catholics all over the world to prayer for our ';brother and sisters'; in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693202/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:44 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693202/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Orville Schell : When many of us came into the the story of U.S.-China relations, the currency of the realm was politics. When Henry [Kissinger] went to China, there was no economics to deal with. So, it was a political question. Without really noticing it, we've undergone an extraordinary transmigration from the currency of politics to, really, the currency of currency. We talked ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214692950/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:30 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214692950/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The high current account deficit will persist as long as we live in a world of low growth - that hurts our exports - and easy global liquidity, which pumps up the oil import ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693203/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:33 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693203/scat/55582c89cb296d4c COLOMBO | Wed May 22, 2013 12:11pm EDT COLOMBO May 22 (Reuters) - China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on Wednesday showed. The loan will bring CDB's total lending to Sri Lanka to more than $1.4 billion. China's increasing influence in the island nation has stoked ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693201/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:11:35 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214693201/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A senior North Korean military official sent to China as a special envoy has met with a top Chinese official, at a time of strained relations between the two traditional ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691523/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:51:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691523/scat/55582c89cb296d4c East-Asia-Intel.com There are three major birthdays and anniversaries in this year's political calendar - and how they will be celebrated says much about the country's ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691545/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:47 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691545/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese tourists, who have been flooding global destinations, including the Emirates, have been asked by a top Communist Party official to behave when abroad. Steps should be taken to project the good image of Chinese tourists, Wang Yang, one of the country's four vice-prime ministers, pointed out in a report in the Community Party newspaper, People's Daily. Mr Yang mentioned talking ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691546/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:01 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691546/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Although all the news about Chinese investment in the U.S. has focused on the deals that don't get done, Chinese investment in the U.S. is at an all-time ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691078/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:07 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691078/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING - Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the artist’s new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking China’s state power. The video accompanying the visual artist’s single ';Dumbass'; — released Wednesday but blocked online in mainland China — is meant ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691316/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:51 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691316/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Kim Jong Un took power, state media reported. China's official Xinhua News Agency reports that North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae arrived in Beijing to meet with Wang Jiarui, a top official in the Communist Part of China. It was the first time a delegation from North Korean visited Beijing since Kim ascended to power in 2012, Xinhua reports. Neither side offered specifics regarding ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691732/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:09:36 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691732/scat/55582c89cb296d4c North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un dispatched a top military official to main ally Beijing, signaling that Pyongyang may be ready to swap diatribe for ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691549/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:27 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691549/scat/55582c89cb296d4c ISLAMABAD // China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan yesterday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers. Premier Li Keqiang said "the tree of China-Pakistan friendship" was planted decades ago, nurtured by successive leaders and "is now exuberant with abundant fruits". Both sides are typically effusive in describing their alliance, underlying ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689972/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:59 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689972/scat/55582c89cb296d4c bird flu outbreak that has sickened 130 people and killed 36 has been brought under control in China. They said that closure of live bird markets in Shanghai and other areas has likely contributed to the halt of the spread of the disease throughout the country. The UN warned that health authorities worldwide must still remain on the lookout to detect further cases of the virus, which could ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689896/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:50 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689896/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Police in Beijing say they have arrested 13 people for allegedly spreading rumours and disrupting public order following a protest over a migrant worker's ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689427/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:38 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689427/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A year ago, Lu Yuexia hadn't won a tournament in 12 years. Going into the start of this week's Beijing Challenge as defending champion, the Chinese veteran is looking to build on fond memories and revive her game in hope of repeating as champion."Few people are able to defend their title on the Tour, so it's a gigantic task. Let's wait and see," the 36-year-old ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214690104/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:24 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214690104/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> BEIJING - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Wednesday that it will float 30 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) in 10-year book-entry treasury bonds. The issuance is the ministry's 11th batch of book-entry treasury bonds this year. The interest rate for the bonds is fixed at 3.38 percent. Interest will be paid every half year, with the last interest and the principal paid ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689974/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:40 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689974/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed May 22, 2013 10:12am EDT (Adds signing of cooperation agreements, paragraphs 8-9) By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD May 22 (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. Li arrived in the ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691394/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 10:12:49 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214691394/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese leadership has reportedly listed seven topics that may not be discussed in university classrooms there. This calls into question the academic freedom ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689976/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 10:02:41 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689976/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The group of Manuel V. Pangilinan is continuing talks with China National Offshore Oil Corp. (Cnooc) for a potential partnership at a massive but disputed oil and gas find in offshore Palawan. Nonetheless, both parties have yet to move forward with their talks, which Pangilinan described as still in the preliminary stage given the geopolitical situation in the area. Pangilinan chairs Philex ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689977/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:59:38 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689977/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese authorities have charged six people with extortion in connection with a scandal involving secretly recorded sex videos, prosecutors said Wednesday. The six are accused of luring officials in the southwestern city of Chongqing into having sex with women and secretly recording the encounters to blackmail the officials, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. The suspects were ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689978/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:55:32 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214689978/scat/55582c89cb296d4c SHANGHAI (AFP) - Calligraphy by Japanese porn star Sola Aoi has sparked a culture war in China, where she has a huge fan base, with purists dismissing the work as "unskilled" after it was reportedly auctioned for $95,000.Eight Chinese characters the actress wrote with brush and ink at a theme park in the eastern city of Ningbo were sold earlier this month, the Liberation Daily newspaper ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688447/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:13 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688447/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China's price of pigs has bounced back following the government's subsidized initiatives, the country's top economic planning agency said Wednesday.The average hog price reached 12.79 yuan (2.1 US dollars) per kilo by May 15, marking the third week of a rising trend.The hog-to-corn price ratio, a major indicator of the industry's profitability, hit 5.33:1 by May 15, up from ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688449/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:08:37 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688449/scat/55582c89cb296d4c By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 – The United States and China, by increasing their dialogue and engagement, can build a foundation of trust while fostering regional security and prosperity, the top U.S. commander in the region said yesterday. "While competition between the United States and China is inevitable, conflict is not," Navy Adm. Samuel ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688451/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:24 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688451/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> Carrefour China opened its fourth A-level lab for food safety on May 22. The lab, in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, will release the food testing results to the public regularly to guarantee food safety. The 5-million-yuan ($815,000) lab is capable of detecting 46 different pesticides and additives in more than 65 kinds of food and vegetables, meat and fish. ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688141/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:50 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688141/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> The National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation was presented the National Mapping Organization of the Year 2012 Award in the 2013 Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam, Netherlands, earlier this month, Song Chaozhi, deputy director of the administration, said on May 22. The biennial Geospatial World Forum is a premier event for the global geospatial ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688359/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:49 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688359/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> A 4-D cinema opened at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Monday, making it the first airport in China with such a facility to help passengers pass time while waiting for flights, www.carnoc.com reported. The 4-D cinema combines a 3-D movie with physical effects. The cinema, in the domestic departure area of Terminal 3, shows films of 10 to 15 minutes. The ticket ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688199/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:49 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688199/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China Construction of America has successfully bid for state-level and municipal projects in the United States, such as the $407 million Alexander Hamilton Bridge rehabilitation, seen ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688075/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:46 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688075/scat/55582c89cb296d4c ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. China's Catholics number between 8 and 12 million and are divided between the state-sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Association, which has installed bishops without Vatican approval, and an "underground" wing loyal to the ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688452/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:02:13 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688452/scat/55582c89cb296d4c ASHGABAT, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Gas from Turkmenistan’s largest gas condensate field will flow to China, national gas company Turkmengaz CEO Kakageldy Abdullayev said on Wednesday. The Galkynysh field, the world’s second largest by gas reserves, will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China. The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic meters of natural gas per ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688453/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:20 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688453/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING - A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, authorities said Wednesday. All seven victims were in stable condition and a suspect was apprehended, according to a spokeswoman from the Maoming city government in the southern province of Guangdong who, like many Chinese bureaucrats, ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688169/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:36 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688169/scat/55582c89cb296d4c PYONGYANG/BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday at a time of strained relations and ahead of a China-U.S. summit. Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers’ Party official and a vice marshal tasked with supervising the North Korean military, departed on a chartered flight with a political and military delegation. Chinese ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688599/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:47:10 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688599/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING, China - A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, authorities said Wednesday. All seven victims were in stable condition and a suspect was apprehended, according to a spokeswoman from the Maoming city government in the southern province of Guangdong who, like many Chinese ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688458/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:32 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688458/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING, China - The death toll from a massive blast at an explosives plant in eastern China has risen to 23 with 10 people still missing. The official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday that 19 others were injured by the explosion, which ripped through the plant in Shandong province on Monday. The blast was so strong that 10 of those killed could only be identified by their DNA. Experts from ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688459/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:58 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688459/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global and China Stainless Steel & Products Industry Report, ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688061/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:35:19 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214688061/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Uruguayan President Jose Mujica says he will seek to boost political, economic and social ties with Beijing "as much as possible" during his upcoming trip to China.Mujica, who is scheduled to make his first visit China on May 25-28, will meet with President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese officials.Although Uruguay and China are separated by the vast Pacific Ocean, Uruguay has ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687054/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:43 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687054/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China on Wednesday urged relevant countries to fully and earnestly implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and refrain from actions that could amplify or complicate the issue.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to a media request for a comment on the Philippines' recent protest.According ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687053/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:42 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687053/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Photo taken on May 21, 2013 shows the rural scenery of Guzhai Village of Liucheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Deng ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687060/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:21 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687060/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Photo taken on May 20, 2013 shows the scenery of Coral Island of Yongle Islands in Sansha City, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Zha ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687059/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:20 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687059/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Two reagents used to conduct clinical tests for human infections of the H7N9 avian flu have been given approval to enter the Chinese market, according to the country's drug ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687062/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:54:43 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687062/scat/55582c89cb296d4c " alt="China Southern's Boeing 787 could be flying in Aussie skies by December" style="position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 50%; margin-left: -233.5px; margin-top: -130px;" title="China Southern's Boeing 787 could be flying in Aussie skies by December" ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214686672/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:52:46 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214686672/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Six gang members have been charged with blackmailing Chinese officials by recording videos of them having sex, the country’s official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing prosecutors. The six were charged with extortion on Monday by a court in the city of Chongqing, southwest China. The group set so-called "honey traps" to lure ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687063/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:30 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687063/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Today's AM fix was USD 1,385.25, EUR 1,071.43 and GBP 917.75 per ounce. Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,378.75, EUR 1,070.21 and GBP 908.39 per ounce. Gold fell $6.50 or 0.47% yesterday to $1,377.80/oz and silver finished down 0.56%. The fundamentals of the platinum and palladium markets are beginning to receive market attention and not before time. The positive supply demand dynamics are ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687069/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:41 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687069/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Swift Dzire may have been launched as an offshoot to Swift, but in Apr it overtook its sibling for the first time to become country’s 2nd-highest sold ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687070/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:32:46 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214687070/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A huge sinkhole opened up on Monday evening in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, killing at least five men. The 10-meter-wide chasm formed near the gates of Huamao Industrial Park, when many factory workers were changing shifts, according to the Guangming Daily. Local authorities have so far identified four of the five people who died, and another man who fell in was rescued, the Global ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685831/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:57:15 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685831/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The number of Chinese purchasing property in Western countries and transferring their money out of China, both legally and illegally, has been significantly increasing since ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685833/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:57:14 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685833/scat/55582c89cb296d4c - Premiums for gold bars hit a record high in Asia on Wednesday as lower spot prices lured more buyers, mainly in China, the world's second biggest consumer of the precious metal, amid tight physical ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685834/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:59 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685834/scat/55582c89cb296d4c (31 mins ago) The total value of China's outbound mergers and acquisitions in 2012 reached a record-high US$65.2 billion (HK$506 billion), marking a five-fold increase from US$10.3 billion in 2008, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report said Wednesday. Since 2009, China has been leading the trend among emerging markets in carrying out mergers and acquisitions in the markets of developed ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685656/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:22 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685656/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING (Reuters) - Profit growth at China's state-owned companies cooled in the first four months of the year, government data showed on Wednesday, underscoring a faltering recovery in the world's second-biggest economy. The Finance Ministry ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685603/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:33:16 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685603/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to TCS headquarters in Mumbai and his promise to open up his country's services industry may further boost the Indian IT major's forays in the communist nation. China's service industry will be more open to the world, which will bring increasing opportunities for foreign companies, including ones from India, Li said while speaking during his ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685842/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:34 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685842/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A soldier walks near a bus as he helps to secure the area and clear the roads before the motorcade of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passes by in Islamabad, May 22, ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684868/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:52:37 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684868/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Islamabad, May 22 : Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's premier. Xinhua described the Islamabad-Beijing ties as an "all-weather strategic ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684894/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:45:29 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684894/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Business India News: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday said China will support its enterprises to increase investments in India and help Indian products have access to Chinese market as he supported a favourable trade balance in a bid to decrease mounting bilateral trade ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684895/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:27 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684895/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Dozens of students from multiple primary and middle schools in Northwest China's Qinghai Province have been affected by food poisoning, local authorities said Wednesday. As of 3 pm, more than 20 students from three schools in Hui-Tu Autonomous County of Datong had been sent to a local hospital for treatment, sources with the county government said. Their conditions have not yet been ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684709/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:39 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684709/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China on Wednesday unveiled a plan to support universities in its less developed central and western regions, with these institutions having been left behind by peers in the country's richer coastal areas.The ministries of education and finance along with the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top planning agency, jointly issued the plan designed to help ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684897/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:31 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684897/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A young woman wearing summer suit walks on road in Nantong City, East China's Jiangsu Province, May 21, 2013. The highest temperature reached 31.9 C on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684898/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:30 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684898/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A top official from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Wednesday that China is capable of playing a major role in the global fight against hunger."China has made enormous progress in dealing with hunger and its experience can be learned by the whole world," WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin said during her first visit to China as the agency's new chief.WFP ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684899/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:29 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684899/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Artists perform Peking opera at the Lucent Danstheater in Hague, the Netherlands, May 21, 2013. Peking Opera Theater of Beijing started its European tour in Hague on Tuesday. It will also perform in Linz of Austria and Milan of Italy. (Xinhua/Jin ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684785/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:08 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684785/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> BEIJING - The total value of China's outbound mergers and acquisitions in 2012 reached a record-high $65.2 billion, marking a five-fold increase from $10.3 billion in 2008, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report said Wednesday. Since 2009, China has been leading the trend among emerging markets in carrying out mergers and acquisitions in the markets of developed ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684902/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:40 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684902/scat/55582c89cb296d4c /enpproperty--> Four people were killed after two buses crashed into each other on a highway in Anshan, Liaoning province, on Tuesday, according to a report on www.nen.com.cn. The buses, from the same transportation company, ran into each other at 3:33 pm. Traffic police said the buses were not overloaded or speeding. Three people were killed on the spot and another died while undergoing ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684767/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:34 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684767/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Real estate in China is the main source of wealth for China's wealthiest women, a sign that the sector remains one with huge growth potential even as it contends with cooling measures, shows a survey by research firm Wealth-X released Wednesday. Total wealth attributed to real estate accounts for more than 60 percent of the combined net worth of the 15 wealthiest women in China, which is ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684639/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:17 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684639/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Copyright 1995 - 2010 . 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"UnionPay's addition is in line with the trend of the global payment industry's migration to IC cards, further reinforces the development and implementation of global IC card specification, and ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684906/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:57 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684906/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Brenda Yee (right), the administrative director of Chinese Hospital, describes the facility to Yuan Nansheng, China's new consul general in San Francisco, during his visit on Tuesday. Yu Wei / China ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685173/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:57 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685173/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Politics China has agreed to cap greenhouse emissions by 2016, after previously refusing to commit to global guidelines. Beijing's regime change signaled a move to a greener policy, as rising levels of toxic pollution in China are suffocating industrial centers. China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) - the government organ responsible for socio-economic growth ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684663/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:33:42 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684663/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Samsung Galaxy S4 versus HTC One: Which is a better buy? The mobile giants step back into the ring for another round, as we referee the fight between ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684911/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:17:24 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684911/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed May 22, 2013 5:16am EDT * HSI -0.5 pct, H-shares -0.3 pct, CSI300 +0.1 pct * Rainstorm forces cancellation of morning HK trade * China power producers slump again, hit by Citi downgrade * China autos lifted by reported strong May sales, subsidies extension By Clement Tan HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares fell further from 3-1/2-month highs on Wednesday and mainland China markets ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685839/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:16:50 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214685839/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Prices dipped Tuesday after disappointing import numbers from China, but losses were capped by a protracted production outage at the Grasberg mine in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683858/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:37:06 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683858/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China will host a special conference of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), according to the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).The conference will run under the theme, "Promote green development and build a beautiful Asia together," and be held in Xi'an, capital city of northwestern China's ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683861/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:51 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683861/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The main China-based ARM-architecture IC design houses, including Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics, Allwinner Technology, Nufront and Actions Semiconductor, will showcase IC solutions at 2013 Computex Taipei scheduled for June 4-8, to compete for orders from smartphone and tablet ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683863/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:32:15 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683863/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Constructed in the year of 1488 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the A-Ma Temple is the oldest temple in Macao to commemorate Mazu, the sacred sea goddess who blesses the fishermen and seafarers of the ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683865/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:30:36 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683865/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese authorities have halted 180,000 online publications for spreading pornographic content since the country launched an Internet clean-up campaign in March.More than 10,000 websites were punished for law and regulation violations, according to a statement issued by the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications on Wednesday.The campaign uncovered 5.6 million illegal ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683868/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:20:21 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683868/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING | Wed May 22, 2013 4:19am EDT BEIJING May 22 (Reuters) - China's home prices are still on the rise despite stricter measures by the central government and major cities in the past few weeks to calm frothy real estate market. The rise fuelled expectations that China could adopt further cooling steps, particularly the widening out of property tax on home owners. Property ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684747/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:19:33 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684747/scat/55582c89cb296d4c By Francesco Sisci BEIJING - Does young North Korean leader Kim Jong-eun want a different future for himself and his country, or does he think he can spend the next half a century (his probable lifespan) imitating the threats, blackmail, and moves of his father, while physically resembling his grandfather? Nobody is sure about the future, especially so far ahead. One can say, as the song ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684574/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:02:10 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214684574/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed May 22, 2013 3:34am EDT * Australia courting Chinese firms for listings * Sino Australia planning to raise A$20 mln in July IPO By Maggie Lu Yueyang SYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese mining services company Sino Australia Oil and Gas Ltd is planning an initial public offering in Australia in July, tapping international investors while domestic markets remain frozen, and braving an uncertain ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683626/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:34:45 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683626/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed May 22, 2013 3:27am EDT * Chinese banks cutting loans to gold, metals firms * Targeting Chinese firms involved in transit trades * Clampdown to have limited impact on gold imports By Fayen Wong and Polly Yam SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese commodities firms importing everything from gold and rubber to base metals are struggling to get trade loans as banks scrutinise their ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683665/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:27:50 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683665/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's new head of government.It is worth noting that Li is the first foreign leader to visit Pakistan in the wake of the country's general elections.The two "firsts" testified to the "all-weather strategic partnership" between China and Pakistan, which was ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682886/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:27:03 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682886/scat/55582c89cb296d4c There were 90.54 million handsets sold in the China market during first-quarter 2013, growing 23.5% sequentially and 34.8% on year, and 75.28 million units of them were smartphones, increasing 32.2% sequentially and 141.5% on year, according to Analysys ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682888/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:25:11 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682888/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Yes Made-in-China.com has decided to turn beauty contest into once a year event after successfully holding the contest this year, however it is dedicated to the products from nationwide across the Chinese mainland. The contest had been held as part of business banquet presided by Made-in-China.com every year during Canton fair in Guangzhou. The contest which named "The Beauty of Made in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682889/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:24:07 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682889/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Taierzhuang Ancient Town, located in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, is surrounded by water and has some classical bridges, an old water transport system, wetland parks, temples, museums, and the architecture of a bygone ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682890/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:23:26 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682890/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING: A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were charged with extortion on Monday, Xinhua said, citing a statement from judicial authorities in Chongqing, where they are slated to be tried. Investigators said the group ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682893/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:09 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682893/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Police in Beijing said Tuesday that 13 people have been arrested for allegedly spreading rumors and disrupting public order by inciting a protest after a young woman's death earlier this ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683136/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:14:24 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683136/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Our Scarborough Shoal conflict with the People’s Republic of China (Big China) – which ignited on April 9, 2012 when Chinese fishing vessels were caught poaching in Philippine waters by the Philippine Navy – has taken a back seat to a potentially graver conflict in the West Philippine Sea, this time with Taiwan, also known as the Republic of China (Little China), a conflict ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682894/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:12:35 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682894/scat/55582c89cb296d4c HONG KONG | Wed May 22, 2013 3:09am EDT HONG KONG May 22 (Reuters) - China shares ended mixed on Wednesday, with power producers extending losses on lingering concerns that potential coal import curbs could hurt margins. The CSI300 of the leading Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listings edged up 0.1 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.1 percent at 2,302.4 points, reversing ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683735/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 03:09:55 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683735/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed May 22, 2013 2:58am EDT Central China Real Estate Limited For the full text of this story please click the following ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683870/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:58:16 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214683870/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Global prices for commodities, such as iron ore, need to come down a little bit so that China can continue its economic miracle, according to Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Gary Gray.Gray made the remarks on Tuesday at an exclusive interview with Xinhua during the Australia-China Minerals Investment Summit held in Darwin."Global prices (for commodities) will be set by economic ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681888/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:20:11 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681888/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese president to visit three Latin American nations and US China and the United States can mutually benefit from deeper economic relations in the next decade along with US economic recovery and booming Chinese middle class, said a bilateral study released at a forum here on Tuesday. "This study comes at a critical juncture in the bilateral relationship, a time when the two countries ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681889/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:20:10 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681889/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China has gained international recognition for its immediate and effective responses to the human infections with H7N9 virus, a side event on Influenza A (H7N9) showed Tuesday.The Chinese delegation to the 66th World Health Assembly and World Health Organization (WHO) convened the side event, which gathered officials and experts from international organizations and relevant countries to exchange ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681846/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:20:07 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681846/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A special envoy of Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), left Pyongyang Wednesday for a visit to China, the official KCNA news agency ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681894/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:16:39 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681894/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A model presents "Wangfujing" landscape costume at the opening ceremony of the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo in Fengtai district, Beijing, May 18, ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681893/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:16:39 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681893/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China's bid to facilitate the Israel-Palestine negotiations is being regarded in some quarters as a quixotic quest, as even the United States has found itself exhausted after fruitless mediation over half a century. Contrarians would argue that a fresh superpower with no baggage in Semitic feuds is just the tonic needed to bring about a workable accommodation between two ancient peoples. ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681895/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:15:30 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681895/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from his debut album, a song called "Dumbass" that takes inspiration from his detention in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681828/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:04:24 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681828/scat/55582c89cb296d4c North Korea has sent a top military official to China as a special envoy of leader Kim Jong-Un, at a time of strained relations between Pyongyang and its allies in Beijing, state media reported. Choe Ryong-Hae, the director of the Korean People's Army politburo flew to China on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency said, without detailing the agenda or length of his visit. Choe is ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681901/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:59:49 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681901/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed May 22, 2013 1:57am EDT --Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 22 (Reuters) - Asian giants China and India may be planning to improve the quality of coal they are burning, but it's unlikely any changes will have much effect on the level of imports for the foreseeable future. China's National Energy ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682895/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:57:55 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682895/scat/55582c89cb296d4c ISLAMABAD: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a two-day visit where he will meet Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif as the long-time allies. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party swept to victory in the May 11 general election on a promise to revitalise Pakistan's struggling economy and help from its giant neighbour to the north will be important to ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681903/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:55:57 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681903/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A road in south China's Guangdong province caved in, killing at least five people, authorities said. The incident Tuesday occurred at the Huamao industrial park in Shenzen, a major city in the province in the southern tip of mainland China. Guangdong, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau, has been hit by major flooding caused by heavy rainstorms that have claimed at least 33 lives. At the road ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681904/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:51:41 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681904/scat/55582c89cb296d4c * Key 7-day money rate dives 44 bps to 4.00 pct * Dealers report improving funds in the market * Market remains cautious over tax payment, month-end factor By Chen Yixin and Pete Sweeney SHANGHAI, May 22 (Reuters) - China's money rates mixed on Wednesday, with the key seven-day repo rate plunging over 40 basis points after a spike on Tuesday as money conditions eased, dealers said. The ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682896/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:48:21 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214682896/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Military veterans demonstrated in Beijing on May 20; over 1000 ex-servicemen gathered before the General Political Department Bureau for Letters and Calls. Veterans from Chengdu, Lanzhou, Jinan, Beijing, Guangzhou Military Regions came to petition for their pensions and promised veterans'employment. (Human Rights Campaign in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681000/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:25 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681000/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Mexico, May 22 (Prensa Latina) President of the Popular Republic of China, Xi Jinping, will visit Mexico from June 4 to 6, informed the Foreign Affairs Secretary. According to the statement, the Chinese head of state will have a private meeting with Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and another with the official commissions of both countries. The agenda includes his participation in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680910/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:17:25 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680910/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Dr. Singh’s calculation is that in order to continue trade, which is hugely in favor of China, the latter may have to pay a price and that price is agreeing to Indian position of maintaining the status quo along the Indo-Chinese borders. After all, trade deficit is around 29 billion USD in favor of China. But the bigger question is does Chinese as people consider material success in the ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680912/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:15:07 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680912/scat/55582c89cb296d4c HONG KONG | Wed May 22, 2013 1:12am EDT HONG KONG May 22 (Reuters) - China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd rose as much as 11.3 percent in its trading debut on Wednesday after raising $1.1 billion in a Hong Kong IPO, underscoring a surge in retail investors' demand for new listings in the city. The debut of China's seventh-biggest brokerage, and that of Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681898/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:12:27 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214681898/scat/55582c89cb296d4c China-based Nanjing Z-Com Wireless has cooperated with IC design houses to begin development of 4G small cell equipment specifically for the China market and expects adoption by mobile telecom carriers to take off in 2014, according to the ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680913/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:10:00 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680913/scat/55582c89cb296d4c A model, wearing a Campbell's Soup dress in a nod to Andy Warhol's iconic pop art, stands at the "Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal" exhibition currently showing in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680916/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:01:39 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680916/scat/55582c89cb296d4c In October 2010, industrialist Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Power ordered $10 billion worth of power equipment from Shanghai Electric Group to generate 32,000 mw of power, in the biggest ever business deal between an Indian and Chinese company. The deal, which also meant Shanghai Electric would set up plants in India to make power equipment, was signed on the eve of a meeting between Prime Minister ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680918/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:57:22 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680918/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) waves as India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh watches after Li's ceremonial reception at the forecourt of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi in this May 20, 2013 ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680922/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:53:16 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680922/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The Dauphin County company says it's debuting a line called Lancaster in three cities next month, followed by wider distribution next year. Hershey notes that milk candy accounts for a quarter of the candy market in ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680923/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:51:33 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680923/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING, China - China's tourist industry has been urged by a senior official to promote practices of good faith. Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the comment during a four-day inspection tour, that ended on Monday, in south China's Guangdong and Hainan provinces. When visiting Hainan, a popular tourist destination, ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680747/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:50:36 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680747/scat/55582c89cb296d4c North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party official and a vice marshal tasked with supervising the North Korean army, departed on a chartered Air Koryo flight with a political and military ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680884/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:47:09 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680884/scat/55582c89cb296d4c * Gold still trading near 2-year lows * China demand remains strong-trader * Coming Up: Fed Chairman Bernanke speaks at 1400 GMT (Adds quotes, updates prices) By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - Gold edged higher on Wednesday due to strong Chinese demand and after Federal Reserve officials allayed investor concerns that the U.S. central bank will soon exit its ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680927/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:28 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680927/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed May 22, 2013 12:21am EDT * CSI300 +0.2 pct, Hong Kong to open from 0500 GMT * Rainstorm forces cancellation of morning HK trade * China autos strong, May sales reportedly strong By Clement Tan HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - China shares were headed for a sixth-straight daily gain on Wednesday, with most automakers strong after the official China Securities Journal cited an industrial ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680919/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:21:30 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680919/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Suva, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Fiji, Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, will make a working visit to China from May 27 to 30 in order to discuss issues of common interest, announced the national radio and television. According to the official note Bainimarama will talk with Prime Minister Li Keqiang, on matters of bilateral commercial benefits. During his visit, specify the text, Fiji ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679873/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:08:31 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679873/scat/55582c89cb296d4c In this July 18, 2012 file photo, North Korea’s Vice-Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, speaks during a meeting at the April 25 House of Culture announcing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s new title of marshal, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Choe, a ';special envoy'; for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679874/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:03:37 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679874/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Still wondering where to go during this hot summer season? We have selected 10 amazing resorts for your getaway. Afterall, you shouldn't keep yourself trapped in the city all summer long, so pack a bag and ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679875/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 23:59:04 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679875/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today said that he would open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries. "As for Indian concerns over the trade deficit, the Chinese side is willing to provide facilitation for more Indian products to access the Chinese market," Li said in an address to business leaders in the capital. "I ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679877/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 23:58:04 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679877/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Arlington family stuck in China after a scare at the U.S. Consulate General's Immigrant Visa Unit in Guangzhou. "We heard that it was one of these white powder scares and then they told us that the Consulate was closed," Tracy Antonelli said at her home in Arlington. Antonelli and her husband Patrick Mooty were there adopting their second child, 2 year old Rosalie. "There ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679880/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 23:56:22 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679880/scat/55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING, May 22 (Bernama) -- The city administrations of Bandung and Beijing have agreed to expand cooperation between the two cities in tourism promotion, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported. The agreement was marked with the signing of a memorandum of understanding here on Monday night. Dience Herlina Permana, the secretary of the Bandung city tourism and culture service, said ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680106/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 23:49:53 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214680106/scat/55582c89cb296d4c SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials to Beijing on Wednesday as a "special envoy" of its leader Kim Jong-un, state news agency KCNA ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679848/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 23:42:06 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214679848/scat/55582c89cb296d4c The official Korean Central News Agency said Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean army, left Pyongyang for China Wednesday. The brief report provided no details about the purpose of the trip. Choe is believed to be the highest-level official Pyongyang has sent to Beijing since Mr. Kim took over leadership of the country following the death of his ... http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214678814/scat/55582c89cb296d4c Tue, 21 May 2013 23:04:18 -0400 http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/214678814/scat/55582c89cb296d4c