China to Host Seventh Edition of Royal Trophy

New York Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

(Reuters) - China will host the seventh edition of the Royal Trophy when holders Asia take on Europe in the annual team golf contest in December, organisers said on Tuesday. The continental fight will be held from December 20-22 at the Dragon Lake Golf Club in Guangzhou, the capital of the Guangdong province. Asia bagged their second title in a sudden-death playoff when the sixth edition ...

China market Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13 says Analysys

Digitimes - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Providers of online advertising services in the China market generated total revenue of CNY18 billion (US$2.89 billion) during the first quarter of 2013, falling 14.5% on quarter but growing 28.3% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys ...

Indian media highlight China-India economic ties

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

/enpproperty--> NEW DELHI - India media have highlighted trade and economic relations between India and China during their coverage of Chinese ...

African youths hone acrobat skills in N China

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Students from Nigeria practice acrobatics in Wuqiao county, North China's Hebei province, May 20, 2013. Eight Nigerian students, 14 to 18 years old, began a one-year training course at a local acrobat school, where more than 300 African students have been studying since 2002. Wuqiao county is known as the "home of acrobatics" with more than 1,500 acrobats and 60 troupes. ...

China may extend giant panda census official

China.org.cn - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

China may extend a nationwide census for wild giant pandas that was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013, as an earthquake disturbed one of the pandas' major habitats last ...

Hong Kong shares nudged off 3-12-month high China ekes out 5th straight gain

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Tue May 21, 2013 5:00am EDT * HSI -0.5 pct, H-shares -0.9 pct, CSI300 +0.2 pct * ICBC down 2.1 pct after Goldman exit, vs 2.5 pct discount * PICC P&C slides after $938.3 million rights issue * China property up, urbanization meeting to be reportedly held by June By Clement Tan HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares fell from a 3-1/2-month high on Tuesday, hurt by a series of fund raising ...

China Galaxy jumps in gray market ahead of Hong Kong debut

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HONG KONG | Tue May 21, 2013 4:43am EDT HONG KONG May 21 (Reuters) - China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd soared as much as 8.3 percent in gray market trading on Tuesday, signaling expectations the Chinese state-owned brokerage will climb in its official debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday. China Galaxy shares changed hands at HK$5.70 in late afternoon and rose as high as ...

Philippine pivot in the South China Sea

Asia Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Richard Javad Heydarian MANILA - After three years of inconclusive bilateral negotiations with China and a year of precarious diplomatic brinkmanship under Cambodia's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines has sought new ways to resolve its territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Despite earlier hopes that China's leadership ...

China premiums for refined copper hit 7-month high

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Tue May 21, 2013 4:35am EDT * Domestic premiums at around 500 yuan/T over Shanghai front-month contract * One producer takes more than 10,000 T from spot market, adds pressure * Availability of bonded stocks falling By Polly Yam HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Premiums paid by Chinese buyers of physical refined copper have risen to a 7-month high after domestic producers cut output following a ...

Chinas Li seeks stronger economic ties with India

San Diego Union-Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President's palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was ...

China to give harsher penalties for flight bomb hoaxes

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Law enforcement authorities vowed on Tuesday to hand down harsher punishments for those found guilty of fabricating threats targeting civilian flights following a series of such hoaxes.The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said in a statement that those who made false bomb threats targeting a number of flights last week have been arrested.The MPS has issued a notice to police in all areas asking ...

Heavy rain kills 2 in S China

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Heavy rain that has fallen since Saturday has killed two people in South China's Guangdong Province, bringing the death toll resulting from rainstorms to 36 so far this year, officials said Tuesday. As of 7 pm Monday, over 16,000 residents had been evacuated in the cities of Meizhou and Chaozhou, according to He Guoqing, executive deputy director of the provincial flood control and drought ...

EU investigation could affect business from Chinas 4G deployment

Computerworld - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

IDG News Service - The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts. Last week, the EU set off fears of a trade war with China ...

China’s first masters of equine studies

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Three female postgraduate students passed the oral defense of their thesis and became China's first masters of equine studies in Wuhan Business University. The university and Tianjin University of Sport cooperated to set up the degree program in 2011. The students completed the study of theoretical knowledge in Tianjin and came to Wuhan for field studies in September ...

Yoshikami Low Cost China is Old News

CNBC - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

I spent one day in Detroit last week moderating a panel for a large Chinese industrial zone as well as for automakers. In the audience were CEOs and others seeking to understand trends in the automotive industry as they relates to China. It was a fascinating discussion. Interestingly, while many consider China as the home of low-cost production, senior executives from companies and government ...

Mei Yan Joins Brunswick as China Senior Partner

Yahoo - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

BEIJING and SINGAPORE, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Brunswick Group, a leading corporate communications partnership, today announced Ms. MEI Yan has joined the firm as Senior Partner for China. The Company also announced the opening of an office in Singapore in August, 2013, which will be Brunswick's fourth office in Asia and its ...

Indias trade deficit with China set to grow Analysts

Times of India - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

BEIJING: Notwithstanding steps announced by India and China to reduce their trade deficit during Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing visit, Chinese analysts believe the imbalance is likely to keep growing in the short term due to structural problems. "India's trade deficit with China is expanding. In the short term, that's hard to resolve. The imbalance is mainly because India has ...

Man arrested for hoax bomb calls that ground five planes in China

whatsonsanya - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A man who allegedly made bomb threat calls yesterday and disrupted five domestic flights to Shenzhen was arrested early this morning by police. Shenzhen police said the suspect, surnamed Wang, made six hoax calls to several flights yesterday morning. The arrest was made at 3:15am today, police said. Wang allegedly had confessed to making all the calls, according to police. Police so far ...

8 arrested over SW China river pollution

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Eight people have been arrested in connection with illegal dumping activities that polluted a local waterway in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, prosecutors said Tuesday.The Yunnan Provincial People's Procuratorate has approved the eight arrests on charges of polluting the environment, a statement issued by the procuratorate said.The legal representatives of three ore dressing or ...

Chinas market-oriented reform battles crises

China.org.cn - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The first one is the crisis stemming from the reform of the pricing system. During the initial period of the reform, a double track pricing system was in place, meaning some commodities were priced by the government, and others priced by enterprises according to market demand. The system brought about pricing differences of the same ...

Building Collapse in SE China

Bahrain News Agency - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Beijing, May 21 (BNA) - A building collapsed in southeast China's Fujian Province on Monday afternoon, no one was killed or injured, China's News Agency (Xinhua) reported. The four-storey building in downtown Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian, was being renovated when it collapsed, according to sources with the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China. All the construction ...

Meat exports could be allowed into China within days

TVNZ - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Source: ONE Sport Exports of New Zealand meat could be allowed into China again within the next few days. Meat exports have been blocked from entering the country since the end of April, and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has made resolving the issue its "number one priority". ...