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How Well Do China and India Know Each Other
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President's palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. (Saurabh ...
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North Korea says will take positive steps for peace
Choe Ryong-hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea, walks with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai (2nd R) before departing Pyongyang airport for China, in this May 22, 2013 picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency in ...
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Germany tops Japan in popularity poll
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
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China to issue 26b yuan in two-year T-bonds
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday that it will sell 26 billion yuan (4.2 billion US dollars) in two-year book-entry treasury bonds. The issuance marks the ministry's 12th issuance of book-entry treasury bonds this year, the ministry said in a statement on its website. ( The bonds carry a fixed annual interest rate of 2.98 percent. The interest will be paid every year on May 27, ...
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NKorean envoy delivers letter to Chinas Xi
A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday as part of efforts to mend fences after Pyongyang angered Beijing with recent snubs and moves to develop its nuclear ...
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Abe on 1st trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is traveling to Myanmar on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military ...
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Happy to enhance China-India friendship
After graduating from University, I got a job offer from China Radio International, whichwas a new challenge for me and an opportunity as well.CRI aims topromote understanding and friendship between the people of China and people throughout the world. CRI has more than two hundred foreign experts. I was working in Hindi department. As I had advantage of knowing Chinese language, I got appraisal ...
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Ferrari to recall 692 vehicles in China
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari will recall 692 vehicles imported by the Chinese mainland due to defective rear tie-rods, China's quality supervisor said Friday. The recall by Ferrari Maserati Cars Sales and Services (Shanghai) Co. will cover Ferrari's Quattroporte and Maserati Granturismo models manufactured between July 31, 2003 and September 25, ...
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Ex-sex slaves condemn Japan mayor
Two Korean former sex slaves have demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and cancelled a meeting with him for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its ...
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Chinas next economic revolution
Wanda Group of Dalian is building domestic theme parks and resorts. And the Chinese government is investing heavily in roads and railways to help middle-class and affluent consumers get there. These massive infrastructure projects help keep citizens employed -- and, more important, could help China reach its next ...
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Heathrow airport closed after British Airways plane on fire over central London makes emergency landing
A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow as eyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft "on fire" flying over central ...
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Is Japan’s premier afraid of ghosts
Tokyo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet on Friday formally denied months-long rumours that the premier had not moved into his official residence over fears the mansion is ...
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Fitch Macao Banks Rapid China Growth Alters Risk Profiles
Lack of Stringent U.S. CMBS Underwriting Could Affect REITs Changes in the availability, pricing, and underwriting stringency of U.S. CMBS financing could affect REITs directly and indirectly, according to Fitch Ratings. In addition, a boom-or-bust cycle for CMBS loan performance would negatively affect REITs that regularly access the CMBS ...
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Former sex slaves demand Mayor Toro Hashimoto of Osaka Japan quit over remarks justifying WWII comfort women
South Korean Kim Bok-Dong, who served as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers during World War II, speaks during the 1,000th weekly protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, Dec. 14, ...
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Boat with 150 capsizes off Myanmar UN
This file photo shows Rohingya people, pictured on a fishing boat on November 7, 2012.(Photo:Agencies) A boat carrying up to 150 Rohingya Muslims fleeing a cyclone has capsized off Myanmar's coast, the UN said on Tuesday, as the storm threatened to strike flood-prone Rakhine State over coming days. The boat went missing on Monday night after it left Pauktaw township, a spokeswoman for the ...
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Japanese PMs advisor arrives in DPRK -- local media
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's advisor Isao Iijima arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), reported Japan's Kyodo News Agency Tuesday. Kyodo said that the purpose of Iijima's visit to the DPRK is ...
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Comfort Women Cancel Meeting With Japanese Mayor
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Japan life insurers may keep money at home as bond yields rise
By Taiga Uranaka TOKYO | Fri May 24, 2013 6:32am EDT TOKYO May 24 (Reuters) - Japanese life insurers are giving signs that they may not send much more of their $3 trillion in assets abroad this year, as Japanese government bond yields start picking up, despite hinting last month that they might boost their foreign bond holdings to seek higher returns. Investors have been spurred to ...
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China calls for denuclearization on Korean Peninsula
Pyongyang envoy seeks end to int'l isolation, say experts China said on Friday it hoped relevant parties to continue sticking to the objective of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and work for peace and stability in Northeast Asia. Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission Fan Changlong made the call on Friday during his meeting with Choe Ryong Hae, the special envoy ...
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China to simplify forex transactions
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Chinas SOEs face poor profit prospects
BEIJING - With China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) posting growth of just 5.3 percent from January to April this year, prospects for the SOEs' profitability in 2013 remain poor, analysts said. The SOEs saw their total profit growth slow to 5.3 ...
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China-Pakistan ties to get fresh vigor premier
/enpproperty--> ISLAMABAD - Visiting Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday that the commitment shared by China and Pakistan to deepening bilateral cooperation will inject new vigor into their friendship. The two nations boast an evergreen friendship that is always full of vim and vigor, Li said in a meeting with a cross-section of Pakistanis devoted to bilateral friendship. Noting that the ...
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Filmed insights into Chinas big change
An urge to record the phenomenon of China's transformation over the past two decades has propelled what has come to be known as the New Chinese Documentary Film Movement. Pioneers such as Duan Jinchuan, Zhang Yuan and Wu Wenguang have pushed a hugely influential "reality aesthetic", taking advantage of developing technologies that allow regular citizens to tell the stories they ...
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US schools vie for partners in China
/enpproperty--> US universities are seeking out partnerships in China, hoping to broaden their international reach and provide academic and research opportunities for students and faculty, as two campus presidents' trips to China show. The University of Pennsylvania "is deeply committed to its engagement in China", said Amy Gutmann, president of the Ivy League school in ...
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UK soldiers killing Attacker wielding butcher knife is a Christian who converted to Islam
LONDON: A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, ...
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Chinese shipping industry is not the only one causing environmental incidents
The recent highly publicized grounding of a Chinese bulk carrier on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia attracted the scrutiny of the world on the Chinese shipping industry with some commentators saying that the accident was indicative of a dysfunctional health and safety record throughout the industry in China.
China’s shipping industry is primarily made up of the state-owned and run COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), and it is this company to whom the Shen Neng 1 belongs. The Shen Neng 1 is not the only COSCO ship to be involved in a notable maritime accident. Read more
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