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Trade dip caused by stronger yuan weak demand ministry
The slowdown in China's foreign trade growth in May was mainly caused by continuous yuan appreciation and sluggish overseas demand, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. Recent customs data showed that China's exports grew by only 1 percent year-on-year in May, down from the 14.7 percent increase in April, while imports fell by 0.3 percent in May compared with a 16.8 percent rise in ...
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Voice saying that China’s food safety problems have become a nationwide issue which harms the nation’s credibility
"One netizen said he would rather eat tainted imported food than eat domestic food. I was shocked by his remarks."Ning Gaoning, Chairman of the China National Cereals, Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation, saying that China's food safety problems have become a nationwide issue which harms the nation's credibility, quoted by the China Entrepreneur on ...
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State Minister for Internal Affairs Receives Chinese Ambassador
Manama, June 18 (BNA)-- State Minister for Internal Affairs Major General Adel bin Khalifa Al Fadhel received today Chinese Ambassador to Bahrain Lee Chen. They discussed bilateral relations and issues of common interest. The meeting was attended by Interior Ministry Undersecretary Major General Khalid Salim Al Absi. A O ...
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China hosts Middle East peace talks
BEIJING // The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations praised China's growing involvement in the Middle East peace process, saying it enhances the efforts of other nations and should continue to expand. Riyad Mansour made the comments yesterday during a UN conference hosted by China promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two-day forum is part of ...
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SW China province seizes 9.2 tonnes of drugs
Police authorities in Southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday said they captured more than 8,000 drug traffickers and seized 9.22 tonnes of drugs in the first five months of the year.The two figures are up 12.7 percent and 23 percent respectively from the same period a year ago, said Yan Shangzhi, deputy director of the Yunnan provincial public security bureau.Yunnan, which borders the ...
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Chinese premier meets Cubas first vice-president
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday met with Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel and pledged to further boost cooperation between the two countries.During the meeting, Li hailed the traditional friendship between China and Cuba.He highlighted their mutual support on national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and the paths of socialist development suitable to their ...
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Tourism can solidify China’s claims around beautiful Xisha
An eye-catching tourism cruise to the Xisha Islands, which China disputes with Vietnam, has been running for about two months. After its maiden tour in late April, Coconut Princess, the luxury ship that has carried hundreds of tourists and staff so far, is becoming a symbol of Xisha tourism. With the tour route being normalized on a regular basis, some questions have been raised, especially in ...
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I am not a spy for China says Snowden
A TV screen shows the news of Edward Snowden, former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a restaurant in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Snowden has declared that the American government will not be able to cover up his revelations about its vast data-collection programme ';by jailing or murdering ...
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HP shifts PC chief to China global focus
Todd Bradley steps down from HP's PC and printer unit to be replaced by Dion Weisler, a former Lenovo and Acer executive. HP is hoping the two can form an executive tag team to tackle China and ...
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On Saving Chinas Dying Languages
Phonemica project, an effort led by two foreign-born linguists to record native speakers in each of China's surviving languages, ensuring that their words will be understood after their passing. In this follow-up, I spoke to Kellen Parker, one of Phonemica's founders, about China's linguistic map -- and why preserving a language means preserving a history that may otherwise be ...
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ICICI Bank raises yuan 650 mn through bond sale
Big spenders are expectedly pampered, with credit card issuers and merchant outlets showering them with discounts. Now, ICICI and Axis Bank have expanded their offerings to cover savers as ...
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China tests U.S. academic freedom
>Editor's note: James Millward is professor of intersocietal history at the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of History, Georgetown University.(CNN) -- The Chinese legal advocate Chen Guangcheng, facing the end of his fellowship at New York University, has claimed that NYU is forcing him out due to Chinese pressure. NYU's participation in a complex deal to allow Chen to leave ...
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Anti-pervert hairy leggings all the rage in China
"Super sexy, summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings, essential for all young girls going out,"@HappyZhangJiang wrote in describing the item onChina's popular microblogging service, Sina ...
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Dolphin dies after China tourist abuse
BEIJING (AFP) - A dolphin has died in China after tourists hoisted it out of the water to pose with it for photographs, state media said Tuesday, provoking outrage online.Images posted online showed a group of tourists manhandling the grey creature, which washed ashore on a beach Sunday in the southern Chinese province of Hainan, the state-run Shanghai Daily reported, adding that it later died ...
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China builds worlds fastest supercomputer Tianhe-2
National University of Defense Technology in central China's Changsha city has designed the world's fastest supercomputer, which will double the speed of the US ...
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PN takes umbrage at PBS’s failure to report Chinese company’s blacklisting
PBS head of news Reno Bugeja was taken to task over TVM's failure to report the blacklisting of the Chinese company carrying out study on Gozo ...
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Chinese city dogged by criticism over dog-meat festival
Chinese volunteers rescue dogs destined for dog-meat restaurants. In China, dog meat is prized as a nutritious wintertime dish. Photograph: Quirky China News/Rex ...
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China’s trade ties deepen with Africa
Africa has long found itself on the wrong end of unbalanced trade relations with China, the US, the European Union and other major trading partners. And the current Sino-African trade structure is still in the developing stage, driven by resource endowments as well as labor and the technological conditions that underscore the differences between China and Africa. The relationship is thus a ...
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Chinese state councilor meets with Pacific Islands official
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Tuesday met with Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.Yang said during the meeting that China and member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum enjoy friendship and the relationship between them has soundly developed with close high-level contact and fruitful cooperation.He said China is willing to work with the ...
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Chinas health care costs increase official data
Health care costs in China increased in 2012 compared to that of the previous year, according to a statistics bulletin released on Tuesday by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC).The bulletin said in 2012 the estimated total cost of health care services in the country reached 2.89 trillion yuan (473.5 billion US dollars), a 18.8 percent rise compared to the previous ...
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China eyes early Geneva meeting on Syria warns against escalation
The priority for resolving the Syrian conflict is to hold the Geneva peace conference and avoid any action that may escalate tensions, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday."It is urgent to hold the second peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible and avoid any action that might escalate the situation," spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily press briefing.Hua's ...
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World Record 75-Carat Briolette Diamond Named Star of China
Tiffany Chen poses by a picture of the 75-carat Star of China diamond while wearing the gem after purchasing it for $11.15 million at Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale. The new owner of ...
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Rupert Murdochs Split Divorcing Wendi China Or Both
Murdoch's divorce spotlights News Corp's China reversal It's been relatively quiet in China these last few days due to the Dragon Boat holiday, so I thought I'd start the new week with a look at Rupert Murdoch's ongoing divorce with Wendi Deng and what it might mean for his ...
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Caravans to see rapid growth in China
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - The number of caravans in China is expected to increase by about 50 percent or more annually over the next three to five years, an industry expert said Tuesday. By 2015, the number of caravans in China will surpass 20,000 and may even reach 50,000 if the industry develops well, said Ye Shengji, deputy secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile ...
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Bus on way to tourist spot plunges off road into valley in western China killing 11
A bus carrying 35 people plunged into a valley in western China on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, state media reported. The accident happened Tuesday afternoon when the bus was traveling to a tourist spot near Changji city in the region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. A Changji police official, who only gave his surname, Ma, confirmed that the accident occurred but ...
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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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