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Chinas Bronze Age antiquities exhibit in Sweden
/enpproperty--> STOCKHOLM - China's Bronze Age Antiquities from central Henan province started to be exhibited in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm of Sweden on Saturday, marking the 50th anniversary celebrations of the ...
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2nd LD Writethru Chinese premier arrives in Germany for official visit
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Saturday for an official visit to Germany, the only European Union country included in his first overseas tour since taking ...
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Chinas only nuke developer A draw for technical talents
More than 7,300 technicians are acting as competent assistants, in China's only nuclear weapon developing institute, to turn their ideas into ...
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Video China praised at African Union summit
During a special summit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African Union, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn thanks China for its investment. Tom Dinham ...
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Lifestyle Book traces Africas journey from Europe to China
China -Africa relations has been published and explores how its rising interest in Africa is on the surge compared to former colonial powers. The book ...
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Cyberspace manhunt erupts over unsolved poisoning case in China
China Renewed interest in the mysterious unsolved poisoning of a Chinese student in 1995 has sparked a viral online campaign to solve the crime, but it is also a campaign that has become, at times, something more like a social media witch hunt.China is known for its heavy-handed control of the internet, especially where key sensitive subjects are concerned. An explosion in social media ...
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Models strut their stuff at Auto Shanghai auto show 2013
A model poses with a car during the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, known as Auto Shanghai 2013, in Shanghai, China, 23 April 2013. [Photo / ...
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Letter from Shanghai Scent of a Hotel Toasted Loo and Lobster in a Jar.
It being the first time I have stayed at a Waldorf Astoria, I figure I should write about it; especially about that toilet seat that flips up automatically every time I open the door to the cubicle. Quite spooky at first encounter. I think I jumped. I developed a fear of self-opening toilet lids after watching a horror movie as a child when the lid opened and a hand came up to grab its ...
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McCully confident of managing US China relationship
New Zealand's relationship with the US is on an excellent footing and Murray McCully says he's not concerned about possible tension as we align our trading future with China. The Foreign Minister had his first formal meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry last week and said the relationship is "out of political contention" and focused on building better co-operation. ...
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Chinas Communist Party defends secret police system
Communist Party has defended 'Shuanggui', its secret police investigating allegations of corruption against party officials. This came as a response to a controversy about the party's high-handed ways after a recent death in custody. The death of an employee of an investment company, Yu Qiyi, caused a major uproar online last April causing embarrassment to the party. Lin Zhe, an ...
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Million doses of fake aspirin from China seized in France
RENNES, France (AFP) - French customs officers have seized 1.2 million doses of counterfeit aspirin from China, the biggest haul of fake medicines ever in France and the EU, the economy ministry announced Saturday.The goods, seized May 17 in the northwestern port of Le Havre, were hidden in a cargo of tea that arrived from China, the ministry said in a statement. The powder was mostly glucose ...
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Chinese diplomats sister busted for shoplifting
The sister of a Chinese diplomat was caught shoplifting at Macy's in New York, the New York Post reports. Citing police sources it did not name, the newspaper said Saturday Guo Wang, 37, was arrested Thursday at the Herald Square store, the chain's flagship. Her sister-in-law, Minga Wang, arrived at the police station quickly with another person, and both said they worked for the ...
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The Communist Party should cut its more than 80 million members by nearly half to avoid the bloat that felled the Soviet Union a political scientist has written in a party magazine.
The Communist Party should cut its more than 80 million members by nearly half to avoid the bloat that felled the Soviet Union, a political scientist has written in a party magazine.The party has recruited a wide swath of citizens in recent years in an effort to broaden support as its original ideological underpinning has changed.More than 90 years after its foundation, the party now has members ...
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Chinese premiers Swiss tour fruitful influential
/enpproperty--> BERN, Switzerland - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Germany Saturday after wrapping up a fruitful visit to Switzerland, which has far-reaching influences. During his stay in the Alpine country which he visited in 2010 as vice premier, Li has met political, business leaders and inked a series of important ...
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The love hunter goes on the prowl in China
But Gao isn't a street-snap photographer. His job involves searching out potential wives for some of China's richest bachelors. The 25-year-old is one of China's premier "love hunters," a new breed of matchmaker who differentiate themselves from the more conventional end of the trade. "It all matters -- the girl's looks, her figure, temperament, height and ...
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Key step cleared to Switzerland-China free trade deal
BERNE, Switzerland -- Switzerland and China cleared the final hurdle Friday towards a landmark free-trade agreement, as Beijing seeks to underscore its growing global ties via deals with European ...
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Antony says no miracles to resolve India-China disputes
Noting that a spirit of cooperation and competition prevailed between India and China, Defence Minister A K Antony on Saturday said negotiations to resolve the disputes between the two will take their own time and he does not expect any "miracles"."It is cooperation and competitionnaturally. Both are neighbours and we have to work together. There are many areas where our ...
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Taiwan has new terms
TAIPEI--The government of Taiwan on Saturday imposed new conditions that would further delay the Philippines' investigation of the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards three weeks ago. Amadeo R. Perez, chair of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco), the Philippines' de facto embassy in Taiwan, said previous problems had been solved and eight agents ...
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China Switzerland sign free-trade pact
Switzerland and China have signed a free-trade agreement leaders of both nations called a historic achievement. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, in Switzerland to sign the accord, said the trade pact "has huge meaning for global free-trade." "This free-trade deal is the first between China and a continental European economy, and the first with one of the 20 leading economies of the ...
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Bollywood Reflects India-China Love-Hate
The film reflects not only prevailing nationalist sentiment, but also communist and revolutionary struggles across the globe. It refers to the 1937 plea by the Chinese Communist Party to Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian National Congress to assist in its struggle against ...
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AU Commission chair meets with Chinese vice premier
/enpproperty--> ADDIS ABABA - The African Union (AU) Commission chair, Nkosazana Dlamimi-Zuma, on Friday met with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, as the AU holds a special summit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor to the AU. Zuma spoke highly of China-Africa relationship and the active role China has played in promoting ...
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China pledges to step up partnership with Africa
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Top legislator Zhang Dejiang said on Saturday that China is willing to work with African countries to advance the China-Africa new-type strategic partnership to a higher level. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), made the remarks at a reception held by the African Diplomatic Corps in China to mark the 50th founding ...
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Chinese tourists spending in the U.S. takes off
Chinese tourists have become the highest-spending overseas visitors to the U.S. and valued customers for U.S. shopping centers and tour bus ...
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Tanzania says work on China-funded gas pipeline to continue
Sat May 25, 2013 11:51am EDT * Tanzania says disputed gas pipeline to be completed next year * Parliament approves budget with pipeline proposals * Govt says to reform state-run power utility By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DODOMA, May 25 (Reuters) - Tanzania will continue building a China-funded $1.2 billion gas pipeline from the south of the country to the commercial capital Dar es Salaam despite ...
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China will build tower taller than Burj Khalifa in 7 months
.' Moreover, this may happen as soon as this year. Chinese architects plan to construct a building taller even than Burj Khalifa's 828 meters. The name of this ambitious project is "Sky City." It will be located in China's Changsha and it will be really impressive in size. However, if constructed, the building will break Burj Khalifa's record with only 8 to 10 ...
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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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