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China Announces Its Full Support of Palestinian Move Date 2482011 Time 2334
China Announces Its Full Support of Palestinian Move Date : 24/8/2011 Time : 23:34 Palestine-China, Politics, 8/26/2011 The Chinese Middle East envoy to the peace process, Wu Sike, transferred on Wednesday a message from the Chinese leadership confirming China's full support for the Palestinian UN bid in a meeting with Presidential General Secretary, Tayyeb Abdul Rahim, in the ...
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1st China Series of Angling Tournament kicks off in Haikou
Jointly hosted by China Angling Association and China Cruise and Yacht Industry Association, the launching ceremony of first China Series of Angling Tournament was kicked off on May 12, 2013 in ...
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From defence to loans China eyes slew of deals during Li Keqiangs visit
BEIJING: China is making a major shift towards financial diplomacy with India compared to its earlier focus on winning construction contracts and selling heavy equipment. This is revealed in the composition of the business delegation accompanying Chinese premier Li ...
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China army developing advanced robot soldiers
BEIJING: China is developing robots with a lot more capabilities for battle, "information acquisition, command and control, and collaborative support," official sources said. But the official Chinese media is saying its effort is different from the manner in which military robots have been developed in the US. "The Chinese military has its own orientation and direction, and is ...
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Three new suicides at Apple suppliers China factory
View Photo This file photo shows a Foxconn recruitment point in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, pictured on February 22, 2013. Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in Zhengzhou in the past three weeks, according to state media and a labour rights ...
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Sports Asbel Kiprop rips China
Gebremedhen Gebremariam of Ethiopia (3:32.4), who boasts a 3:34.49 personal best. Collins Cheboi (3:32.43), Morroco's AbdalaatiIguider (3:33.29) and Bethwel Birgen (3:33.67) came in third, fourth and fifth respectively. Silas Kiplagat, the world silver medalist over the distance, came in distant sixth in 3:33.85 as former world junior 1,500m silver medalist James Magut (3:35.29) and ...
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Death toll climbs in south China flooding
Chinese officials said the death toll from widespread flooding in southern China reached 53 Saturday, with at least 16 people still missing. Heavy rain fell in southern China, and 10 provinces in the south and central China were reeling from flooding and landslides, China's official Xinhua news agency said. The Chinese government launched a level-four response to the disaster Xinhua ...
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China to limit TV dramas based on war...
Provincial satellite TV stations will face limits on portraying certain content in dramas based on the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) at prime time as required by China's media regulator, several sources with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. The State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television has ordered a provincial-level TV ...
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China WPT tournament 2013 to be held in Hainan in October
"Our goal is to make Jeju a gambling mecca...we want to bring the biggest tournaments here...WSOP [World Series of Poker], Poker Stars, Red Dragon, we already signed up WPT [World Poker Tour] and ATP [Asian Poker Tour]. We want to bring the big tournaments to ...
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India says all issues on the table on China PMs visit
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India says all issues will be "on the table", including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian giant which starts on Sunday.At the same time New Delhi thinks "very highly" of Li's decision to make India his first overseas stop since taking charge as premier, Indian foreign ...
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Under Pressure China Measures Its Impact in Myanmar
MADAY ISLAND, Myanmar ...
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Chinas service outsourcing up 43.6 in Q1
sse s reached $8.1 billion in the first three months, up 42 percent year-on-year, said the official at a forum held in Fuzhou, capital of east ...
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India China can reduce mistrust with faith
Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, India Inc termed the agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and ...
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China’s Premier to Visit India
NEW DELHI -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ...
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Rainstorms in Southern China Leave Dead and Missing People
Beijing, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Heavy storms and rains in southern China caused in recent days 55 dead and 14 missing people, according to official figures released today, which refer to Guangdong as the province with more losses. These reports disclosed that the National Committee for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs began emergency work to respond to the effects of storms ...
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Spain-born panda twins return to China
CHENGDU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A pair of two-and-a-half-year-old giant panda twins that were born in Spain returned to China on Saturday. Pandas "De De" and "A Bao" arrived at the Chengdu Research Base of the Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday after traveling from a ...
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China Spreads Alternative To US GPS System
Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, which was launched as a rival to the US satnav system. The Beidou or Compass system started providing services to civilians in the region in December and is expected to provide global coverage by 2020. Like the US global positioning system (GPS), the Beidou system can be shut down or ...
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Street Government Ties with China Mark Venezuelan Reality
Caracas, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The arrival of the Street Government to Tachira and Barinas states, the deepening of bilateral relations with China, and the opening of the new mausoleum for Simon Bolivar, marked guidelines in the Venezuelan reality this week. After completing his visit through Miranda, the Street Government implemented by the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, to solve ...
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China hails Pakistans smooth general election
China has congratulated Pakistan on its smooth general election, pledging continued firm support to the country. "China is glad to see that Pakistan's general election has been smoothly held," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing on Monday. Hong's comments came after the initial results showed, as of 10 a.m. local time on Sunday, Muhammad Nawaz ...
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Wont accept EU measures on emissions China
BEIJING: China said it will not accept any "unilateral and compulsory market measures" announced by the European Union threatening Chinese carriers with fines for non-compliance with its Emissions Trading System (ETS). Speaking at the 2013 China Civil Aviation Development Forum in Beijing, Yan Mingchi, deputy director-general of the policy, law and regulation department under the CAAC ...
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The five war toys India and China have in common
India's annual rate of inflation continued its upward climb and stood at its steepest level since August 2004 at 8.24 per cent for the week ended May 24, against 8.1 per cent for the previous week.Since the data on wholesale price index released on Friday pertained to the week ended May 24, the inflation rate does not reflect the steep hike in prices of transport and cooking fuel announced ...
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China police arrest man after plane bomb threats
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused delays or diversions to Shanghai, news reports said Saturday.Eleven flights were affected in total, though the suspect is not alleged to be behind all the threats. The planes were travelling from Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the Beijing News reported.One flight from Guangzhou on Friday ...
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Environmentalists fear dams on Nu could befoul one of China’s great waterways
Thousands of households have been relocated, and China's weary band of environmental activists, who have fought for years to slow the process of damming on the Yangtze and China's other great rivers, ask: why China can't have just one single river that is not ...
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International Garden Expo opens in Beijing
BEIJING - The ninth China (Beijing) International Garden Expo, which will run for six months, kicked off alongside the Yongding river in Beijing on Saturday. The expo will showcase garden styles from 69 Chinese cities and 37 cities of 29 countries from around the world, the expo's organizers said. The expo site, which covers an area of 513 hectares, consists of 128 exhibition parks. The ...
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9 most popular USA brands sold in China
By 2030, roughly two-thirds of the world's middle class will be in the Asia Pacific region, largely in China, according to a report by Ernst & Young. Currently at around 150 million people, the Chinese ...
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Massive Beijing Subway expansion plans
The Beijing Subway is one of the biggest, most efficient and most used subways in the world. It is constantly undergoing expansion and upgrades, and yet is unable to keep up with the growth of the capital city. With the recently announced plans for the expansion of the subway by over 60%, the city will certainly be hard-pushed to meet the massive task.
The Beijing Subway is one of the largest in the world. It carries over 5 million people every day, and hundreds of trains run on 228kms of track and service 147 stations. It is a feat of engineering, planning and coordination every single day. It is a network that Beijing commuters should be proud of, it represents the forward-thinking and development of the city. Read more
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