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China and Russia’s Human Trafficking Leads to Sanctions
Playing cards showing details of missing children are displayed in 2007 in Beijing, China. The cards showing photographs and information of 27 missing children were created by Shen Hao, the founder of a missing persons website to be handed out in areas notorious for child trafficking. China has just been put on a list of countries of serious concern for human trafficking. (China Photos/Getty ...
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Buddhist Monks Form Badminton Team in China
Beijing, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Monks of the ancient Buddhist temple Lingyin, a sanctuary in the province of Zhejiang, a place where those who seek spiritual peace go on a pilgrimage, made up the only formal badminton team in the religious circles in China. According to reports published today in Beijing, its members have been awarded in different competitions and reached the third position the ...
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China less likely to release property curbs
BEIJING - The government is not likely to release new tightening policies in the short-term to curb property prices, JP Morgan's chief China economist Zhu Haibin said Wednesday. He said that given the faltering economic recovery and varied regional conditions, the possibility for the central government to release new tightening policies targeting the property market remains low. It is ...
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Intl trade fair closes in NE China
Heilongjiang province, with major contracts being signed. About $14 billion worth of foreign-related contracts and 587 domestic projects valued at 250.9 billion yuan ($40.9 billion) were signed during the five-day fair, according to the fair's organizing committee. Import and export contracts amounted to about $11.4 billion. Export trade deals mainly covered clothes, textiles, equipment ...
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Moodys warns on Chinas local govt debt
Local government debt poses a key risk for Chinese banks, Moody's said Wednesday, the latest warning amid growing jitters of financial risks in the world's second largest economy. The rating agency said in a report that many local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) have seen their cash flow stagnate or decline, while their debt levels have risen. Among 388 ...
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Death of Dolphin in China Sparks Outrage—and Questions
The death of a dolphin in China that was photographed with beachgoers handling it shortly beforehand has sparked outrage on the country's social media ...
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US condemns China Russia and Uzbekistan for human trafficking
Uzbeks work in fields outside Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which has been criticised for 'subjecting its citizens to forced labour'. Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks brace for fall China data eyed
Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:41pm EDT * Nikkei futures, Australian stock futures down after Wall St fall * Bernanke confirms market fears of a stimulus withdrawal this year * Dollar higher as U.S. Treasury yields jump By Ian Chua SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian stock markets were braced for a fall on Thursday in line with Wall Street after the U.S. central bank confirmed that it would begin to withdraw ...
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Japan finds its land in China
For decades, China and Japan have not been able to settle the dispute on the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku). Both countries consider the islands their own territory and find various historical reasons to prove their rightness. Numerous talks and meetings were conducted at the highest level, but the issue remains unresolved. A month ago, the territorial dispute flared up again. What can it lead ...
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Basketball Opals lose to China in opening game of series
China The Opals lost to 69-64 to China in the opening game of their series in Shanxi on Wednesday.Opals coach Brendan Joyce gave international debuts to Sara Blicavs, Natalie Burton and Kelly Wilson in the first encounter of the three-game series.Co-captains Belinda Snell and Jenni Screen led the scoring for the Opals, Snell delivering a game-high 24 points to go with seven rebounds, while ...
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Trafficking in Persons Report U.S. downgrades Russia China
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The TIP report ranks governments, including the United States, on their efforts to combat and prevent human trafficking. While Tier 1 is the highest ranking, it does not mean that a country has no human trafficking problem. The TIP report ranks countries into one of three tiers based on their level of compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination ...
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Communist Chinese Regime Forcing Rural Population Into Cities
The communist dictatorship ruling over mainland China has a new centrally planned plot in the works, a controversial scheme that seeks to force hundreds of millions of farmers from rural areas to regime-dominated mega-cities being built across the nation. According to news reports, much of the land is being seized by force as the Chinese Communist Party works fiendishly to pack people into ...
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Campaign to ‘Benefit the Masses’ in Tibet Brings Tighter Controls Instead
In a photograph from a partially Tibetan-inhabited area in China, police respond to a protest in Serta town, Sichuan Province, on Jan. 24, 2012. The Chinese Communist Party has embarked on a new campaign of political mobilization, indoctrination, and surveillance, according to Party documents and Human Rights Watch. (Students for a Free ...
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GM investing billions in China to tap lucrative luxury car market
Chinese officials and GM executives, including CEO Dan Akerson, lay a foundation stone at Shanghai GM's new Cadillac plant on June 19, 2013. General Motors has chosen the world’s second-largest luxury car market - China - to pit itself against automakers from Japan and Germany, despite the industry's lagging fortunes there. The US-based carmaker said on Wednesday that it would ...
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Chinese Billionaire Jianlin Buys Sunseeker International Yachts
Wang Jianlin , has himself a case of James Bond lifestyle envy. So much so that he deployed 320 million pounds ($495 million) for a controlling stake in Sunseeker International, maker of the Sunseeker yachts seen in James ...
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Foreign Firms Hesitant On China
A little less money coming into China these days, as May FDI data suggests. Multinationals are hesitant on investing in China, foreign direct investment data shows. Despite overall long term growth trends and a general bullishness on the richer Chinese consumer, the multinationals increased their investments in May by just 0.29% in a sign of cooling in the world's second biggest ...
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Chinese Billionaire to Buy Sunseeker
Now, the owner of the Wanda 2, Wang Jianlin, the billionaire chairman of the privately held Dalian Wanda Group, is betting there are others out there who are ready to one-up him. On Wednesday, Mr. Wang's company, which last year bought the American cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, said it would invest 1 billion ($1.6 billion) to acquire Sunseeker International, the British ...
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One of the mainlands most polluted cities will limit vehicle ownership through a lottery becoming the latest locality to do so as air quality and traffic congestion worsen.
One of the mainland's most polluted cities will limit vehicle ownership through a lottery, becoming the latest locality to do so as air quality and traffic congestion worsen.Shijiazhuang, capital of steel-producing Hebei province surrounding Beijing, will restrict the number of new vehicles to 100,000 this year and limit households to owning two cars. That quota will be cut to 90,000 in ...
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President Xi announces campaign for Communist Party of China
Xi Jinping says the Communist Party of China needs to clean up its act to keep public support. Xi announced Tuesday that the party is launching a campaign to instill good habits in its members and officials, Xinhua, the official government news agency, reported. He said the party must be dedicated to "serving the people, being down-to-earth, upright and corruption-free" China remains ...
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Xi meets UN chief
Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Xi said people around the world have pinned their hopes on the UN on multiple occasions, as it has conducted a number of important missions. Profound and complicated global changes require all UN members to work together to address difficulties and challenges, Xi said. Xi called for the UN to uphold peace and development, ...
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Talks establish fishery hotline
Agricultural authorities from Beijing and Hanoi agreed on Wednesday to establish a fishery emergency hotline, as the leaders of the two countries vowed to prevent disputes from derailing ties. On his first official trip to China, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and President Xi Jinping also witnessed the signing of another nine agreements in areas including defense, economy and public ...
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City plan will grant migrants benefits
Shanghai for migrant residents from other parts of the mainland, with personal circumstances and contributions translated into points corresponding to the public services they are eligible for. Shanghai is the first city on the mainland to adopt such a system, which will take effect on July 1. "The policy conforms to the country's intention of rationally controlling oversized ...
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Yao looks to PwC for charity credibility
/enpproperty--> The Yao Foundation, established by former NBA star Yao Ming, is aiming to enlist the help of auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers as the public calls for greater transparency in the charity sector. After a ceremony to announce a partnership with hotel company Marriott International on Wednesday, Yao said some PwC employees were working as volunteers at the Yao Foundation, which is ...
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Taiwan and China look to create unified LED light technical standard
TAIPEI -- The Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Association (TLLIA) signed a letter of intent with its Chinese counterpart in Guandong province on a proposal to jointly promote a unified technical standard for LED lighting ...
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Eslite Bookstore plans to establish its newest store in Shanghai by 15
TAIPEI -- Eslite Spectrum Corp., the operator of Taiwan's leading book chain Eslite Bookstore, announced yesterday that it would establish a foothold in Shanghai by ...
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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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