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Rosy China growth forecasts fade on further signs of slowdown
Reuters © A newly built residential compound is seen from the demolition site of an old village on the outskirts of Beijing May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Kim ...
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Adult obesity rates on the rise in Australia
Governments are being urged to tackle the growing problem of obesity, as a new report finds increased number of Australian adults suffering from the condition. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council will on Friday release its fourth report on the National Healthcare Agreement, showing an improvement in some areas such as smoking rates, but other areas deteriorating. Adult ...
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Chinas Air Pollution Is The Government Willing To Act
Skyscrapers are obscured by heavy haze in Beijing on Jan. 13. Air pollution remains a serious, sometimes overwhelming, problem, but researchers say environmental technology is available to solve ...
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Holden and Toyota dismiss speculation that they will exit Australia
Holden and Toyota have recommitted to manufacturing cars in Australia, with Holden suggesting that more government support could be necessary. Holden ...
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Sergei Naryshkin to visit China on May 26-28
BEIJING, May 24 (Itar-Tass) - - Chairman of the Russian State Duma Sergei Naryshkin will visit China on May 26-28 to take part in the 6th session of the committee on cooperation of the All-China Assembly of People’s Representatives (ACAPR) and the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, a statement of the high legislative body of China says on ...
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Bears feast as flash PMI bares China slowdown
Results of China’s flash HSBC purchasing managers’ index (PMI) entrenched fears that recovery in the second-largest economy has stalled, and augured poorly for global growth in the months ...
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China US disappoint markets
It was a grim day on global markets yesterday after the release of disappointing manufacturing survey data from China and renewed concern that the US could start to cut back on its cash injections. The scene was set in Tokyo at the start of the global trading day, where the benchmark Nikkei index closed 7.3 percent down – the biggest drop in Japanese shares since the aftermath of the ...
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Suspected Chinese Subs Alarm Japan
The subs were spotted just outside Japan's territorial waters off the coast of Okinawa and the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima. Japanese officials have either declined to comment on the vessels' nationality or said it is not yet known; Japanese media are reporting they are Chinese. The submarines did not infringe on Japan's sovereignty but were traveling in a ...
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Taiwans 1st H7N9 bird flu patient recovers
The first Taiwanese person to be infected with the H7N9 bird flu has recovered and left the hospital on Friday after 35 days of treatment, a spokesman for Taiwan University Hospital said on Friday. The 53-year-old Taiwanese man, who had briefly stayed in east China's city of Suzhou, showed bird flu symptoms three days after returning to Taiwan via Shanghai on April 9. The patient's ...
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China-Pakistan friendship to grow with fresh vigor premier
Visiting Premier Li Keqiang said here 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 participants are all witnesses and ...
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New Zealand to push trade benefits at OECD ministers meeting
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser will push the benefits of trade in creating jobs and growth when he attends the annual Ministerial Council Meeting and Forum of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) in Paris next week.The theme for this year's meeting, from May 27 to 30, was "It's all about people: Jobs, Equality and Trust," Groser said in a ...
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Australia to deliver additional emergency funds for Syrian refugee FM
Australia will deliver an additional 12 million AU dollars (almost 11.62 million US dollars) to help international relief agencies respond to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria and neighboring Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced on Friday.Bob Carr made the announcement during a visit with Australia's Ambassador to Lebanon Lex Bartlem to Syrian refugee ...
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Osaka people rally against mayor
Local people held a rally on Friday against the stubborn political stance of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is also co-leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party.The rally occurred following the cancellation of a scheduled meeting between the mayor and two Korean women who were recruited during World War II by the Japanese military into sexual servitude also known as "comfort ...
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Great earthquake jolts Sea of Okhotsk no tsunami expected
A 8.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Sea of Okhotsk from a depth of 601.80 km at 0544 GMT Friday, the US Geological Survey said.The epicenter was located 359 km southwest of Esso, a town Russia's Kamchatka Krai.The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center of the United States said in a statement that due to the depth of the earthquake no tsunami is expected.The China Earthquake Networks ...
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Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
Facebook on May 23 established Open Compute Project (OCP) Taiwan in a bid to attract Taiwan-based hardware makers and promote industry standards for cloud computing data center equipment, according to the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). ITRI said it is talking with Facebook about setting up the world's first OCP hardware certification laboratory in ...
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Asia to be largest LTE market says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
Asia is expected to be the largest LTE market among regions around the world in 2015, Greater China president Markus Borchert for Nokia Siemens Networks said at the LTE Marketing Forum in Taipei on May ...
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China calls for denuclearization on peninsula
BEIJING - 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 of Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic ...
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Abe first Japan PM visiting Myanmar first time in 36 years
(36 mins ago) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is traveling to Myanmar for a three-day trip, the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years. Abe is expected to show Japanese support for reforms in Myanmar after decades of military rule and to boost economic ties, AP reports. Traveling with a delegation of business leaders, Abe was to arrive in Yangon Friday evening and meet ...
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No guarantee of peace NKorean envoy warns China
BEIJING (AP) -- China's state media says an envoy from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned there is no guarantee of peace on the Korean Peninsula, but also stressed that his country is willing to hold talks with all sides to find a ...
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Support rate for Japans Abe down to 70.9 pct
TOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Support rate for the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has edged down almost 2 percent to 70.9 percent, compared with 72.1 percent in the previous poll last month, according to a Kyodo News survey showed on Sunday. It was the fourth time that the Cabinet approval rating has surpassed 70 percent in the monthly surveys since Abe's Liberal Democratic ...
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Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slaves
Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II. A parliamentary statement signed Tuesday by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged the government had a set of documents produced by a postwar international military tribunal containing ...
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Japan protests to China over Okinawa claim
Japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with China over an article in a state-run publication that challenged the ownership of Okinawa, home to major US bases, officials said Thursday. The People's Daily on Wednesday published a call for a review of Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa, suggesting that Beijing may be the rightful owner. The call came as the two countries are already at ...
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Japanese ministers criticize Hashimoto for remarks on comfort women
Japanese ministers denounced Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on Tuesday, a day after he said sexual servitude by women was "necessary" for Japan's soldiers during World War II to maintain discipline in the military, Kyodo News reports. But Shintaro Ishihara, an opposition lawmaker who co-heads the Japan Restoration Party with Hashimoto, defended the outspoken mayor, saying that ...
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Pyongyang proposes joint event with South Korea
Two businessmen shed tears when listening to an introduction to the history of Kaesong Industrial Complex on Thursday. Representatives of South Korean enterprises based in the complex held a meeting on Thursday, urging North and South Korea to allow businessmen to enter the complex. Photo: CFP The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday sent a fax to propose joint ...
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Hong Kong shares hit 4-week low as China growth concerns weigh
HONG KONG | Fri May 24, 2013 4:14am EDT HONG KONG May 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares extended losses on Friday to fall to their lowest in almost a month as the property sector sagged over concerns that China's economic recovery may be stalling. The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.2 percent to 22,618.7 points, the lowest level since April 29. The China Enterprises Index of the top ...
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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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