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China sweeps Indonesia to reach quarterfinals at Sudirman Cup
Defending champion China beat Indonesia 5-0 in their second and last group match on Tuesday at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton tournament.London Olympics champion Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng replaced their young fellows Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan to play against Hendra Setiawan/Angga Pratama. The Indonesian pair took the first game 21- 16 but still failed to handle Cai and Fu. Though absent frommatches ...
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Huge China sinkhole kills five
FIVE people have died after a 10-metre wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighbouring Hong Kong, local authorities say. The Shenzhen Longgang district government said on its verified page on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, that five people had died and added that it was investigating the incident. The sinkhole ...
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5 killed in S China road cave-in
GUANGZHOU - At least five people were killed in a road cave-in that occurred Monday night in South China's Guangdong province, local authorities said Tuesday. The accident occurred around 9:19 pm on a road in the Huamao Industrial Park in the city of Shenzhen, sources with the city's emergency relief office said. As of 4:30 pm Tuesday, five bodies had been retrieved from a pit ...
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EU probe could could slow European vendors supplying tech for Chinas 4G deployment
IDG News Service - The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts. Last week, the EU set off fears of a trade war with China ...
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China says North Korea released detained sailors
BEIJING (AFP) - North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat Tuesday, Beijing said, demanding an explanation after the kidnapping by armed attackers heightened strains between the neighbours."The DPRK side released the fishing boat and all the fishermen were safe and healthy," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular press briefing, using the North's official ...
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China beat Indonesia to top group
(5 mins ago) Defending champions China trounced arch rivals Indonesia 5-0 to top Group A of the Sudirman Cup on Tuesday, declaring they are ready to face anyone in Thursday's quarter-finals. The Chinese have won the biennial tournament eight times and are chasing their fifth consecutive title, AFP reports. After Tuesday's matches, Chinese coach Li Yongbo said his team is ready to ...
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India and China boost border peace efforts
Manmohan Singh agreed to step up discussions to end their long-running Himalayan region border disputes. Li, during his official three-day visit to India, said the two countries had "established principles for settling the question" of where the border should lie, The Hindustan Times reported. The goal is to avoid disagreements that in the past have threatened to spill over into ...
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Video The Tumblr effect Chinas Internet giants on the prowl
Frothy tech valuations are not limited to Silicon Valley with Yahoo's $1.1-billion (U.S.) Tumblr buy. High-stakes deals are growing in China too, as big players court emerging platforms to lock in new ...
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China Now Spends $125 Billion Per Year On Riot Gear And ‘Stability Maintenance’
May 21, 2013 Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and "anti-terrorism technology" trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China's huge internal security budget. The country is estimated to have more than 180,000 protests each year and the ruling Communist Party spends vast sums on ensuring order -- more even than on its military, ...
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China India reach strategic consensus deepen strategic trust Premier Li
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday the most important outcome of his talks with the Indian leaders is that they reached strategic consensus and deepened strategic trust.Briefing the press after meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, Li said at the talks, held on Sunday night and Monday morning with Singh and other Indian officials, both sides had friendly, in-depth and ...
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China says its legal ivory trade not to blame for African poaching
21 May 2013 CHINA'S small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching ...
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American Dreams in China trumps Iron Man 3 at box office
off the top of the Chinese box office charts in the week ending on Sunday.The film, which tells the story of a trio of entrepreneurs who establish an English language training service, has pulled in 108 million yuan (about $17.6 million) since its Friday debut, China Film News reported on ...
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China warns EU against probe into telecom equipment
/enpproperty--> NEW DELHI - The interests of both sides would be hurt if the European Union (EU) goes ahead with an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into mobile telecommunications equipment from China, said a senior Chinese official on Tuesday. Telecom manufacturers of China and the EU have enormous interests in each other's markets and have broad cooperation, Chinese ...
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Mills investigated over tainted rice in C China
/enpproperty--> CHANGSHA - Three rice mills in Central China's Hunan province are being investigated after rice they produced was found to be contaminated with cadmium last week, local authorities said Tuesday. Three mills in Youxian County in the city of Zhuzhou were ordered to recall their products and suspend business operations, according to a statement by the county government. ...
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Beijing holds meeting for solutions to water crisis
/enpproperty--> An international meeting that gathered leading experts, practitioners, policymakers, and investors from China and abroad to promote natural solutions to the water crisis facing an urbanizing world was held in Beijing on May 16. Water resources are increasingly jeopardized by climate change, pollution, watershed degradation, and misuse, with 80 percent of the world now facing ...
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Air China Baggage Through Check-in Available to 14 Cities
Houston will also be on the list of the cities with the baggage through check-in service when the route is inaugurated, bringing the total number of cities with this service to 14. ...
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Burberry earnings tumble China sales boost revenues
(31 mins ago) Luxury label Burberry said annual net profits fell 3.4 percent after it took a large exceptional charge. Earnings after tax slid to £254.3 million in 12 months to the end of March, compared with net earnings of £263.3m in its 2011-12 financial year. Burberry's performance was hit by a one-off charge of £82.9 million linked to the termination of a fragrance ...
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Philippines protests China warships presence
CAVITE, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines has protested the presence of a Chinese warship and other vessels off a Filipino military-occupied shoal in the disputed Spratly ...
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Chinas growth upsets Australian treasury forecasts
China's surprising growth in recent years has contributed to throwing Australian treasury economic and revenue forecasts out of whack, Secretary to the Treasury Martin Parkinson told economists at a budget briefing in Sydney Tuesday.The briefing was called to explain the context of errors in recent economic and revenue forecasts, which are currently undergoing extensive review.Parkinson ...
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India-China discussions specific without shying away from anything
International News: India and China held very "specific" discussions without "shying away from anything", External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here ...
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4 dead in C China crane collapse
Four people were killed and another seriously injured in a crane collapse on Tuesday morning in Central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said. The accident occurred around 10:30 am at a construction site in the village of Shuangli, Yuanan County, sources with the county government said. The roughly seven-story crane collapsed while being dismantled, killing three people on the ...
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Chinese premier calls for substantial progress in China-India cooperation
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh agreed Monday in New Delhi to further consolidate the Sino-Indian strategic cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity and to push for fresh and substantial progress in bilateral cooperation.In his meeting with Singh, Premier Li said China and India are important neighbors and partners by nature.He noted that ...
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China to Host Seventh Edition of Royal Trophy
(Reuters) - China will host the seventh edition of the Royal Trophy when holders Asia take on Europe in the annual team golf contest in December, organisers said on Tuesday. The continental fight will be held from December 20-22 at the Dragon Lake Golf Club in Guangzhou, the capital of the Guangdong province. Asia bagged their second title in a sudden-death playoff when the sixth edition ...
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China market Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13 says Analysys
Providers of online advertising services in the China market generated total revenue of CNY18 billion (US$2.89 billion) during the first quarter of 2013, falling 14.5% on quarter but growing 28.3% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys ...
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Indian media highlight China-India economic ties
/enpproperty--> NEW DELHI - India media have highlighted trade and economic relations between India and China during their coverage of Chinese ...
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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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