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India China border experts will meet soon
Special representatives of India and China will meet soon to discuss their disputed border where Chinese incursion sparked tensions recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Speaking to the media jointly with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Manmohan Singh said that while India and China have had differences, relations had been built steadily in the more recent times. He said both ...
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Tibetans protest in Delhi hold Chinese premier responsible for self-immolations
Tibetan organisations are staging protests in different parts of Delhi against the three-day state visit to India of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Shouting slogans against the visiting Chinese dignitary, the Tibetans said they held Keqiang responsible for the spate of self immolations in their homeland. "Li Keqiang is responsible for the killings in Tibet. 117 self immolations have happened and ...
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Have good manners Chinese official to tourists
If you are a tourist in China, you better have "healthy and civilised" manners. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang Sunday stressed that efforts should be made to advocate "healthy and civilized" manners among tourists. Wang made the remarks during an inspection tour to central China's Henan province, just days after he advocated polite tourist behavior and stressed that a good image of Chinese ...
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Global prosperity not possible without development of India and China Premier Li Keqiang
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, on Monday said that global prosperity would not be possible without the simultaneous development of China and India. Keqiang, who received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning, told media that the combined population of China and India is a third of the world's population, and therefore, both ...
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China-Indias large potential makes West anxious Daily
China and India's combined potential are large enough to make the West anxious but there are "many weaknesses in the bilateral relationship", a state-run Chinese daily has said. Said the Global Times in an editorial Monday, the second day of Premier Li Keqiang's India trip: "As China's new premier, his selection of India for his first overseas trip has widely been interpreted as a sign that ...
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Washington’s hacking charges escalate pressure on China
Yesterday, top US officials and media made unsubstantiated allegations of hacking of US computer systems by a military unit in Shanghai, escalating tensions with China. ...
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Detained Chinese Fishermen Boat Released by North Korea
The official Xinhua news agency reported the development Tuesday, quoting a Chinese consular official in Pyongyang who spoke with the owner of the fishing boat. The official said the men were safe and on their way home, but he gave no other details. The owner of the boat says North Korea was demanding nearly $100,000 for the return of the boat and crew, which were taken May 6 in the waters ...
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Chinese climber Xiaoshi Li 58 dies from sickness while ascending Lhotse
A Chinese climber, Xiaoshi Li, 58, died in wee hours of Monday while attempting to climb Lhotse mountain in Sagarmatha region, expedition organizer said. "Li died due to sickness on his way to Lhotse peak," Nivesh Karki, manager of Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd., the expedition organizer said. Li had fallen sick two days ago. "Mr Xiaoshi Li, citizen of Republic of China got ...
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Annual fishing ban on South China Sea begins today
An annual fishing ban on the northern part of the South China Sea will begin on Thursday, aiming to further protect marine resources and promote environmental awareness among ...
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Hainan Airlines to launch Beijing-Chicago route on Sept 3
Economy-class passengers on the new route, which will initially use an Airbus 340, will be charged about 5,500 yuan ($895.4) for return tickets up to the end of ...
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China’s Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected
China president Xi Jinping AP FILE PHOTO BEIJING -- China’s new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the White ...
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China Jiangsu Commodities Exhibition opens in Osaka
China Jiangsu Commodities Exhibition 2013 kicked off on Tuesday in the western Japanese commercial city of Osaka, attracting more than 160 firms and manufacturers from the Chinese coastal province.The three-day event, held in "MyDome Osaka," a major exhibition hall in central Osaka, is mainly organized by the Japan-China Economic Relations and Trade Center in cooperation with the ...
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Chickens back on the menu in China
Panic over the spread of the deadly bird flu across China appears to be subsiding, with a few outbreak-hit provinces rolling back their high-alert state of readiness after reporting no new infections over the past two weeks. With experts expecting the impending summer heat to weaken the H7N9 virus, three eastern provinces - Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong - have announced that they will relax ...
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Anger in Taiwan spurs tough stance
For the first time in his life, says New Taipei City deputy mayor Lee Shu-chuan, he can finally "feel the existence of the government", thanks to its tough stance against the Philippines in the spat over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. "Honestly, this is the first time I can feel the government's existence," said Lee, who is from the same Xiaoliuqiu island ...
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Hijacked Chinese Vessel Leaves N.Korea - Agency
BEIJING, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - A Chinese fishing vessel seized by a group of North Koreans in Chinese waters about two weeks ago was released on Tuesday, China’s Xinhua news agency said. Xinhua quoted the ship’s owner as saying that the fishermen aboard the boat were "all safe on their way back." The boat, Liaoning Generic Fishing No. 25222, and its crew are from the ...
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Beijings Pollution Alarms Neighbors
Severe air pollution on Jan. 12 in Beijing, China. Air quality index levels were classed as "Beyond Index." (Photo: Hung Chung Chih, ...
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UPDATE 3-Goldman exits Chinas ICBC 7 years and billions later
Tue May 21, 2013 12:09am EDT * Goldman prices final tranche at top of marketing range * U.S. bank made initial investment in 2006 * Return on investment is almost 4 times original stake * ICBC shares drop 2 pct early on Tuesday By Fiona Lau and Elzio Barreto HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised $1.1 billion by selling its remaining shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank ...
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Chinese fishing boat crew released by North Korea
BEIJING -; The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been ...
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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishermen—Xinhua
BEIJING--North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, Chinese state-run media said Tuesday, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage and demanded a ransom. ';All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back,'; China’s Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from the ...
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No new H7N9 cases in China for a week—government
Electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the H7N9 virus which can take on a variety of shapes. . AP FILE PHOTO BEIJING--No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March. One previously infected patient died in the week beginning ...
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A glance at the Central China Expo 2013
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Is China Sending Its Treasurys Packing
Reports that China may step up the diversification of its huge foreign exchange reserves is not great news for U.S. Treasurys, already under pressure from talk about an easing in the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program. But, the fall-out from such a move is likely to be limited, analysts say. The body that manages China's currency reserves has set up an operation in New York to ...
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Central China Expo inks deals worth 447b yuan
/enpproperty--> A total of 435 contracts were signed at the eighth Central China Expo, yielding an investment value of 446.9 billion yuan ($72.7 billion), nearly triple that of last year's event, according to the expo's organizing committee on Monday. Investment mainly eyes emerging ...
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Gold price opens higher in Hong Kong -- May 21
/enpproperty--> HONG KONG - The gold price in Hong Kong went up HK$320 to open at HK$12,930 per tael on Tuesday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society. The price is equivalent to $1,398.67 a troy ounce, up $34.62 at the latest exchange rate of $1 against ...
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Taiwan engineer could pay US$13m for Samsung phone leak
An engineer may have to pay his former employer up to NT$400 million (US$13.32 million) in compensation after leaking photos of the Samsung Galaxy S III before its release last year. According 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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