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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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Property Drives Wealth of China’s Rich Women
Real estate in China is the main source of wealth for China's wealthiest women, a sign that the sector remains one with huge growth potential even as it contends with cooling measures, shows a survey by research firm Wealth-X released Wednesday. Total wealth attributed to real estate accounts for more than 60 percent of the combined net worth of the 15 wealthiest women in China, which is ...
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Iron Hammer strikes China
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China UnionPay joins chip-card standards body
/enpproperty--> China UnionPay, the country's leading card-payment processor, has joined UK-based EMV Co, which sets international standards for integrated circuit, or chip, cards. "UnionPay's addition is in line with the trend of the global payment industry's migration to IC cards, further reinforces the development and implementation of global IC card specification, ...
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China donates to SF hospital
Brenda Yee (right), the administrative director of Chinese Hospital, describes the facility to Yuan Nansheng, China's new consul general in San Francisco, during his visit on Tuesday. Yu Wei / China ...
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China going green World’s no. 1 polluter to cap emissions by 2016
Politics China has agreed to cap greenhouse emissions by 2016, after previously refusing to commit to global guidelines. Beijing's regime change signaled a move to a greener policy, as rising levels of toxic pollution in China are suffocating industrial centers. China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) - the government organ responsible for socio-economic growth ...
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Mobile services shut in Pak ahead of China PMs visit
Samsung Galaxy S4 versus HTC One: Which is a better buy? The mobile giants step back into the ring for another round, as we referee the fight between ...
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Hong Kong shares slide in storm-shortened trade China tepid
Wed May 22, 2013 5:16am EDT * HSI -0.5 pct, H-shares -0.3 pct, CSI300 +0.1 pct * Rainstorm forces cancellation of morning HK trade * China power producers slump again, hit by Citi downgrade * China autos lifted by reported strong May sales, subsidies extension By Clement Tan HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares fell further from 3-1/2-month highs on Wednesday and mainland China markets ...
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New spark in the South China Sea
if you are interested in contributing. In the latest complication of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, Taiwan has imposed diplomatic and economic sanctions on the Philippines. Taipei has rejected Philippine President Benigno Aquino's informal apology after the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard vessel shot dead a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9 in the Bashi Channel where the two ...
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UPDATE 1-Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis
Wed May 22, 2013 4:42am EDT (Adds China comment, security) By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD May 22 (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. Li arrived in the Pakistan capital under ...
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Chinas Ai Weiwei releases music video
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has released a foul-mouthed heavy rock song titled Dumbass, with a video parodying his months in police detention. The video accompanying the song, posted online on Wednesday, shows Ai under interrogation, marking a document with a red thumbprint, and wearing a black hood labelled "Criminal", before being scrutinised by guards in a prison shower. ...
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Copper dips on China imports Grasberg limits losses
Prices dipped Tuesday after disappointing import numbers from China, but losses were capped by a protracted production outage at the Grasberg mine in ...
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Porn star’s calligraphy sparks art debate in China
SHANGHAI – Calligraphy by Japanese porn star Sola Aoi has sparked a culture war in China, where she has a huge fan base, with purists dismissing the work as ';unskilled'; after it was reportedly auctioned for $95,000. Eight Chinese characters the actress wrote with brush and ink at a theme park in the eastern city of Ningbo were sold earlier this month, the Liberation Daily ...
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China to host conference of Asian parties
China will host a special conference of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), according to the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).The conference will run under the theme, "Promote green development and build a beautiful Asia together," and be held in Xi'an, capital city of northwestern China's ...
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China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
The main China-based ARM-architecture IC design houses, including Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics, Allwinner Technology, Nufront and Actions Semiconductor, will showcase IC solutions at 2013 Computex Taipei scheduled for June 4-8, to compete for orders from smartphone and tablet ...
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A-Ma Temple in Chinas Macao
Constructed in the year of 1488 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the A-Ma Temple is the oldest temple in Macao to commemorate Mazu, the sacred sea goddess who blesses the fishermen and seafarers of the ...
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North Korean Leaders Special Envoy Arrives In Beijing
BEIJING, May 22 (Bernama) -- A special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, a trip that comes at a time of strained ties between North Korea and China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. Choe Ryong-hae, the vice marshal of the North Korean military and head of the Workers' Party political bureau, touched down at a Beijing airport on an ...
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China halts 180000 online publications for spreading porn
Chinese authorities have halted 180,000 online publications for spreading pornographic content since the country launched an Internet clean-up campaign in March.More than 10,000 websites were punished for law and regulation violations, according to a statement issued by the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications on Wednesday.The campaign uncovered 5.6 million illegal ...
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China Property Digest Home prices keep rising despite new curbs
BEIJING | Wed May 22, 2013 4:19am EDT BEIJING May 22 (Reuters) - China's home prices are still on the rise despite stricter measures by the central government and major cities in the past few weeks to calm frothy real estate market. The rise fuelled expectations that China could adopt further cooling steps, particularly the widening out of property tax on home owners. Property ...
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China nears pointof no return with Kim
By Francesco Sisci BEIJING - Does young North Korean leader Kim Jong-eun want a different future for himself and his country, or does he think he can spend the next half a century (his probable lifespan) imitating the threats, blackmail, and moves of his father, while physically resembling his grandfather? Nobody is sure about the future, especially so far ahead. One can say, as the song ...
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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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