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Analysis From opera to exercises U.S. and China deepen military ties
Musicians from the military bands of China's People's Liberation Army and the U.S. Army take photos during a rehearsal for their joint concert at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, in this October 29, 2012 file ...
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Father of Three Beaten to Death By Chinese Family Planning Officials
More than 20 Family Planning Officials beat a farmer almost to death, because he and his wife have three children, according to a report by ChinaAid. Zhang Futao has suffered severe head injuries and is in critical condition from the beating, which occurred on Wednesday, May 15. According to the family, he has a fractured skull and a brain hemorrhage. His three children are ages 12, 6 and 4. ...
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China Pak ink economic corridor boundary accords
Pakistan and China today inked several agreements and memoranda of understanding, including a pact on a system to manage the border between Xinjiang autonomous region and Gilgit-Baltistan ...
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North Korean special envoy meets with Chinese party official
Kim Jong Un sent one of his closest advisers to Beijing Wednesday as a "special envoy" amid signs of a fraying alliance, officials say. Choe Ryong Hae, vice marshal of the Korean People's Army, met with Wang Jiarui, a senior official of the Chinese Communist Party, The Washington Post reported, ...
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Chinas Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium Heavy Metal
The video for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's newly released song starts by re-creating the conditions of his captivity during the 81 days he was held in police detention in 2011, later dissolving into a dystopian ...
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Chapman brothers exhibit hanged Ronald McDonald in Hong Kong
What can only be described as grotesque by conservative art connoisseurs is beauty for the Chapman brothers. By the looks of their work, it seems that they create art to shock regular ...
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voice saying that China will not support India’s bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
"Having India as a permanent member may add to Tokyo's influence." Wang Dehua, a South Asian studies specialist at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies,saying that China will not support India's bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council, quoted by the South China Morning Post on ...
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Ties with Pakistan aid China’s soft power
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his entourage flew from India to Pakistan yesterday for a two-day visit. The plane was escorted by six Pakistani Air Force JF-17 fighter jets after entering Pakistani airspace. Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso welcomed Li at the airport in person, which clearly reflects the "all-weather" ...
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China tobacco control 2nd worst
China ranks second to last among developing countries on tobacco control, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report that is due to be made public by China's authorities at the end of this month. With a total score of 44.6, China ranks the 13th among 14 nations that have reported their progress to the WHO on implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It ...
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Jailed ATM cash thief appeals to Guangdong high court to restore reputation
Xu Ting, a migrant worker who was jailed for five years on theft charges, has appealed to the high court in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in a bid to restore his reputation. Xu, 30, was originally given a life sentence for theft after making 171 withdrawals from a Guangzhou Commercial Bank automatic teller machine (ATM) totaling 175,000 yuan ($28,543) in 2006, when his account was only debited ...
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Philippine activity on Ren’ai Reef draws Chinese caution
Chinese navy and marine surveillance forces are closely monitoring activities conducted by the Philippines on a vessel stranded on the Ren'ai Reef in the South China Sea, a source close to the matter told the Global Times.The Philippines filed a protest with the Chinese embassy in Manila Tuesday that the recent presence of a Chinese warship and two marine surveillance vessels near the reef ...
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China Pakistan to work on energy ties
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday on his first official visit to Pakistan, marking the second leg of Li's first overseas tour since taking office.The trip, which came on the heels of the election of Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif, reaffirms the time-tested all-weather friendship between China and Pakistan and serves the interests of the two ...
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China Pakistan plan economic corridor Li
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday linked growth in his country's restive west with that in sluggish Pakistan, saying the two sides wanted to create an "economic corridor" to boost development. Li, on his first overseas trip since taking over in a once-in-a-decade power transfer in Beijing, congratulated Pakistan on its recent general election and hailed the countries' ...
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Wealth funds Chinese bank buy 55 pct of Russia VTBs new shares
MOSCOW | Wed May 22, 2013 12:41pm EDT MOSCOW May 22 (Reuters) - The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan and China's Construction Bank have bought about 55 percent of the new shares issued by Russia's second-largest lender VTB, the bank said on Wednesday. VTB said it has completed its planned 102.5 billion roubles ($3.3 billion) offering of new shares at 4.1 ...
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China unveils details of pilot carbon-trading programme
unveiled details of its first pilot carbon-trading programme, which will begin next month in the southern city of Shenzhen.The trading scheme will cover 638 companies responsible for 38% of the city's total emissions, the Shenzhen branch of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission ...
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Pope Makes Appeal For Catholics in China
At the end of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis made an appeal to Catholics all over the world to prayer for our ';brother and sisters'; in ...
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Chinas Momentous Change From Center of Trade to Center of Investment
Orville Schell : When many of us came into the the story of U.S.-China relations, the currency of the realm was politics. When Henry [Kissinger] went to China, there was no economics to deal with. So, it was a political question. Without really noticing it, we've undergone an extraordinary transmigration from the currency of politics to, really, the currency of currency. We talked ...
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiweis Heavy Metal Video Re-creates His Prison Stay
new music video is a re-creation of his prison environment right down to the wallpaper. It's a promotion for "Dumbass," the first single from his first music album. According to ...
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Hong Kong soaked by black rainstorm
A mother carries her daughter as she wades through ankle-deep water on the streets of Hong Kong – where rainfall in some districts reached 200 millimetres. The Hong Kong Observatory issued a black rainstorm warning signal on Wednesday May 22. REUTERS/Tyrone ...
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India set to resume oilmeal exports to China
The high current account deficit will persist as long as we live in a world of low growth - that hurts our exports - and easy global liquidity, which pumps up the oil import ...
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China urges implemention of DOC
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - China on Wednesday urged relevant countries to fully and earnestly implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and refrain from actions that could amplify or complicate the issue. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to a media request for a comment on the ...
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China to lend $580 mln for Sri Lanka development projects
COLOMBO | Wed May 22, 2013 12:11pm EDT COLOMBO May 22 (Reuters) - China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on Wednesday showed. The loan will bring CDB's total lending to Sri Lanka to more than $1.4 billion. China's increasing influence in the island nation has stoked ...
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North Korean Envoy Meets With Chinese Official in Beijing
A senior North Korean military official sent to China as a special envoy has met with a top Chinese official, at a time of strained relations between the two traditional ...
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Three birthdays say much about China’s future and its leaders’ ‘revolutionary bloodline’
East-Asia-Intel.com There are three major birthdays and anniversaries in this year's political calendar - and how they will be celebrated says much about the country's ...
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China tourists instructed to behave
Chinese tourists, who have been flooding global destinations, including the Emirates, have been asked by a top Communist Party official to behave when abroad. Steps should be taken to project the good image of Chinese tourists, Wang Yang, one of the country's four vice-prime ministers, pointed out in a report in the Community Party newspaper, People's Daily. Mr Yang mentioned talking ...
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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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