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Li visit raises landmark Swiss-China trade deal
BERNE, Switzerland (AFP) - China's Premier Li Keqiang was poised on Friday to sign a key accord with Switzerland bringing closer a free-trade deal seen as a touchstone for Beijing's growing global ties.After high-level talks, Li and the Swiss government were scheduled to ink a memorandum of understanding on the free-trade accord, paving the way for the expected official signature in ...
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Luxury brands position for U.S. boom as China flags Europe sags
A Hermes bag is seen in this file photo. Luxury retailers are preparing for a resurgence in the U.S. market as affluent consumers prepare to spend again. (Fred Lum/The Globe and ...
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China Incinerates 3 US Shipments of Genetically Modified Corn
destroyed acres upon acres of Monsanto's GMO corn fields. Interestingly enough, my article on that subject became one of the most widely shared articles in recent years across the web thanks to the rising number of individuals who are behind the elimination of GMOs across the globe. And I suspect this move by China will be met with similar applause, as it represents a direct stand against ...
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North Korea conveys to China willingness to take positive actions
International News: Choe Ryong-hae, a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, met Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, in the highest-ranking visit by an official from Pyongyang in about six ...
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Sands China picks Deloitte as new auditor
HONG KONG | Fri May 24, 2013 11:32am EDT HONG KONG May 24 (Reuters) - Casino operator Sands China Ltd said on Friday that it had chosen Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as its new auditor. Sands China, along with its controlling shareholder Las Vegas Sands Corp, received a letter in April from PricewaterhouseCoopers saying the firm would not stand for re-appointment as its auditor for the year ...
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India has reservations over Chinas activities in PoK
PoK and said New Delhi has conveyed its views to authorities in Beijing. Developments in other countries is not a matter of us. To the extent that it involves Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, India's views have conveyed to Beijing, Foreign ...
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Russias Uralkali plans no H2 potash contract with China
MOSCOW | Fri May 24, 2013 11:07am EDT MOSCOW May 24 (Reuters) - Russia's Uralkali, one of the world's largest potash producers, does not plan to sign a contract with China to supply potash in the second half of 2013 due to unfavourable market conditions, a company spokesman said on Friday. Potash producers around the world keenly look out for signs of flagging demand in China, ...
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China reports rise in humans encountering wild Siberian tigers
Decades of poaching and logging in China and elsewhere have ravaged the Siberian tiger population, with only about 500 left in the wild worldwide. Photograph: Tim ...
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Air China subsidiary to buy 100 Airbus planes for 8.85 bln USD
Air China, the country's leading carrier, and its subsidiary Shenzhen Airlines have signed deals to buy a total of 100 Airbus 320-series planes for 8.85 billion US dollars, Air China said Friday in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange.According to the statement, Air China, listed both in Hong Kong and Shanghai, agreed to buy 60 Airbus 320-series aircraft for 5.37 billion US dollars, ...
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China gives US regulators access to audit records
WASHINGTON (AP) -- China has agreed to give U.S. regulators access to audit records for Chinese companies whose shares trade on U.S. stock exchanges, a step forward in a long-running ...
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China solar companies shun home market in pursuit of margins
(Reuters) - Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month ...
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Disease Outbreaks Is China Becoming More Transparent
testimony focused on China's response to public health emergencies. As the H7N9 virus appears to be burning itself out, the consensus among public health scholars and practitioners is that China has been much more transparent and open in handing this outbreak than it was in 2003 during the SARS epidemic. In fact, WHO Director-General Margaret ...
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China to fight counterfeit products piracy
China will launch a campaign against intellectual property right (IPR) violations as well as counterfeit and substandard products, according to a statement issued Friday.The campaign, which will be launched this year, will focus on agricultural production materials and substandard or fake food and drug products. Infringements upon trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property ...
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China Switzerland conclude FTA talks
/enpproperty--> ZURICH, Switzerland - China and Switzerland will announce the conclusion of talks over a free trade agreement (FTA), visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Friday. In a speech delivered at a luncheon with business and financial leaders, Li said he will jointly make the announcement with Swiss President Ueli Maurer. The China-Switzerland FTA would have special ...
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China’s textile industry ‘more diversified’
/enpproperty--> Cost rises of labor and raw materials have pushed China's textile industry to become more diversified, Karin Malmstrom, China director of Cotton Council International, the export promotion unit of the National Cotton Council of America, said during a promotion campaign on Friday. "We have noticed some changes in the industry's supply chain in China, as more ...
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China Tells North Korea to Return to Nuclear Talks
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China inks accord with US to share audit files
China has signed an agreement with the US to share co audit files paving the way for more probes into accounting scandals involving Chinese firms listed in ...
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A tussle in China over the Communist Party bowing to the Constitution
China's new president and head of the Communist Party Xi Jinping attends a signing ceremony with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, not pictured, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 6. This week, in a salvo of strongly worded articles in the official press, conservatives launched a new offensive against the idea of constitutional rule. Reformers cringed, and the Internet ...
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China A nation on the move
China is at a crossroads. Its leaders are committed to dramatically transforming the world's second-largest economy. They want so-called knowledge businesses to supplement manufacturing. They want to increase domestic consumption to bolster growth. They want the world to covet Chinese brands. Business and political leaders from around the world will discuss and debate this ambitious vision ...
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Maserati recalls 692 cars in China
Maserati Granturismo models manufactured between July 31, 2003 and September 25, 2008, said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ). The vehicles had "substandard" rear tyre-rods, which "could result in loss of control" depending on road conditions, ...
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Liberia China Expresses Interest in Mt. Wologizi
The Government of the People's Republic of China says the controversial Wologizi Mountain in Lofa County remains its vested area of investment in Liberia. Chinese Ambassador to Liberia Zhao Jianhua said even though no formal negotiation has been made yet, but his country has expressed interest in the mountain. "Wologizi remains one of China's interests, but it has to be ...
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Chinas military officials meet with Polish minister
Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission Fan Changlong and Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Chang Wanquan met separately with Polish defense minister Tomasz Siemoniak in Beijing on Friday.During the talks between Chang and Siemoniak, Chang said China will work with Poland to enhance military cooperation on high-level visits, personnel training and medical ...
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Li slams EUs trade policies against China
/enpproperty--> ZURICH, Switzerland - Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday criticized the European Union's trade measures against China-made mobile telecommunications equipment and solar panels. The measures "harm others without benefiting oneself," Li said in a speech delivered here at a luncheon with business and financial ...
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How Well Do China and India Know Each Other
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. (Saurabh ...
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China to issue 26b yuan in two-year T-bonds
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday that it will sell 26 billion yuan (4.2 billion US dollars) in two-year book-entry treasury bonds. The issuance marks the ministry's 12th issuance of book-entry treasury bonds this year, the ministry said in a statement on its website. ( The bonds carry a fixed annual interest rate of 2.98 percent. The interest will be paid every year on May 27, ...
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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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