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Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai
World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...
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4G to debut in Shanghai next month
4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials. The fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards orm 4G provides users with high-speed internet access on devices such as phones, data cards and MiFi ...
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Isinbayeva wins comeback meet in Shanghai
Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva won her first competition of the season by jumping 4.70 metres at the Diamond League meeting here. The 30-year-old skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year in which she won bronze, and is using the event in China to prepare for the Moscow World Athletics Championships in August. The Russian posted the winning height - well below her world ...
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Support Grows for NTD Television to Keep Broadcasting Into China
A screenshot of NTD Television Asia Pacific's website. The broadcaster hopes to negotiate a new satellite contract with Chunghwa Telecom, but the latter has remained silent; many suspect the Chinese regime's influence. (Screenshot via The Epoch ...
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Chinese Indian leaders call for cooperation
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as he leaves the Indian Presidential Palace after his ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, Li visited India on his first foreign three-day trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost ...
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Badminton becomes a victim of Chinas bird flu outbreak
Beijing, May 20 : 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 ...
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Uruguayan president to visit China
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica will visit China from May 25 to 28 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced at a regular news briefing on ...
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Chinese premier calls for substantial progress in Sino-Indian cooperation
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here on Monday called for joint efforts to push for fresh and substantial progress in Sino-Indian cooperation and further consolidate the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity.Li made the remarks when meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan ...
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EU tariffs on Chinese solar would be a grave mistake
Germany's economy minister has warned the European Commission that imposing punitive import tariffs on solar panels from China would be a "grave mistake". Philipp Rosler said that imposing tariffs on Chinese producers of solar panels, a move that the Commission is expected to announce on 6 June, would harm bilateral trade and could lead to retaliation. "The German [solar] ...
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Chinese hackers master art of lying low
Computerworld - China's remarkable success at infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn't be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology expertise. State-sponsored hacking groups in China are no more -- or less -- sophisticated than criminal and politically motivated cybercrime gangs elsewhere. The ...
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Korea Goes After Chinese Tourists as Yen Falls
WestnEast, a traditional Korean pancake house in the hip shopping area of Garosugil in Seoul, used to be big hit with Japanese tourists when it first opened four years ago, being featured in a famous Japanese travel magazine. But now the caf is feeling the pinch from dwindling Japanese customers. "Nearly 40 percent of our revenue used to come from Japanese customers, but that's dropped ...
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China Floods Storms Leave Hundreds Trapped
At least 55 people have been killed and 1.5 million affected after major flooding in southern China. State broadcaster CCTV said storms and torrential downpours hit Wuping County, in the province of Fujian, on Sunday, leaving 500 people trapped. One resident told CCTV that houses began flooding as water levels rose to nearly two metres (3.28ft). "The houses started flooding at ...
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India-China border issues PM Manmohan Singh premier Li Keqiang talk settlement
New Delhi : India is an "important neighbour", Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday while stressing that the main aim of his visit was to increase areas of mutual interest and intensify cooperation.At the end of formal talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mr Li, India and China signed eight bilateral agreements including key pacts in trans-border river management and ...
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Death sentence for China bank fraud woman
A woman running a private banking operation in China has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of defrauding investors.Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising" for collecting 640 million yuan from investors by promising high returns and low risk, according to the Intermediate People's Court in Wenzhou, a centre for private sector business. It said the scheme ...
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India China to work on measures for peace along border
India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including popular online phone service provider Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the country if they want to continue offering this facility ...
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China seeks friendly talks with Pak to free its national
Chinese Premier will echo that theme. But New Delhi needs to look beyond the rhetoric and make hardheaded assessments about its relations with ...
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Taiwans space programme offers tsunami satellite images to aid relief
Taiwan's national space programme offered Wednesday its satellite images of the damage caused by powerful tsunamis that ravaged Asia at the weekend to affected countries and aid groups for free.The National Space Programme Office (NSPO) normally charges 3,000 euros (4,080 dollars) for each photograph covering an area of 600 square kilometres (240 square miles), the office said.The images ...
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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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Italy edges China 10-9 to get quarterfinal berth at FINA worlds
A slim lead over host China 10-9 ensured Italy a quarterfinal berth at Swimming Worlds women's water polo here on Thursday. China trailed 7-3 after first half and almost completed a fully comeback, which being held off by Italy at the crunch time in the final period. In Group B, Canada trounced New Zealand 11-4 to claim first after taking all three matches. Australia was second with 4 ...
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China snatches 18 swimming golds to spearhead Military World Games
Chinese swimmers maintained their momentum in swimming at the Military World Games on Wednesday, grabbing four more gold medals and obtaining 18 in total out of 36 available in the pool. After four days' competition at the Military World Games, which is set to close on July 24, Chinese military athletes altogether collected 18 golds from swimming and piled up 22 gold, leading the medals ...
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British Embassy in China establishes countdown clock for London Olympics
British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ...
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Six Chinese sailors to attend Clipper Round World sailing race
Six Chinese amateur sailors will embark on the yacht named Qingdao to attend the 2011-2012 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, local sports administration said Wednesday. The six sailors, who are manager, journalist, college student and private entrepreneurs, took training for several months in Qingdao city and two-week training in England, said Lin Zhiwei, head of local sports general ...
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Chinese paddlers head for another Olympic sweep with sweet trouble
Counting down a whole year for the 2012 London Olympic Games, the all-time leading Chinese table tennis team gives a priority to who to be sent rather than how to repeat a clean sweep. In the six previous Olympic Games which had table tennis competition since 1988, China have collected all four medals in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008. And just like what they did before last Games on ...
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Chinese swimmers expect breakthrough at London Games
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chinese swimmers have claimed obvious improvement and aim to make breakthroughs at the 2012 London Olympic Games. China won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals three years ago at the Beijing Games, and they moved up to take four golds and two silvers at the 2009 Rome world championships. The Chinese team are taking part in the 14th FINA World ...
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Chinese divers dont dream of gold sweep in London
Chinese divers are happy with 16 full Olympic berths from the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships here in Shanghai, but they never dream of a clean gold sweep in London, team manager Zhou Jihong said here on Wednesday. Chinese divers swept a record of 10 golds medals on offer from the worlds, opening a new era in the diving history during the eight-day diving competition from July. 16-24. ...
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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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