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Bright Moon partnership reaffirms Chinas green aspirations
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) agency said Monday China is currently a strategic and significant player in the advancement of green transformation and sustainable development ...
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Chinese academics at NYU accused of taking bribes and revealing research to China medical company
(15 mins ago) Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a US-funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, US federal prosecutors said yesterday. Professor Zhu Yudong and Yang Xing, a lab engineer, were to appear in court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. The third defendant, postdoctoral fellow Li ...
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Over a dozen dead from China explosives factory disaster
The death toll from an explosion at Poly Explosives in Caofan township, in China’s Zhangqiu City, has reached 13. The cause of the blast ...
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China India deepen trust
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday hailed his talks with the Indian leaders as having produced a strategic consensus and deepened strategic trust between the two ...
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China asks for release of 16 fishermen believed held by North Koreans
A North Korean soldier stands guard on the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday. Photograph: ...
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India China discuss border issue
India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the ...
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China inflation causes price hike
Inflation in China continues to rise and affect visitors, while the central government attempts to curb demand and stabilise prices. China’s emergence into the western trading world, the strain on developing infrastructure and the increased cost of living has driven inflation, according to Wendy Wu Tours managing director Alan Alcock said. Throughout China there have been increases ...
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China calls for strict implementation of UN resolutions concerning DPRK
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Monday called for the full implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired missiles into the East ...
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Obama Chinas Xi plan 2 days of meetings in June in California
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping early next month in California. The White House says the meeting will be Obama's first with Xi since Xi became president. The two days of high-level sessions are scheduled for June 7-8 and come as the U.S. and China confront issues of cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear ambitions. In a statement, ...
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India-China vital in addressing global challenges
The number two in Chinese leadership offered New Delhi a "handshake across the Himalayas" and said the world's most populous nations could become a new engine for the global ...
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2013 Miss Tourism China Contest World Final to kick off in Chengmai
The annual Miss Tourism China Contest World Final is to kick off at Kowloon Hot-spring Hotel in Chengmai county of Hainan province on June 8th. A total of 40 beauties from 20 countries including China, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, England and France will gather in Chengmai to compete against each other for the top three places and individual awards in the evening gown competition, the ...
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Hainan scenic spots offer fantastic discounts for China Tourism Day
In celebration of the 3rd China Tourism Day, which falls on May 19, many scenic spots in Hainan are offering a series of great enticements for tourists. Public museums, memorial halls, patriotic education bases and stadiums across the province on the list of public places are open to the public for free on that day. In addition, travel agencies, starred hotels and scenic spots will roll ...
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China emerges as worlds most financially secure country Report
/enpproperty--> China has emerged as the most financially secure country in an index jointly launched by PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd, the largest non-life insurance company in the Chinese mainland, and Genworth Financial Inc, a Fortune 500 insurance holding company. The report surveyed 13,000 households in 14 European countries, and five Latin American countries and China. China ...
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Chinas Li to pay tribute to heroic Indian doctor
MUMBAI (AFP) - China's premier will pay his respects Tuesday to the family of an Indian doctor who died treating Chinese troops more than 70 years ago, becoming a rare symbol of friendship between the two nations.Li Keqiang, like Chinese leaders before him, will take time out of his busy India visit to meet relatives of Dwarkanath Kotnis, who provided emergency medical aid for four years ...
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Chinas President to Visit Trinidad and Tobago
The following is the statement from the Office of the Prime Minister -The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, today announced that the President of the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping, will pay a State visit to Trinidad and Tobago during the period May 31 to June 2, 2013. The Chinese President will be accompanied ...
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Beijing hedges on Brahmaputra data
New Delhi, May 20: India’s concerns over China’s activities in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra were today restricted by Beijing to information on hydrological data during ...
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Antony to visit Beijing to discuss border defence pact
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in the country's farthest frontiers. It is learnt the minister reviewed the progress of the BRO's road projects on the Indian side of the disputed line of actual control in the northeast and the northern sectors. The review of BRO's functioning comes on the heels of Antony asserting on May 11 that New Delhi had no plans to slam the brakes on ...
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Key Technical issue holding up meat in China
Prime Minister John Key says the refusal by Chinese officials to clear containers of frozen meat being held at the border is simply because of confusion over documentation. Mr Key told TV3's Firstline that New Zealand's ambassador to China, Carl Worker, went to see authorities yesterday and confirmed a technical issue was holding up shipments of New Zealand meat on Chinese ...
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Chinas PLA Hackers Pick Up Where They Left Off
rash of cyber attacks against companies from the US and other English-speaking countries. These attacks were all believed to be launched from China, specifically a branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) called Unit 61398, located in one 12-story building on the edge of Shanghai. In the weeks following this report's release, cyber activity from Unit 61398 had been slow, even ...
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US drugmaker forms China joint venture
/enpproperty--> The world's largest independent biotechnology firm headquartered in Thousand Oaks of southern California is tapping the market in China. As the latest move, Amgen Inc plans to form a joint venture with Chinese pharmaceutical firm Zhejiang Beta Pharma Co to bring its colon cancer drug Vectibix to the Chinese market. "This joint venture brings us one step closer to ...
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China angry over N. Korea`s hijacking of fishing boat
China angry over N. Korea`s hijacking of fishing boat . MAY 21, 2013 04:14. . With a Chinese fishing boat confirmed to have been hijacked by North Korea, anti-North Korea sentiment in China is mounting anew. As circumstantial evidence has been made public to suggest that the hijacking incident has been caused by collusion by North Korean pirates and military, attention is focusing on whether ...
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Deal could create $200 million in ginseng exports to China
MADISON - Wisconsin ginseng growers could export $200 million of the medicinal root to China over 10 years under an agreement announced Monday by Gov. Scott Walker from Beijing. Walker is leading a trade mission to China seeking to cultivate opportunities for Wisconsin companies in industries ranging from agriculture to manufacturing and clean-water technology. Speaking to reporters by ...
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Feature Young heroes become Hollywood box office hits China Economic Information Service
Feature: Young heroes become Hollywood box office hits by Yanting Wang LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The "Harry Potter" films generated 7.7 billion dollars in box office worldwide. "The Lord of the Rings" series made some 2.9 billion, and this year's Oscar Best Picture "Life of Pi" has taken in 608 million since last September. It looks like young heroes are ...
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China India can build trust Li
The two nations enjoy "far more common interests" than differences, he said after meeting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, adding that the countries will not harm one another, because neither will benefit from doing so. Both nations have enough will, wisdom and capability to jointly create "new bright spots" in cooperation among Asian countries to provide a driving ...
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Beijing Angry Over North Koreas Seizure Of Chinese Fishermen
North Korea's missile test over the weekend along with the capture of Chinese fishermen has soured Beijing-Pyongyang ...
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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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