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10000 people suffer due to manganese tainted tap water in S China town
At least 10,000 people suffered a shortage of drinking water in a South China town on Wednesday following the detection of excessive manganese in the tap water. "The city government of Lufeng in Guangdong Province said the manganese level in the tap water in Da'an town was 1.2 mg per liter since Monday, 12 times the maximum amount allowed in drinking water," reports Xinhua.he ...
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Red Cross raises $22 m for Lushan quake
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - The headquarters of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has received 135 million yuan (22 million U.S. dollars) in donations for Lushan earthquake victims, according to a statement released Friday. Of the 135 million yuan worth of money and materials, 15 million yuan has been used in quake relief work, according to a statement from the Ministry of Civil Affairs ...
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China April home prices rise 4.9 pct yy-Reuters calculation
BEIJING | Fri May 17, 2013 9:45pm EDT BEIJING May 18 (Reuters) - Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on official data published on Saturday, marking the fourth straight month of year-on-year increase. In month-on-month terms, prices rose 1 percent in April, easing from March's ...
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China to invest more in Greece
Containers are backlogged at the port of Piraeus, near Athens. China will expand its investment in the port, considered a vital gateway for shipping heading ...
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Chinese Quit Communist Party Heralding a New China
Baiqiao Tang, chairman of China Peace, and a leading Chinese dissident, speaks at a rally calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China in front of the United Nations building in New York City on May 17, 2013. (Edward Dai/The Epoch ...
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Leaders in luxury travel meet in Shanghai
/enpproperty--> The International Luxury Travel Market Asia 2013 will be held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from June 3 to 6. The event welcomes 490 luxury travel buyers and agents representing high-net-worth individuals from across the Asia-Pacific region, to meet with the nearly 500 contemporary and classic luxury travel suppliers from more than 70 countries. It enables ...
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Exotic ethnic dining in Beijing
Beijing is where the world and her dining companions meet, and good chefs from all over the country congregate. Right now, the flavors are fresh, and the menu is blooming literally. Ye Jun tells us more. Flowers, and the best herbs and vegetables in season: What better way to celebrate summer than to enjoy the freshest harvest? And you really don't have to travel far for it. Rainbow, a ...
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China to invest more in Greece
Containers are backlogged at the port of Piraeus, near Athens. China will expand its investment in the port, considered a vital gateway for shipping heading to Europe. ...
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Filipinos in Taiwan keep low profile
/enpproperty--> The Philippines' special envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high over the shooting death of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Amadeo Perez, chairman of Taiwan's Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said after returning to Manila from Taipei late on ...
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Central Chinas top investment fair opens
/enpproperty--> Henan hosts companies seeking opportunities The most important investment expo for central China opens today in Zhengzhou, helping businesses from around the world tap into opportunities in the region, especially in the host province and city. The annual Central China Expo is held in turns in the six central Chinese provinces - Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and ...
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Metro station music to Shanghais ears
/enpproperty--> People's Square attracts audiences that are both keen and curious It could be a jazz piano solo, a classical sonata or traditional Chinese bamboo flute music. Whatever your taste, free concerts in the grand hall of People's Square metro station in Shanghai have been offering a diverse range of music since the start of the year. Set against a noisy ...
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Chinese women on track at table tennis worlds
/enpproperty--> PARIS - Top seed and defending champion Ding Ning led five Chinese to the quarterfinals of the women's singles event at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Friday. Ding, also the Olympic silver medalist, eased past 166th-ranked Park Seonghye of South Korea in straight sets 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11- 7 for the win. Ding will next take on Ri Myong Sun of the ...
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On India visit Li to discuss Dalai’s ‘anti-China’ acts
Li Keqiang will raise the issue of the Dalai Lama's "anti-China activities" during his tour of India from May 19. Beijing had earlier sought assurances from New Delhi that it would check such activities on Indian soil, and India has blocked anti-China demonstrations. A Chinese scholar confirmed to TOI on condition of anonymity that Li will raise the Dalai Lama issue. ...
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Singapore down Hong Kong markets unchanged
Fed comments spark gloom on US market Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the US stock market down ...
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Hainan Baoting voted among Chinas top 20 ecological cities of 2013
The results of an online poll to find China’s top 20 ecological cities were released recently and Baoting County was the only city in Hainan on the list due to its effective measures for protection of ecological resources, livable eco environment and rapidly developing eco tourism sector. The online selection event, known as "2013 Chinese City Rankings - Top Chinese Ecological ...
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China deal ends distraction but not questions for Caterpillar
Reuters © The company logo is seen on top of a building, where Caterpillar (China) Investment Co., Ltd. is located, in Beijing, January 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason ...
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Leading Chinese quartet power into table tennis last 16
PARIS, France (AFP) - Reigning champion Zhang Jike of China eased through to the last 16 of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Friday after seeing off compatriot Fan Zhendong.The fourth seed and Olympic title-holder cruised to an 11-9, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 victory over world number 38 Fan to set up a fourth-round meeting with Robert Gardos of Austria.Meanwhile, top-ranked Xu Xin made ...
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Chinas US Ambassador says US China must avoid rivalry
/enpproperty--> China's Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai believes China and the US are committed to avoiding a big-power rivalry that has been common throughout history and often led to conflict or even war. "Now, there is a determination both in China and in the United States to not allow history to repeat itself,'' Cui told Foreign Affairs magazine in a ...
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Google Maps helps man find parents 23 years after he was abducted
Google Maps. Luo Gang said he was abducted at age 5 near his school and raised by adoptive parents in Sanming, Fujian province -- and all he could remember about his hometown was that it had two bridges, The Daily Telegraph, Britain, reported Friday. Luo said he posted about his desire to find his biological parents on a Chinese website aimed at reuniting families with missing children, and a ...
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Gillis Sizzles at the Byron Nelson Chinas Guan Fades
(Reuters) - American journeyman Tom Gillis rocketed into the early clubhouse lead in Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, where China's 14-year-old Guan Tianlang was certain to miss the cut. Gillis, bidding for his first PGA Tour title after spending much of his golfing career competing on the lower tier circuits, fired a sparkling seven-under-par 63 ...
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A Touch of Sin A scathing portrait of China’s economic boom
, was released on Youkou, China's version of YouTube. Could such a film ever get past the censors?The film is an exercise in social criticism, exploring torn-from-the-headlines tales of corruption, prostitution and violent crime. It can easily be interpreted as a scathing portrait of China's economic ...
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Mainland Taiwan bust 73 telecom fraud gangs
BEIJING - Chinese mainland and Taiwan police have jointly busted 73 gangs who were duping Taiwan citizens out of money over the phone, the mainland's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Friday. A total of 90 criminal dens were destroyed, with 301 suspects arrested, including 290 from the mainland and 11 from Taiwan. The fraud involved 200 million New Taiwan dollars ($6.65 million), ...
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China to issue 20b yuan in 50-yr T-bonds
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Friday that it will issue 20 billion yuan ($3.23 billion) in 50-year book-entry treasury bonds. The issuance marks the ministry's tenth issuance of book-entry treasury bonds this year, according to a statement posted on the MOF website. The interest rate for the bonds is fixed at 4.24 percent. Interest will be paid ...
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Death toll from new bird flu in China rises
confirmed cases , the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The United Nations health agency said the four deaths were from cases that had already been identified in laboratories. Since May 8, there have been no new cases of infection with H7N9, it added. The WHO reiterated that there is no evidence that the new strain of bird flu, which was first detected in patients in China in ...
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill held a service in Beijing on his first visit to China with good neighborliness a key message.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill held a service in Beijing on his first visit to China, with good neighborliness a key message.Kirill, in an ornate red and gold robe, held the service for about 300 people in a tent on the grounds of the Russian embassy amid tight security. For China exercises strict control on religion, restricting followers to worship in state-approved places.But the patriarch ...
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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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