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China expects cooperation with more Indian companies premier
China welcomes more Indian enterprises to cooperate with their Chinese counterparts to achieve mutually beneficial and win-win results, visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday.Li made the remarks when touring India's industrial giant Tata Group in the financial capital of Mumbai.Li said that the group, which opened an office in China's Shanghai over a century ago, has a ...
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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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Chinese premier Li Keqiang due in Pakistan on Wednesday
Chinese premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Pakistan from May 22-23, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.It is the first visit of Premier Li Keqiang to Pakistan after he became premier of the People's Republic of China."The visit takes place immediately after the democratic elections in Pakistan. It will provide an opportunity to Premier Li to meet the new political ...
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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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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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Eager parents quick to learn marriage lines
On Saturday afternoon, an unsuspecting Wang Liwei was surrounded by 12 middle-aged women, mostly from Shanghai, in search of husbands for their daughters. Wang was in the middle of Shanghai's biggest matchmaking party, held in the city's Qingbu district. Advertisements for the event promised the 28-year-old Shandong native an unparalleled opportunity to find his perfect partner, as ...
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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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Chinese hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets
CSO - In January 2010, Google shocked the cyber world by confessing it had been the target of an advanced persistent threat lasting months and mounted by hackers connected to China's People Liberation Army. "[We] have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists," Google Senior Vice President and Chief ...
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Rising yuan increases risks
/enpproperty--> The yuan's daily reference rate set by the central bank rose to a historical high of 6.1911 per US dollar on Tuesday. Such a strong rising momentum, however, may pose risks as China's economic growth eases and capital inflows accelerate. On Monday, the central bank also surprised the market by keeping the yuan's reference mid-point almost flat despite a ...
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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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B.C. mining company was justified in hiring Chinese miners court rules
Sergio Garcia refused to back down Tuesday in his ongoing spat with his enemy Tiger Woods, but expressed the desire to enjoy this week in the company of his friends, the Europe Ryder Cup ...
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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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Chinese Bear Bile Farming Draws Charges of Cruelty
Guizhentang Pharmaceutical uses bears to produce a traditional remedy it markets for a variety of ailments. A worker, above, drained bile from a bear's gallbladder in Fujian ...
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Exclusive Bob Lutz Chinese in bid to buy Fisker Automotive - sources
WASHINGTON - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more. ...
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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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Chinese PM begins Pakistan visit
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Pakistan Wednesday for a two-day visit where he will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif as the long-time allies look to boost trade ...
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Chinese premier faces litmus test in Pak
Chinese premier Li Keqiang faces the challenge of meeting conflicting demands for his attention and Beijing's purse when he lands in Pakistan on Wednesday at the end of his India visit, his first foreign tour after assuming ...
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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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Macau hosts Asia’s largest gaming expo
Gambling machines are displayed at the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day fair of gambling innovations at the glitzy Venetian hotel in Macau on May 21, 2013. The largest gaming event in Asia, showcasing the industry’s latest products, services and technologies, is taking place amid a decline in growth rates in the former Portugese colony’s gaming industry as China’s economic ...
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PM Li faces litmus test in Pakistan Chinas iron brother
Chinese premier Li Keqiang faces the challenge of meeting conflicting demands for his attention and Beijing's purse when he lands in Pakistan on Wednesday at the end of his India visit, his first foreign tour after assuming ...
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Kerry Logistics Deploys Hybrids in Hong Kong
The vehicles operating in Hong Kong are using a combination of fuel and battery-powered electricity. For two years, the logistics service provider will operate three conventional trucks in parallel to the new hybrid trucks, and a research team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University will compare performance, diesel consumption, and maintenance cost of the two ...
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5000 yuan seats raise doubts
Zhejiang University is welcoming their alumni to donate 5,000 yuan ($815) in exchange for naming a stadium seat after them, a move that many people are questioning as a ploy for the school to raise funds. The school's alumni officially made the offer on its website last Monday, saying that it has 3,705 seats up for grabs. Each alumnus who purchases a seat can pick which one they want to ...
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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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