| Ahead of G8, Bush stresses climate change bottomlines | |
President George Bush has reiterated that there will never be an effective agreement on climate change without the participation of emerging economies like China and India. He also said the world must wake up to the "beauty of nuclear power" that produces renewable energy with "zero greenhouse gas...
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| Indian media team to visit Lhasa |
New Delhi, July 5 : A team of Indian journalists is making a goodwill visit to China from July...
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| Chinese coach trains Wushu players in Manipur |
Imphal, July 5 : Youth in Manipur were recently given the benefit of being trained by a Chinese Wushu (martial) expert Liang Dong...
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| French president says China, India and other emerging nations should be invited to G-8 summit |
PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sahr-koh-ZEE') says that it is neither reasonable nor fair for the world's top eight industrialized nations to hold summits without including emerging...
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| Gay falls in 200 quarter-final, will not double at Beijing |
altogether. Gay, who won the 100 and 200 at last year's worlds, was in lane seven in the first heat of the 200 quarter-final. He sped out of the blocks but within a few steps went down to the...
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| Ancient Stories of How Virtuous Mothers Educated Their Children |
There were many good mothers in ancient China who paid special attention to their children's education. The following are inspirational stories of two mothers who taught their children to be pure...
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| Chinese man gets award for caring for quake pig |
BEIJING - A Chinese man who bought an emaciated pig who survived for 36 days under rubble after May's massive Sichuan earthquake and promised to care for it for life has been given an award by an...
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| China to Close Factories, Limit Traffic Before Olympics |
The Chinese city of Tianjin has ordered 40 factories to close for nearly two months in an effort to cut air pollution for the Beijing Olympics.Tianjin, a port city about 150 kilometers southeast of...
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| Extra keepers force shock omissions for Beijing |
Athletics: Can world's fastest be drug free? The final cut has been made for the men's and women's Olympic hockey teams but the fallout might take longer to clear.The three major talking points...
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| Taiwan man pays dearly for fiery romantic gesture |
The couple found their room aflame when they walked in 40 minutes after the man surnamed Lin had set the candles alight, local media reported on Thursday. "Lin was arrested by the police later and...
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| Guatemala President Colom to visit Taiwan |
Taipei - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom will visit Taiwan in October to promote ties, the Central News Agency said on Saturday. Speaking by phone from Guatemala's capital Guatemala City, Taiwan's...
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| 'Quit the CCP' Article Posted on China's Largest Search Engine |
While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launches violent attacks on Falun Gong in Flushing, New York, in order to counteract the global "Quit the CCP" campaign and to conceal the CCP's domestic...
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| 100 Surnames for 1.3B People Causes Chinese Confusion |
, or "old 100 names," and they are so partial to those 100 traditional surnames, Radio Free Netherlands tells us, that over 90% of the country's population of 1.3 billion share them. The...
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| Taiwan ruling party chief says China air link vital |
Taipei - The chairman of Taiwan's ruling KMT party said on Saturday air links with China and opening up Taiwan to Chinese tourists is vital for peace. Wu Poh-hsiung made the remarks at a banquet for...
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| Dalai envoys says China lacking commitment to talks |
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - Envoys of the Dalai Lama said on Saturday the Chinese lacked serious commitment and that talks on easing tensions after protests against Chinese rule in Tibet were not...
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| Local Swimmers | Emily Silver of Bainbridge Island earns spot on Beijing relay team |
Emily Silver finished fifth in 54.91 behind champion Dara Torres (53.78) and runner-up Coughlin (53.83) to qualify as a member of the 400 freestyle relay team. The top four are automatically selected...
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| Nike plans Olympic advert blitz in China |
Nike , the world's largest sports shoe and clothing company, on Monday said an advertising blitz around this summer's Beijing Olympics will not be affected by efforts to curtail 'ambush marketing' by...
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| Life ban for top Chinese swimmer |
China has banned its top men's backstroke swimmer for life for using a forbidden substance that promotes muscle growth. The unusually harsh punishment for a first offence is intended to underline...
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| Boxing icon to carry Philippine flag for Beijing Olympics |
MANILA: Newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight king Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao was designated on Friday as flag-bearer of the Philippines for the country's delegation to the Beijing...
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| Bush to attend Beijing Olympic opening ceremony |
WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics this August, the White House confirmed, setting aside months of uncertainty over his...
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| Jessica Hardy Tops 100 Breast Final; Jendrick Headed to Beijing |
By John LohnOMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. ONE of the athletes was trying to rebound from a poor swim in the semifinal round. The other was trying to earn a return trip to the Olympics after an eight-year...
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| Hot money flows into China |
On the face of it, China might not seem the obvious place to invest at the moment. The local stock market has collapsed, property markets are weak and the interest rate on bank deposits is about half...
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| Obstacles on road to Beijing-Taipei concord |
All these moves, argue Taipei and Beijing, will benefit Taiwan's economy, build trust and lead to a solution of the conflict.However, the road to rapprochement will get a lot bumpier from here.This...
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| KMT honorary chairman hails weekend charter flights, mainland tourist trips |
The weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists across the Taiwan Straits contributed to the peaceful development of the cross-Straits relationship and opened a new page in the Chinese...
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| 300 Protestors Arrested After Riot |
The largest unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has been quashed in southwest China's Weng'an County in Guizhou province. Currently a large number of paramilitary and riot police...
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| A complex to redefine Taiwan |
exclusively in June, made its initiation at 2006, the tourism ratio from foreigners were progressively increased in this complex event. To bring up the MICE...
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| Three police officers accused of corruption in Chinese college exam scam |
Three police officers and a teacher are among five people arrested on Friday for allegedly taking part in the national college entrance exam cheating scam in northwest China's Gansu Province, local...
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| Hong Kong police puts officers in schools as youth drug cases soar |
Hong Kong - Police in Hong Kong were Saturday preparing to put more officers on duty in schools after a surge in the number of drug cases involving young teenagers. The wealthy city of 6.9 million...
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| Mexico-China ties in optimum stage |
Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Maria del Lourdes Aranda said Friday that the current ties between Mexico and China are "at its optimum level." Aranda made the statement at a press...
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| Taiwan tycoon vows trade push |
By GEOFFREY BEW MANAMA: Taiwan is ready to become a major supplier of construction materials to Bahrain, it has emerged. Tycoon Teng-Hsiung Chao said the country had the capacity to wipe out...
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| Hong Kong to give massive donation to China quake relief effort |
Hong Kong - Hong Kong legislators were Saturday touring earthquake-devastated parts of Sichuan in China as the city prepares to make a massive and controversial donation to the relief effort. The...
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| Strong earthquake jolts Okhotsk Sea |
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Okhotsk Sea at 10:12 a.m. (Beijing Time) Saturday, according to the China National Seismological Network. The epicenter was located at 53.9 degrees north...
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| Hospitals advised to enhance quake-resistant capacity |
More than 100 hospital directors agreed at a national forum on Saturday that key structures of hospital buildings should be designed to resist earthquakes measuring 9-10 degrees or above in terms of...
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| China Merchants Bank forecasts doubled H1 net profit |
China Merchants Bank (CMB) said its unaudited net profit for the first half of this year would more than double compared with 6.12 billion yuan (886.96 million U.S. dollars) in the first half of...
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| High hopes for China at Games |
At the 2004 Games in Athens, 15 Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) nations fought their way onto the medal table. A rampant China had their best-ever performance, finishing second overall to the United...
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| Emirates flies to Guangzhou |
Emirates has launched its six flights a week to Guangzhou, China's third major air hub and leading manufacturing centre and is Emirates' fourth destination in China. The airline's weekly frequency to...
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| Hong Kong & China Gas To Raise Gas Price By 1.4% From Oct |
Towngas, the city's dominant gas supplier, said in a statement the basic tariff will increase by 0.3 HK cents per megajoule from the fourth quarter because of rising costs. It estimated 90% of its...
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| 8 rescued, 4 missing in east China boat sinking |
Eight people have been rescued and another four are still missing after a fishing boat sank off east China's coast, local police said on Saturday. Nine hospital workers in Taizhou City, Zhejiang...
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| Amended bribery law takes effect in Hong Kong |
The Prevention of Bribery (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 has come into operation in Hong Kong as of Friday, imposing restrictions on the Chief Executive in respect of any acts of bribery, solicitation...
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| Beijing still in sight for trio |
However, Marellyn Liew, Luisa Los Santos and Foo Jian Beng still have a chance in their final bid for Olympic qualification in the semi-finals today.Marellyn and Luisa clocked 1:02.92s and 1:03.45s...
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| Torrential rain knocks out new Beijing subway line for three hours |
Beijing's new subway Line 5 was closed for three hours on Friday after heavy rains resulted in water leaking into one of the main stations. The Beijing Meteorological Bureau issued a rainstorm...
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| China pays great attention to Sino-African relations |
China has always paid great attention to Sino-African relations, and is willing to strengthen unity and cooperation with African countries including Angola, said visiting senior official of the...
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| China urges its people to adopt good manners for Olympics |
China called upon all the citizens on Saturday to improve their professional ethics and adopt good manners to create a sound social environment for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. Local...
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| China should be alert to stagflation risks in fighting inflation |
Li Yining, one of China's leading economists, said on Friday that China is facing a pressing challenge of preventing inflation turning into stagflation. He said stagflation, the co-existence of high...
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| Russia honors Chinese medical workers, officials for work with Beslan children |
Russian Ambassador to China Sergey Razov on Friday honored four Chinese medical workers and officials for their work in treating children traumatized in the Beslan school hostage crisis. Many...
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| Hong Kong LegCo endorses $2.77 bln funding for cultural district project |
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Legislative Council (LegCo) approved a funding application by the HKSAR government for 21.6 billion HK dollars (about 2.77 billion U.S. dollars) to...
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| Romanian gendarmes donate 233,000 USD to Chinese quake victims |
The Romanian Gendarmerie on Friday provided 535,000 lei (about 233,000 U.S. dollars) to the Chinese Ambassador to Romania Liu Zengwen to help the victims of a devastating quake that hit China's...
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| HK, Guangdong agree to co-op on modern information service industry |
Hong Kong and Guangdong Province decided in Guangzhou on Friday to set co-operation on the modern information service industry as the focus of the coming year to promote the development of the...
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| Quake survivors struggle to rebuild life |
Jiu Bing lost his home, farmland and livelihood when the May 12 quake shook his hometown Wali township, Qingchuan county in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Now working on two makeshift buildings...
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| Global, local factors could drive China grain prices higher |
A State Administration of Grain (SAG) official said on Friday grain prices might continue rising this year despite a rough supply-demand balance in China. "Price pressure for major grains in...
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