| Global warming brings tropical birds to Hong Kong
China News.Net
The sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong could be due to climate change, bird experts here have said.
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| Earthquake measuring 5.7 jolts Taiwan`
China News.Net
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan early Sunday morning, but there was no report of damage or casualties.
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| Beijing to standardise 5,174 public toilet plates
China News.Net
Beijing, (Xinhua) Beijing is to standardise the city's toilet direction plates ahead of the Olympic Games, according to Beijing Youth Daily. The plates, already in use in some places, feature white male and female characters on a blue background, the paper quoted officials with the city government.
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| Olympic Torch to Relay in China
RedOrbit
Posted on: Sunday, 11 09:00 Xinhua headline]...
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| New Zealand to send 30-strong team to Paralympics
China News.Net
New Zealand will send a 30-strong team to the Paralympic Games in Beijing in September, Radio New Zealand has reported.
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| Japanese foundation resumes funding food for pandas in SW China
People's Daily
A non-government Japanese foundation resumed funding of bamboo planting in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday after a two-year suspension. The Japan-Sino Green Exchange Foundation donated...
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| Massive rally in Amsterdam in support of Olympics
China News.Net
Amsterdam, (Xinhua) Thousands of Chinese students and Chinese Dutch people staged a rally on the Dam Square in downtown Amsterdam in support of the Beijing Olympic Games being held in August.
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| China jumbo passenger jet company to take off Sunday
People's Daily
China's first jumbo passenger aircraft company will be officially inaugurated in Shanghai on Sunday, the 21st Century Business Herald reported on Saturday. The company, with a registered capital of...
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| Tibetan exiles in Nepal launch fresh protests, scores arrested
China News.Net
Nepalese police Saturday arrested scores of Tibetan protestors who had chained themselves in small groups and tried to march towards Chinese visa and consular office in Kathmandu.
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| Speaker of Italian provincial parliament
China News.Net
Dharamsala, : President of the regional parliament of south Tyrol in Italy Franz Pahl on Sunday met the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, and condemning Chinese repression in Tibet said that holding the Olympics in China was not a good decision.
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| Higher Education in China Expanding
NPR
2008 · China is in the midst of a building boom of colleges and universities. The country is attempting to improve the quality of these institutions and its world ranking.
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| Deputy secretary of state in China for talks
WISH TV8
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (neh-groh-PAHN'-tee) is in Beijing for discussions expected to focus on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs and the crisis in...
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| More than 550 Tibetans arrested in Nepal during anti-China demo
Earth Times
Kathmandu - Nepalese police Sunday arrested more than 550 Tibetan demonstrators, most of them women, during anti-China protests in the capital Kathmandu. The demonstrators, including Tibetan nuns...
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| Chinese man detained for threatening to grab Olympic torch
USA Today
... amp;amp;#151; A Chinese man has been arrested for saying on the Internet that he planned to grab the Olympic torch during its relay through eastern China, police said Sunday.
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| China launches jet firm to vie with Boeing, Airbus
Earth Times
Beijing - China on Sunday launched a state-backed aviation company with the task of producing large commercial jets that will eventually challenge global manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. The...
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| Abu Dhabi index to list Japan, Taiwan ETFs by year-end
Business Times
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, in the midst of a rebranding drive to lure foreign firms, said on Sunday that exchange traded funds (ETFs) from Japan and Taiwan could list on the...
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| China to make jumbo jets with a $2.7 billion company
Times of India
China on Sunday took for the first step to fulfil its long-held dream of manufacturing jumbo aircrafts. It has registered a $2.7 billion company that could take on Airbus and Boeing.
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| China considers buying land in Africa and South America to provide food security
Finfacts
See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive...
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| Seven Dead in Southwest China Fire, Arson Suspected
RedOrbit
Posted on: Sunday, 11 09:00 Xinhua...
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| Chinese plane business gets wings
BBC
China has launched a new commercial plane maker which it hopes will one day compete with the likes of Boeing and Airbus, state media have reported. China Commercial Aircraft will aim to develop...
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| China, India poised to alter global food equation
The News Tribune
Beijing – Nothing about the lunch rush at a McDonald’s in China would feel out of place in America: Students huddled around video games and fries; a computer salesman scarfing a chicken...
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| Canadian judos qualify for Beijing Olympics
CBC News
Three more Canadians booked their ticket to the Olympic Games in Beijing, with two winning medals at the Pan American judo Championships in Miami. Frazer Will of Star City, Sask., Sasha Mehmedovic...
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| Fire engulfs east China factory, casualties unknown
People's Daily
Fire and subsequent explosions destroyed a chemical workshop in east China's Zhejiang Province early on Sunday, but no casualties have been reported so far. A three-story building of Dinglong...
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| Beijing to unify toilet direction plates ahead of Olympics
People's Daily
Beijing is to standardize the city's toilet direction plates ahead of the Olympics, according to Beijing Youth Daily. The plate, already in use in some places, features white male and female...
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