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5 killed 1 injured in S China road cave-in
Rescuers work at the accident site where a road cave-in occurred in Huamao Industrial Park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, May 21, 2013. The accident occurred around 9:19 p.m. (1319 GMT) on May 20. As of 4:30 p.m. (0830 GMT) Tuesday, five bodies had been retrieved from a pit measuring three to four meters deep. Search and rescue efforts are under way. ...
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Senior official details Chinas wildlife protection efforts
A top Chinese wildlife official on Tuesday detailed how recent years have seen China intensify efforts to protect animals and promote biodiversity.Speaking at a press conference on the eve of the International Day for Biological Diversity, Yin Hong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration (SFA), said that the country, among the richest in wildlife species in the world, has attached ...
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Chinese premier urges efforts to carry on China-India traditional friendship
Visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang Tuesday called for efforts to carry on China-India traditional friendship as he paid tribute to an Indian doctor who died treating Chinese troops more than 70 years ago."Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis is a great friend of the Chinese people, " Li told relatives of the Indian doctor.Kotnis went to China "despite all the hardships and risks" more than ...
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China India must grasp fresh opportunities in strategic cooperation Premier Li
China and India have vast room for further cooperation and both countries should seize new opportunities to advance their strategic ties, visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday."China and India are two largest developing countries and emerging markets in the world," Li said in a speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs."China-India relations are one of the ...
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Xi-Obama meeting to chart future course of China-US ties
Chinese president to visit three Latin American nations and US As Chinese president Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama is ready to meet for the first time after the leadership transition in both nations, analysts say the June 7-8 summit in the US state of California will chart the course of future development of China-US relations.They also believe that the meeting will show that ...
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China sends condolences after tornado strikes US state
China on Tuesday sent its condolences after a deadly tornado struck the US state of Oklahoma.Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular press briefing that the Chinese side extends its deep condolences to the victims, as well as sincere sympathy to the wounded and disaster-affected people."May they overcome the difficulties and rebuild their homeland soon," he said.The ...
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FM spokesman highlights importance of China-US summit
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that an impending meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama will aid in the construction of a new type of relationship between the two countries.The summit, the first of its kind to be held since Xi took office in March, would be conducive to strengthening strategic communication, increasing mutual trust, deepening ...
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China defeats Kazakhstan at China International Mens Volleyball Tournament
Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here in Luohe, central China's Henan Province on Tuesday.China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with no difficulty because Kazakhstan was not a strong team."My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very ...
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Rocking it with Beijing Climbing Club
After a two-hour drive from Beijing, we've arrived at Bee Gorge, just past Miyun. Auburn granite walls face each other across the valley, peppered with shrubs that spill into and fill the basin. A small herd of goats putter around the perimeter of their pen at the base, their bleats echoing up the ...
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FC Seoul fight back to oust Beijing Guoan
Yun Il-lok scored once and provided an assist as K-League champions FC Seoul secured a third AFC Champions League quarter-final appearance in five years after recording a 3-1 comeback win over China's Beijing Guoan on ...
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Press Digest - China - May 22
Tue May 21, 2013 9:37pm EDT May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese newspapers available in Beijing and Shanghai carried the following stories on Wednesday. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. CHINA SECURITIES JOURNAL -- The China Securities Regulatory Commission should focus on its key duties of regulating the market and delegate unnecessary duties to other departments ...
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Op-Ed Contributor China’s Brutal One-Child Policy
China 's one-child policy. The People's Daily, the Communist Party mouthpiece, alleged that Mr. Zhang had fathered seven children with four different ...
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Chinas May lending seen to reach 900 bln yuan-paper
SHANGHAI | Tue May 21, 2013 9:01pm EDT SHANGHAI May 22 (Reuters) - China's four major banks issued new loans of 233 billion yuan ($37.98 billion) by May 21st, 21st Century Business Herald reported on Wednesday, citing industry sources, adding that total loans for the month could reach 900 billion yuan. Total loans issued by China's top four banks, including ICBC , Agricultural ...
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Chinas CITIC Sec plans to buy back stake in fund company
SHANGHAI | Tue May 21, 2013 8:51pm EDT SHANGHAI May 22 (Reuters) - CITIC Securities Co Ltd , China's biggest brokerage, plans to spend up to 2 billion yuan ($325.97 million) to acquire a 10 percent stake in China Asset Management, the country's top fund management company, it said late on Tuesday. CITIC Securities will buy the stake from Wuxi Guolian Development Group and will ...
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Will China punish UK for giving award to Chen Guangcheng
HONG KONG - A little more than one year after he bravely escaped illegal house arrest in China for the United States, blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng has become a much bigger thorn in the side of his native country's Communist Party regime. "I think they're in a state of madness," he said last week in ...
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13 arrested in Beijing for rumormongering
Police in Beijing said Tuesday that 13 people have been arrested for allegedly spreading rumors and disrupting public order by inciting a protest after a young woman's death earlier this ...
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Cadmium-Tainted Rice Discovered in Southern China
HONG KONG -- Government officials in southern China sought on Wednesday to calm public ire about toxic substances menacing the region's main food staple, rice, after the city of Guangzhou said that nearly half the rice tested at restaurants this year held excessive cadmium, a heavy metal that can cause cancer and other ...
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China looks to grow NT trade
THE Chinese Government wants to expand trade to the Territory and is seeking energy and minerals, high-ranking diplomats has told a mining summit held in ...
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Air China makes baggage through check-in available to 14 cities
BEIJING, China - Air China will make its baggage through check-in service from international cities to domestic cities (I-D) via Beijing more accessible. Starting May 21 (Beijing time), Air China passengers who travel from London, Paris, Dusseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt, Rome, Milan, Stockholm, Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Geneva transferring to other Chinese cities via ...
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China Declares Global State of Emergency An Urgent Telegram from Taihu
most powerful politician, Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) opened the Second Conference of the (carbon-neutralized) ...
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China coal imports to continue affecting global prices Platts
/enpproperty--> China's coal imports will continue from a more diversified number of sources over the long-term, exerting a major influence on international coal prices, according to Platts, a leading source of benchmark price assessments in the energy, petrochemicals and metals sectors. James O'Connell, the editor-in-chief of Platts' Coal Trader International, which ...
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Netanyahu Arrives in China
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began an official visit to China Monday despite tensions back home following the alleged Israeli airstrikes on Syrian weapons storage facilities. Israeli commentators said it was important for Netanyahu to maintain his plans to signal that Israel is continuing its business as usual. Netanyahu did delay his departure slightly Sunday ...
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With wary eye on the U.S. China courts India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and increase trade between Asia's fastest growing economies in his first trip overseas since taking ...
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Chinas bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on ...
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Extensive gold reserves discovered in northwest China
Geologists in China say they've found gold reserves in a northwestern province that could be worth $32 billion to the country's economy. The discovery was made in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. The gold deposit in Xinyuan County in the Ili Valley is estimated to contain at least 53 tons, Zeng Xiaogang, ...
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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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