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voice saying that China will not support India’s bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
"Having India as a permanent member may add to Tokyo's influence." Wang Dehua, a South Asian studies specialist at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies,saying that China will not support India's bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council, quoted by the South China Morning Post on ...
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Ties with Pakistan aid China’s soft power
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his entourage flew from India to Pakistan yesterday for a two-day visit. The plane was escorted by six Pakistani Air Force JF-17 fighter jets after entering Pakistani airspace. Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso welcomed Li at the airport in person, which clearly reflects the "all-weather" ...
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China tobacco control 2nd worst
China ranks second to last among developing countries on tobacco control, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report that is due to be made public by China's authorities at the end of this month. With a total score of 44.6, China ranks the 13th among 14 nations that have reported their progress to the WHO on implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It ...
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China Pakistan to work on energy ties
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday on his first official visit to Pakistan, marking the second leg of Li's first overseas tour since taking office.The trip, which came on the heels of the election of Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif, reaffirms the time-tested all-weather friendship between China and Pakistan and serves the interests of the two ...
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China Pakistan plan economic corridor Li
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday linked growth in his country's restive west with that in sluggish Pakistan, saying the two sides wanted to create an "economic corridor" to boost development. Li, on his first overseas trip since taking over in a once-in-a-decade power transfer in Beijing, congratulated Pakistan on its recent general election and hailed the countries' ...
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China unveils details of pilot carbon-trading programme
unveiled details of its first pilot carbon-trading programme, which will begin next month in the southern city of Shenzhen.The trading scheme will cover 638 companies responsible for 38% of the city's total emissions, the Shenzhen branch of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission ...
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Pope Makes Appeal For Catholics in China
At the end of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis made an appeal to Catholics all over the world to prayer for our ';brother and sisters'; in ...
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Chinas Momentous Change From Center of Trade to Center of Investment
Orville Schell : When many of us came into the the story of U.S.-China relations, the currency of the realm was politics. When Henry [Kissinger] went to China, there was no economics to deal with. So, it was a political question. Without really noticing it, we've undergone an extraordinary transmigration from the currency of politics to, really, the currency of currency. We talked ...
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India set to resume oilmeal exports to China
The high current account deficit will persist as long as we live in a world of low growth - that hurts our exports - and easy global liquidity, which pumps up the oil import ...
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China to lend $580 mln for Sri Lanka development projects
COLOMBO | Wed May 22, 2013 12:11pm EDT COLOMBO May 22 (Reuters) - China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on Wednesday showed. The loan will bring CDB's total lending to Sri Lanka to more than $1.4 billion. China's increasing influence in the island nation has stoked ...
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North Korean Envoy Meets With Chinese Official in Beijing
A senior North Korean military official sent to China as a special envoy has met with a top Chinese official, at a time of strained relations between the two traditional ...
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Three birthdays say much about China’s future and its leaders’ ‘revolutionary bloodline’
East-Asia-Intel.com There are three major birthdays and anniversaries in this year's political calendar - and how they will be celebrated says much about the country's ...
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China tourists instructed to behave
Chinese tourists, who have been flooding global destinations, including the Emirates, have been asked by a top Communist Party official to behave when abroad. Steps should be taken to project the good image of Chinese tourists, Wang Yang, one of the country's four vice-prime ministers, pointed out in a report in the Community Party newspaper, People's Daily. Mr Yang mentioned talking ...
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China boosts US investment to all-time high seeks more
Although all the news about Chinese investment in the U.S. has focused on the deals that don't get done, Chinese investment in the U.S. is at an all-time ...
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Ai Weiwei uses obscenity-filled music video to mock state power in China
BEIJING - Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the artist’s new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking China’s state power. The video accompanying the visual artist’s single ';Dumbass'; — released Wednesday but blocked online in mainland China — is ...
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North Korean delegation arrives in Beijing
Kim Jong Un took power, state media reported. China's official Xinhua News Agency reports that North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae arrived in Beijing to meet with Wang Jiarui, a top official in the Communist Part of China. It was the first time a delegation from North Korean visited Beijing since Kim ascended to power in 2012, Xinhua reports. Neither side offered specifics regarding ...
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North Korea sends special envoy to mend relations with China
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un dispatched a top military official to main ally Beijing, signaling that Pyongyang may be ready to swap diatribe for ...
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Chinas premier begins two-day Pakistan visit
ISLAMABAD // China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan yesterday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers. Premier Li Keqiang said "the tree of China-Pakistan friendship" was planted decades ago, nurtured by successive leaders and "is now exuberant with abundant fruits". Both sides are typically effusive in describing their alliance, underlying ...
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H7N9 Bird Flu Under Control In China According To United Nations
bird flu outbreak that has sickened 130 people and killed 36 has been brought under control in China. They said that closure of live bird markets in Shanghai and other areas has likely contributed to the halt of the spread of the disease throughout the country. The UN warned that health authorities worldwide must still remain on the lookout to detect further cases of the virus, which could ...
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China arrests 13 over ‘protest rumours’
Police in Beijing say they have arrested 13 people for allegedly spreading rumours and disrupting public order following a protest over a migrant worker's ...
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Past champions amateur hopeful ready for Beijing Golf Chanllenge
A year ago, Lu Yuexia hadn't won a tournament in 12 years. Going into the start of this week's Beijing Challenge as defending champion, the Chinese veteran is looking to build on fond memories and revive her game in hope of repeating as champion."Few people are able to defend their title on the Tour, so it's a gigantic task. Let's wait and see," the 36-year-old ...
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China to float 30b yuan in 10-year T-bonds
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Wednesday that it will float 30 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) in 10-year book-entry treasury bonds. The issuance is the ministry's 11th batch of book-entry treasury bonds this year. The interest rate for the bonds is fixed at 3.38 percent. Interest will be paid every half year, with the last interest and the principal ...
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UPDATE 2-Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis
Wed May 22, 2013 10:12am EDT (Adds signing of cooperation agreements, paragraphs 8-9) 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 ...
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Seven subjects China does not want Duke to teach
Chinese leadership has reportedly listed seven topics that may not be discussed in university classrooms there. This calls into question the academic freedom ...
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Philex still keen on teaming up with China firm for SC 72
The group of Manuel V. Pangilinan is continuing talks with China National Offshore Oil Corp. (Cnooc) for a potential partnership at a massive but disputed oil and gas find in offshore Palawan. Nonetheless, both parties have yet to move forward with their talks, which Pangilinan described as still in the preliminary stage given the geopolitical situation in the area. Pangilinan chairs Philex ...
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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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