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Chatter North Korea sends envoy to China
What's Kim Jong Un's boy doing in Beijing? Good question. North Korean state media announced the departure on Wednesday of one Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae for China. Not only is this ...
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Cirrus Aircraft Climbs To Post-Recession Heights With New Jet and Chinese Investment
Cirrus Aircraft CEO, "But as bad as we had it, we probably had it better than a lot of companies in this industry." Recent sales figures stand witness to the company's relative success. Cirrus ...
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Chinese rival bolsters search engine against Baidu with Alibaba partnership
IDG News Service - China's Baidu has long dominated the country's search market. But a local rival to the company is bolstering its own search services with the help of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. On Wednesday, Qihoo 360 appeared to debut ...
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China okays H7N9 test reagents for market entry
Two reagents used to conduct clinical tests for human infections of the H7N9 avian flu have been given approval to enter the Chinese market, according to the country's drug ...
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China Southern Boeing 787 due mid-year Aussie flights by years end
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China Gang Members Charged in Sex Video Blackmail Case
BEIJING, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Six gang members have been charged with blackmailing Chinese officials by recording videos of them having sex, the country’s official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing prosecutors. The six were charged with extortion on Monday by a court in the city of Chongqing, southwest China. The group set so-called "honey traps" to lure ...
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Feds 3 scientists took Chinese bribes
The three researchers were working on MRI technology at a U.S. university Their research was partially funded by a multimillion dollar National Institutes of Health grant Federal authorities allege that the three took Chinese money for their research The research went to a Chinese company and a government institution, authorities ...
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Taiwan OKs visit by NBI team
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA--The Philippine government finally got Taipei’s nod for it to send investigators to Taiwan to complete its investigation into the fatal May 9 shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in Batanes waters by the Philippine Coast Guard. But Justice Secretary Leila De Lima declined to tell reporters Wednesday when the National Bureau of ...
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China Platinum Imports Rise – Bullish Platinum and Palladium Fundamentals
Today's AM fix was USD 1,385.25, EUR 1,071.43 and GBP 917.75 per ounce. Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,378.75, EUR 1,070.21 and GBP 908.39 per ounce. Gold fell $6.50 or 0.47% yesterday to $1,377.80/oz and silver finished down 0.56%. The fundamentals of the platinum and palladium markets are beginning to receive market attention and not before time. The positive supply demand dynamics are ...
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China-Pak ties will flourish come what may Li
Swift Dzire may have been launched as an offshoot to Swift, but in Apr it overtook its sibling for the first time to become country’s 2nd-highest sold ...
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Police sorry for video mocking homeless
/enpproperty--> Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless in what the city's police department this week called an "ugly piece" of its history. Interim Chief Jim Pugel, who is implementing sweeping reforms in the wake of a 2012 US Department of Justice report that found the ...
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N. Korea special envoy in China meeting
BEIJING (AFP) - A top North Korean general and confidant of leader Kim Jong-Un met a senior Chinese official in Beijing Wednesday, with relations between the allies strained ahead of a China-US summit.Choe Ryong-Hae, director of the Korean People's Army politburo, is a "special envoy" of the North's young leader, Pyongyang's official news agency said.He met Wang Jiarui, ...
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Old School Chinese Espionage Behind Alleged NYU Theft
NEW YORK-- Charges against three researchers at New York University provide an example of what experts call a classic example of Chinese espionage. Yudong Zhu, Xing Yang, and Ye Li allegedly provided a Chinese company with information on federally-funded research they were conducting. Following an FBI investigation, Zhu and Yang were arrested, and Li is believed to have fled to China. They are ...
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Sinkhole Kills 5 Factory Workers in South China
A huge sinkhole opened up on Monday evening in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, killing at least five men. The 10-meter-wide chasm formed near the gates of Huamao Industrial Park, when many factory workers were changing shifts, according to the Guangming Daily. Local authorities have so far identified four of the five people who died, and another man who fell in was rescued, the ...
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People and Funds Surge Out of China
The number of Chinese purchasing property in Western countries and transferring their money out of China, both legally and illegally, has been significantly increasing since ...
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Chinese premier visits Pakistan praises ties
A man walks next to huge portraits of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, left, displayed near the presidency in Islamabad, Pakistan. Keqiang will arrive in Islamabad on May 22 on a two day official visit to hold talks with Pakistani leadership to discuss international, regional issues and enhance co-operation in bilateral ties. (AP Photo/Anjum ...
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China demand drives Asian gold bar premiums to record highs
- Premiums for gold bars hit a record high in Asia on Wednesday as lower spot prices lured more buyers, mainly in China, the world's second biggest consumer of the precious metal, amid tight physical ...
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Pope Francis calls for loyalty from Chinese Catholics
Pope Francis greets the faithful in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, after celebrating a Pentecost mass. AP FILE Photo VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called on Chinese Catholics on Wednesday 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 ...
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A preview of Art Basel in Hong Kong
An installation "Log Lady & Dirty Bunny" by US artist Marnie Weber is displayed during a preview of the first Art Basel in Hong Kong May 22, 2013. Founded by gallerists in 1970, the Art Basel is an international art show which has been held annually in Basel and Miami Beach. Its debut in Hong Kong features modern and contemporary artworks by more than 2,000 artists from Asia and ...
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2 Chinese died climbing summits in Nepal
/enpproperty--> KATHMANDU - Thirty climbers from China, 24 male and 6 female have been registered to scale various summits this spring but two of them have already died, officials said on Wednesday. Li Xiaoshi, 58, from Taiwan, died while attempting the 8,516-meter-tall Lhotse Mountain. ...
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China makes record investment in outbound mergers PwC
(31 mins ago) The total value of China's outbound mergers and acquisitions in 2012 reached a record-high US$65.2 billion (HK$506 billion), marking a five-fold increase from US$10.3 billion in 2008, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report said Wednesday. Since 2009, China has been leading the trend among emerging markets in carrying out mergers and acquisitions in the markets of developed ...
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Profit growth moderates for China state firms in Jan-April
BEIJING (Reuters) - Profit growth at China's state-owned companies cooled in the first four months of the year, government data showed on Wednesday, underscoring a faltering recovery in the world's second-biggest economy. The Finance Ministry ...
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Lis visit to further boost TCSs biz in China
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to TCS headquarters in Mumbai and his promise to open up his country's services industry may further boost the Indian IT major's forays in the communist nation. China's service industry will be more open to the world, which will bring increasing opportunities for foreign companies, including ones from India, Li said while speaking during his ...
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Taiwans UMC sets up RD centre in Singapore
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading microchip maker, Wednesday said it has spent $110 million setting up a research and development unit in Singapore.The unit will undertake R&D collaborations with local research institutes, such as Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics, the company said in a statement.UMC is the world's third ...
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Hong Kong stocks end down 0.45
HONG Kong stocks have closed down 0.45 per cent despite a strong lead from Wall Street, as dealers wait for testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on the US economic outlook. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Wednesday lost 105.29 points to 23,261 on turnover of $HK52.41 billion ($A6.92 billion) after the morning session was cancelled because of a heavy rainfall warning. In the ...
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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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