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Fish Prices Leap to All-Time High Thanks to China
Global fish prices have leapt to all-time highs as China's growing appetite for high-end species - from tuna to oysters - runs up against lower catches. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's global fish price index, an industry benchmark that tracks the cost of wild and farmed seafood, hit a record high in May, up 15 per cent from a year ago and above the peak set in mid 2011. ...
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No Subsidy Now What
ONE LAST LOOK: Consumers inspect flatpanel televisions in a supermarket in Jiashan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, on May 30, the last day of the one-year subsidy program for energy-efficient appliances ...
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GM aims for 10 percent of Chinas luxury car market by 2020
GM.N ) said on Wednesday it aims to quadruple its share of China's luxury auto market to 10 percent by 2020 as the U.S. automaker launches new Cadillac models and expands its distribution network in the world's largest car ...
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Asia Markets China stocks fall Japan jumps ahead of Fed meet
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese and South Korean stocks fell Wednesday on caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy decision later in the day, while Japanese shares rallied on a weakened yen and strong overnight gains on Wall ...
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College Student Escapes Roommate’s Poisoning Attempt in China
Just months after two cases of university students who are suspected of having been poisoned by their roommates made headlines in China, the Chinese public has been shocked by yet another, similar attempt that took place just last month. The victim, who has chosen to use the alias of "Wang," was a female student at a university in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, who lived in ...
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China commences its first carbon trading scheme
As ABC/AFP report , the city will host one of seven pilot schemes which will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The six other schemes are also planned to start this year. They will be located in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangdong, Hubei, Shanghai and Tianjin. Shenzhen, located near Hong Kong, is one of China's Special Economic Zones. It has committed to reduce the emissions intensity ...
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Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
Globalfoundries has landed wafer start orders from China-based SoC solution provider Rockchip Electronics. The US-based foundry house will manufacture Rockchip's RK3188 and RK3168 chips using a 28nm HKMG process, according to industry ...
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China market Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand says CVIA vice president
China-based makers turned out 24 million LCD TV panels for a global market share of 10.5% in 2012 and will produce an estimated 44 million panels to account for 17.6% of the global total in 2013, according to vice president and secretary-general Bai Weimin for the China Video Industry Association. However, China-based vendors will produce more than 120 million LCD TVs in 2013, meaning that ...
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Hot Air Balloon Festival kicks off in Chinas Hainan
15 hot air balloons participated in the event Tuesday to to fly across the Qiongzhou Strait from the city of Haikou and reach a designated place in neighboring Guangdong ...
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Sebin Festival of Owenke ethnic group kicks off in N China
Herdsmen of the Owenke ethnic group wrestle at the annual Sebin (Happiness) Festival in Owenke Autonomous Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 18, 2013. The Owenke ethnic group has the reputation of the "last hunting tribe in ...
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Eastday-Transformers to take in Beijing sights
BEIJING'S iconic structures, the Bird's Nest and Water Cube, will be featured in Michael Bay's fourth installment of "Transformers," it was announced at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival yesterday. Scenes featuring the Bird's Nest, or the National Stadium, and the Water cube, or the National Aquatics Center, will be shot later this year. ...
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VECCI’s Top Ten Tips When Sourcing From China
The opportunities to make your business more competitive through importing components from overseas or manufacturing overseas are too great to be ignored. Generally speaking, better prices for manufacturing components or whole products can be found in China than elsewhere. Sourcing from China isn’t a simple process though. There are significant risks - from missing goods, substandard ...
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Chinas central bank signals no policy loosening
People's Bank of China (PBoC) Tuesday drained 2 billion yuan from the money market despite banks' reported call for cash injection, suggesting regulators are keen to keep liquidity tight amid growing jitters of China's financial risks.The 2-billion 91-day bills, though tiny by amount, were viewed as the central bank's commitment to squeezing out excessive funding.Shanghai ...
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Sierra Leonean president to visit China
Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma will visit China at the end of June, the Chinese Embassy in Freetown said on Tuesday.Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Kuang Weilin told journalists here that President Koroma was invited by Tsinghua University to attend the World Peace Conference in Beijing, capital city of China.During President Koroma's visit to China, he is expected to hold ...
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Vietnam China have huge potentials for cooperation Vietnamese President
Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday."Vietnam and China are close neighboring countries. The two peoples ...
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China Ghana work closely to tackle illegal mining
China and Ghana are working closely to properly handle the issue of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal gold mining in the West African country, a senior Chinese official said here on Tuesday.Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, told a press conference that the issue of Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining activities in Ghana was a disharmony in the course of development of ...
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China endeavors to boost wildlife protection
To better protect the country's biodiversity, China is pooling efforts to further protect endangered species and crack down on illegal animal trafficking."China will intensify and coordinate efforts to strengthen wildlife protection," said Yin Hong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration (SFA), at a recent briefing.China has rich wildlife resources. More than 6,500 ...
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China streamlines health-related approval procedures
The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has delegated approval authority over certain issues to agencies at local level, a government statement said Tuesday.It is among China's follow-up efforts to turn into realities a cabinet reshuffle plan that was adopted by its legislature in March, according to a central government statement.The NHFPC has delegated approval ...
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China sets legal weapons against pollution offences
China's top court and procuratorate jointly issued an interpretation on the conviction and sentencing standards of criminal cases involving environmental pollution on Tuesday. Experts said the interpretation will provide "legal weapons" to combat such crimes. "At present, environmental pollution is very serious across the country, which seriously harms the ecological ...
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From China with love and care
Wu Yu says goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old daughter before hospital ship Peace Ark leaves Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, for an aid tour to some Asian nations and the Gulf of Aden. Zhang Hao / for China ...
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Nordic countries team up in Chinas tech trade
/enpproperty--> Nordic countries have joined an international race to team up with China in exploring science and technology opportunities. "Countries with a tradition of innovation gradually take the lead in social and economic development, which in turn make them internationally competitive," said Huang Xing, China's ambassador to Finland. Information and communication ...
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China Daily Special Beyond Boundaries
Editor's note: China Daily begins a series of human interest stories representing neighboring countries in an effort to shed insight on topics relevant to China. Myanmar, which is in transition, is the first ...
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Cisco denies China monitoring accusations
/enpproperty--> Cisco Systems Inc, the giant network equipment supplier, has denied accusations of conducting illegal monitoring activities in China, as well as participating in the US surveillance program that whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed. In a statement sent to China Daily on Tuesday, Cisco said, "PRISM is not a Cisco program and Cisco networks did not participate ...
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Vietnam China to enhance ties
/enpproperty--> HANOI -- Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday. "Vietnam and China are close ...
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Sanya among Chinas top 5 most popular destinations for the Post-90s
According to a report from Taobao.com, the Post-90s (people born between the years 1990 to 1999 in China) is becoming the main force of the tourism market, and Sanya has been named the fifth most popular tourism destination in China for the Post-90s. Lijiang in Yunnan Province has taken the top spot on the list for the most popular domestic destinations, followed by Chengdu, Hangzhou, Beijing ...
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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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