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Former Greece basketball coach appointed to lead China to Rio 2016
May 21 - Panagiotis Giannakis, the man who led his native Greece to European glory in 2005, has taken over at the helm of the Chinese national men's basketball team, who parted company with American coach Bob Donewald Jr after they lost all five of their ties at London 2012. "The former Greek national team boss will be the national team coach," confirmed the Chinese Basketball ...
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Chinese have forgotten how to live among daily rush of work
How precious is life? Perhaps we only realize its value when confronted with death. Last week, the death of an employee who worked for the Beijing branch of Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's biggest PR firms, has triggered online discussions about how young people should balance life and work. But there were more serious social issues beyond the sad story.The 24-year-old man died from ...
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China protects Mogao Grottoes with huge investment
/enpproperty--> LANZHOU - China is investing millions of dollars in a flood control project to prevent Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northwest China's Gansu province, from seasonal flooding, the caves' administration said on Tuesday. Designed to combat a once-in-300-year flood, the banks of the Daquan River where the grottoes are located, will be strengthened with ...
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Bayer wants to export technology made in China
/enpproperty--> Germany-based Bayer Group said that while China is continuously exporting products to the global market, it's also expected to export technology to the rest of the world. "We are aiming to reach a global innovation footprint for Bayer and its partners by exporting China-made technology to the rest of the world by 2020," said Patrick Thomas, CEO of Bayer ...
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‘Biggest Angklung Performance’ to be held in Beijing
/enpproperty--> Angklung, listed by the UNESCO as an Indonesian musical instrument, has drawn the attention of many people in the world and became one of the country's cultural icons. The Embassy of Indonesia in Beijing in cooperation with the Indonesia-China Friendship Association and supported by the Embassy of China in Jakarta, are organizing "the Biggest Angklung ...
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Smuggled snakes tortoises confiscated in S China
A large number of snakes and tortoises were confiscated in a cross-border smuggling case in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local border police said ...
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Pakistan ambassador Chinese premiers visit milestone
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Pakistan will prove to be a milestone in the relationship between the two "old friends," Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khalid said in an ...
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UBS Securities fined in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's securities watchdog, Securities & Futures Commission, has reprimanded and fined UBS Securities Hong Kong 1.6 million HK dollars (205,655 U.S. dollars) for regulatory breaches and internal control failings relating to position limit failures, the Commission said Tuesday in a ...
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India China have wisdom to solve border row Li
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said both sides had agreed to push forward negotiations through their special representatives, who are to meet soon. (AFP ...
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Hong Kong hails return of the duck
Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats near Ocean Terminal at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour May 2, 2013. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the territory on Thursday, will be shown at the Ocean Terminal for a ...
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Philippines protests Chinese warship’s presence
Members of the Philippine Navy SEALS display their gear during a ceremony celebrating the 115th anniversary of the Philippine navy at Fort San Felipe, Cavite city southwest of Manila, Philippines Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The Philippine government is planning to spend $1.8 billion dollars to modernize the Philippine navy with acquisition of additional ships and anti-submarine helicopters. AP ...
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China boat captain says hijackers were in North Korea military uniforms in latest incident to stoke tensions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Breeding Station No. 621 of the Korean People's Army, under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 21, ...
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Boat hijack stokes tension between N. Korea China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Breeding Station No. 621 of the Korean People's Army, under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 21, ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed receives President of China News Agency
WAM ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 (WAM)-- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Media Council (NMC) received the President of the China News Agency (Xinhua), Li Congjun. During the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah and Congjun discussed media cooperation, mutual visits, and the exchange of news between Emirates News Agency (WAM) and Xinhua, especially in ...
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Essar signs $1 bln financing deal with China
MUMBAI | Tue May 21, 2013 9:01am EDT MUMBAI May 21 (Reuters) - Essar Energy Plc on Tuesday signed a $1 billion financial cooperation agreement with the China Development Bank and PetroChina International Co. Ltd. , according to a document seen by Reuters. Detail of the deal - signed in Mumbai during a visit by the Chinese premier - were not immediately known. Sources on Monday told ...
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New rice contamination reported in China
BEIJING -; Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic ...
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Mainlands Taiwan enterprises association concludes key conference
The Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland (ATIEM) on Tuesday concluded its members' congress, with Kuo Shan-hui reelected as chairman.At the meeting, Kuo said, "The association should serve Taiwanese entrepreneurs with a more active attitude, helping them transform and upgrade development modes while guiding them to participate deeper and more comprehensively in ...
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6 Pakistani fighter jets to escort Chinese PM’s aircraft
In order to ensure safety of visiting Chinese Prime Minister , six JF-17 fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will escort Chinese Premier Li Keqiang aircraft after it enters Pakistan air space on ...
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U.S. must promote peaceful solutions in China vs. India feud
India and China together account for about 38 percent of the world's 7-billion-plus population. Because these Asian giants share a border, the whole planet holds its breath if they are at each other's throats, as they were again earlier this month. Chinese and Indian troops faced off in a border dispute in the remote Ladakh region of the rugged Himalayas, where the exact location of ...
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China Tajikistan vow deeper strategic partnership
China and Tajikistan are ready to add substantial content to their strategic partnership, top Chinese leaders said as they met with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon on Monday.Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), and Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli held separate meetings with Rakhmon in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Monday ...
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China India can be good neighbors partners
BEIJING - As major developing economies living next door to each other, China and India have ample reasons and common desire to be good neighbors and partners despite disputes. Leaders of both countries have long recognized the strategic importance of China-India ties and have shown firm will to carry on win-win cooperation. The ongoing visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to India again ...
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Chinas Strategy in Afghanistan
An Afghan man rides his bike past a China Merchandise Trade Center in Kabul, Afghanistan.(Musadeq Sadeq/AP) For a relatively small drilling operation, China National Petroleum Corporation's (CNPC) project in Afghanistan's Sar-e-Pul province has a large footprint. Several layers of fences and containers serving as blast walls surround the extraction site, which includes dormitories, an ...
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China tapped Google server secrets
WASHINGTON - Chinese hackers who breached Google’s servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years’ worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials. The breach appears to have been aimed at unearthing the identities of Chinese intelligence operatives in the United States who may have been under ...
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US should not be jealous of India-China ties
Mayer, CEO of the biggest US Web portal since July, is betting that Tumblr will help transform Yahoo into a hip destination in the era of social networking as she challenges Google and Facebook ...
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China seen delaying second phase SPR construction
BEIJING: China is likely to complete the second phase of its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) project in 2015, two years behind schedule, the country's top investment bank said on ...
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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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