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Feathers fly as H7N9 hits Chinas down industry
The H7N9 bird flu epidemic, which has inflicted huge losses on China's poultry industry, is also hitting the country's down products manufacturers.The virus, which has so far killed 36 of the 130 people infected nationwide, prompted the culling of birds and the closure of poultry farms and thus cut the output of raw down feathers, sending their prices spiralling upward.As a result, ...
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China agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016
The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first ...
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Olympic champ Chicherova claims womens high jump title in Beijing World Challenge
Reigning Olympic and world champion Anna Chicherova of Russia cleared 2.02 meters to win the women's high jump title at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing on Tuesday.The 30-year-old veteran enjoyed a comfortable dominance in the field, securing the title after she leaped over 1.98m. She cleared 2.00m with her second attempt and went to go jump over 2.02m before she failed all the three ...
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Nine-man Beijing knocked out by Seoul
China's Beijing Guoan forward Frederic Kanoute (in green) competes for the ball with South Korea's FC Seoul defender Adilson during their AFC Champions League round of 16 match in Seoul on Tuesday. Photo: AFP FC Seoul recovered from going a goal down and missing a penalty to beat Beijing Guoan 3-1 and reach the Asian Football Confederation Champions League quarterfinals in a dramatic ...
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Chinas trade surplus figures over-inflated
China's trade surplus figures in the first four months of the year were over-inflated by hot money smuggled into the country to profit from interest rate differentials and investments in the real estate and financial sectors amid the yuan's appreciation, according to economists. If the fake transactions, which were disguised as trade payments, are not taken into account, the real ...
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China proposes emissions cap for first time
The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first ...
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Early summit date set for US and China
The meeting, set for 7-8 June at a retreat south-east of Los Angeles, underlines the importance of the relationship between the countries as they work out ways to make room for an increasingly powerful China in a US-led world order.President Xi has said that China wants its rise to be peaceful, but that it will not compromise on issues of sovereignty - a stance that has aggravated disputes over ...
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House Panel Shoves Pentagon-China Satellite Deal Out of the Airlock
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying the APSTAR-7 communications satellite lifts off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province in March 2012. Photo: AP The Pentagon insists that its deal with a Chinese satellite firm to carry U.S. troops’ communications isn’t a security risk. But Congressmen with the ultra-influential House Armed Services Committee don’t ...
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China vice-premier in Zimbabwe for start of trade and development trip before Africa summit
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa. Officials at the Harare airport said Tuesday that the third ranking of China's four vice-premiers in President Xi Jinping's communist party is scheduled to meet with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on ...
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Li Keqiang hails Pakistan as Chinas iron brother
Candid’ is not a good word in the understated lexicon of diplomatese. Manmohan Singh and Li Keqiang seem to have had a lot of candid ...
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WRAPUP 1-EU and U.S. not coordinating on China solar dispute
By Daniel Bases and Doug Palmer Tue May 21, 2013 1:37pm EDT May 21 (Reuters)- NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Europe and the United States both said on Tuesday they were not holding coordinated talks to negotiate an end to a trade dispute with China over the dumping of solar panels onto their respective markets. The European Union has until June 5 to decide whether to impose duties averaging 47 percent on ...
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China to face Indonesia again in badminton quarters
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Luck was not on Indonesia's side on Tuesday as hours after suffering a crushing 5-0 defeat to China, they were drawn to meet the eight-time Sudirman Cup champions again, this time in the quarter-finals.Germany, who stunned hosts Malaysia 3-2, were matched against South Korea, while Taiwan will meet Denmark, and Thailand will face Japan in the other quarter-finals on ...
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China vice-premier arrives in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe -; Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in ...
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EVs available for rent in Beijing
The E150EV manufactured by Chinese automaker BAIC Group began trial rental services in Beijing, meaning that Beijing has stepped into the era of private consumption on EVs.It is the first time that Beijing has allowed the public to rent electric vehicles. Costs include 99 yuan ($16.12) per day to 1,999 yuan per month. The costs of using EV are much lower than that of gasoline-powered cars. An EV ...
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China Fishery mulls bid
China Fishery Group plans to raise its bid for Peruvian fish feed maker Copeinca if an agreed deal with Cermaq fails to get shareholder approval on Tuesday, it said in a statement.Shareholders in Cermaq will vote on Tuesday whether to approve buying Copeinca and China Fishery Group said it was prepared to raise its offer price if the deal ran ...
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China Galaxy gets market jump
Shares of China Galaxy Securities Co soared as much as 8.3 percent in gray market trading Tuesday, signaling expectations the State-owned brokerage will climb in its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday.China Galaxy shares changed hands at HK$5.70 ($0.73) in late afternoon and rose as high as HK$5.74, up from the IPO price of HK$5.30. The stock traded at HK$5.64, up 6.4 percent, at ...
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Essar inks landmark China deal
Essar Oil Ltd, India's second largest private refiner, was set to sign on Tuesday a $1 billion loan deal with China that sources said would be backed by a supply of refined products to PetroChina.Essar Oil was set to finalize a preliminary agreement with the China Development Bank (CDB) on Tuesday to borrow the amount during Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang's visit to Mumbai.The ...
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China wants cyber security communication with U.S.
China on Tuesday appealed for communication with the United States on cyber security."China proposes stronger cooperation with the United States on cyber security," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing in response to a question claiming US governmental organizations and businesses have been victims of cyber attacks by the Chinese military.Hong stressed ...
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Beijing announces 6 new subway lines sections
Beijing will add six new subway lines or sections to its underground grid by the end of 2014 as part of efforts to ease traffic jams, subway authorities said at a press briefing on Tuesday.A line that links suburban Changping district with Line No. 8 will be constructed by the end of the year, according to sources with the Beijing Railway Construction and Management Co., Ltd., the subway's ...
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Coaches collide in NE China casualties unknown
Two coaches collided in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Tuesday, injuring at least a dozen passengers while the death toll remains unknown, local authorities said.The accident happened at around 3:30 p.m. on a national expressway near the city of Anshan, said an official from the city's publicity bureau.Both vehicles had a designed capacity of more than 30 ...
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China may probe EU wine report
China is likely to make substantive moves this year toward initiating an anti-dumping investigation into wine imported from the eurozone, the China Security Journal reported on Tuesday.The government may take a further step in pushing the probe in response to a strong call from the domestic wine industry and a string of anti-dumping cases brought by the European Union (EU) against Chinese ...
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Spokesman highlights China-US summit
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that an impending meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama will aid in the construction of a new type of relationship between the two countries. The summit, the first of its kind to be held since Xi took office in March, would be conducive to strengthening strategic communication, increasing ...
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Comrise Establishes a Big Data Partnership with Beijing Institute of Technology
Comrise, a global consulting firm specializing in Managed IT, Big Data, and Workforce Solutions, establishes a partnership with Beijing Institute of Technology to further develop "Big Data" Solutions in the Greater China and Asia-Pacific ...
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Seoul survivors against nine-man Beijing
FC Seoul recovered from going a goal down and missing a penalty to beat Beijing Guoan 3-1 and reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals in a dramatic last-16 match which saw three red cards on Tuesday. The South Korean champions were stunned by an early strike by Freddie Kanoute, and then watched Serbian dangerman Dejan Damjanovic miss from the spot, before three goals in the final ...
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Why China’s developmental state says no to liberalism
NEW YORK - Modern history is the story of how liberal democracy, originating in Britain and America, spread around the world. This may sound like an absurd fantasy. In actuality, this Whiggish narrative of progress underpins most newspaper editorials, political commentary and speeches in the West, and frames larger views of political developments in the non-West. It accounts for the gloomy ...
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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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