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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Beijing News.Net http://www.beijingnews.net/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:56 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:56 -0500 30 China is planning to carry out a special campaign to check safety issues of high-speed trains this year. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203245952 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:12 -0500 ANI http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203245952 Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of his government's deadly crackdown on protestors. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203243199 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 ANI http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203243199 As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led inc http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203243118 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:50:02 -0500 IANS http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203243118 A man in southwest China has been detained for allegedly drowning his two-year-old stepdaughter in a washing machine to collect life insurance payouts. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203231176 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:20:03 -0500 IANS http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203231176 German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday concluded her three-day visit to China. It was her fifth official visit to the country, Global Times reports. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203231159 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203231159 China is paying an increasing price for environmental and ecological damage brought about by rapid economic development, a report has claimed. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203227352 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:08 -0500 ANI http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203227352 Temperatures in most parts of China will drop by up to 14 degrees Celsius in the next three days, further intensifying the cold front sweeping the country, the meteorological authority said Saturday. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203227346 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:06 -0500 IANS http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203227346 A coal mine gas explosion left 13 people dead in southwest China, authorities said Saturday. http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203227344 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:02 -0500 IANS http://www.beijingnews.net/story/203227344 BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Tibetans in southwestern China have set themselves ablaze in protest against Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia reported, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203246229&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:45:23 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203246229&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Western and Arab powers have reacted angrily to Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, but Moscow and Beijing insisted the text had needed more ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203246228&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:10:46 -0500 IOL http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203246228&cat=55582c89cb296d4c A farmer is seen following her flock of sheep near a fenced-off canal that is part of China's hugely ambitious South-North Water Diversion Project, in Yixian, in 2009, in northern China's ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203246105&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:21 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203246105&cat=55582c89cb296d4c HONG KONG (AFP) - A bitter family feud between Hong Kongers and their northern neighbours sparked by mainland China's increasing financial and political clout has led to an awkward debate about ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244898&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:51:29 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244898&cat=55582c89cb296d4c UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244897&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:51:25 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244897&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Almost 600 people have been returned to safety Sunday following a 13-hour operation to rescue them from an area buffeted by high winds in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, rescuers told ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244913&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:00 -0500 Global Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244913&cat=55582c89cb296d4c A cold wave will sweep China nationwide from Sunday evening to Tuesday, bringing gale winds and plunging temperature in most parts of the country, meteorological authorities warned Sunday. The ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244912&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:38:50 -0500 Global Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244912&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- China’s economy may be headed for a "rough landing," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244678&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:31:40 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203244678&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Demand for shark fin soup, once a dish for Ming Dynasty emperors, has skyrocketed in the last several decades as more people can afford to serve it at business banquets and wedding feasts, thanks to ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203243721&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:44:52 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203243721&cat=55582c89cb296d4c TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203243726&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:08:27 -0500 News and Sentinel http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203243726&cat=55582c89cb296d4c As a country importing 11 per cent of its oil from Iran, the latest American and European move to isolate Iran has put China in a quandary. Should it join the West with which it has close economic ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203243720&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:05:34 -0500 Khaleej Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203243720&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China has withdrawn support for foreign investment in auto manufacturing under new rules that took effect on Monday, as it seeks to encourage the domestic industry in the world's largest car ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203240006&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:16:06 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203240006&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Barack Obama , did not stop at that. Backed by applause, he went on to sharply criticize Chinese Navy's "aggressive behaviour" in international waters, especially in the South China ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203240333&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:57:41 -0500 Times Of India http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203240333&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he hopes trade volume between China and Germany exceeds $200 billion this year. Wen's remarks came while talking with visiting German ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203240339&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:50:34 -0500 UPI http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203240339&cat=55582c89cb296d4c UN, February 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Irritation close to hysteria was a response from some members of the UN Security Council to firm and principle position of Russia and China, which blocked the ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203238863&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:22:37 -0500 Itar Tass http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203238863&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in LivingSocial.com, has almost completed raising two funds, one in the U.S. and one in China, totaling about $875 million, according ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203238861&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:47 -0500 BusinessWeek http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203238861&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China have been removed from their jobs in the wake of a toxic heavy metal spill that fouled drinking water supplies for tens of millions of people, the state news media reported ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203238636&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:23 -0500 New York Times http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203238636&cat=55582c89cb296d4c US Senator John McCain speaks in Beijing on April 9, 2009, where he was joined by Senators Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar for a press conference at the US Embassy during the China stop of the ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203237207&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:08:32 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203237207&cat=55582c89cb296d4c We are big fans of the Turkish market around here, but it says something when the world's second-biggest economy, growing at a rate of nearly 9% a year, is trading at the same valuation. ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203237230&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:42:45 -0500 Nasdaq http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203237230&cat=55582c89cb296d4c BEIJING--German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed regret Saturday that Chinese police blocked a human rights lawyer from meeting her and said the Communist government should have the confidence to ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235502&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:15 -0500 The China Post http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235502&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Barack Obama rejected the building of a route from Alberta to Texas by TransCanada’s Keystone XL, largely on environmental and safety concerns. A spokesman for Harper told the Associated ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235521&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:36:18 -0500 IBTimes http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235521&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Iran warns its Arab neighbors that in the event of the introduction of sanctions against the country they should not increase oil production. Otherwise, as promised by representatives of the Islamic ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235469&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:59:53 -0500 Pravda http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235469&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Due to the impact of the global financial crisis, in the first half of 2009, Sino-EU trade dropped by 22.8 percent compared with the previous year. At the China-EU Business Summit held in Nanjing on ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235498&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:59:41 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235498&cat=55582c89cb296d4c China on Friday welcomed the Canadian Federal Court's decision to uphold the deportation of Lai Changxing, one of China's most wanted fugitives.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235467&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:59:38 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203235467&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The initial recommendations of a "posture review" of the Australian armed forces, unveiled this week, dovetail with the preparations by US imperialism for a military confrontation with ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233724&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:04 -0500 wsws.org http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233724&cat=55582c89cb296d4c MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain warned China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on Saturday that "the Arab Spring is coming to China" and highlighted the number ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233681&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:08:56 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233681&cat=55582c89cb296d4c The Beijing government "will exert every possible pressure" on the southern Sudan to secure the release of the 29 workers of Sinohydro Corporation taken away by force on 29 January. But ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233641&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:08 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233641&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Guangzhou - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to China was characterized by a series of vetoes imposed by the Chinese regime to avoid "sensitive" meetings between the German ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233700&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:04 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233700&cat=55582c89cb296d4c February 4, 2012 The Chinese automaker JAC unveiled their latest design this week, and it bears a rather notable resemblance to the Ford F-150. Though the engine is much smaller, the JAC 4R3 will ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233271&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:43 -0500 NPR http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203233271&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Preservationists in Beijing awoke last weekend to find that the house of the famous architectsLiang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin had been reduced to ... http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203234253&cat=55582c89cb296d4c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:29:54 -0500 Yahoo http://feeds.beijingnews.net/?rid=203234253&cat=55582c89cb296d4c