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China Galaxy shares in hot demand on debut in HK
/enpproperty--> New shares in China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd were in hot demand on Wednesday, after it raised $1.1 billion in a much-anticipated Hong Kong IPO. The shares rose 11.3 percent at one point, before ending the day up six percent on its trading debut. The city's IPO drought has been broken by the new listing, along with that of Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co Ltd last ...
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Central Coast Mariners Asian Champions League campaign over after Guangzhou loss
China Central Coast had no answer to the talent assembled so expensively by Guangzhou Evergrande as the A-League champions tumbling out the Asian Champions League on Wednesday with a 3-0 defeat in China.Manager Graham Arnold had stressed the importance of keeping a clean sheet if his side was to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit in the round of 16, but Brazilian midfielder Muriqui put Guangzhou ...
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Pope urges Friday prayers for Church in China
On May 22, Pope Francis reminded his weekly public audience that the coming Friday, May 24, would be the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan, the day set aside by Pope Benedict XVI for prayer for the Church in China. Chinese Catholics traditionally make a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Sheshan, near Shanghai, on the feast day. Pope Francis urged Catholics throughout the world to join in prayer, to ...
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China milk powder firms court foreign cachet for domestic gains
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI | Wed May 22, 2013 4:59pm EDT SHANGHAI May 23 (Reuters) - The rolling green hills and gurgling blonde toddlers in the ads for Yashili International Holdings Ltd underscore how keen China's biggest milk powder producers are to appear global to emerge from the shadow of a fatal baby formula scandal. The 2008 incident, which involved melamine-tainted milk ...
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Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei’s New Musical Protest
We’re looking for the name of a famous Chinese landmark. It’s the big sports stadium in Beijing. The huge 80,000 seat venue is really an entertainment center. It has hosted winter carnivals with tons of imported snow, outdoor operas including a performance of Turandot, and international soccer matches. But it’s most famous as the main venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics in ...
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Sports Kenyan athletes rule Beijing track
Hillary Kipsang , who trains under Golazo Sports management, was too strong for his opponents as he led unprecedented top-four spots for Kenya. Kipsang, who boasts an impressive 8:07.71 personal best and the sixth world junior all-time, showed little respect for a classy line up that had world 3,000m steeplechase silver ...
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New Hong Kong Billionaire Horst Pudwill Emerges As U.S. Housing Recovery Boosts Power Equipment Exports
Horst Julius Pudwill, chairman of Techtronic Industries, is a new Forbes billionaire with a networth of $1 billion. (Image credit: Techtronic Industries)) Horst Julius Pudwill, chairman of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries, has emerged as a new billionaire as shares of the power equipment supplier surged by more than 100% in the past year. With the bulk of its manufacturing facilities in ...
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As China Prepares to Lead on Climate Crisis Will US Follow
"Such an important move should encourage all countries, and particularly the other large emitters such as the United States, to take stronger action on climate change" - Lord Stern, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, LSE ...
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China Pakistan to bolster ties
/enpproperty--> China and Pakistan said on Wednesday they will set up an economic corridor to further connect their two economies. The announcement came as ...
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Bombshell China May Be Close To Implementing A Cap On Carbon Pollution
seven cities and provinces , including Beijing, which will take part in the pilot program, set to be completely implemented by 2014. And according to one local news source, China could implement an absolute, nation-wide cap on its carbon emissions by 2016. China’s 21st Century Business Herald reported this week that the country’s State ...
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Philippines weighs move on China incursion
AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines is weighing what course of action to take in the wake of the latest Chinese incursion in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as the country asserted its capability to defend its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday that it was already coordinating with the Philippine Coast Guard ...
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Bob Lutz Chinese parts maker offer $20 million for Fisker sources
Wanxiang and VL Automotive are looking to buy Fisker, which has not built a car since July, through a prepackaged bankruptcy deal. A separate team of investors is looking to buy out the U.S. Department of Energy's position in ...
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Pope Francis has called on Chinese Catholics to affirm their loyalty to him and spread the word of God and prayed that they be allowed to live in accordance with their faith.
Pope Francis has called on Chinese Catholics to affirm their loyalty to him and spread the word of God, and prayed that they be allowed to live in accordance with their faith."I invite the Catholics of the world to come together in prayer with their brothers and sisters in China for the grace to humbly and joyfully announce Christ and be faithful to his church and to Peter's ...
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Visit shows unique ties envoy
Li Keqiang 's visit to Pakistan will give a major boost to economic links between the two countries, said Masood Khalid, Pakistan's ambassador to China. Li's decision to visit Pakistan during his first foreign trip soon after taking office bears testimony to the unique ties between Pakistan and China, Khalid told China Daily. "What many people do not know is that this is, ...
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Boosted trade would deepen friendship
/enpproperty--> Economic and trade cooperation between China and Pakistan should be boosted in the coming years thanks to their strong political and military ties, experts say. "Compared with political ties, bilateral trade cooperation between China and Pakistan is still weak and the two countries should further encourage their economic and trade cooperation and communication, based on ...
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North Korea frees Chinese fishing boa...
North Korea has freed Chinese fishing boat and its crew, the ship owner Yu Xuejun confirmed on May 21. 16 Chinese fishermen were missing after apparently been kidnapped by armed men from the North Korea two weeks ago. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is demanding that Pyongyang secure the release of the men. "China calls on the DPRK to deal with this in a proper manner, and to ...
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Hotel collapses in SE Chinas Fuzhou
An annex to a hotel building, which was under construction, collapsed in Fuzhou, Fujian Province Monday afternoon, burying dozens of cars parked ...
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China India in pledge to resolve bor...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves during their meeting in New Delhi, India, May 20, 2013. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) The Chinese and Indian premiers yesterday pledged to resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace. China and India will study new ways to ease tensions ...
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Could N. Korean envoy to China be turning point for foreign policy
Could N. Korean envoy to China be turning point for foreign policy? . MAY 23, 2013 04:21. . Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean ...
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Goldman Sachs edges out HSBC in the China bank race
A Goldman Sachs sign is seen over the company's trading stall on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, in this March 21, 2013, file photo. (Brendan ...
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Pricing talks fail in China-EU solar trade spat
Europe an Union (EU) by agreeing on the export price of the products have failed, Chinese trade body sources involved in the talks said on Wednesday. China and the EU had agreed that talks on such "price undertaking" would be held between representatives of the Chinese solar ...
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Chinas nature reserves exceed global average
/enpproperty--> The size of nature reserves in China reached almost 15 percent of the country's total land area by the end of 2012, exceeding the global average of 12 percent. Li Ganjie, vice-minister of environmental protection, announced the figure at a celebration of the 2013 International Day for Biological Diversity on ...
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Special envoy from DPRK arrives
DPRK 's Vice-Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, in Beijing on Wednesday. Ding Lin / ...
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Swiss leader looks to Beijing
/enpproperty--> A prosperous, stable and peaceful China is important to Switzerland and the world, according to President of the Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer. His comments come ahead of official visits by ...
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2nd WPT National China to kick off in Sanya this November
The 2013 China Poker Tournament (CPT), the 2nd WPT (World Poker Tour) National China is to kick off in Sanya in November. The 1st WPT National China, which was held at the MGM Grand Sanya at Yalong Bay last December, attracted many of the world’s best professional poker players, such as David Chiu and Johnny Chan as well as the famous American poker player Phil Hellmuth who has won a ...
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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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