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Early resolution of boundary question water issue key to improved Sino-India tiesPM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the basis for continued growth and expansion of ties between India and China is peace and tranquility on borders separating the two countries. In a statement delivered at a joint media interaction that followed delegation-level talks between the two countries, Dr. Singh said that during his talks with Premier Li, he had emphasized on the need ...
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India China have differences but will be together Li
India and China do have "difficult issues left over from history" but are destined to exist together, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in a published article Monday. Writing in The Hindu newspaper, Li warned that there would be no Asian century if India and China failed to live in harmony and achieve common development. "There is no denying that China and India still have between them some ...
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World TT Holder Zhang to face Wang in all-Chinese final
In a rematch of last year's Olympic final, defending champion Zhang Jike will fight for the men's singles title against Wang Hao at the World Table Tennis Championships here Monday. Zhang, the fourth seed, crushed top seed and teammate Xu Xin 11-8, 11-2, 11-9, 12-10 while Wang beat second seed Ma Long in the other all-Chinese semifinal 11-9, 11-7, 11-3, 7-11, 12-14, 11-3 Sunday night, Xinhua ...
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India-China consensus big stride forward Li
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday described the consensus reached on various issues between China and India as "a big stride forward" and called for conducting dialogue in a "mature and sensible way". It was fair to say that the two sides had "arrived at multiple, significant outcomes", Li said in his statement to the media alongside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both countries had ...
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Chinese Premier Seeks Stronger Economic Ties with India
In a speech to business leaders on a visit to New Delhi Tuesday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that strengthening economic cooperation will lead to growth in both countries. On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mr. Li agreed to resolve a border dispute and other tensions. Mr. Singh said both sides must work to strengthen trust and confidence to create better cooperation. ...
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Chinas Li seeks stronger economic ties with India
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President's palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was ...
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China to give harsher penalties for flight bomb hoaxes
Law enforcement authorities vowed on Tuesday to hand down harsher punishments for those found guilty of fabricating threats targeting civilian flights following a series of such hoaxes.The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said in a statement that those who made false bomb threats targeting a number of flights last week have been arrested.The MPS has issued a notice to police in all areas asking ...
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Heavy rain kills 2 in S China
Heavy rain that has fallen since Saturday has killed two people in South China's Guangdong Province, bringing the death toll resulting from rainstorms to 36 so far this year, officials said Tuesday. As of 7 pm Monday, over 16,000 residents had been evacuated in the cities of Meizhou and Chaozhou, according to He Guoqing, executive deputy director of the provincial flood control and drought ...
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EU investigation could affect business from 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’s first masters of equine studies
/enpproperty--> Three female postgraduate students passed the oral defense of their thesis and became China's first masters of equine studies in Wuhan Business University. The university and Tianjin University of Sport cooperated to set up the degree program in 2011. The students completed the study of theoretical knowledge in Tianjin and came to Wuhan for field studies in September ...
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Yoshikami Low Cost China is Old News
I spent one day in Detroit last week moderating a panel for a large Chinese industrial zone as well as for automakers. In the audience were CEOs and others seeking to understand trends in the automotive industry as they relates to China. It was a fascinating discussion. Interestingly, while many consider China as the home of low-cost production, senior executives from companies and government ...
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Chinese pharma corps look West
Several Chinese pharmaceutical companies have been recognized by the overseas medical industry largely because of their partnerships with multinational giants. Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co set up a joint venture with US-based Pfizer Inc in September 2012. Simcere Pharmaceutical Group has established a partnership with MSD - known as Merck & Co in the US and Canada - and Bristol-Myers ...
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Chinese vessels spotted in Ayungin shoal diplomatic protest readied
CAVITE CITY, Philippines– A Chinese naval ship was sighted escorting several fishing vessels in Philippine-occupied Ayungin shoal in the disputed West Philippine Sea. ';Merong activities sila run… e nangingisda dun sa loob ng [territory] natin," Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told reporters in an ambush interview after the Philippine Navy anniversary rites at Fort San ...
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Indias trade deficit with China set to grow Analysts
BEIJING: Notwithstanding steps announced by India and China to reduce their trade deficit during Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing visit, Chinese analysts believe the imbalance is likely to keep growing in the short term due to structural problems. "India's trade deficit with China is expanding. In the short term, that's hard to resolve. The imbalance is mainly because India has ...
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Man arrested for hoax bomb calls that ground five planes in China
A man who allegedly made bomb threat calls yesterday and disrupted five domestic flights to Shenzhen was arrested early this morning by police. Shenzhen police said the suspect, surnamed Wang, made six hoax calls to several flights yesterday morning. The arrest was made at 3:15am today, police said. Wang allegedly had confessed to making all the calls, according to police. Police so far ...
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Shanghai holds 1777 sex education sessions targeting migrant teens
The Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission has held 1,777 training sessions over the past three years to help teenagers of migrant families avoid unwanted pregnancies, the commission said Wednesday. The sessions, which have been attended by more than 50,000 teenagers, have targeted the local migrant population because they are among the groups most at-risk for unplanned ...
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China shares eke out 5th straight gain tech leads
HONG KONG | Tue May 21, 2013 3:06am EDT HONG KONG May 21 (Reuters) - China shares eked out a fifth-straight gain on Tuesday, as strength in technology counters outweighed lingering weakness among power producers due to concerns that potential curbs on lower quality coal imports could hurt margins. The Shanghai Composite Index ended up 0.2 percent at 2,305.1. The CSI300 index of leading ...
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8 arrested over SW China river pollution
Eight people have been arrested in connection with illegal dumping activities that polluted a local waterway in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, prosecutors said Tuesday.The Yunnan Provincial People's Procuratorate has approved the eight arrests on charges of polluting the environment, a statement issued by the procuratorate said.The legal representatives of three ore dressing or ...
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Chinese stars sister wins bronze at table tennis worlds
Championships in Paris, on May 17, 2013. Chen Meng, a younger female cousin of famous Chinese singer and film star Huang Xiaoming, attracted a lot of attention at the table tannis worlds as she winded up her Paris tour with a bronze medal in the women's doubles at the age of ...
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Chinas market-oriented reform battles crises
The first one is the crisis stemming from the reform of the pricing system. During the initial period of the reform, a double track pricing system was in place, meaning some commodities were priced by the government, and others priced by enterprises according to market demand. The system brought about pricing differences of the same ...
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Building Collapse in SE China
Beijing, May 21 (BNA) - A building collapsed in southeast China's Fujian Province on Monday afternoon, no one was killed or injured, China's News Agency (Xinhua) reported. The four-storey building in downtown Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian, was being renovated when it collapsed, according to sources with the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China. All the construction ...
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Meat exports could be allowed into China within days
Source: ONE Sport Exports of New Zealand meat could be allowed into China again within the next few days. Meat exports have been blocked from entering the country since the end of April, and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has made resolving the issue its "number one priority". ...
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Underground bank operator sentenced to death in China
BEIJING: A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs. Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising'' for collecting 640 million yuan ($100 million) from investors by promising high returns and low risk, according to a statement by ...
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Li says China will allow greater access to Indian business
(52 mins ago) Premier Li Keqiang who is visiting India pledged to open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries. ';As for Indian concerns over the trade deficit, the Chinese side is willing to provide facilitations for more Indian products to access the Chinese market,'' Li said during a speech to Indian business ...
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India China have not shied away from addressing the boundary question Chinese Premier
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addressed university students at a function organised by the ICWA at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi.Here are the ...
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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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