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China – People's Daily Online » Scandal-hit Foxconn sets sights inland
Inland cities are in fierce competition to be part of Foxconn Technology Group's huge repositioning plans, which were announced shortly after a series of suicides at the company's South China plants. Zhengzhou in Henan province, Wuhan in Hubei, Chengdu in Sichuan and Langfang in Hebei are all listed as possible locations by the world's largest contract electronics maker, whose operations … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Book on Chinese patent medicines soon
Over 9,000 traditional medicines made from Chinese herbs will soon have a textbook that will provide details on each one of them. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Merkel's birthday: one to remember
&$ &$German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Front) visits the Museum of Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 17, 2010. (Xinhua/Jiao Weiping)&$&$ From the terracotta warriors to the steamed buns, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's 56th birthday was a taste of traditional Chinese culture. On her fourth visit to China, which concluded on Sunday, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Two bodies found after coal mine floods in NW China
Two bodies had been found after 13 miners were trapped underground by a coal mine flooding in northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said Monday. As of 11 p.m. Sunday, two bodies had been discovered while the other 11 miners were still trapped at the Jijitaizi Coal Mine in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, said a spokesman of Jiuquan municipal government. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Beijing residents struggle to get on housing ladder
Even by tightening the purse strings and cutting out spending other than on necessities, the average Beijing resident would still need at least 25 years to buy an apartment, the latest report shows. The ratio between house prices in Bejing and the average annual income of its residents stood at 25:1 last year, according to an annual report on the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » As Shanghai sizzles, Expo still the hottest attraction
About 474,000 people braved the heat to visit the World Expo on Sunday, bringing the total number of visitors to the Shanghai event so far to more than 29 million. The hot weather is expected to continue throughout this week with temperatures climbing above 35 degrees Celsius, according to the city's weather bureau. Zhang Ruiyi, a chief service officer at … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Rain triggers landslide in NW China, casualties unknown
A landslide was reported Monday in a mountainous county of northwest China's Shaanxi Province after torrential rain, the local government said. Casualties were not immediately known. &$&$Source:Xinhua&$&~ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Experts to compile textbook on traditional Chinese patent medicine
Traditional Chinese patent medicine, including pills, capsules, and ointments made from Chinese herbal medicines, will soon have their own textbook, Beijing Huimin Health and Medical Development Foundation announced Friday. Entitled "Proper Use of Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine" , the textbook seeks to end the semi-anarchical state of traditional Chinese patent drugs by guiding doctors in their prescriptions, said Hui Lusheng, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Yangtze River water levels rise after rain
&$ &$Several vessels sail on the up-surging Yangtze River at the section of Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 27, 2010. The water level on the trunk stream of the Yangtze River in the Jiujiang section rose to 20.18 meters by 19 o'clock on the day, 0.18 meters above the alert level, with a corresponding flows rate as quick as … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 13 miners trapped underground after coal mine floods in NW China
Thirteen miners have been trapped underground and three others have been lifted to safety after a coal mine in northwest China's Gansu Province flooded Sunday, local authorities said. Sixteen miners were working down the shaft when the accident happened at the Jijitaizi Coal Mine in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, at 11: 30 a.m., the provincial work safety bureau said. The … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese State Councilor urges armed police to enhance their capabilities
State Councilor Meng Jianzhu Sunday called on China's armed police to enhance their capacity to tackle emergencies and terrorist attacks to ensure China's national security and social stability. Meng, also Minister of Public Security and first political commissar of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, made the remarks at a plenary meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese vice premier urges greater flood-fighting efforts during visit to Anhui Province
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Sunday urged greater flood-fighting efforts during his two-day visit to Anhui Province. Southern Anhui Province has since July 8 experienced its heaviest rains since 1999. Hui inspected anti-flood work in the seriously flooded areas of Bengbu and Anqing. He greeted soldiers, armed police, police and local residents. "Local governments at all levels must work all … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Top Chinese legislator, Swiss president agree to expand bilateral cooperation
&$ &$Wu Bangguo (L, Front), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, meets with Doris Leuthard (R, Front), President of the Swiss Confederation, in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 18, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo) &$&$ Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo and Doris Leuthard, president of the Swiss Confederation, held talks on Sunday and agreed to … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Huge solar station starts operation
The world's largest stand alone integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) project started transmitting power to the grid in Shanghai on Sunday in another move showcasing China's commitment to reduced carbon emissions. The 6.68-megawatt solar system can produce 6.3 million kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity per year to meet the needs of 12,000 Shanghai households. It will cut coal consumption by 2,254 tons, while … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Scramble to contain oil pipeline spill
&$ &$The view above an oil spill in the Yellow Sea on Saturday. An oil pipeline explosion in the coastal city of Dalian on Friday had created a leak that has been spewing into the sea. (Tian Jingyue / Xinhua)&$&$ Workers rushed to contain an oil spill covering up to 50 square kilometers from seeping further into the Yellow Sea … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Premier Wen reassures foreign investors
Premier Wen Jiabao reassured foreign business leaders on Saturday that China's investment climate was stable and said Beijing would not block the export of rare metals needed to manufacture computers and mobile phones. He made the comments while meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and business leaders from the two countries in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. "There is … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Three Gorges area faces 'biggest challenge'
The Three Gorges reservoir is expected to face its biggest challenge since its operation, with a major flood brewing at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, water authorities said on Sunday. The China Three Gorges Corporation forecast that floods as huge as those in 1998 will occur. The peak flow of the coming flood has been forecast at 70,000 … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » US report claims China shoots down its own satellite
For the second time in three years, China has shot down one of its dysfunctional satellites with a missile, US-based Foreign Policy magazine reported in its latest issue. The destruction of the satellite, which reportedly happened in January, shows China's defensive missile ability, the magazine said. China's Ministry of National Defense has yet to comment on the report. The reported … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Investigators looking into oil pipeline explosions in NE China port city
An investigation team has been established to examine the oil pipeline explosion that occurred in northeast China's coastal city of Dalian Friday, local authorities said Sunday. &$ &$Firefighters arrive at the oil pipeline blast site in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 16, 2010. Blasts hit two oil pipelines in Dalian on Friday. (Xinhua/Cai Yongjun)&$&$ The … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese Vice President stresses transformation of economic growth pattern
&$ &$Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L, front), who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with an worker at an ore wharf in Caofeidian port, Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, July 18, 2010. Xi Jinping paid an inspection to Tangshan from … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China scores big results on UN millennium goals
China's balanced development is helping it achieve the goals it set at the beginning of the millennium, said a representative of the United Nations. "With development its priority, China has set its own goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way," said Silvia Morimoto, deputy country director of United Nations Development Programme China. The millennium development goals … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Death toll from SW China flooding rises to 23, 30 still missing
At least 23 people have been killed and 30 are still missing as of Sunday evening after the worst rainstorm of the year lashed southwest China's Sichuan Province late Friday, the provincial civil affairs department said. &$ &$Photo taken on July 17 shows the trail of damage in Dazhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, which is hit by rainstorm. (Xinhua … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 28 killed in China coal mine accident
At least 28 workers were killed in a massive fire inside a coal mine in China, the authorities said Sunday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 26 missing after bus falls into China river
At least 26 people were missing after a bus in which they were riding plunged into a river in southwest China's Sichuan province Sunday, authorities said. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Britain outsources poppy wreaths from China
Many artificial poppy wreaths, including those used by British royal family on the annual Remembrance Day to commemorate war veterans, are outsourced from China, a media report said Sunday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese Mine Accidents Kill At Least 30
del.icio.us Accidents in three mines in China have killed at least 30 people and left 13 miners trapped.The official Xinhua news agency says all 28 workers in a mine in northwestern Shaanxi province d… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hyundai Heavy plans $48m venture in China
(MENAFN) Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world?s biggest shipbuilder, said that it is planning to invest $48 million building a wheel-loader factory in Shandong, China, to tap the fast-growing marke… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's influence on Pak pose security concerns for India
China's influence on an "unstable" Pakistan will grow further and the military and nuclear nexus between them will deepen in the coming years posing security concerns for India, a leading think-tank h… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Ford builds on China partnership
Jiangling, which is 30%-owned by Ford, currently operates two joint plants with the US car maker, with a combined annual capacity of 210,000 vehicles. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Birmingham win in Hong Kong
Hong Kong – English Premier League side Birmingham City endured an uncomfortable afternoon in hot and sticky Hong Kong Sunday, labouring to a 3-2 win in the opening game of their Far East tour. Gar… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Dozens of Outspoken Blogs Shut Down in China
(AP) Dozens of blogs by some of China's most outspoken users have been abruptly shut down while popular Twitter-like services appear to be the newest target in government efforts to control social net… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China crude pipelines explode, burn in Dalian port
July 17, 2010 Beijing – Chinese firefighters extinguished a blaze that raged for over 15 hours after two oil pipelines exploded in the northeastern port of Dalian, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday…. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Black Sticks hockey team upsets China
The New Zealand women's hockey team has scored a minor upset in the Champions Trophy in Nottingham, beating China 4-3 in the playoff for fifth and sixth. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 27 missing after bus ravine plunge in China – Summary
Beijing – Twenty seven people were missing, and eleven rescued, after a bus plunged off a cliff into a ravine in south- western China, state media reported Sunday.The vehicle was travelling from Ma'er… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Brit royal wreaths becoming more Chinese than British
Prince Charles has been asked to intervene after it was revealed that parts of the Prince of Wales's wreath have been made in China as part of drastic cost-cutting measures. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Rainstorm closes airport in Sichuan, strands 10,000
Photo taken on July 17 shows the trail of damage in Dazhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, which is hit by rainstorm. (Xinhua Photo) At least 10,000 passengers were stranded at an airport … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China, the big draw for IMAX
Raymond Zhou, film critic in China and writer for China Daily, said IMAX Corp realizes that technology alone will not be able to get people into theater seats. He said good movies are needed to make c… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese automakers aim high but have no illusions about global competitiveness
Becoming world famous could be a double-edged sword for a Chinese auto maker. Geely, for instance, became famous overnight after signing a binding deal worth 1.8 billion U.S. dollars in March to buy t… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » E-commerce boom continues in China as one in ten Chinese shops online
"We could not have survived five years ago because of the lack of a mature online payments system and the limited information dissemination back then," he added.According to the latest CNNIC… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 27 missing, 11 saved after bus falls into SW China river
Twenty-seven people were missing and eleven others were saved after a bus they were riding in fell into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday morning, latest information given by the em… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Owner detained after 28 miners killed in NW China coalmine accident
Police authorities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province confirmed Sunday that they had detained the owner of a coal mine where 28 miners were killed in an accident Saturday.All of the 28 miners who w… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's CNPC seeks to contain oil spill after Dalian pipe blast
China's largest oil company, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), sought to contain ocean pollution and other impacts from an explosion of two crude oil pipelines in the northeastern port of Dali… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China bus falls into river, 27 missing
A bus has plunged into a river in southwestern China, leaving 27 people on board missing and feared dead, state media says.Rescuers were able to save 11 others on Sunday morning.The official Xinhua Ne… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 23 dead as bus plunges off road in southwest China
BEIJING (AFP) – At least 23 people were killed Sunday when the passenger bus they were riding in fell off a mountainous road in southwest China, state press said.The accident occurred in Sichuan provi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Protest at Lead Contamination Suppressed
Several hundred people protesting at lead contamination outside a battery factory were set upon by more than 200 riot police, resulting in about 30 elderly people being injured. The protest in easter… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Internet TV Company Helps Break Beijing's Censorship
software platform enables sharing of video files and broadcasting of TV channels over P2P networks. Users with broadband access can, upon installation of the software, watch TV programs from across th… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Asian political parties hail CPC's poverty alleviation effort
Asian political parties said on Sunday they admire China's poverty alleviation efforts, giving credit to the Communist Party of China (CPC). Representatives of 55 political parties from the Asia-Pacific region made the comments in a proposal on the sidelines of a poverty alleviation conference. "We express our admiration for China's success in lifting hundreds of millions of people out of … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » A Better Life,' but not for dissidents
SHANGHAI — All along the highway from the airport in Shanghai, thousands of banners trumpet the city and the world exposition it's hosting this year. "Better City, Better Life," reads the expo theme… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan judicial chief resigns to take the blame for graft scandal
Taipei – Taiwan's judicial chief Sunday said he had resigned to take responsibility over a graft scandal implicating three judges and a prosecutor.The resignation of Lai In-jaw was accepted by Preside… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Premier Wen inspects Shaanxi Province
&$&$ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front, C) visits Shaanxi Huasheng (Group) Corp. Fruit Co. LTD in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 16, 2010. Wen inspected Shaanxi Province from July 16 to 18. (Xinhua/Fan Rujun) &$ 【1】 【2 … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 27 missing, 11 saved after bus falls into SW China river
Twenty-seven people were missing and eleven others were saved after a bus they were riding in fell into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday morning, latest information given by the emergency response center with Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed. The center said that the bus, registered in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, fell into Dajin River inside … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » CNPC vows to reduce impact of crude oil pipeline blast in Dalian
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) will do its best to reduce the impact of a crude oil pipeline explosion in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, CNPC told Xinhua Sunday. The fire has been extinguished and no casualties have been reported, according to CNPC, China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier. Oil has stopped leaking into … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Owner detained after 28 miners killed in NW China coalmine accident
Police authorities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province confirmed Sunday that they had detained the owner of a coal mine where 28 miners were killed in an accident Saturday. All of the 28 miners who were working in the shaft were killed when an underground cable caught fire at about 8:10 p.m. at Xiaonangou coal mine at Sangshuping Township of Hancheng … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » More than 300 people trapped, 12,000 evacuated as floods wreck havoc in SW China
More than 300 people remained trapped in flood and 12,300 others were evacuated as of early Sunday in rain-soaked southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, said local authorities. Information from the city's Tongnan County government said three townships — Chongkan, Tai'an and Baizi — and some other villages were flooded since 10 p.m. Saturday. Chongkan Township was out of contact due to … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » CPC discipline watchdog stresses collective decision-making to fight corruption in SOEs
The Communist Party of China (CPC)'s discipline watchdog has ordered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to improve their collective decision-making mechanisms to curb corruption and financial risk. The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and the Ministry of Supervision said in a statement Sunday that SOEs should work out detailed procedures for decision-making mechanisms. China said last week it would introduce … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Nixon's China policy remembered as his most significant achievement
Nixon's China policy was remembered as the most significant achievement in his presidency as politicians, family members and friends gathered Saturday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Richard Nixon Library and Museum. A panel discussion was held in Yorba Linda, Nixon's birthplace in California, by former Nixon Administration officials. Panelists said Nixon's China policy will be … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » German Chancellor concludes China visit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel left Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province Sunday morning, ending her fourth China visit since taking office. Merkel was in China between July 15-18 for an official visit at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. During her stay in China, Merkel held talks with Premier Wen, and also met with Chinese President Hu Jintao … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's National Beach Handball Championship to kick off
China's National Beach Handball Championship will kick off in Haiyang city of east China's Shandong Province Monday, announced the organizers in a press conference Sunday.The beach handball championsh… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Nixon's China policy remembered as his most significant achievement
Nixon's China policy was remembered as the most significant achievement in his presidency as politicians, family members and friends gathered Saturday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 27 missing after bus falls into China river
Twenty-seven people were missing after a bus they were riding in fell into a river in southwest China's Sichuan province Sunday, authorities said. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » New Refinery Planned for Lagos Free Trade Zone
LAGOS, Jul 18, 2010 (IPS) – Nigeria is a place where many more deals are announced than are ever completed. But July saw progress towards the construction of one of three new Nigerian refineries expec… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Outsmarting the West in Africa
CAPE TOWN, Jul 18, 2010 (IPS) – China's interest in Africa is frequently portrayed simply as that of a rising economic power seeking natural resources. Deborah Brautigam argues that this portrayal mis… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Bus plunges into ravine killing 23 in south-western China
China killing 23 people onboard, state media reported Sunday.The vehicle was travelling from Ma'er Kang County in Sichuan to the provincial capital Chengdu when the [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Jordan's exports to EU up by over 50% in first five months
Jordan's exports to the European Union (EU) countries increased by 52.6 percent during the first five months of 2010, compared to the same period of 2009, according to official figures.The Arab kingdo… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Myanmar stresses development of film, video industry
Myanmar Minister of Information U Kyaw Hsan has stressed the need for film and video producers to closely cooperate with the government's censor board to work for the development of the film and video… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » IMF, EU suspend review on emergency loan to Hungary
The IMF and EU decided on Saturday to halt a review on Hungary's funding program, warning that the current budget plan was not good enough and it should take further measures to improve poor fiscal co… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Senior PLA officer leaves for visits to Hungary, Belorussia
Jing Zhiyuan, commander of the Second Artillery Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), left Beijing Saturday for official visits to Hungary and Belorussia at the invitations of the two c… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Nikkei down 1.6% in morning trading
Tokyo stocks fell Friday morning with the key Nikkei down 1.60 percent.At 11 a.m., the benchmark Nikkei 225 Average shed 155.04 points to 9,530.49.The broader Topix index lost 11.31 points, or 1.32 pe… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 28 miners killed in China's coalmine accident
Twenty-eight miners were killed in a coalmine accident on Saturday in Hancheng City in China's Shaanxi Province. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » More than 300 people trapped, 12, 300 evacuated in China floods
The Chinese authorities have confirmed that more than 300 people are trapped in floods in China's Chongqing Municipality, while12, 300 others have been evacuated till reports came in last on Sunday morning. [Link]
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