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Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood meets members of the blind women's croquet team at the Shunyi Chinese Paralympian Training Center in Beijing on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] British Ambassador Sebastian Wood visited Shunyi...
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China's Premier Wen Jiabao shakes hand with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) as European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L) watches during in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 14, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]...
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second from left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, third from left, participate in talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, not pictured, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People... View Photo »
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The Auto Show is in Detroit and it is full of optimism and some beautiful cars. Just think what might have been had President Obama not stood up for the auto industry. If Mitt 'let the Big Three fail' Romney was in charge, Michigan's unemployment rate would probably be 30-40% and the Auto Show would pro...
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The sheer size of the market is very big," Yang Long-san, chief of Proview Technology (Shenzhen), told Reuters in a telephone interview on Wednesday. "We have applied to some local customs for the ban and they'll report to the headquarters in Beijing."
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A career law-and-order official has been tapped to run a Tibetan area at the centre of protests against Chinese rule, and is calling for his subordinates to take a hard line against unrest while trying to raise local living standards. Liu Zuoming was...
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Fan Dongping, president of Beijing Jinmajia Equity Exchange Online Service Inc. , said that the trading may start in March or April, and the benchmark subscription price is likely to be set at around 10,000 yuan ($1,588). He said that ginseng plants to...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, participates in talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, not pictured, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. View Photo »
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has made a surprise visit to Nepal and announced Beijing with provide the Himalayan nation with $119 million in aid for economic development. Wen, who arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday on his way to the Middle East to attend the Fifth World Future Energy summit in Abu Dhabi, an...
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But Xi, who has to play to a powerful Communist Party apparatus and nationalist sentiment at home, later told American business leaders that Beijing was acting on US concerns but asked for similar consideration from the Obama administration. Obama...
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The Shanghai Composite Index ended at its highest since Dec. 1 while the Hang Seng Index produced its best close since Aug. 4. Gains accelerated in rising turnover after mid-morning comments by China central governor Zhou Xiaochuan that Beijing will...
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