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Chinas state-sponsored hackers attack US again
Chinese "state-sponsored" hackers have renewed attacks on the US, after a unit of the Chinese army was named in February as the source of many cyber attacks on US companies, a media report said. According to BBC, cyber-defence company Mandiant told the New York Times daily that the army's Unit 61398, believed to operate from a heavily guarded building in Shanghai, has recently stepped up its ...
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India and China have more mutual interest than differences
In wake of Chinese Premier Li's visit to India, Ambassador of India in China Jaishankar during a press conference said that India is a priority in China's agenda of global development. Jai Shankar said that the present visit of the Chinese Premier Li to India is significant because it is his first visit to India. " India surely is a priority in China's agenda today on global development. This ...
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Chinese hackers resume cyber attacks on U.S. companies government agencies
Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on America three months after hackers, who worked for a cyber unit of China's People's Liberation Army, went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies. The hackers appear to have resumed their attacks using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American ...
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Badminton becomes a victim of Chinas bird flu outbreak
Badminton has become an indirect victim of bird flu that has been affecting the country, given that the extensive slaughtering of infected ducks has created a shortage of feathers, an essential raw material for the birdies used in the sport, media reports said. Many cases of H7N9 bird flu have been detected at farms in the eastern Chinese provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian, which are the ...
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Disabled Chinese toddler imprisoned for four years
A four-year-old disabled Chinese boy was put in a prison for over three years because his parents were protesters, his foster father has ...
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Shanghai court takes swipe at POS industry
According to Chinese media reports, last week the Songjiang District People's Court in Shanghai ruled against a local woman surnamed Zhou who sued her bank over 44,000 yuan ($7,163) which she claimed was illegally siphoned out of her account using a cloned card.The court reportedly shot down the case after Zhou could not offer adequate evidence to prove that her bank card had been ...
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Shanghai deems rice safe
The city's food safety authority assured residents that all of the rice sold in Shanghai has passed spot safety inspections. The authority made the announcement after Guangzhou officials found rice tainted with excessive amounts of cadmium, a powerful carcinogen that can cause serious damage to the ...
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Experts officials China has resumed hacking U.S. companies agencies
Computer security experts and U.S. officials say Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on companies and agencies they stole data from three months ago. A unit of China's People's Liberation Army had stopped computer intrusions in February after the administration of ...
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India and China bid to resolve border row for world peace
India and China have agreed to speed efforts to settle their simmering border dispute after Li Keqiang, the Chinese premier, said "world peace" depends on ...
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Shanghai Clearing House to report abnormal trades
/enpproperty--> Shanghai Clearing House will report abnormal and illegal trades to the central bank from Monday. The move was announced in a statement on Wednesday. Analysts said the statement will help strengthen regulation and management over short-term financing, and will help prevent trading risks for members of the clearing house. The statement came as part of measures by the ...
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Op-Ed Contributor Chinas Entrenched Gender Gap
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China Communist Party needs to slash membership
China's Communist Party must drastically slash its membership in order to weed out corrupt and talentless officials or risk decline similar to the Soviet Union, a leading academic has ...
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LTE trials ramped up in Shanghai
China Mobile is stepping up trials of its 4G Time Division Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network in Shanghai, inviting 5,000 users to test mobile handsets, tablets and data cards on the new platform. Shanghai Daily writes that the cellco has deployed 1,000 4G-enabled base stations - 700 outdoors and 300 indoors - covering the inner ring area, and plans to extend coverage city-wide by the end of ...
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Inside Asia On Chinas Border Underground Banking Flourishes
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Shanghai China To Extend Visa-Free Stays To 72 Hours
From January 1, 2013, Shanghai extends visa-free stays to 72 hours for passengers from 45 countries. The 45 countries covered by the 72-hour visa-free policy are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, ...
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Mozambique President Guebuza Visits Shanghai
Maputo - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on 15 May arrived in Shanghai where he met with the city’s mayor and business figures. This is the last stop in the President’s working visit to China that began on 13 May. Shortly after his arrival President Guebuza met with Mayor Yang Xiong for over an hour before attending a working dinner during which ways to increase financial ...
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Report North Korea holding Chinese fishing boat crew
China has asked North Korea to immediately release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew, who have been held since May 5, diplomats said. The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Koreans to ensure the safety of the detained fishermen, Chinese diplomat Jiang Yaxian told the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency. China's Global Times reported 16 Chinese fishermen were kidnapped May 5 by ...
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Li Keqiang makes India first stop on his foreign visit
China's official media, in its extensive coverage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's Indian visit, sought to play down the Asian neighbors' border disputes. Li, who made India the first stop on his first foreign tour since becoming the China's No. 2 leader, arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a three-day trip. The visit comes after last month's tense situation resulting from a ...
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5 dead 20 missing in E. China plant blast
Five people have been confirmed dead in a blast that ripped through an explosives manufacturing plant in East China's Shandong Province Monday morning. The explosion occurred at 10:50 a.m. at the plant owned by the Poly Explosives (Jinan) Co., Ltd. at Caofan Township, Zhangqiu City. Thirty-four workers were working in the workshop at the time of the accident, according to local fire ...
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Zhejiangs SMEs quickening pace of stock listings
Private enterprises in Zhejiang province, especially small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), are speeding up their migration to listed status, said Ernst &Young (E&Y), a leading global tax and transaction service provider. According to data released by E&Y on Thursday, there are 252 Zhejiang-based listed companies that have raised more than 160 billion yuan ($24.8 billion) on the ...
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Girl witnesses fathers suicide after he kills his girlfriend in Shanghai
A 5-year-old girl witnessed her father commit suicide Monday after he killed his girlfriend in their high-rise apartment in Putuo district, a neighborhood committee staff member said Tuesday. "The daughter returned home and opened the door to find her father's girlfriend lying in a pool of blood. She then saw her father jump off the high-rise right in front of her eyes," the ...
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North Koreas relationship with China in jeopardy as row over fishing boat hijack rumbles on
China says it is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner publicised the plight of its 16 crew in an online account saying they were seized by gun-wielding North Koreans earlier this month and held for ...
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Hang Seng Shanghai open higher
(28 mins ago) Stocks in Hong Kong opened 1.3 percent higher following a three-day weekend, reflecting a bullish mood on Wall Street, which ended last week at another all-time high. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 301.11 points to 23,383.79 in the first few minutes of trade. Shares in Shanghai were up slightly in early trading due to buying of property stocks, dealers said. The benchmark ...
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Chen Guangcheng pressures the EU on secret human rights talks with China
The European Union must go public with the results of human rights talks with China’s leaders, and publish its own list of people known to be suffering repression and persecution, Chen Guangcheng, the exiled Chinese dissident has ...
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Seoul deploys Spike missiles to protect Yellow Sea islands
Seoul deploys Spike missiles to protect Yellow Sea islands . MAY 20, 2013 03:06. . The South Korean military said on Sunday that it recently deployed on Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong islands in the Yellow Sea Spike missiles from Israel that can be used for precision strikes at North ...
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Shanghai looking ahead to future
Shanghai is the commercial capital of China and the most populous city in the People’s Republic, with origins as a small fishing village, the city has grown into a global city with fingers that stretch across the world, exerting global influence over international cultural, commercial and political scenes. With major projects and programs underway, the future looks bright for Shanghai.
It was recently reported by international, Chinese and Shanghai news media that China had eclipsed Japan as the second-largest economy in the world. China’s GDP and economic activity has surpassed that of Japan for many decades, but the announcement was made on the back of a range of factors including imports and exports and the human development index within major cities such as Shanghai. Read more
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