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China – People's Daily Online » IMF: China's economic growth will stay robust
The International Monetary Fund reported on July 27 that China's economy is expected to maintain strong growth and its recovery has "significant positive spillovers" to the region and the world economy as a whole. It said that the authorities' quick, determined and effective policy responses helped mitigate the impact on the economy and ensured that China played a leading role … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Average starting salary of college grads rises to 2,300 yuan
After a two-year downturn due to the international financial crisis, the starting salary of China's college graduates is starting to rebound. Data from related human resources companies shows that the starting salary of college graduates averages more than 2,300 yuan in 2010, an increase of 16 percent from a year earlier. The average starting salary in Beijing stands at nearly … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China to open flood gates, divert flood on swollen branch of Yangtze River in central China
&$ &$Reporters wait in front of the sluice of Dujiatai flood diversion project in Xiantao, central China's Hubei Province, July 28, 2010. The Dujiatai flood diversion project was prepared to divert flood in an attempt to release the flood pressure for the lower reaches of Han River including Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province. More than 5,000 people in the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China, Japan conduct first round of negotiation on East China Sea issue
&$&$Video: China, Japan to begin talks on East China Sea&$&$ China and Japan on Tuesday conducted the first round of negotiation on the implementation of the principles of consensus concerning the East China Sea issue. Present at the talks were Ning Fukui, director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Boundary and Ocean Affairs Department, and Akitaka Saiki, director … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Car accident victim donates all her organs
&$ &$Luo Lirong's photo before she died. (Photo by CCTV)&$&$ 21-year-old Luo Lirong's life came to an end after eight days in a coma in the hospital after she was hit by a high-speed running bus on the morning of July 7. The girl's family made an amazing decision to donate all her five kinds of organs after her death. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Death toll from central China bridge collapse rises to 37, 29 still missing
&$ &$Armed policemen ferry local residents with a speed boat at the lower reaches of collapsed Yihe River Bridge in Luanchuan County, central China's Henan Province, July 27, 2010. The Yi River Bridge collapsed at about 5 p.m. Saturday in Luanchuan County, plunging 42 people on it into the rushing waters. (Xinhua/Zhao Peng)&$&$ The death toll from a bridge collapse … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Flood rescue comes first for top cop
&$ &$Hu Weiyi: "I'm first a policeman, then a husband, a son and a brother." (Source: China Daily)&$&$ On July 19, Guang'an, Sichuan's easternmost city, experienced its worst flooding since 1847. It inundated almost every building in the city's old district. Timely excavation and rescue efforts posed a great challenge for local policemen – especially Hu Weiyi. Excessive rain in … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Zoo death sparks rising animal welfare concerns
Despite the sudden death of a giant panda in an East China zoo last week, such animals living in captivity are well protected, a senior official said, seeking to allay public concerns. "The death was just a single accident and pandas currently under captive breeding and raising are well taken care of," Zhang Hemin, director of the Wolong Nature Reserve … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's Three Gorges Dam stands test of another peak flood
China's Three Gorges Dam on the swollen Yangtze River is experiencing another test as flood flows peaking at 56, 000 cubic meters per second, the greatest peak flood of the year, arrived at the dam at 8 a.m. Wednesday, engineers said. The dam buffered the flood by discharging water at a rate of 40,000 cubic meters per second, holding up … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's Three Gorges Dam stands test of another peak flood
China's Three Gorges Dam on the swollen Yangtze River is experiencing another test as flood flows peaking at 56, 000 cubic meters per second, the greatest peak flood of the year, arrived at the dam at 8 a.m. Wednesday, engineers said. The dam buffered the flood by discharging water at a rate of 40,000 cubic meters per second, holding up … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Man detained over death of panda in east China
A man was detained Monday night in relation to the death of a panda last Thursday in Jinan City of east China's Shandong Province, municipal police said Tuesday. Workers, hired by the 48-year-old suspect surnamed Yang, were disinfecting a former air-raid shelter when toxic gas leaked through an air-pipe to the nearby panda house of Jinan Zoo, poisoning the bear … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Senior Chinese official urges reform of cultural sector
Senior Chinese official Li Changchun called for stepped-up efforts to reform the countries cultural sector at a meeting held recently and joined by publicity and culture chiefs from China's central government. Li also urged more progress to be made in the development and prosperity of China's cultural industries. Li, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Communist … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » People flee homes after gas leak
More than 1,000 local residents were evacuated from their homes in Guangyuan, Sichuan Province, Monday night after a liquid chlorine tank sprang a leak at a swimming pool, poisoning several people with dangerous chlorine gas. The tank contained 250 kilograms of liquefied chlorine, used to sterilize the swimming pool at East Hill Park in the Lizhou district. The cause of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Yao says might retire if foot does not heal
&$ &$Yao Ming of the NBA's Houston Rockets attends a news conference in Taipei July 27, 2010. Yao is in Taiwan for a charity basketball game at the Taipei Arena on July 28. (Photo:chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)&~ The Houston Rockets center, who missed last season after surgery on his left foot, also confirmed that he was unlikely to play in the London Olympics … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China bans 'shame parades' of prostitutes
China will end the public shaming of prostitutes by parading them through the streets, the People's Daily reported on Tuesday, following controversy over cases in which were paraded in public. Ministry of Public Security has ordered the police to stop parading suspects in public and has called on local departments to enforce laws in a "rational, calm and civilized manner," … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Dozens of Chinese workers held by Philippine police
The dozens of Chinese workers being held by police at a Philippine mine are safe, China's embassy in Manila said on Tuesday. The workers have been held since Thursday at a chromite mine in Masinloc, 150 km northwest of the capital. According to Wang Xiaobo, Chinese consul to the Philippines, 108 workers are being held. Other media have reported 80 … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » At least 6 die, 18 missing in mud-rock flow in NW China
&$ &$Photo taken on July 27, 2010 shows the house destructed in mud-rock flow in Qiaoergou Village of Shanyang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The rain-triggered mud-rock flow hit Qiaoergou Village on July 24, burying 29 people. As of Tuesday, six people were killed, five were seriously injured and 18 remained missing. About 530 villagers have been evacuated. (Xinhua/Chen Changqi)&$&$ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » High-level dialogue set for CPC, US parties
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is scheduled to hold a high-level dialogue with the Democratic Party and Republican Party in the United States by the end of this year, a senior CPC official has said. A US bipartisan delegation has extended an invitation for the CPC to attend the event, said Li Jun, spokesman for the International Department of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's Zijin faces limit on gold mining after polluting river
Zijin Mining Group Co., China's leading gold producer, has been asked to restrict the mining of gold after its copper mine polluted a river in east China's Fujian Province, according to a statement on the Shanghai Stock Exchanges on Tuesday. The local government of Shanghang County, where Zijin is headquartered, made the decision to limit the company's output to a … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese courts told to listen more to public
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China on Tuesday urged courts across the country to accept scrutiny by the press and general public. The courts must constantly listen to the public so they can carry out their work in a better way, Shen Deyong, executive vice president of the SPC, told a national conference on the publicity work of courts. … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Landslide in China leaves 21 missing
A landslide in southwestern China left 21 people missing on Tuesday as torrential rains forced officials to shut boat traffic through the Three Gorges Dam as they braced for a new flood crest.China ha… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » More torrential rain in southern China. Three Gorges Dam at risk
Beijing (AsiaNews / Agencies) – The weekend’s torrential rains are threatening Three Gorges Dam on the Yagntze river. The Chinese government today announced that the waters upstream of the dam w… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Beijing to end shaming criminals in public
Beijing – The Ministry of Public Security has decided that police will no longer humiliate offenders by exposing them to public scorn, the Global Times reported. The decision to stop the public … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » WoW Expansion Closer To China Approval
China's online gaming community is on pins and needles, waiting to see whether a major upgrade to one of the most popular online games ever, World of Warcraft (WoW), will make it past an army of censo… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » More than 10 Singaporean firms to list on Taiwan bourse
Taipei, July 27 (CNA) More than 10 Singaporean companies will get listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) bourse GreTai Securities Market (GTSM) in coming months after signing an agreement with GTSM… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Google Cuts Ties With China Ad Agents
Google's woes in China appear to be worsening, despite the government's recent renewal of its Internet license. The company said Monday that it had cut ties with two of its Chinese advertising agents,… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Lead poisons the blood of 84 children in Yunnan
Beijing – More than 80 children have been poisoned by lead from illegal smelters in Heqing county, Yunnan province. Local authorities announced that routine health tests performed in July showed… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties
TAIPEI, Taiwan U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quietly pleased Asian… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties
By PETER ENAVASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's l… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Six die, 18 missing in China mud-rock flow
At least six people were killed and 18 remained missing after a mud-rock flow hit a mountain village in China's Shaanxi province, authorities said Tuesday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quietly pleased Asian cou… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Crescent Announces Sale of Proprietary GPS Tracking Devices Into East Africa
CCTR ) today announced the Company's original design manufacturing (ODM) subsidiary, Shenzhen Newbao Technology Co. Ltd., recently completed the sale of its proprietary GPS tracking devices to a confi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Adam Roseman Presents as Keynote Speaker at 2nd China International Fund of Funds Summit 2010
BEIJING–(Marketwire – July 27, 2010) – Adam Roseman, Founder and Managing Director of ARC China, presented as a keynote speaker at the 2nd China International Fund of Funds Summit 2010, where he spok… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Wifi chip co Celeno in Shanghai Telecom deal
Celano Communications Inc. will provide Chinese telecommunications provider FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd. Wi-Fi system-on-a-chip for optical network gateways for IPTV streaming. Th… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Daimler raises earnings forecast as sales pick up in China and US
Mercedes Benz cars, said Tuesday it had raised its 2010 operating profit forecast to 6 billion euros (7.8 billion dollars) as sales for luxury vehicles pick up in both China and the United States.The … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quietly pleased Asian… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Merck pairs up with Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm
NEW YORK — Merck and Co. said Tuesday it will team up with Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm to market vaccines and potentially other drugs. Merck will form a joint venture with Sinopharm, cooperatin… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese Communist Party official admits killing mistress
BEIJING: A former Chinese Communist party official confessed on Tuesday during a court trial in east China's Zhejiang Province that he killed his mistress. The hearing of Xie Zaixing, 48, was he… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties
Clinton spoke less than 48 hours before American and South Korean warships started high-profile military exercises in the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, and the criticism is raising fears that long-… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Fires cause 155 deaths in China so far this year
China's Work Safety Committee Office of the State Council said Tuesday fires have claimed 155 lives so far this year in the country, up 82 percent from the same period last year. China reported 41 serious fires so far this year, up 71 percent year on year, according to the office. A residential building fire left 12 people dead and … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Baby boom for giant pandas, with three cubs born in two days
Southwest China's Sichuan Province, home to the endangered giant pandas, has experienced a "baby boom" for the endangered species with three cubs born in two days. Ju Xiao, an eight-year-old panda, gave birth to twins Tuesday at Ya'an reserve under China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong. The cubs were born at 10:49 a.m. and 12:35 p.m. respectively, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Gang boss gets death sentence in southwest China
A ringleader was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve Tuesday for gang-related crimes in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Yang Jue, 32, was convicted of organizing gang crimes, intentionally injuring people, illegal gun trafficking and other crimes, according to the verdict handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Beihai City. In addition, 32 members of the gang … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 4.8-magnitude earthquake hits Tibet
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit Tibet at 6:14 p.m. Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was located at 30.4 north latitude and 94.8 east longitude, with a depth of 9 km, it said. No casualties has been reported. &$ &$Source: Xinhua&$&$ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese stamp auction to be held in HK
&$&$ Photo taken on July 27, 2010 shows a stamp called "The Red Lady in a Green Dress" with a presale estimate of 8 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, south China. Hong Kong-based Interasia Auctions will hold a Chinese stamp auction in Hong Kong on July 31 to Aug. 1. The auction boasts of over 2,200 lots of … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Tri-Tech Holding Announces Agreement to Acquire Beijing Satellite Science & Technology Co.
pollution control markets, announced today that it has entered into a definitive equity purchase agreement to acquire all the equity of Beijing Satellite Science & Technology Co. (BSST). (Logo… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Affymetrix develops genotyping for Chinese
said Tuesday it will develop a product for genotyping specifically for Chinese populations. Santa Clara-based Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) said the Chinese myDesign Genotyping Array is part of a suite of… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quietly pleased Asian… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China confident economy will stabilise
economic fundamentals are still very good."Policymakers will stand by current macro-economic policies, such as those aimed at cooling the property market and reining in rampant bank lending, beca… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » U.S. involvement will only complicate South China Sea issue
The United States has played up the South China Sea issue again in the international arena. At the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hanoi last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked at length about U.S. "national interests" in the South China Sea. Hintting there is what she called "coercion" in the region, Clinton called for consistence … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Zambian vice president lauds friendship, cooperation with China
Zambian Vice President George Kunda has spoken highly on relations of friendship and cooperation between Zambia and China. Kunda said that the government will learn from China's experience of economic transformation in her quest towards making Zambia a middle income country by the year 2030. Speaking at the official reception held in honor of the visiting Chinese State Councillor Dai … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Water Transfer Project Runs Into Problems
del.icio.us A 50-year plan to divert water from the Yangtze River to China's dry, thirsty north has run into problems. The South-North Water Transfer Project is behind schedule and now concerns are … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China confident economy will stabilise
The slowdown in China's economy will stabilise and there is little risk of a double dip recession, the central bank said on Tuesday, amid fears the Asian giant was running out of steam.The world&#… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Far East Wind Power Announces Binding LOI to Acquire Interests in 200MW Wind Farm Development Rights in China
FEWP ) ("Far East" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has entered into a binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Heilongjiang Ruihao Technology Group Co., Ltd. ("Ruihao") of Daqing City, Heilon… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Beijing's nail house' blocks 6 lanes of traffic
BEIJING — Zhang Changfu's street address could almost be: the middle of the road.In this city of perhaps more than 17 million people where buildings seem to shoot up overnight, Zhang lives in what l… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China considers super-powerful engine for next generation space rockets
China is considering a new super-powerful engine for the next generation of space rockets. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Guangzhou city ready to host Asian Games, as Delhi struggles with CWG 2010
Even as New Delhi continues to wrestle with meeting construction and city upkeep deadlines for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in October, the Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced it is ready to host the16th Asian Games. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Vegetable Prices up 20 to 30% in China During the First Part of 2010, According to Yasheng Group
YHGG ) continues to expand its production bases and innovate with investments into cold storage & packaging, transportation logistics, and product branding to meet the growing food demands of the … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China promises investors bigger role
STATE ADVANCES, SOCIETY RETREATS: China is promising private investors a bigger role in state-dominated industries like oil drilling and finance. Businesses have complained that state firms were boost… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Torrential rain causes flood in Zhejiang Province
&$&$ Citizens row on a door along the street of Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 26, 2010. Torrential rain hit the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province since July 24, which resulted in floods in Taizhou. (Xinhua/Li Jinxiong) &$ &$【1】 &$Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Asia ends mixed as Hong Kong rises, Shanghai drops
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asian markets ended mixed Tuesday as Hong Kong and Australian stocks advanced after earnings optimism fueled gains overnight on Wall Street, while Chinese shares took a brea… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Torrential rain causes flood in Zhejiang Province
&$&$ Citizens row on a door along the street of Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 26, 2010. Torrential rain hit the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province since July 24, which resulted in floods in Taizhou. (Xinhua/Li Jinxiong) &$ 【1】 [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Foxconn plans 2K retail stores in China
BEIJING: Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn plans to open 2,000 stores in central China, state media reported Tuesday, as the troubled firm moves operations to inland provinces where labour costs are lower… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China clean power capacity to hit 600 GW
BEIJING: China's total clean electricity capacity is expected to reach 600 gigawatts by the end of 2020, amounting to 35 per cent of the country's total, the head of the State Grid Corp said. … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 333 people killed in rainstorms, floods in two weeks
/enpproperty–> BEIJING – A total of 333 people have been killed in rainstorms and floods across China since July 14 while 300 others were still missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday. R… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Eastern in JV deal with Yunnan govt
/enpproperty–> China Eastern Airlines Corp, the nation's third largest air carrier, announced Tuesday it will set up a 3.66-billion-yuan ($540.3 million) joint venture airline company in southwest Ch… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China electricity demand growth likely to drop to 5% in H2
Jul 27, 2010 – 02:01 – WAM BEIJING, 27th July 2010 (WAM) – China's electricity demand growth may drop sharply from 21.6 per cent in the first half of 2010 to 5 per cent in the second half, and the the… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Current Slowdown Is Beneficial For Sustainable Growth
-(Dow Jones)- China's current economic slowdown is beneficial for long-term sustainable growth, and there is little risk of a "double-dip" recession, the People's Bank of China said Tuesday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chunghwa Telecom To Set Up Wholly Owned Unit In China
unit will focus on information and communication technology services such as energy conservation and third- generation value-added services, adding it aims to start operations in the first quarter … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Telstra's CSL, SmarTone To Launch iPhone 4 In Hong Kong Friday
and said it would be available in key markets during the summer. The new phone features a number of improvements on its predecessor, the iPhone 3GS, including a better camera, sharper display and m… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Telstra's CSL, SmarTone To Launch iPhone 4 In Hong Kong Friday
and said it would be available in key markets during the summer. The new phone features a number of improvements on its predecessor, the iPhone 3GS, including a better camera, sharper display and m… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's sovereign wealth fund to start new int'l recruiting
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) — The China Investment Corporation (CIC), the nation's sovereign wealth fund, announced Tuesday it would start a new round of global hiring for "business development" reason… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Govt. To Continue Expansionary Fiscal Policy In H2
(RTTNews) – China will continue its expansionary fiscal policy in the second half of the year, the country's Finance Minister Xie Xuren said.According to a statement published on the ministry's websi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China National Gold Group 1st-half profit up 3 fold
China's largest gold producer said on Tuesday its operating profits rose by three fold to 1.55 billion yuan (228.09 million U.S. dollars) in the first six months this year.China National Gold Group Co… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » ADB extends loan to finance infrastructure projects in China
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a 150 million U.S. dollars loan to the People's Republic of China to develop three gateway cities in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.In a statement i… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China carries Bhutto's dream
By Antoaneta Becker BEIJING – When President Asif Ali Zardari appeared at a Pakistan-China renewable energy forum in Shanghai on July 10, he rekindled a vision of his assassinated wife and form… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » HTC Launches Its Brand in China, Unveils First HTC-Branded Phones for China
BEIJING, July 27 /PRNewswire/ — HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced its brand and first HTC-branded devices in China. As part of its mobile operator focus, HTC also an… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Google cuts off ties with two Chinese advertisers
New Delhi, July 27 : US-based search engine Google Incorporated has cut commercial ties with two of its Chinese advertising agents, highlighting concerns about its continued standoff with Beijing over… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » AppTek Announces Release of Chinese Language for Its Hybrid Machine Translation System
MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwire – July 27, 2010) – AppTek, a leader in human language technology (HLT), announced the release of Chinese for its hybrid machine translation (HMT) system. This is part of AppTek… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Direct Industries Receives New Magnesium Contracts Valued at $9.6 Million Through Its IMG Marketing Unit
CDII ), a U.S. owned holding company operating in China in two core business segments, pure magnesium production and distribution of basic materials, announced today that it has received several contr… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Best Assigns 'A' Ratings to China Re Group; Outlook Stable
Article Reprints A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of 'A' (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of "a" to China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (China Re or the Group) and its sub… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Foreign Companies Shy Away From China
Foreign companies are becoming more concerned by what they see as barriers to market entry and unfair treatment in China. Furthermore, in a departure from past practice, prominent corporate figures ha… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » FIH shifting production lines in China, says report
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) will start shifting production lines along with 5,000 of 10,000 employees from its base in Taiyuan City of Shanxi Province, northern China, to other production bas… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan makers optimistic about LCD TV panel demand in 4Q10
The LCD TV market outlook in the third quarter remains uncertain, but panel makers are optimistic that orders will eventually pick up in the fourth quarter if not earlier amid promotional sales by bra… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan-based makers expected to hit record WLAN shipments in 3Q/4Q10
Taiwan-based makers will ship 96.67 million Wi-Fi network interface cards and routers in total in the third quarter and 98.16 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, consecutively hitting quarter… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Two Taiwan-based vendors to launch 3D pocket DV camcorders overseas
Aiptek International and DXG Technology, two Taiwan-based vendors will launch 3D pocket-size DV (digital video) camcorders in select overseas markets in August and the third quarter of 2010, respectiv… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Slim-type ODD prices likely to fall in 3Q10, say Taiwan makers
With global sales of notebooks in the second quarter of 2010 falling short of original expectations, OEM makers of slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) are expected to lower their quotes in the third … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan to help Russia build world's largest aquarium
A Taiwan company has won a contract to design the world's largest aquarium in Russia's Vladivostok city, the company said Tuesday. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese dairy tycoon arrrested for illegally collecting public funds
Chinese procuratorate had approved the arrest of Li Tuchun, founder of leading Chinese dairy beverage producer "Taizinai" or "Prince Dairy", for illegally collecting public funds, a government spokesman said Tuesday. The arrest of three others of the top management had also been approved, said a spokesman of Zhuzhou City of south China's Hunan Province, where the Taizinai Group is based. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 333 people dead in rainstorms, floods since July 14: Chinese ministry
A total of 333 people have been killed in rainstorms and floods across China since July 14 while 300 others were still missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday. &$ &$Source: Xinhua&$&$ … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China braces for more flooding as rains continue
Troops sandbagged swollen rivers Monday and storm-battered regions across China prepared for more floods and potential landslides as forecasters predicted torrential rains this week. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Regulator Aims to Ease Local Govt Debt Concerns
July 27 (Bloomberg) — China’s banking regulator tried to ease concern over risks from bank lending to local government financing vehicles, saying such loans won’t necessarily go bad. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China to end 'shame parades' of criminal suspects
China will end the public shaming of criminal suspects by parading them through the streets, the People's Daily reported today, after online commentators championed the case of a prostitute.A spokespe… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Japanese automakers' local, foreign output grows, exports on upswing
Suzuki Motor Corp. announced Tuesday its output of cars in Japan rose for the sixth successive month in June totaling 97,921 units, a rise on year of 36.5 percent.In the recording month Suzuki in addi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Bangladesh signs 35-year power transmission deal with India
Bangladesh has signed a 35-year power transmission agreement with India aiming to import 250 megawatt (MW) electricity from the neighbor, starting from late 2012.Representatives of the Power Grid Corp… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Thailand eyes Indonesia's software market
Sixteen Thai software companies are eyeing Indonesia's market as it is considered as huge market in the Southeast Asia, Bisnis Indonesia daily quoted an ambassador as saying on Tuesday.Thanatip Upatis… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Japan's Cabinet discuss FY 2011 budget initiative to reign in world's highest public debt
Japan's cabinet members on Tuesday met to discuss a fiscal initiative to allocate 1 trillion yen (11. 51 billion U.S. dollars) to help jump-start the nation's sluggish economy in a fiscal 2011 budget … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Credible economic policies, economic reforms strategy for ASEAN in dealing future crisis
The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) must implement credible and consistent economic policies to deal with future crises, as well as to pursue economic reforms, a high-ranking official to… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chery denies spy charge
China's largest automaker, Chery International, denied charges Monday by US prosecutors who are accusing it of stealing millions of dollars worth of clean energy technology from former engineers of US… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Garlic prices hit new record
The price of the garlic in July has risen considerably hitting a new record high. Prices have risen by 25.8 per cent, higher than the peak price marked at the beginning of May.Shanxi was the province … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hanwang sticks with bookreaders, despite iPad
"E-bookreaders will still be the major business for Hanwang," a company spokeswoman said Monday, despite analysts' pessimism about the market because of the expansion of tablet PCs.Facing th… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Everbright Bank gets IPO nod
China Everbright Bank's plan to raise up to $2.9 billion in a Shanghai IPO has been approved by the securities regulator, two sources said, in what will be the latest Chinese bank to try and tap marke… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Sichuan New Hope shares suspended in Shenzhen
Sichuan New Hope Agribusiness Co Ltd, the listed arm of China's largest animal-feed producer, New Hope Group, announced its share trading has been suspended for undisclosed reasons that may cause the … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Green stimulus spurs cellulosic ethanol makers
The government's commitment to come out with favorable policies aimed at promoting clean energy will give a fillip to an early commercialization of cellulosic ethanol.The moves also assume significanc… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 21 people are missing in China after heavy rain
Beijing, July 27 (BNA) Twenty one people were missing after a rain triggered landslide hit villages in Hanyuan County, southwest China' Sichuan Province on Tuesday morning, local officials said. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China bans artificial flavours in baby food
China has banned artificial edible flavours in certain foodstuff, including baby food and dairy products. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Shanghai warns banks of risky property loans
/enpproperty–> The amount of shaky loans in Shanghai continues to grow every month despite new policies released in April designed to curb them, making it more likely that the hidden real estate cred… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » $738b investment plan to spur energy development
/enpproperty–> The new energy development plan for 2010-2020 drafted by the National Energy Administration (NEA) is finished and awaits approval from the State Council, the country's Cabinet, www.cs…. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Gold's H1 profits surge 300% year-on-year
/enpproperty–> China National Gold Group Corp, China's largest and only State-owned gold mining company, said it earned nearly 1.55 billion yuan ($228.8 million) in the first half of this year, up a… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Graduates wait for subsidized housing in Beijing
Government subsidized housing for rent in Beijing will not accept applications from college graduates at present until the release of new specific regulations, the Beijing Daily reported. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Search continues for 13 missing from bridge collapse
ZHENGZHOU – Rescuers on Tuesday continued to search for 13 people missing three days after a bridge collapsed amid flash floods in Central Henan province. Twenty-eight bodies have so far been found. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Tibet raises minimum wages
LHASA – Tibet autonomous region in Southwest China raised its monthly minimum wages by up to 35 percent this month, local authorities said Tuesday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Air pollution in Chinese cities worsens in 1st half of 2010+
BEIJING, July 27 (AP) – (Kyodo)Air pollution in major Chinese cities worsened for the first time in five years, with 113 cities registering a fall in air quality in the first half of 2010, acc… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » To Maintain Policy Stability In 2nd Half
-(Dow Jones)- Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren said Tuesday that his ministry will maintain policy stability in the second half of the year and push ahead with programs to stimulate domestic deman… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Beijing experiences longest hot-weather spell in decade
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) — Beijing is experiencing its longest hot-weather spell in a decade, and it is expected to continue until Friday. This month the Chinese capital has experienced 10 days wit… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan's Leading Index Drops 0.1% In June
(RTTNews) – Taiwan's seasonally adjusted leading indicator edged down to 114.8 in June from 114.9 in May, the Council for Economic Planning and Development said Tuesday. The annualized six-month rate… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China won't take more responsibility than it can handle
Since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the Chinese government's response and its efforts to spur growth have produced sound effects, winning applause from all over the world. However, some… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China urges government branches to jointly boost private investment
China's State Council recently released a notice defining the tasks and responsibilities of the central and local governments to encourage the sound development of private investment in order to bette… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's stocks snap 6-day wins on sluggish performance of banking sector
Chinese shares snapped a six-day winning streak and closed 0.51 percent lower on Tuesday, with banking stocks dropping across the board.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.51 percent, or 13…. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Ministry of Railways facing over 1 trln yuan of liabilities
In 2009, China's railway sector paid credit interest of over 40 billion yuan (around 6 billion U.S. dollars). The figure may exceed 100 billion yuan in the future, according to a report released by Ch… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » SOEs donated more than 1.4 billion yuan in the first half of 2010
China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) donated a total of more than 1.4 billion yuan in the first half of 2010, according to statistics from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's press, publication sectors achieve 1 trillion yuan output in 2009
The gross output of China's press and publication sectors in 2009 surpassed 1 trillion yuan and the added value exceeded 300 billion yuan, according to the Chinese government.The General Administratio… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Charity Federation donates 2.3 bln yuan to Qinghai quake zones
The China Charity Federation on Tuesday donated 2.3 billion yuan (about 340 million U.S. dollars) to the quake zones in China's far northwestern Qinghai Province to help reconstruction.According to a … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Tibet raises minimum wages
Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China raised its monthly minimum wages by up to 35 percent this month, local authorities said Tuesday. The move was approved by the autonomous regional government earlier this month and the wage hike would take effect on July 1, said Yao Ruifeng, head of Tibet's human resources and social security administration. The hike added 220 … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » SOEs donated more than 1.4 billion yuan in the first half of 2010
China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) donated a total of more than 1.4 billion yuan in the first half of 2010, according to statistics from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council on July 26，2010. A total of 107 SOEs made donations from January to June 2010, involving a total of more than 1.4 billion yuan. They donated … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's press, publication sectors achieve 1 trillion yuan output in 2009
The gross output of China's press and publication sectors in 2009 surpassed 1 trillion yuan and the added value exceeded 300 billion yuan, according to the Chinese government. The General Administration of Press and Publication recently issued the 2009 Press and Publication Industry Analysis Report, which said that the industry nationwide has achieved output amounting to 1 percent of the … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Youngsters Rebel Against ‘Authoritarian' Parenting
BEIJING, Jul 27, 2010 (IPS) – Fourteen years ago, Fang Xin declared war on her parents. Whatever they wanted of her, Fang, now 28, did the opposite. She refused to watch news broadcasts by the state… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China Charity Federation donates 2.3 bln yuan to Qinghai quake zones
The China Charity Federation on Tuesday donated 2.3 billion yuan (about 340 million U.S. dollars) to the quake zones in China's far northwestern Qinghai Province to help reconstruction. According to a memorandum signed between the China Charity Federation and the provincial government of Qinghai, 800 million yuan of the donations would be used to build schools and other education facilities, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Search continues for 13 missing from China bridge collapse
Rescuers on Tuesday continued to search for 13 people missing three days after a bridge collapsed amid flash floods in central Henan Province. Twenty-eight bodies have so far been found. The Yi River Bridge collapsed at about 5 p.m. Saturday in Luanchuan County, Luoyang City, plunging 42 people on it into the rushing waters, a local government spokesman said. By … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Downpours hit southern Taiwan, disrupt traffic
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Southern Taiwan was hit by torrential rains early Tuesday, pummeling coastal areas and disrupting traffic in mountainous regions but also replenishing the area's depleted reservoirs. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Beijing experiences longest hot-weather spell in decade
Beijing is experiencing its longest hot-weather spell in a decade, and it is expected to continue until Friday. This month the Chinese capital has experienced 10 days with a maximum temperature in around 35 degrees Celsius — the most for the month of July in a decade. "The hot and humid weather will continue until Friday. Rain will cool things … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 21 missing after China floods
A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing today, adding to a growing death toll from China’s worst flood season in a decade, which is expected to worsen with heavy rains f… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Bridge collapse kills dozens in China floods
A bridge has collapsed in China, killing 37 people as flooding continues to hit the country. Days of unrelenting rain and an ever-swelling river were too much for the bridge in Luanchuan. In less th… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » DPRK media: Japan has no place in Six-party Talks
Japan has contributed nothing to the Six-Party Talks and has also deliberately evaded responsibilities and created obstacles, therefore it is not qualified to participate in the Six-Party Talks, according to a report from Labor News, a state-owned newspaper of the Korean Workers Party. The report said Japanese foreign minister Katsuya Okada showed a negative attitude toward resuming the Six-Party Talks … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 21 missing after China flooding
A landslide caused by rains in southern China has left 21 people missing, adding to a growing death toll from China's worst flood season in a decade.Rescuers searched for 21 people missing after a lan… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Gold Coast Accommodation Providers Reap the Rewards of Increased Chinese Tourists
Outbound tourism forecasts place China as the Gold Coast's single biggest international growth opportunity over the next five years. This has made the Gold Coast friendlier and considerate of Chinese … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China says ocean cleared of oil 10 days after spill
Chinese officials say crude from a pipeline explosion near the port city of Dalian has successfully been cleaned up. Environmentalists say much of the oil has been removed, but damage is extensive. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese new measures to fight efficiently oil spill in the future
China plans to build three large-scale emergency tanks for oil spill in the eastern coastal area, a facility to cope with oil spill as what happened in Dalian port, an official with the Ministry of Tr… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Former official stands trial for murdering mistress in east China
A former official stood trial for murder Tuesday in a court in east China's Zhejiang Province. Xie Zaixing, 48, former chief of the Communist Party of China's Committee in Ouhai District, Wenzhou City, is accused of killing Shao Huiling, a woman with whom he engaged in a nine-year extramarital relationship. The Intermediate People's Court in Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Vessels' transit through Three Gorges Dam suspended again
&$ &$Flood waters are sluiced with the water outflux monitored at 40,000 cubic meters per second at Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, July 20, 2010. China's Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River stood its biggest flood-control test at 8 a.m. Tuesday since completion, as the flow on the river's upper reaches topped 70,000 cubic … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 6 killed as landslide sweeps pick up truck into river in SW China
A rain-triggered landslide engulfed a pickup truck travelling on a road in southwest China's Yunnan Province Monday, sweeping the vehicle into a turbulent river and causing the deaths of the vehicle's six occupants. The accident occurred in Yongsheng County, Lijiang City, as torrential rains hit the area, Lijiang City Government said in a written statement Tuesday. The six bodies were … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 21 missing after landslide hits southwest China villages
Twenty-one people were missing after a rain-triggered landslide hit villages in Hanyuan County, southwest China' Sichuan Province on Tuesday morning, local officials said. &$ &$Twenty-one people were missing after a rain-triggered landslide hit villages in Hanyuan County, southwest China' Sichuan Province on Tuesday morning, local officials said. &$&$ About 100,000 cubic meters of rocks and mud rushed down the … [Link]
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