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5 killed in S China road cave-in
GUANGZHOU - At least five people were killed in a road cave-in that occurred Monday night in South China's Guangdong province, local authorities said Tuesday. The accident occurred around 9:19 pm on a road in the Huamao Industrial Park in the city of Shenzhen, sources with the city's emergency relief office said. As of 4:30 pm Tuesday, five bodies had been retrieved from a pit ...
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EU probe could could slow European vendors supplying tech for Chinas 4G deployment
IDG News Service - The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts. Last week, the EU set off fears of a trade war with China ...
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China beat Indonesia to top group
(5 mins ago) Defending champions China trounced arch rivals Indonesia 5-0 to top Group A of the Sudirman Cup on Tuesday, declaring they are ready to face anyone in Thursday's quarter-finals. The Chinese have won the biennial tournament eight times and are chasing their fifth consecutive title, AFP reports. After Tuesday's matches, Chinese coach Li Yongbo said his team is ready to ...
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PH protests presence of Chinese ships in Ayungin Shoal
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has formally protested the "provocative and illegal" presence of Chinese government ships around a shoal within the Philippine continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), asserting exclusive rights to use resources within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday that the ...
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Sex case takes a new turn
The story began last week when Chen Zaipeng, the principal of Wanning No 2 Primary School, and Feng Xiaosong, who works for the Wanning city housing authority, were arrested and charged with child molestation after six girls, aged 11 to 13, claimed they had been sexually abused. The girls, who had been missing for two days, were eventually located after police and parents arranged a search ...
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Video The Tumblr effect Chinas Internet giants on the prowl
Frothy tech valuations are not limited to Silicon Valley with Yahoo's $1.1-billion (U.S.) Tumblr buy. High-stakes deals are growing in China too, as big players court emerging platforms to lock in new ...
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China Now Spends $125 Billion Per Year On Riot Gear And ‘Stability Maintenance’
May 21, 2013 Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and "anti-terrorism technology" trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China's huge internal security budget. The country is estimated to have more than 180,000 protests each year and the ruling Communist Party spends vast sums on ensuring order -- more even than on its military, ...
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China India reach strategic consensus deepen strategic trust Premier Li
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday the most important outcome of his talks with the Indian leaders is that they reached strategic consensus and deepened strategic trust.Briefing the press after meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, Li said at the talks, held on Sunday night and Monday morning with Singh and other Indian officials, both sides had friendly, in-depth and ...
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China says its legal ivory trade not to blame for African poaching
21 May 2013 CHINA'S small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching ...
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American Dreams in China trumps Iron Man 3 at box office
off the top of the Chinese box office charts in the week ending on Sunday.The film, which tells the story of a trio of entrepreneurs who establish an English language training service, has pulled in 108 million yuan (about $17.6 million) since its Friday debut, China Film News reported on ...
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China warns EU against probe into telecom equipment
/enpproperty--> NEW DELHI - The interests of both sides would be hurt if the European Union (EU) goes ahead with an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into mobile telecommunications equipment from China, said a senior Chinese official on Tuesday. Telecom manufacturers of China and the EU have enormous interests in each other's markets and have broad cooperation, Chinese ...
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5.8-magnitude quake hits Taiwan
/enpproperty--> TAIPEI - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the area 190.1 kilometers to the southeast of Hualien County in Taiwan at around 4:25 pm Tuesday Beijing Time, according to Taiwan meteorological authorities. The epicenter, with a depth of 13.7 km, was monitored at 23.27 degrees north latitude and 123.31 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement. The tremor was slightly ...
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Mills investigated over tainted rice in C China
/enpproperty--> CHANGSHA - Three rice mills in Central China's Hunan province are being investigated after rice they produced was found to be contaminated with cadmium last week, local authorities said Tuesday. Three mills in Youxian County in the city of Zhuzhou were ordered to recall their products and suspend business operations, according to a statement by the county government. ...
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More tainted rice found in Guangdong
/enpproperty--> More tainted rice and rice products were found in the Shunde district of Foshan in Guangdong province, following a similar scandal in Guangzhou last week. Inspectors found nine batches of tainted rice during a district-wide inspection campaign, Guangzhou-based Nanfang Daily reported on Tuesday. The tainted rice in which cadmium, a carcinogenic heavy metal, was discovered in ...
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Beijing holds meeting for solutions to water crisis
/enpproperty--> An international meeting that gathered leading experts, practitioners, policymakers, and investors from China and abroad to promote natural solutions to the water crisis facing an urbanizing world was held in Beijing on May 16. Water resources are increasingly jeopardized by climate change, pollution, watershed degradation, and misuse, with 80 percent of the world now facing ...
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Burberry earnings tumble China sales boost revenues
(31 mins ago) Luxury label Burberry said annual net profits fell 3.4 percent after it took a large exceptional charge. Earnings after tax slid to £254.3 million in 12 months to the end of March, compared with net earnings of £263.3m in its 2011-12 financial year. Burberry's performance was hit by a one-off charge of £82.9 million linked to the termination of a fragrance ...
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Chinese Taiwanese tourists held in Ilocos
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, Philippines -- At least 52 Chinese and Taiwanese tourists were turned over to the Bureau of Immigration here early Tuesday after their presence in a resort in Vigan City in Ilocos Sur raised suspicions. Inspector Glen Dulay, deputy police chief of Vigan, said police were on routine inspection of beach resorts in Vigan on Monday when they chanced upon a big group of ...
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Chinese boats captain beaten by North Koreans released after 2 weeks hostage
The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for more than two weeks by armed North Koreans says the captors wore military uniforms, and that they beat up the boat's captain and stole its fuel. Owner Yu Xuejun says the captors eventually released the boat Tuesday without the ransom they had demanded. The incident was the latest irritant in relations between North Korea and a Chinese ...
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South Sudan Juba Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Oil Blockage
Juba - South Sudan on Monday summoned the Chinese ambassador to Juba to complain over an alleged blockage of the flow of its oil to international markets through Sudanese territory, government sources have said. Chinese companies dominate the South Sudanese oil industry having been welcomed into Sudan before the South seceded from the north in 2011 taking with 75% of the country's 500,000 ...
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In New Delhi Chinese Leader Promotes Trade Ties
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Chinas growth upsets Australian treasury forecasts
China's surprising growth in recent years has contributed to throwing Australian treasury economic and revenue forecasts out of whack, Secretary to the Treasury Martin Parkinson told economists at a budget briefing in Sydney Tuesday.The briefing was called to explain the context of errors in recent economic and revenue forecasts, which are currently undergoing extensive review.Parkinson ...
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India-China discussions specific without shying away from anything
International News: India and China held very "specific" discussions without "shying away from anything", External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here ...
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4 dead in C China crane collapse
Four people were killed and another seriously injured in a crane collapse on Tuesday morning in Central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said. The accident occurred around 10:30 am at a construction site in the village of Shuangli, Yuanan County, sources with the county government said. The roughly seven-story crane collapsed while being dismantled, killing three people on the ...
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Chinese premier calls for substantial progress in China-India cooperation
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh agreed Monday in New Delhi to further consolidate the Sino-Indian strategic cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity and to push for fresh and substantial progress in bilateral cooperation.In his meeting with Singh, Premier Li said China and India are important neighbors and partners by nature.He noted that ...
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China to Host Seventh Edition of Royal Trophy
(Reuters) - China will host the seventh edition of the Royal Trophy when holders Asia take on Europe in the annual team golf contest in December, organisers said on Tuesday. The continental fight will be held from December 20-22 at the Dragon Lake Golf Club in Guangzhou, the capital of the Guangdong province. Asia bagged their second title in a sudden-death playoff when the sixth edition ...
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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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