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British Embassy in China establishes countdown clock for London Olympics
British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ...
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Six Chinese sailors to attend Clipper Round World sailing race
Six Chinese amateur sailors will embark on the yacht named Qingdao to attend the 2011-2012 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, local sports administration said Wednesday. The six sailors, who are manager, journalist, college student and private entrepreneurs, took training for several months in Qingdao city and two-week training in England, said Lin Zhiwei, head of local sports general ...
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Chinese paddlers head for another Olympic sweep with sweet trouble
Counting down a whole year for the 2012 London Olympic Games, the all-time leading Chinese table tennis team gives a priority to who to be sent rather than how to repeat a clean sweep. In the six previous Olympic Games which had table tennis competition since 1988, China have collected all four medals in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008. And just like what they did before last Games on ...
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Chinese swimmers expect breakthrough at London Games
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chinese swimmers have claimed obvious improvement and aim to make breakthroughs at the 2012 London Olympic Games. China won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals three years ago at the Beijing Games, and they moved up to take four golds and two silvers at the 2009 Rome world championships. The Chinese team are taking part in the 14th FINA World ...
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Chinese divers dont dream of gold sweep in London
Chinese divers are happy with 16 full Olympic berths from the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships here in Shanghai, but they never dream of a clean gold sweep in London, team manager Zhou Jihong said here on Wednesday. Chinese divers swept a record of 10 golds medals on offer from the worlds, opening a new era in the diving history during the eight-day diving competition from July. 16-24. ...
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Last-four berths fixed China finish 15th
The men's water polo last-four berths were produced while hosts China finished 15th here on Tuesday evening at FINA World Championships. Hungary, Serbia, Croatia and Italy will vie for the final tickets on Wednesday. Hosts China greeted their first win at FINA worlds by beating South Africa 9-4 to take the 15th place among all the 16 participants. Tying on 7-7 after three periods, Beijing ...
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China North Korea Willing to Resume 6-Party Nuclear Talks
China says a North Korean official has expressed a willingness to return to long-stalled six-party talks on dismantling his nation's nuclear weapons program. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said top North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan made the comment Wednesday in a meeting with Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui in Beijing. In an article posted on its website, the ...
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Designer e-tailer Fab.com raises $150-million on planned launch in China
New York City-based Fab has raised more than $310-million in total since it was founded about two years ago. Also joining as a new investor was Japan's Itochu. Also participating in the new round were existing investors Atomico, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, RTP Capital, Pinnacle Ventures, Lars Hinrichs, and Docomo Capital. Fab's last funding round a year ago valued the company ...
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China Vietnam agree to set up hotline
BEIJING -; China and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to set up a hotline to resolve fishing incidents in disputed South China Sea waters that have been a frequent source of tensions between the two ideological ...
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Bolivia and China Sign Millionaire Agreement
La Paz, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Bolivia and China will sign today a bilateral cooperation agreement aimed at financing projects for development with a cost of near $10 million USD, said the foreign ministry. According to the communique, the Bolivian minister of Foreign Relations, David Choquehuanca, and Chinese Ambassador in Bolivia, Li Dong, will be in charge of the signing ...
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Former Chinese Official Convicted of Raping 11 Children
Beijing, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) A former official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Yongcheng was executed for the rape of 11 underage girls, reported sources of the Provincial Court of Justice of Henan. Li Xingong was arrested in May 2012 on charges of violating several teenagers from halfaway through the last year and popular intermediate court of justice of Shangqiu City, also in ...
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Intl Meeting on Israel-Palestine Peace Process Concludes in Beijing
Beijing, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) China today urged to seek a gradual and pragmatic solution in order to reach tangible results in the complex peace process between Israel and Palestine, during an international meeting sponsored by the United Nations in this capital. This annual UN meeting to promote peace between Israel and Palestine concluded in Beijing today, organized by the UN for the first ...
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GM sets big China goal
General Motors Co said Wednesday it aims to quadruple its share of China's luxury auto market to 10 percent by 2020 as the US automaker launches new Cadillac models and expands its distribution network in the world's largest car market.GM, which also sells brands including Buick and Chevrolet in China, has prioritized Cadillac sales as it battles for market share with other luxury ...
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Starbucks to move first Chinas store
Starbucks Corp on Wednesday denied media claims that high rental and labor costs had forced the company to close the first Starbucks in the Chinese mainland at China World Trade Center (CWTC) phase I, a building located in downtown Beijing.The company said in an e-mail to the Global Times Wednesday that the store will be moved to a bigger location at CWTC phase III in order to provide customers ...
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TTIP may back China into a corner
US President Barack Obama and top leaders within the European Union (EU) will sit down next month to negotiate the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which could lead to the creation of the world's largest free trade agreement in history.An integrated market between the US and the EU will further elevate the influence of these two already-formidable entities on world ...
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Chinese president meets UN chief
President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Xi said people around the world have pinned their hopes on the UN on multiple occasions, as it has conducted a number of important missions.Profound and complicated global changes require all UN members to work together to address difficulties and challenges, Xi said.Xi called for the UN to uphold peace and development, ...
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Chinese bank opens credit line for Ukraine
The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) has opened a credit line of 372 million US dollars for Ukraine to fund the "Air Express" project, Ukraine's State Agency for Investment and National Projects said on Wednesday.The "Air Express" project is Ukraine's biggest infrastructure project with private investments since 1991, said Vladyslav Kaskiv, the head of ...
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Chinese state councilor meets with president of Lions Clubs
Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong on Tuesday met with Wayen A Madden, president of the International Association of Lions Clubs.During the meeting, Wang commended the Clubs' charity efforts in China and voiced hope for the association to strengthen cooperation with the China Disabled People Union.The two sides need to enhance communication and make contributions to China's charity ...
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Chinese threatens death penalty for serious polluters
China makes fresh promises on air pollution Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases, state media said, as the government tries to assuage growing public anger at environmental desecration. An increasingly affluent urban population has begun to object to China's policy of growth at all costs, which has fuelled the economy ...
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Manny Ramirez quits Taiwans EDA Rhinos
American baseball legend Manny Ramirez quit Taiwan's EDA Rhinos Wednesday, breaking local fans' hearts just three-months after joining the team despite being the highest paid player in the league's history. The 12-time All-Star had boosted attendance in the island's once-struggling Chinese Professional Baseball League as well as hitting the second-highest number of home-runs ...
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China dog meat festival under fire
A FESTIVAL dedicated to dog meat in southern China has been targeted by protesting animal lovers, who have won a minor concession from local officials, an activist ...
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Chinese buy UK yacht maker plan luxury London hotel
17/05/2013 10:51 CET Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is betting big on the British luxury market. It is to spend the equivalent of 370 million euros to buy UK yacht builder Sunseeker. Its cheapest boats cost over 450,000 euros and the priciest sells for 23 million euros. Set up in the 1970s, Sunseeker employs around 2,300 people in and around Poole on the south coast of England. ...
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Hoping to engage a cynical public Chinas Communists launch 1-year campaign echoing Mao
In this June 18, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's President Xi Jinping addresses a conference on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) campaign aimed at boosting ties between CPC members and the public, in Beijing. China’s leadership wants to show a cynical public that it’s modernizing and serious about graft, but it ...
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China and Cuba seek greater cooperation
Xi Jinping said his country would like to work more closely with Cuba on international and regional issues. Xi told Cuba's visiting first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, that China would like to forge a good partnership with Latin American and Caribbean nations, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader called for stronger cooperation between China and Latin ...
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China eager for Iranian nuclear talks
The Chinese government expects peaceful nuclear negotiations will continue through multilateral dialogue with Iran, a government spokeswoman said. Iranian delegates joined officials from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany in a second round of nuclear negotiations in Kazakhstan in April but made few breakthroughs. February talks in Kazakhstan included efforts to ...
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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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