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China – People's Daily Online » Reefs cleaned after Dalian oil spill
&$&$ Workers clean the reefs at Xieziwan bay in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 30, 2010. Industrial cleaners and gas welding blowpipes were devoted to clean the reefs after the oil pipe explosion at Dalian Xingang Harbor. (Xinhua/Ma Yidong) &$ &$【1】 &$Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Yani Tseng of Taiwan builds 4-stroke lead at Women's British Open | Golf
Yani Tseng, a 21-year-old from Taiwan, shot her second consecutive 4-under-par 68 Friday, taking a four-stroke lead after the second round of the Women's British Open. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Civilians called in as China's river salvage faces challenge, half of chemical containers retrieved
&$&$ Workers set up defensive nets to block chemical barrels at a river fork in Zhaoyuan section of the Songhua River, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 30, 2010. Heilongjiang Province has dispatched soldiers and workers to establish six points on the Songhua River to block the chemical containers, which were swept into the river by floods two days ago in … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hong Kong Wants Lions Match In 2013
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union (HKRFU) has held preliminary talks about hosting a British and Irish Lions match before the tour of Australia in 2013, local media reported Sat… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's challenge is our challenge
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Americans won't be spectators in China's coming changes — we will be deeply involved, whether we like it or not. That's because the critical transition China is going t… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » E China students devote holidays to online business
&$&$ Mao Changqin, a student of e-commerce, shows delivery invoices of his online store on a single day in his office at Yiwu Industry and Commerce Vocational College in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 29, 2010.(Xinhua/Zhang Jiancheng) Although a better half of the summer vacation has passed, many students of Yiwu Industry and Commerce Vocational College still stay … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Charles River withdraws $1.6B offer for Chinese company
C harles River Laboratories withdrew a $1.6 billion bid for WuXi PharmaTech, citing investor opposition to what would have been the largest foreign takeover of a Chinese company. Wilmington-based… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Google not sure if China behind service disruption
WASHINGTON: Google does not know if the Chinese authorities were behind a disruption in the company's services on Thursday, chief executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview with The Wall Street Jo… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Toxic cancer-causing dyes found in China garments
Toxic dyes that can cause cancer have been detected in some garments in China, creating concern that buyers may also be exposed to health hazards. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Troops brave weather to fight chemical spill
/enpproperty–> YONGJI, Jilin – Heavy troops were dispatched on Friday to recover 3,000 barrels of hazardous chemicals washed into a major river in Northeast China by floods. Over 1,400 soldiers, pol… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Revered scientist passes on at 98
/enpproperty–> SHANGHAI – Renowned Chinese scientist Qian Weichang died here on Friday morning, saddening millions of his countrymen. He was 98. Qian, a pioneer in mechanics and applied mathematics… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Labor unions to 'hire' leaders
/enpproperty–> Beijing – Labor union leaders across the country will receive their salaries from higher-level unions instead of companies that employ them by 2011, the All-China Federation of Trade U… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Man who withdrew cash from broken ATM released
/enpproperty–> Beijing – A man who was sentenced to five years in jail in 2008 for withdrawing 175,000 yuan ($25,735) from a malfunctioning ATM was released on parole on Friday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Coal mine blast death toll rises to 15 in N China
/enpproperty–> TAIYUAN – The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in Linfen City of north China's Shanxi Province early Saturday has risen to 15, local authorities said. At least 20 others were… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Russian school children leave for visit to China
Russian students dance during a departure ceremony for a group of Russian children who are ready to spend their summer vacation in China, at the Ocean Children Center in Vladivostok, Russia, on July 3… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Localization helps Chinese tomato company blossom in Kazakhstan
The Chinese company leading the market for tomato products in Kazakhstan says it has found a great advantage by pursuing a policy of staff localization.Tomatoes are popular in Kazakstan, and the Tsink… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese vice premier stresses management of social security funds
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang on Friday called for better management of social security funds and more efforts to maintain and increase the value of the funds.He said new ways to develop national… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese Defense Ministry introduces new spokesmen, opens military base to media
China's Ministry of National Defense (MOD) Friday introduced its new spokesmen, Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng and Colonel Yang Yujun, to domestic and foreign media during a press tour to an engineering… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China to launch fifth orbiter for its own 'GPS'
China will launch its fifth orbiter into space, as part of its satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system, in the next few days. An official with the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in southwestern Sichuan Province, who is not identified, said Friday that the satellite would be launched on the Long March 3I carrier rocket in … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Rescue underway for over 800 trapped by floods in Xinjiang
&$&$ The locals dam up at a village of Alaer city in the upper reaches of the Tarim River, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 30, 2010. The Tarim River was hit by the largest flood in eight years on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Zhiqing) Rescuers were racing to evacuate more than 800 people still trapped by rain-triggered mountain torrents in … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Eco-Forum opens in SW China
A two-day Eco-Forum theming green development opened Friday in Guiyang City, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, to discuss low-carbon economy and share information and technologies in this field. The forum is helpful to promote public awareness of ecological civilization and facilitate long-term scientific social and economic development, said Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Global warming blamed for extreme weather
&$&$ High temperatures in the city in recent days has led many residents to look for ways to cool down. (Photo source: China Daily) Meteorological experts have blamed global warming for this year's extreme weather in the country, which continues to be hit by persistent heat waves and floods. China has recorded 6.4 days of hot whether, 1.9 days more … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Coal mine blast death toll rises to 15 in north China
The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in Linfen City of north China's Shanxi Province early Saturday has risen to 15, local authorities said. At least 20 others were injured as of 9 a.m. in the blast at Liugou Coal Mine of Yicheng County, but the casualty number could further rise, said a senior official of Yangquan … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Online gamers to reveal real names in China (2)
Online game vendors, for instance, are required to indicate at prominent positions of their websites whether or not the games are suitable for minors, who are under 18 years old. If unsuitable for minors, game operators should install a technical system prohibiting them from starting the games. For those games rendered appropriate for minors, there should be no misleading information … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Online gamers to reveal real names in China
Internet users will have to register using their real names before indulging in online games starting Sunday as part of a nationwide campaign to protect minors and improve management of the virtual gaming industry, authorities said. The Ministry of Culture had issued the regulation in late June. The regulation, which will take effect on Aug 1, applies to all multiplayer … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Michelin "extremely confident" in China: managing partner
The world's leading tire producer Michelin is "extremely confident in China," given the country's strong economic growth and increasing need for mobility, the company's managing partner, Jean-Dominique Senart, told Xinhua on Friday. Sharing a similar view with many other people who have traveled to China, Senart said: "We are very confident in what is happening in China today. I believe … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Russian school children leave for visit to China
&$&$ Russian students dance during a departure ceremony for a group of Russian children who are ready to spend their summer vacation in China, at the Ocean Children Center in Vladivostok, Russia, on July 30, 2010. A total of 499 Russians, 447 children and 52 teachers and staff workers, will leave Vladivostok on July 31 for China' capital of Beijing … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Localization helps Chinese tomato company blossom in Kazakhstan
The Chinese company leading the market for tomato products in Kazakhstan says it has found a great advantage by pursuing a policy of staff localization. Tomatoes are popular in Kazakstan, and the Tsinkaz Tomato Products Factory holds the largest market share for tomato products in the country. Its factory in the suburb of Almaty, one of the largest cities in … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese vice premier stresses management of social security funds
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang on Friday called for better management of social security funds and more efforts to maintain and increase the value of the funds. He said new ways to develop national social security funds and improve China's social security funds system should be explored. Zhang made the remarks at a meeting held in Beijing to commemorate the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese Defense Ministry introduces new spokesmen, opens military base to media
China's Ministry of National Defense (MOD) Friday introduced its new spokesmen, Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng and Colonel Yang Yujun, to domestic and foreign media during a press tour to an engineering regiment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Geng, 50, and Yang, 40, have become the ministry's third and fourth spokesmen. Their appointment came ahead of the PLA's founding anniversary … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran
A European Union flag, April 2004. (Graeme Robertson, Getty Images) BEIJING (AP) — China says it opposes the sanctions the European Union is imposing on Iran over its disputed nuclear program.A sp… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » New rules would place restrictions on private placements in Taiwan
Taipei, July 30 (CNA) The Financial Supervisory Commission is working on a new set of guidelines to regulate widespread private placements used by publicly listed domestic companies to raise funds. Fi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan Semiconductor posts record profit, raises capital spending plans
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest custom manufacturer of chips, posted record quarterly profit and raised its spending budget more than 20 percent as demand for phone compone… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan shares open lower
The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened lower Friday from its previous close, moving down 33.74 points at 7,765.25 on a turnover of NT$3.48 billion (US$108.52 million). The weighted price index … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Blockage Levels Misreported
Posted on: Friday, 30 July 2010, 09:00 CDT Google's search engine and other Internet services were back up and running in mainland China on Friday morning after what the company believed was online… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Luxuries from China's Forbidden City heading to U.S.
Nancy Berliner, left, curator of Chinese art and culture at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem and Henry Ng, executive vice president of the World Monuments Fund stand on a pavillion as they tour a roc… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's enormous appetite for mining assets
China's growth in investing in global mining assets has been little short of phenomenal with acquisition values rising one hundred-fold in five years [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » AuraSource Reaches Supply Agreement With China Power Investment
ARAO ), a developer of clean energy technology, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, AuraSource Qinzhou Co., Ltd., has reached a supply agreement with China Power Investment (Guangxi) Cor… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese nuclear safety bodies need more money, IAEA experts say
nuclear energy sector, a panel of experts appointed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday.The independent experts also called on China to further improve its legislation and pol… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hong Kong tycoon broadcasts news online, denied Taiwan TV licence
Apple Daily shows realistic computer-generated animations of violent crimes and events, leading to concerns that similar material would be broadcast on television by Lai's news channel in Taiwan. The … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Fire, Crude, and an Inky Cleanup
Dalian, China (map) , on Monday. An estimated 1,500 tons of crude oil spilled into the Yellow Sea when two pipelines exploded in the busy port city on July 16.Chinese authorities on Monday declared th… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Google says China search block may be tech glitch
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the proble… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
BEIJING — Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, acco… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » garlic makes best stock in China
It is tastier than property, more pungent than gold, and rising in value faster than either. An astonishing market surge has seen Chinese speculators pile into garlic deals, causing prices to rocket b… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Food Services, Corp. Reaches 600 Retail Stores of Distribution
http://www.chinafoodservices.com an international food and beverage distributor specializing in the distribution of US food & beverage brands to the Chinese market, today announces that the compan… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 40 million affected by floods since July 14
Rainstorms and floods that began on July 14 have affected more than 40 million people across China as of 4 p.m. on July 27. So far, 333 people have been confirmed dead and an additional 300 were repor… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China mulls charity law hoped to increase transparency
China is drafting a charity law to ensure charities enjoy favorable taxation policies and rights to manage their properties, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council said here Friday. The office's deputy director Gao Fengtao said at a forum on charity legislation that "the draft charity law was generally written," but he did not say when the draft could … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Irregularities found in reconstruction projects of 2008 Sichuan quake
China's auditing authorities said on Friday that irregularities in different forms had been found in various reconstruction projects implemented following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The auditing had resulted in two legal cases, which involved two people and 4.24 million yuan (626,214 U.S. dollars), said a statement of the National Audit Office (NAO). This is the third round of auditing after … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » At least 5 die after bus falls off cliff in central China
At least five people were confirmed dead after a bus fell off a cliff in central China's Hubei Province Friday afternoon, local authorities said. The accident occurred at about 6 p.m. on the No. 325 provincial highway near Wufeng County, Yichang City. The county government has yet published the exact number of passengers on the bus. Rescue work is underway. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China moves to ensure transparent use of quake-relief funds
China introduced a regulation to ensure transparent use of quake-relief funds Friday, a day after auditing authorities reported millions of yuan in quake-relief donations had not been turned in to the relevant organizations and agencies. A regulation on the management and use of relief funds for Yushu earthquake, posted on the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) Friday, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Bus falls off cliff in central China, casualties unknown
A bus fell off a cliff in Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County of central China's Hubei Province Friday afternoon. Rescue work is underway but casualties are not immediately known, local authorities said. &$ &$Source: Xinhua&$&$ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Police apologize in person to "wanted" journalist, but authorities say investigation to continue
Police in east China were heading to Beijing Friday to offer a face-to-face apology to a journalist whom they wrongly subjected to an arrest warrant, local authorities said Friday. However, police officials said earlier Friday that the investigation into allegations of defamation against journalist Qiu Ziming and his newspaper would continue. Police and government officials of Suichang County, Lishui City … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Police apologize in person to 'wanted' journalist
/enpproperty–> HANGZHOU/BEIJING – Police in east China were heading to Beijing Friday to offer a face-to-face apology to a journalist whom they wrongly subjected to an arrest warrant, local authoriti… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's corn imports to help curb soaring prices
/enpproperty–> BEIJING – China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planner, said Friday that corn imports will help curb soaring corn prices. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Huge coal deposit found in NE China
/enpproperty–> SHENYANG – China's Liaoning Province has discovered a coal deposit of at least 1 billion tonnes, one of the largest found in the resources-rich northeast China, the Northeast Coalfield… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 2 dead, 10+ injured in office explosion in central China
/enpproperty–> CHANGSHA – At least two people were killed and more than 10 injured Friday afternoon in an explosion at a local taxation office building in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hu… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Armco Begins Shipments from New Metal Recycling Facility
China Armco Metals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CNAM), a distributor of imported metal ore and a metal recycler with a new state-of-the-art scrap metal recycling facility in China, today announced that Armet Ren… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Luxuries from China's Forbidden City to travel US
A collection of Chinese artwork that has been tucked away for decades in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City will soon be leaving the country for the first time. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Banking Regulator OKs Rights Issue Plan
China's second-largest bank by assets after Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. said the China Banking Regulatory Commission has "in principle" approved the rights issue of [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hong Kong Privacy Chief Urges Laws To Regulate Service Monopolies After Octopus Incident
-(Dow Jones)- Hong Kong's outgoing privacy commissioner Friday urged the government to consider legislation to better regulate the actions of service monopolies such as Octopus Holdings Ltd., after … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China against distinguishing between India and Pakistan
China would like to have friendly relations with both India and Pakistan, senior members of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party said here today. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan surgeons explore effects of electricity on penises
A group of surgeons in Taiwan have been studying the effects of electricity on penises by conducting the experiments on themselves. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China moves to ensure transparent use of quake-relief funds
China introduced a regulation to ensure transparent use of quake-relief funds Friday, a day after auditing authorities reported millions of yuan in quake-relief donations had not been turned in to the… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Bus falls off cliff in central China, casualties unknown
A bus fell off a cliff in Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County of central China's Hubei Province Friday afternoon. Rescue work is underway but casualties are not immediately known, local authorities said. S… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese vice premier stresses management of social security funds
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang on Friday called for better management of social security funds and more efforts to maintain and increase the value of the funds.He said new ways to develop national… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Conducts Military Exercise in South China Sea
China on Defensive at ASEAN Forum Over Spratlys China says it has held a large scale military exercise in the South China Sea that coincided with drills in the Sea of Japan by the United States and So… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Magazine digest — Taiwan company explores African market
With "Made in Taiwan" products, a Taiwanese engineer-turned-businessman has found his niche in Africa and sells goods worth several million U.S. dollars on the continent every year. Mike Hung gave up … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Huge coal deposit found in NE China
China's Liaoning Province has discovered a coal deposit of at least 1 billion tonnes, one of the largest found in the resources-rich northeast China, the Northeast Coalfield Geological Bureau said Friday. The preliminary probe estimated the coal deposit, stretching over 400 square kilometers underground in Liaoning's northern prefecture of Changtu, to contain over 1 billion tonnes of coal, according to … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Heatwaves hit northern hemisphere
&$&$ Two girls jump into the sea at a seaside near Helsinki, capital of Finland, July 28, 2010. A rarely high summer temperature of 35 degrees Celsius hit Lahti in southern Finland on Wednesday, setting a new highest temperature record in Finland since 1934. (Xinhua/Zhao Changchun) &$ 【1】