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Chinas Xi harks back to Mao in party cleanup
BEIJING (AP) -- China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a ...
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China may resume IPO approvals in July
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's stock regulator could resume approving new stock offers as early as July after an eight-month suspension, state media said Wednesday.The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) suspended approvals for initial public offerings (IPO) in November to prevent an oversupply of shares and boost the weak stock market.But Yao Gang, vice-chairman of the commission, ...
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Chinas Wanda buys luxury yacht maker Sunseeker
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese property and cinema conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said Wednesday it is buying British yacht maker Sunseeker and will develop a high-end London hotel, expanding into the luxury market as part of the latest foray abroad by a major Chinese firm.The company will acquire a 91.81 percent stake in Sunseeker, in a transaction worth 320 million pounds ($500 million). The deal ...
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China mulls food safety law amendment
The State Council, China's cabinet, has listed a food safety law amendment as the nation's legislative work for 2013, the China Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday.The government agency said that it has also started soliciting public opinions on the amendment.It said that the amendment aims to enhance the effectiveness of food safety supervision and ensure the security ...
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Tibet - Chinas Benefit the Masses campaign surveilling Tibetans
The Chinese government, under the rationale of a campaign to improve rural living standards, has sent more than 20,000 officials and communist party cadres to Tibetan villages to undertake intrusive surveillance of people, carry out widespread political re-education, and establish partisan security units, said Human Rights Watch June 18, 2013. These tactics discriminate against those perceived ...
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AIRSHOW-Ryanair CEO sees larger Chinese jet in early 2020s
PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:48am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - China's Comac could build a larger version of its C919 aircraft in the early 2020s to tempt airlines away from dominant global planemakers Airbus and Boeing, the head of Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair said. The first C919 model, carrying 174 passengers in a high-density configuration, is due to reach Chinese ...
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China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels says CVIA vice president
While China-based TFT-LCD panel makers have reportedly asked the China government to increase customs duties on imported 32-inch and above TV panels from 5% currently to 8% or even 12%, China Video Industry Association vice president Bai Weimin has indicated at the 2013 Display Taiwan exhibition that the government has had no time schedule for doing ...
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Shanghai issues food safety blacklist
/enpproperty--> Shanghai's first-ever food safety blacklist was issued on Wednesday and two restaurant managers were banned from the industry for five years, according to the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration. Restaurant managers Zheng Pin and Yu Zhenjiang were banned for five years from food production on allegations that they were collecting hotpot broth and reselling it to ...
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Chinas Latest Discount Product Drones
Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Want to buy a military-grade drone? That won't be easy, unless you've got a good relationship with Beijing. This week's Paris air show highlighted the trouble with the burgeoning drone economy: While the technology is better than ever, there still aren't many people who can legally buy unmanned vehicles. Civilian buyers still face restrictions on ...
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‘Obroni’ Chinese Illegal Mining
To be honest with you, my dear reader, I have forgotten the exact date, but if my memory serves me right, it was in October 2007. My Pentium One computer, you heard me right! My Pentium one computer was giving me a hell of time, so when my publisher, Nana Kofi Coomson, visited my office in Takoradi, where I was the Regional Correspondent of The Chronicle, I decided to complain to him. ...
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Help at home is maid to order
, the Chinese word for maid, with long experience working for foreign families in Shanghai. Xue's colorful story is one of determination, the type that could prove inspirational to anyone from a poor family and lacking a college education. After 10 years in the service industry, Xue has worked for people from countries such as France, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Italy, Belgium and ...
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Theyve got your number
Sun Feng was woken by a phone call at 3 am. Although he had been roused from a deep sleep, Sun did his best to answer politely because he thought it might be an emergency call from a friend. However, all he heard was some women and children screaming in scary "ghost voices". "Go to hell," he told them angrily and cast the receiver aside. Sun, distressed to receive the same ...
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Despite injuries inexperience China in second
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Another night like this, and the American men are golden. Rebounding from a rocky start, the United States finished with one dazzling routine after another. Not since the gold-rush days of the 1984 Olympics has the team looked this good, and the Arrowhead Pond was rocking with catcalls and chants of "U-S-A!, U-S-A!" The United States finished with ...
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Canadian court rules to repatriate Chinese fugitive
A federal court in Ottawa ruled late Thursday to uphold Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing's deportation order, paving the way for his return to China after he stayed here for 12 years.The verdict, made after more than three hours of court hearings, putting an end to all legal proceedings related to the deportation case.According to the law, the deportation should be executed soon after the ...
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Chinese vice president visits southeastern Tibets Nyingchi area
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C, Front) receives a traditional white scarf known as "hada" during a visit to the village of Bagyi in Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 21, 2011. Xi Jinping is in Tibet to attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the region's peaceful liberation. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)Vice President Xi Jinping ...
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Chinese vice president urges Tibetans to follow Party line to build better future
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R, Front) meets with party cadres during a visit to the village of Bagyi in Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 21, 2011. Xi Jinping is in Tibet to attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the region's peaceful liberation. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)Vice President Xi Jinping Thursday urged Tibetans to ...
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Chinese vice premier stresses ethnic unity in visit to southern Tibet prefecture
Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Thursday stressed the importance of ethnic unity and balanced prosperity in his visit to southern Tibet's Shannan Prefecture.Hui told officials of the prefecture that they should always stick to the policy of uniting all ethnic groups and bringing the prosperity to all ethnic groups fairly.Hui said officials should always bear in mind that the Han Chinese and ...
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Chinese vice premier calls for intensified efforts to ensure work safety
Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang on Thursday stressed that more efforts must be made in beefing up safety measures in areas such as coal mining and transportation that often suffer deadly accidents.Zhang also highlighted non-coal mines, bridges, tunnels, construction, fireworks and dangerous chemicals as fields in which safety measures need to be strengthened."In some regions, major accidents ...
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Beijing publicizes expenditures for govt-funded overseas trips vehicles receptions
Beijing publicized, for the first time, its expenditures for government-funded overseas trips, vehicles and receptions on Thursday amid the mounting public calls for more transparent government expenditures.The expenditures on the three items, used by party and governmental departments and government-funded institutions, amounted to 1.13 billion yuan (175 million U.S. dollars) in 2010, said Yang ...
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China welcomes Canadian courts rule on Chinese fugitive
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 the remark in a statement posted on the ministry's website.Ma said Lai is the prime suspect in a smuggling case in the city of Xiamen and has been sought by law enforcement for several ...
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China to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance bilateral relations FM
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (2nd L) in Bali, Indonesia, July 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in Bali Thursday that China hopes to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance the bilateral relations on the right track. China and Vietnam have established a ...
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China seeks shared development pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN FM
China strives for shared development and pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity in East Asia, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the ASEAN Plus China Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia Thursday.Yang said this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue relationship and in the past ...
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China releases two more captive-bred giant pandas into the wild
Researchers at a giant panda breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province released two pregnant giant pandas into a semi-wild environment near the base on Thursday, as part of the base's efforts to help more captive-bred pandas adapt to the wild.The pandas, nicknamed "Ying Ying" and "Su Lin," were the second and third captive-bred pregnant pandas to be ...
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China to use part of land sale revenues to boost education
China said on Tuesday that local governments should use 10 percent of their funds raised through land transfer fees to boost education spending.The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education said in a joint circular that local governments ranging from the provincial level to the county level must implement the new rule starting from Jan. 1.The money will be used to improve rural schools and ...
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Fishermen mark open season of Songhua River in NE China
Performers and fishermen attend a festival to celebrate the open season of the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 15, 2012. As the open season of the Songhua River starts, some fishermen wore traditional clothes and joined in the celebrations in Harbin. The traditional celebrations of the open season date back to more than 1000 years ago. ...
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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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