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2 mini-spider species found in SW China
Two new minute spider species with oversized rumps have been discovered in southwest China, according to a new study published in the open access journal ...
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Hong Kong shares may start weaker ahead of China flash PMI
HONG KONG | Wed May 22, 2013 9:05pm EDT HONG KONG May 23 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start weaker on Thursday, tracking Wall Street losses and ahead of the HSBC China flash purchasing managers' index for May that could offer fresh clues on the world's second-largest economy. Lenovo is due to post quarterly earnings later in the day, while Sinopec Engineering is due to ...
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US China can jointly tackle global challenges
/enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - US and China can cooperate more to resolve a range of challenges to advance global economic recovery, said Tung Chee Hwa, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's political advisory body, here Wednesday. Over the past few decades, the economic relationship between the United ...
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China-Pakistan bond unbreakable premier
The relationship between China and Pakistan is unbreakable, and the two neighbors are intent on deepening their strategic cooperation, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here ...
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Building construction gives way to birds in C. China
Prospective residents of a building that is under construction in central China's Henan Province will have to wait to move in because of some strange intruders at the construction site == ...
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China-Africa Towards More Sustainable Health Care
Credit: ChimpLearnGood/ flickr By Paul Kadetz In 1941, Mao Zedongcalledfor a "practice of revolutionary humanitarianism". 14 years later in Bandung, Indonesia, China’s Premier Zhou Enlai met with other Asian leaders to chart a distinctly anti-colonial approach to humanitarianism and diplomacy on the African continent. From its first health aid to Algeria in 1964, China has ...
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Beijing Startup Builds On The Shoulders Of Giants To Go Global From China
Who is that Light in the Box? That's startup founder Alan Guo at his Beijing base Beijing entrepreneur Alan Guo makes the point that today, big companies serve small companies rather than the other way around. And his four-year-old startup Light in the Box is a good example. Meeting with Guo at his office in Beijing, he relates how his global e-commerce business relies ...
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Princess Masna Concludes Official Visit To China
China - Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Masna, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, concluded her official visit to the People's Republic of China ...
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Australia shares down after Wall St drops awaiting China PMI
Wed May 22, 2013 8:27pm EDT (Updates to open) SYDNEY May 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.4 percent early on Thursday, after Wall Street retreated over worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may consider winding back its economic stimulus programme. Investors will watch for HSBC's early manufacturing report on China, Australia's biggest export market, for clues to China's ...
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North Korean Sends Special Envoy To China Amid Tensions
North Korean party and military official Choe Ryong Hae, (front right), shakes hands with as he departs for China. North Korea has sent a special enjoy to China, hoping to patch up relations between the two countries that have been on rocky ground ...
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In China Hacking Has Widespread Acceptance
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China Growth May Hit 9 by Mid-2014
There may be fewer China bulls around these days, but Deutsche Bank remains optimistic about the outlook for the world's second largest economy, forecasting growth will touch 9 percent around mid-2014. Strong growth in social financing, a pickup in industrial production, alongside a recovery in exports - driven by an improvement in demand out of the U.S. and Japan in the second-half - are ...
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Banyan Tree opens the first spa in northern China.
Banyan Tree Spa, the award-winning Asian spa operator marked its inaugural presence in Northern China with the launch of the Spa at Banyan Tree Tianjin ...
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In China food scares put Mao’s self-sufficiency goal at risk
A worker displays a handful of rice at a market in Hefei, Anhui province in this 2009 file photo. The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food chain, possibly at the expense of Mao Zedong's cherished goal of self-sufficiency. (JIANAN ...
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Chinas Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals
By Lee Chyen Yee and Umesh DesaiHONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades.Lenovo, a sliver away from unseating Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's top PC maker by shipments, is expected on ...
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President Mujica Begins Tour to China Spain Italy and Vatican
Montevideo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, on Saturday will begin a four-day official visit to the Republic of China. Accompanied by a government and a business delegation, the president, who left here at 14:00 hours (local time) to Paris, where he will make a stop over for Beijing, he will Sunday travel by train to the city of Tianjin to hold meetings with Chinese ...
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China reassured about EU-US trade pact
/enpproperty--> EU trade chief: Deal could increase each side's GDP by half of 1 percentage point each year China has "no reason" to worry about an ambitious free-trade pact being negotiated by the United States and the European Union, because the two are already its biggest trading partners, the EU's trade chief said. Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht was asked ...
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China Galaxy shares in hot demand on debut in HK
/enpproperty--> New shares in China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd were in hot demand on Wednesday, after it raised $1.1 billion in a much-anticipated Hong Kong IPO. The shares rose 11.3 percent at one point, before ending the day up six percent on its trading debut. The city's IPO drought has been broken by the new listing, along with that of Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co Ltd last ...
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Pope urges Friday prayers for Church in China
On May 22, Pope Francis reminded his weekly public audience that the coming Friday, May 24, would be the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan, the day set aside by Pope Benedict XVI for prayer for the Church in China. Chinese Catholics traditionally make a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Sheshan, near Shanghai, on the feast day. Pope Francis urged Catholics throughout the world to join in prayer, to ...
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China milk powder firms court foreign cachet for domestic gains
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI | Wed May 22, 2013 4:59pm EDT SHANGHAI May 23 (Reuters) - The rolling green hills and gurgling blonde toddlers in the ads for Yashili International Holdings Ltd underscore how keen China's biggest milk powder producers are to appear global to emerge from the shadow of a fatal baby formula scandal. The 2008 incident, which involved melamine-tainted milk ...
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Sports Kenyan athletes rule Beijing track
Hillary Kipsang , who trains under Golazo Sports management, was too strong for his opponents as he led unprecedented top-four spots for Kenya. Kipsang, who boasts an impressive 8:07.71 personal best and the sixth world junior all-time, showed little respect for a classy line up that had world 3,000m steeplechase silver ...
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As China Prepares to Lead on Climate Crisis Will US Follow
"Such an important move should encourage all countries, and particularly the other large emitters such as the United States, to take stronger action on climate change" - Lord Stern, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, LSE ...
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China Pakistan to bolster ties
/enpproperty--> China and Pakistan said on Wednesday they will set up an economic corridor to further connect their two economies. The announcement came as ...
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Bombshell China May Be Close To Implementing A Cap On Carbon Pollution
seven cities and provinces , including Beijing, which will take part in the pilot program, set to be completely implemented by 2014. And according to one local news source, China could implement an absolute, nation-wide cap on its carbon emissions by 2016. China’s 21st Century Business Herald reported this week that the country’s State ...
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Philippines weighs move on China incursion
AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines is weighing what course of action to take in the wake of the latest Chinese incursion in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as the country asserted its capability to defend its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday that it was already coordinating with the Philippine Coast Guard ...
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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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