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China’s Huawei mulls Nokia takeover report
Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co. would consider buying Finland's Nokia to help it expand its smartphone business, according to a story on the Financial Times website.The story quoted the head of Huawei's consumer business, Richard Yu, as saying: "We are considering these sorts of acquisitions; maybe the combination has some synergies but ...
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Illegal mining will not affect Ghana - China relations
Accra, June 18, GNA - Mr Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese Ambassador in Ghana, on Tuesday said that illegal gold mining by some Chinese nationals would not affect the relationship between the two ...
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Wine war fears already slowing French exports to China
Asian buyers discuss with a French wine producer during the Vinexpo trade fair in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on June 17, 2013. Chinese wine importers have already started putting orders from France and other European countries on hold over fears of a hike in tariffs being triggered as part of a broader EU-China trade dispute, say leading figures in the ...
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China says Ghanas arrest of its miners will not harm relations
ACCRA (Reuters) - China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing Foreign Ministry official said on ...
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Chinas Xi in thorough clean-up of party media
BEIJING (AFP) - President Xi Jinping is to launch a "thorough clean-up" of the ruling Communist Party, state media reported Tuesday, the latest strongly-worded anti-corruption drive to be enacted by China's new leader.The "upcoming year-long campaign" will target what the Xinhua news agency described as "undesirable work styles such as formalism, bureaucratism, ...
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China Sea row discussed in US officials’ call on DND
Secretary of the Navy Mabus is honored by Philippine military members after a meeting with the Philippine Defense Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin. Mabus discussed Tuesday regional security issues during the meeting. US NAVY PHOTO/MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS ARIF PATANI MANILA, Philippines--US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus discussed Tuesday regional security issues in ...
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China detains Russians suspected of smuggling 213 bear paws
China has detained two Russian men on suspicions of trying to smuggle 213 bear paws into the country. Customs officials made the discovery in the northern Inner Mongolia region in May, but released details about the case Tuesday, The Sun reports. The paws - which are believed to be from brown bears -- were found hidden inside the wheels of the van and spare tires. Sales of bear body parts are ...
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Japan poised to shift huge investment factories from China to India
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But that may be about to change because Japan is poised to leave China for India, adding huge benefits to the South Asian country in terms of jobs creation, technological transfer, transformation of infrastructure and military partnership. "Japan wants to build up India as an alternative, economic and military, to ...
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Chinas Huawei launches worlds slimmest smartphone in London
LONDON (AFP) - Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Tuesday launched what it said was the world's thinnest smartphone, which it hopes will take on high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung in the global market.Bidding to extend its market reach outside China, Huawei chose London to unveil its Ascend P6, which is just 6.18 millimetres thick -- the June 18 launch date reflecting the ...
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Beijing warns PH on talks with Taipei
MANILA, Philippines--As Manila and Taipei prepared for fishery talks next month in a bid to ease tensions, the Chinese Embassy on Tuesday issued a reminder of Taiwan's political status, saying governments should defer to Beijing's "one-China policy." "The Chinese government has no objection to the nongovernmental economic and cultural contacts between Taiwan and foreign ...
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China ramps up Mideast peace efforts
China's point man on Middle East affairs Tuesday said the country's new administration is adopting an active approach in supporting the Palestine-Israel peace process, but has no desire to compete with the US for influence in the region.Wu Sike, China's special envoy to the Middle East, made the remarks on the sidelines of the UN International Meeting In Support of ...
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China starts carbon trading in Shenzhen
Guangdong province, launched a carbon trading scheme on Tuesday, the country's first market for compulsory carbon trading. The scheme covers 635 industrial companies and some public buildings that account for about 40 percent of the city's carbon emissions, the Shenzhen ...
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China steel price ‘to stay low’
/enpproperty--> China steel prices have dropped in spite of decreasing global output and easing oversupply, according to an article on the website of China Iron & Steel Association on Monday. The prices will fluctuate but largely remain low in the foreseeable future, said the article. Starting from the second quarter, overall demand has been rising while demand from industries with high ...
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Amber Alert issued for nine-month-old Edmonton girl feared heading to China
EDMONTON - Edmonton police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday for a nine-month-old girl that has been abducted by her mother.The child and her mother were last seen early Monday at a southwest Edmonton home on Mullen Road.The baby girl is Chinese, has dark hair and a round face.The mother is Chinese, 36, five-foot-two, 125 pounds and has straight, black hair with yellow highlights.The mother is ...
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China aims to slash its air pollution by 2017
CHINA may soon breathe a little easier. The nation's State Council has announced strict measures to cut the amount of air pollution chucked out by industry by nearly a third by the end of ...
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Trump and Allen knocked out in China
Judd Trump and Mark Allen were shock first-round casualties at the opening ranking event of the season, China's Wuxi Classic. World number three Trump was beaten 5-2 by home player Li Hang, who earned his return to the professional ranks with a run to the final of last season's third Asian Players Tour Championship event. Li played fluently to take a deserved 3-0 lead with breaks of ...
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Shanghai Film Museum opens to public China Economic Information Service
Shanghai Film Museum opens to public SHANGHAI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai Film Museum, one of the country's largest film museums, opened on Monday in Shanghai, the birthplace of Chinese film. Covering an area of 10,000 square meters, the museum features multiple exhibitions detailing the city's role in the development of China's film industry. "I didn't expect that ...
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Join up to get Beijing hukou military offers college grads
For nonlocal college graduates who desire a much sought-after Beijing hukou, or household registration permit, joining up for a spell in the Chinese military may be a good option. As this year's recruitment campaign in the capital entered its second day on Tuesday, the loosened hukou policy, which is widely seen as an incentive to boost the declining number of new recruits, has attracted ...
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Voice saying demands for transparency are pushing the Red Cross Society of China to build trust
"We are not restoring public trust in the Red Cross Society of China, but establishing new trust for the new age." Zhao Baige, executive vice president of the Red Cross Society of China, saying demands for transparency are pushing the group to build trust, quoted by Xinhuanet.com on ...
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China expected to lift IPO freeze at end of July rush of offerings unlikely
China is likely to resume approving initial public offerings at the end of July, sources quoted a senior regulator as saying on Tuesday, after a freeze since October as part of efforts to crack down on wrongdoing and restore investor confidence.The IPO resumption, which had been expected around midyear, follows the release of draft rules early this month to reform IPO mechanisms, including ...
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Voice saying that China’s food safety problems have become a nationwide issue which harms the nation’s credibility
"One netizen said he would rather eat tainted imported food than eat domestic food. I was shocked by his remarks."Ning Gaoning, Chairman of the China National Cereals, Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation, saying that China's food safety problems have become a nationwide issue which harms the nation's credibility, quoted by the China Entrepreneur on ...
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China hosts Middle East peace talks
BEIJING // The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations praised China's growing involvement in the Middle East peace process, saying it enhances the efforts of other nations and should continue to expand. Riyad Mansour made the comments yesterday during a UN conference hosted by China promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two-day forum is part of ...
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SW China province seizes 9.2 tonnes of drugs
Police authorities in Southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday said they captured more than 8,000 drug traffickers and seized 9.22 tonnes of drugs in the first five months of the year.The two figures are up 12.7 percent and 23 percent respectively from the same period a year ago, said Yan Shangzhi, deputy director of the Yunnan provincial public security bureau.Yunnan, which borders the ...
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Tourism can solidify China’s claims around beautiful Xisha
An eye-catching tourism cruise to the Xisha Islands, which China disputes with Vietnam, has been running for about two months. After its maiden tour in late April, Coconut Princess, the luxury ship that has carried hundreds of tourists and staff so far, is becoming a symbol of Xisha tourism. With the tour route being normalized on a regular basis, some questions have been raised, especially in ...
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I am not a spy for China says Snowden
A TV screen shows the news of Edward Snowden, former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a restaurant in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Snowden has declared that the American government will not be able to cover up his revelations about its vast data-collection programme ';by jailing or murdering ...
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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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