Death toll in Shaanxi landslide rises to 17
THE death toll of a landslide in northwest China's Shaanxi has risen to 17 by this morning, as 11 others were still missing. The landslide that occurred at 1:30 am yesterday buried 44 villagers in 15 homes in... |
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Professor charged over 'wife-swap' parties
A PROFESSOR in east China's Jiangsu Province has been charged with assembled pruriency after allegedly operating an online partner-swapping community that organized 22 illegal orgies. The professor, 53, surnamed... |
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Governor won't apologize for row with reporter
THE governor of Hubei Province has refused to apologize for threatening a reporter who raised an "improper" question and confiscating her Dictaphone on the sidelines of this year's National People's Congress meeting.... |
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Man abandons sick baby in dustbin
POLICE in central China's Hubei Province have detained a 30-something man who had allegedly abandoned his ill newborn son in a dustbin. A cleaner dumped burning charcoal on him before realizing the boy was alive,... |
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Wipe out property corruption, urges advisor
CHINA should take a hard line to wipe out entrenched corruption in the property industry to curb overblown house prices, suggests a top Chinese political advisor. Ren Yuling, a Counselor of the State Council, said... |
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City governments fined for Yellow River pollution in Shaanxi
THE governments of Xi'an and Xianyang, two major cities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, have been fined a total of 500,000 yuan US$73,530 for polluting a tributary of the Yellow River, China's second longest... |
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Executives facing new strict rules on bonuses
CHINA yesterday unveiled stricter rules for bank executives aiming to avoid the bonus-driven, risk-taking culture that dominates Wall Street and triggered the credit crunch. Senior bank executives' performance-related... |
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China's industrial added value up 20.7% in Feb.
CHINA'S industrial added value went up 20.7 pct in February year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics NBS announced today. |
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Expo's world of opportunities
SHANGHAI targets faster growth in retail sales and steady foreign investment this year with the World Expo set to create a lot of new opportunities in the city, a senior government official said yesterday. The... |
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Canon Inc Printers to be made in China
CANON Inc, the world's biggest camera maker, plans to move printer production to China for the first time, the Japanese-based firm said in Shanghai yesterday. Canon, which manufactures printers in Thailand and... |
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OPEC ups estimate of global oil demand
WORLD oil demand is projected to grow by 900,000 barrels per day in 2010, OPEC said yesterday, upping its previous month's forecast while cautioning that the increase is hinged on a sustained global economic rebound,... |
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Consumers slow to pick up on 3G
CHINA'S 3G phone sales will grow steadily to reach almost 40 percent of total sales in 2013 because Chinese consumers need more time to become familiar with it and more aware of what a 3G service has to offer, according... |
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China's PPI up 5.4% in Feb.
THE producer price index PPI, a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, rose 5.4 percent in February from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics NBS announced today. It quickened from... |
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Inflation fears drive down index
SHANGHAI'S key stock index ended lower today on fears that February's consumer price index to be released tomorrow will show more inflationary pressure. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.66 percent,... |
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China's CPI rises 2.7% in Feb.
CHINA'S consumer price index CPI, a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.7 percent year on year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics announced today. |
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Firms flock to Kangqiao zone
TWENTY companies from home and abroad have signed contracts to invest more than US$956 million to build their regional headquarters and research centers in the Kangqiao Industrial Zone in Shanghai's Pudong New Area. ... |
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Phone firm takes 20% bank stake
CHINA Mobile has agreed to buy 20 percent of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for 39.8 billion yuan US$5.8 billion to become the second-biggest share holder of the joint stock bank. The deal quenches the bank's... |
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Food show set to break records
A RECORD number of exhibitors and visitors are expected at SIAL China 2010 in Shanghai with food producers confident of rising market demand as China's economy recovers. Organizers say the international food and... |
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It's Warcraft in the courtroom
WORLD of Warcraft Chinese carrier The9 Ltd took WoW developer Blizzard Entertainment to court yesterday, suing it for 12 million yuan US$1.76 million in losses. Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court was... |
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