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Blast at firecracker workshop kills three Chinese
An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker workshop in central China killed three people and left three others injured Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred around 9.50 a.m. in Yangzhai village in Henan province, Xinhua reported. Police suspect it was caused by illegally stored gunpowder. The workshop owner's wife and daughter and a neighbour were killed. The three injured include the ...
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Chinese police detain gay pride march organizer
BEIJING -; Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society movement and demands for stronger individual ...
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India China Pledge to Overcome Border Tensions
NEW DELHI -- The leaders of Asian giants India and China say they will take steps to build greater mutual trust a month after a tense dispute over their shared border. With words like friendship, peace and consensus, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, meeting in New Delhi, set out to move past the standoff that dominated headlines just weeks ago. ...
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Chinas maritime industry to keep growing
A new government report, made public on Monday, has predicted that China's maritime industry will see relatively fast growth in the next 17 years.The country's maritime industry is expanding fast and will reach a stable stage in 2030, said the report issued by the China Institute for Marine Affairs, attached to the State Oceanic Administration.In 2012, the maritime industry reported a ...
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Chinese premiers India visit is of milestone significancesays Singh
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's current visit to his country is of milestone significance and will surely push for greater development in the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership.During a meeting with Li, Singh said India is willing to work with China to actively implement consensus reached by the two sides and seek more fruitful ...
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Chinese defense minister meets senior Mozambican military official
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Chang Wanquan met with Paulino Macaringue, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique on Monday in ...
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China Tajikistan establish strategic partnership
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the signing of a joint announcement to establish a strategic partnership, after their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2013. Photo: XinhuaChina and Tajikistan established a strategic partnership on Monday, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation.The announcement was made during talks held between ...
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Scenery of terraced fields in central China
Farmers work at the terraced fields at the Xinhua County of Loudi City, central China's Hunan Province, May 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Liu ...
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China Comes To Ukraine
Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycle, 2012; Photo: PinchukArtCentre, by Dmytro Baranov Just like its economy, the Chinese art scene has been booming for the past few years. In the absence of any productive strategic partnership between Ukraine and China, as well as any noticeable political or economic ties, art is a fresh way to connect the two cultures. "China China," - which promises to be ...
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Danone looks to milk China demand surge
Danone has struck two deals with the China Mengniu Dairy Company in a bid to take advantage of surging demand for internationally-branded milk and ...
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Binay urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers
Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Jejomar Binay has called on Taiwan to assure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there amid reports of attacks against Philippine nationals, an apparent backlash following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this month. In a letter to Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Manila, Binay ...
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Top 10 points from India-Chinas joint statement
Two sides agreed to consult the other parties with a view to establishing a Joint Study Group on strengthening connectivity in the BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar) ...
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Chinese premier Li Keqiang Will handle differences bearing overall ties in mind
New Delhi : Visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang today said "India is China's important neighbour," and that Beijing would handle differences with New Delhi keeping the overall bi-lateral relationship in mind. ...
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China suspects presumed guilty until proven innocent
A police officer stands guard on Tiananmen Square: police and prosecutors are often placed under enormous pressure to find suspects guilty. Photograph: Diego ...
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Top Secret The Battle for the Pentagon Papers Is a Hit in ... China
A poster for the December 2011 run of "Top Secret" in China (LA Theatre Works) A little less than two years ago, the play, "Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers," came to China by way of Los Angeles, playing to mostly student audiences in small theaters in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. I took in one performance on the campus of Peking University that felt ...
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Hundreds stranded by floods in southern Chinese province
14/01/2013 16:44 CET Severe flooding has left hundreds of people trapped in China’s southern province of Fujian. Roads in the area looked more like rivers after storms hit the region over the weekend. Water levels reportedly rose two metres, engulfing homes and businesses. Emergency crews rescued those cut off by the cruel force of nature. The extreme weather has also struck other ...
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India China ink 8 agreements on trade water resources
India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the ...
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At least 12 dead in China blast
AT least 12 people died and 11 were missing Monday after a blast destroyed an explosives workshop in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, state media said. The explosion scattered rubble up to 200 metres away, killing at least a dozen people at the factory owned by the Poly Explosives (Jinan) Company in Shandong's Caofan township, the semi-official China News Service ...
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Indian and Chinese Premiers Pledge Cooperation on Border Issues
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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
Reuters © Liu Tienan, then head of the National Energy Administration and deputy chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), attends a news conference about Spring Festival transport in Beijing in this January 8, 2012 file photograph. The latest bureaucrat to fall from grace thanks to the Internet was Liu Tienan, sacked from his job last week as deputy chief ...
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Cannes Diary India and China have a strong presence
While many stars come to the French Riviera to party, the main business of Cannes is business itself. Selim El Azar, the chief executive of the Qatar-based Gulf Film, and Abdulaziz Al Khater, the new head of the Doha Film Institute, are both in Cannes this week to shake hands and make deals. Also on the sales-pitch circuit is the directing legend Martin Scorsese, drumming up interest in his ...
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Video Jon Stewart - the new Voice of America in China
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LTE trials ramped up in Shanghai
China Mobile is stepping up trials of its 4G Time Division Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network in Shanghai, inviting 5,000 users to test mobile handsets, tablets and data cards on the new platform. Shanghai Daily writes that the cellco has deployed 1,000 4G-enabled base stations - 700 outdoors and 300 indoors - covering the inner ring area, and plans to extend coverage city-wide by the end of ...
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Inside Asia On Chinas Border Underground Banking Flourishes
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Overseas Chinese citizens told to respect local faiths
Chinese citizens overseas should abide by local laws and regulations, while honoring religious beliefs and customs there, a Foreign Ministry spokesman told a Monday press briefing.Hong Lei's comments came after a Chinese man working in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was taken into protective custody on Saturday. Hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices after an alleged desecration ...
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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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