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Swiss luxury hotels eye Chinese tourists
Siro Barino, managing director of Swiss Deluxe Hotels, an association consisting of 38 most exclusive luxury hotels in Switzerland, told China Daily, that Chinese tourists have witnessed a significant growth in recent years while their choice has seen a major shift from economy hotels to luxurious ...
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China sets legal weapons against pollution offences
China's top court and procuratorate jointly issued an interpretation on the conviction and sentencing standards of criminal cases involving environmental pollution on Tuesday. Experts said the interpretation will provide "legal weapons" to combat such crimes. "At present, environmental pollution is very serious across the country, which seriously harms the ecological ...
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Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo
The DRC authorities have not only failed to prevent mining companies and traders abusing rights, they have themselves violated human rights to facilitate mining ...
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Hong Kong shares seen subdued ahead of Fed policy guidance
HONG KONG, June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:11pm EDT HONG KONG, June 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares may start lower on Wednesday, with turnover likely weak as most investors stay on the sidelines awaiting the outcome of a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve rate-setting meeting later in the day. On Tuesday, the Hang Seng Index closed flat at 21,225.88 points, while the China Enterprises Index of ...
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Chinese State Official Accused of Spending Lavishly on Mistress
A Chinese government official is facing accusations of supporting a mistress with extravagant spending beyond his modest salary, in the latest sex scandal to hit the ruling Communist Party. The scandal erupted Friday, when a 25-year-old female presenter for Chinese state television announced on her blog that she had a four-year affair with the deputy director of China's state archives, ...
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Profit Drops At Hong Kong Billionaire Cheng Yu-tungs Chow Tai Fook Jewelry Chain
Chow Tai Fook, the Hong Kong-based jewelry chain controlled by billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, on Monday net profit fell by 13% in the 12 months to March 31 amid slower economic growth and retail sales gains in mainland China last ...
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GM aims for 10 pct of Chinas luxury car market by 2020
SHANGHAI, June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:49pm EDT SHANGHAI, June 19 (Reuters) - General Motors Co aims to have 10 percent of China's luxury market market by 2020, its China chief said on Wednesday. Bob Socia made the comment in a roundtable ahead of a ground breaking ceremony for GM's new Cadillac plant in the outskirts of ...
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From China with love and care
Wu Yu says goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old daughter before hospital ship Peace Ark leaves Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, for an aid tour to some Asian nations and the Gulf of Aden. Zhang Hao / for China ...
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Nordic countries team up in Chinas tech trade
/enpproperty--> Nordic countries have joined an international race to team up with China in exploring science and technology opportunities. "Countries with a tradition of innovation gradually take the lead in social and economic development, which in turn make them internationally competitive," said Huang Xing, China's ambassador to Finland. Information and communication ...
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China Daily Special Beyond Boundaries
Editor's note: China Daily begins a series of human interest stories representing neighboring countries in an effort to shed insight on topics relevant to China. Myanmar, which is in transition, is the first ...
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Scholar urges Hong Kong to address cultural gap
/enpproperty--> A top Hong Kong scholar has called on the special administrative region to bridge cultural and social differences with the mainland, in a bid to boost its waning competitiveness. In a report published on Tuesday, Gui Qiangfang, president of the China Institute of City Competitiveness, said Hong Kong's comprehensive competitiveness, including social, environmental ...
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Cisco denies China monitoring accusations
/enpproperty--> Cisco Systems Inc, the giant network equipment supplier, has denied accusations of conducting illegal monitoring activities in China, as well as participating in the US surveillance program that whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed. In a statement sent to China Daily on Tuesday, Cisco said, "PRISM is not a Cisco program and Cisco networks did not participate ...
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Vietnam China to enhance ties
/enpproperty--> HANOI -- Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday. "Vietnam and China are close ...
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Sanya among Chinas top 5 most popular destinations for the Post-90s
According to a report from Taobao.com, the Post-90s (people born between the years 1990 to 1999 in China) is becoming the main force of the tourism market, and Sanya has been named the fifth most popular tourism destination in China for the Post-90s. Lijiang in Yunnan Province has taken the top spot on the list for the most popular domestic destinations, followed by Chengdu, Hangzhou, Beijing ...
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China’s growing glut of unemployed graduates
My maid and her husband, a driver, have scrimped and saved and crammed themselves into a tiny flat in Shanghai for decades with one goal in mind: to give their only son a crack at the "Chinese dream."Now those decades of deprivation have reached their climax as the cherished child of these hard-working people graduates from university and takes his first job: as a construction worker. ...
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Goldman Bets on Cheapest Asia Market After China
Asia's emerging markets have been among the worst hit amid the recent rout in global stocks, but Goldman Sachs advocates accumulating South Korean equities now, on the basis that the market will fare well in a rising rate environment. "In a rising rate environment...more cyclical markets like Korea may benefit given their higher sensitivity to global growth than rates," ...
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In China Blackmail Is the Name of the Game
How to Succeed Through Blackmail ) The extortion boom comes at a time when many Communist Party members are begrudgingly enduring a government austerity campaign, pushed by President Xi Jinping himself, that has denied them the expensive, taxpayer-financed banquets and chauffeured sedans once considered the birthright of Chinese officialdom. More than 2,000 officials have been investigated and ...
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China to raise Snowden issue with Ban Ki-Moon
Edward Snowden , a contractor for NSA, who is now hiding in Hong Kong. He has been described as a traitor by some senators in the US, who raised questions on whether he escaped to a city within China. Chinese foreign ministry continued to hedge questions on whether it would extradite Snowden if the US government made the request. Beijing does not want to be seen as giving orders to the Hong Kong ...
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Chinas fastest-growing cities for multi-millionaires
The population of multi-millionaires in no-name Chinese cities is growing at a breakneck pace. Case in point: Chongqing's multi-millionaire population grew by nearly 80% between 2007 and ...
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Cyber experts say calling out China may be
After years of quiet and largely unsuccessful diplomacy, the US has brought its persistent computer-hacking problems with China into the open, delivering a steady drumbeat of reports accusing Beijing's government and military of computer-based attacks against America. Officials say the new strategy may be having some impact. In recent private meetings with US officials, Chinese leaders ...
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France to reinforce Chinese safety
/enpproperty--> PARIS - France pledged to further secure Chinese safety after a violent attack on Chinese students in southwest France, a government official said Tuesday. At a daily briefing, Foreign Affairs Ministry's spokesman Philippe Lalliot said "French authorities ...
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US State Department Screaming passenger who disrupted Hong Kong flight once worked at agency
NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. State Department spokeswoman says a man who ranted about national security and screamed "I'm dead" during a flight from Hong Kong once worked at the agency. The spokeswoman said Tuesday that the passenger ended his time at the department in 2006. She gave no details about his job or why he no longer works there. The man started screaming nine hours into a ...
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US House backs Taiwan at UN aviation body
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives urged the United Nations aviation group to give a role to Taiwan, a small victory for an island whose rivalry with China keeps it from world bodies.Lawmakers unanimously approved a bill that directed Secretary of State John Kerry to use US diplomacy to push for observer status for Taiwan when the International Civil Aviation Organization meets ...
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Russia ramps up oil exports to China in strategic shift
An employee talks on a portable radio set near a complex producing aromatic hydrocarbons at the Bashneft - Ufaneftekhim refinery in the city of Ufa, Russia, on April 11, 2013. Russian oil exports to China will increase this quarter, as Russia shifts its strategy away from Europe. (SERGEI ...
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5 Signs China Is About to Fall Off of a Debt Cliff
Vincent Yu/AP In a classic case of procrastination, China has been keeping its massive debt crisis at bay by issuing more debt. However, Fitch's Charlene Chu, a leading expert on China's debt, thinks the country's time is ...
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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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