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Rural scenery of S Chinas Guzhai Village
Photo taken on May 21, 2013 shows the rural scenery of Guzhai Village of Liucheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Deng ...
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Scenery of Sansha city Chinas Hainan
Photo taken on May 20, 2013 shows the scenery of Coral Island of Yongle Islands in Sansha City, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Zha ...
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Chatter North Korea sends envoy to China
What's Kim Jong Un's boy doing in Beijing? Good question. North Korean state media announced the departure on Wednesday of one Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae for China. Not only is this ...
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China okays H7N9 test reagents for market entry
Two reagents used to conduct clinical tests for human infections of the H7N9 avian flu have been given approval to enter the Chinese market, according to the country's drug ...
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China Southern Boeing 787 due mid-year Aussie flights by years end
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China Gang Members Charged in Sex Video Blackmail Case
BEIJING, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Six gang members have been charged with blackmailing Chinese officials by recording videos of them having sex, the country’s official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing prosecutors. The six were charged with extortion on Monday by a court in the city of Chongqing, southwest China. The group set so-called "honey traps" to lure ...
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China Platinum Imports Rise – Bullish Platinum and Palladium Fundamentals
Today's AM fix was USD 1,385.25, EUR 1,071.43 and GBP 917.75 per ounce. Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,378.75, EUR 1,070.21 and GBP 908.39 per ounce. Gold fell $6.50 or 0.47% yesterday to $1,377.80/oz and silver finished down 0.56%. The fundamentals of the platinum and palladium markets are beginning to receive market attention and not before time. The positive supply demand dynamics are ...
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China-Pak ties will flourish come what may Li
Swift Dzire may have been launched as an offshoot to Swift, but in Apr it overtook its sibling for the first time to become country’s 2nd-highest sold ...
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N. Korea special envoy in China meeting
BEIJING (AFP) - A top North Korean general and confidant of leader Kim Jong-Un met a senior Chinese official in Beijing Wednesday, with relations between the allies strained ahead of a China-US summit.Choe Ryong-Hae, director of the Korean People's Army politburo, is a "special envoy" of the North's young leader, Pyongyang's official news agency said.He met Wang Jiarui, ...
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Sinkhole Kills 5 Factory Workers in South China
A huge sinkhole opened up on Monday evening in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, killing at least five men. The 10-meter-wide chasm formed near the gates of Huamao Industrial Park, when many factory workers were changing shifts, according to the Guangming Daily. Local authorities have so far identified four of the five people who died, and another man who fell in was rescued, the ...
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People and Funds Surge Out of China
The number of Chinese purchasing property in Western countries and transferring their money out of China, both legally and illegally, has been significantly increasing since ...
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China demand drives Asian gold bar premiums to record highs
- Premiums for gold bars hit a record high in Asia on Wednesday as lower spot prices lured more buyers, mainly in China, the world's second biggest consumer of the precious metal, amid tight physical ...
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China makes record investment in outbound mergers PwC
(31 mins ago) The total value of China's outbound mergers and acquisitions in 2012 reached a record-high US$65.2 billion (HK$506 billion), marking a five-fold increase from US$10.3 billion in 2008, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report said Wednesday. Since 2009, China has been leading the trend among emerging markets in carrying out mergers and acquisitions in the markets of developed ...
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Profit growth moderates for China state firms in Jan-April
BEIJING (Reuters) - Profit growth at China's state-owned companies cooled in the first four months of the year, government data showed on Wednesday, underscoring a faltering recovery in the world's second-biggest economy. The Finance Ministry ...
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Lis visit to further boost TCSs biz in China
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to TCS headquarters in Mumbai and his promise to open up his country's services industry may further boost the Indian IT major's forays in the communist nation. China's service industry will be more open to the world, which will bring increasing opportunities for foreign companies, including ones from India, Li said while speaking during his ...
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Chinas Premier Seeks Stronger Ties with Pakistan
A soldier walks near a bus as he helps to secure the area and clear the roads before the motorcade of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passes by in Islamabad, May 22, ...
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China-Pakistan have all-weather strategic ties
Islamabad, May 22 : Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's premier. Xinhua described the Islamabad-Beijing ties as an "all-weather strategic ...
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China to increase investments in India give Indian products access
Business India News: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday said China will support its enterprises to increase investments in India and help Indian products have access to Chinese market as he supported a favourable trade balance in a bid to decrease mounting bilateral trade ...
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Food poisoning sickens students in NW China
Dozens of students from multiple primary and middle schools in Northwest China's Qinghai Province have been affected by food poisoning, local authorities said Wednesday. As of 3 pm, more than 20 students from three schools in Hui-Tu Autonomous County of Datong had been sent to a local hospital for treatment, sources with the county government said. Their conditions have not yet been ...
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China plans to support central western universities
China on Wednesday unveiled a plan to support universities in its less developed central and western regions, with these institutions having been left behind by peers in the country's richer coastal areas.The ministries of education and finance along with the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top planning agency, jointly issued the plan designed to help ...
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Temperature reaches 31.9 degrees Celsius in Nantong E China
A young woman wearing summer suit walks on road in Nantong City, East China's Jiangsu Province, May 21, 2013. The highest temperature reached 31.9 C on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu ...
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China major player in fighting hunger UNWFP
A top official from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Wednesday that China is capable of playing a major role in the global fight against hunger."China has made enormous progress in dealing with hunger and its experience can be learned by the whole world," WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin said during her first visit to China as the agency's new chief.WFP ...
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Peking Opera Theater of Beijing starts European tour in Hague
Artists perform Peking opera at the Lucent Danstheater in Hague, the Netherlands, May 21, 2013. Peking Opera Theater of Beijing started its European tour in Hague on Tuesday. It will also perform in Linz of Austria and Milan of Italy. (Xinhua/Jin ...
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Chinas outbound MA value hits record high PwC
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - The total value of China's outbound mergers and acquisitions in 2012 reached a record-high $65.2 billion, marking a five-fold increase from $10.3 billion in 2008, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report said Wednesday. Since 2009, China has been leading the trend among emerging markets in carrying out mergers and acquisitions in the markets of developed ...
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Four killed as buses crash in NE China
/enpproperty--> Four people were killed after two buses crashed into each other on a highway in Anshan, Liaoning province, on Tuesday, according to a report on www.nen.com.cn. The buses, from the same transportation company, ran into each other at 3:33 pm. Traffic police said the buses were not overloaded or speeding. Three people were killed on the spot and another died while undergoing ...
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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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