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India China border experts will meet soon
Special representatives of India and China will meet soon to discuss their disputed border where Chinese incursion sparked tensions recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Speaking to the media jointly with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Manmohan Singh said that while India and China have had differences, relations had been built steadily in the more recent times. He said both ...
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Tibetans protest in Delhi hold Chinese premier responsible for self-immolations
Tibetan organisations are staging protests in different parts of Delhi against the three-day state visit to India of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Shouting slogans against the visiting Chinese dignitary, the Tibetans said they held Keqiang responsible for the spate of self immolations in their homeland. "Li Keqiang is responsible for the killings in Tibet. 117 self immolations have happened and ...
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Have good manners Chinese official to tourists
If you are a tourist in China, you better have "healthy and civilised" manners. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang Sunday stressed that efforts should be made to advocate "healthy and civilized" manners among tourists. Wang made the remarks during an inspection tour to central China's Henan province, just days after he advocated polite tourist behavior and stressed that a good image of Chinese ...
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Global prosperity not possible without development of India and China Premier Li Keqiang
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, on Monday said that global prosperity would not be possible without the simultaneous development of China and India. Keqiang, who received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning, told media that the combined population of China and India is a third of the world's population, and therefore, both ...
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China-Indias large potential makes West anxious Daily
China and India's combined potential are large enough to make the West anxious but there are "many weaknesses in the bilateral relationship", a state-run Chinese daily has said. Said the Global Times in an editorial Monday, the second day of Premier Li Keqiang's India trip: "As China's new premier, his selection of India for his first overseas trip has widely been interpreted as a sign that ...
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French daredevil climbs 564 ft Bailong Elevator sans safety net
French daredevil Jean-Michel Casanova scaled the 564 feet Bailong Elevator in China with no help from any machinery, safety net or safety equipment. Casanova's green-and-black sticky sneakers were the only help he needed in his dizzying feat. According to officials, Casanova climbed the huge steel tower in 68 minutes and 26 seconds, while spectators looked on in awe, the New York Daily News ...
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Chinese Premier accorded ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, was given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning. He was received by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. He inspected the guard of honour and also met members of the Indian Cabinet. Talking to reporters here, Keqiang said: "I have had a good beginning to my trip, I am confident that my full trip ...
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2013 Miss Tourism China Contest World Final to kick off in Chengmai
The annual Miss Tourism China Contest World Final is to kick off at Kowloon Hot-spring Hotel in Chengmai county of Hainan province on June 8th. A total of 40 beauties from 20 countries including China, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, England and France will gather in Chengmai to compete against each other for the top three places and individual awards in the evening gown competition, the ...
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Hainan scenic spots offer fantastic discounts for China Tourism Day
In celebration of the 3rd China Tourism Day, which falls on May 19, many scenic spots in Hainan are offering a series of great enticements for tourists. Public museums, memorial halls, patriotic education bases and stadiums across the province on the list of public places are open to the public for free on that day. In addition, travel agencies, starred hotels and scenic spots will roll ...
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Haikou air quality ranks 1st among 74 Chinese cities for 4 consecutive months
Up until May 14th, Haikou’s air quality was the best out of 74 major Chinese cities for four consecutive months this year. Starting from January 1st, 2013, the 74 cities including those in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta region and the Pearl River Delta area began to release data on the levels of carbon monoxide, ozone, PM2.5, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ...
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Chinese animators take baby steps toward a global audience
/enpproperty--> Only the paranoid can survive. This is the rule that the production team of the 3-D animation film Kunta sticks to throughout the three years of preparation. As one of the keynote works released during the 9th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival held in Hangzhou at the end of April, Kunta is the first in China's animation history to make its debut at ...
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Chinese firms get help on the outside
/enpproperty--> HSBC bets big on tailor-made financial services for companies planning overseas ventures in Europe, report Cecily Liu and Zhang Chunyan in London HSBC Corp, Europe's largest bank by market value, plans to offer more personalized solutions for Chinese companies planning overseas ventures, as part of its efforts to diversify revenue streams to push growth. The ...
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China emerges as worlds most financially secure country Report
/enpproperty--> China has emerged as the most financially secure country in an index jointly launched by PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd, the largest non-life insurance company in the Chinese mainland, and Genworth Financial Inc, a Fortune 500 insurance holding company. The report surveyed 13,000 households in 14 European countries, and five Latin American countries and China. China ...
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Chinese Greenland and Melia open the first Greenland hotel in Europe.
The hotel has been adapted to the needs of demanding Chinese travellers and with the standards of a modern international hotel.Both companies continue to make progress in a partnership which will see the growth of ...
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IHG loses big and pays compensation to Chinese owners.
Surging InterContinental Hotels Group in China has suffered a big loss for the first time; on March 22, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Shanghai Branch made a final outcome of the InterContinental Shanghai Puxi arbitration.It states that: Intercontinental Group is to determine the compensation for the owner before InterContinental Shanghai Puxi developers ...
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Opinion Varies on Action Against Chinese Cyberattacks
Security experts agree that the U.S. government should take stronger action against Chinese cyberattacks, but exactly what those measures should be varies ...
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Chinese mayor picked for NSW MP vacancy
NSW Labor has reached out to Sydney's Chinese community with the announcement that lawyer Ernest Wong will fill the upper house gap left by Eric Roozendaal. Mr Roozendaal quit parliament earlier this month before a report had been issued by the state's corruption watchdog on claims he received a $10,000-plus discount on a Honda in return for political favours for his former colleague, ...
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Chinese hackers who breached Google reportedly targeted classified data
The Chinese hackers who breached Google's corporate servers 41 months ago gained access to a database containing classified information about suspected spies, agents, and terrorists under surveillance by the US government, according to a published report. The revelation came in ...
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UPDATE 1-U.S. charges 3 NYU researchers in Chinese bribery case
Mon May 20, 2013 6:30pm EDT * Defendants were working on improving MRI technology * Federal prosecutors charge researchers with bribery By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details ...
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Obama Chinas Xi to meet in June in California
China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting with a panel of foreign experts'at the Great Hall of the People on December 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Ed Jones - Pool, Getty ...
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Chinas Li to pay tribute to heroic Indian doctor
MUMBAI (AFP) - China's premier will pay his respects Tuesday to the family of an Indian doctor who died treating Chinese troops more than 70 years ago, becoming a rare symbol of friendship between the two nations.Li Keqiang, like Chinese leaders before him, will take time out of his busy India visit to meet relatives of Dwarkanath Kotnis, who provided emergency medical aid for four years ...
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Chinas President to Visit Trinidad and Tobago
The following is the statement from the Office of the Prime Minister -The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, today announced that the President of the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping, will pay a State visit to Trinidad and Tobago during the period May 31 to June 2, 2013. The Chinese President will be accompanied ...
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Obama Chinese president to meet in early June
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California in early June, the White House announced Monday. This will be Obama's first meeting with Xi since he became China's president. The two will meet on June 7-8. White House national security advisor Tom Donilon will travel to Bejing later this month to prepare for the ...
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US accuses 3 New York University medical researchers of taking bribes from Chinese institution
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a U.S.-funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Monday. Zhu Yudong, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Yang Xing, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. ...
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Mandiant Chinese espionage hackers are back
Mandiant is not releasing specific target names to the public, but told the New York Times that the hacker group is back and operating at around 70% of its previous ...
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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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