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(CBS/AP) Rich and poor countries must "stop pointing fingers" and raise their climate targets to salvage faltering talks on a global warming pact, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. Full Article at CBS News
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Four years ago, my friend's father bought her a tiny apartment in a remote area in Beijing. It cost nearly 10,000 yuan per sq m and we believed her family was either too rich or had made a huge mistake. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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BEIJING - NOVEMBER 04: Race of Champions winner Sweden's Mattias Ekstrom (R) celebrates with runner up Michael Schumacher (L) of Germany after the Race of Champions Beijing 2009 at Beijing National Stadium on November 4, 2009 in Beijing, China. View Photo »
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In terms of tangible achievements, it's hard to go past the first Olympic gold medal (in the freestyle relay in 2004). It's hard to go past any gold medal at the Olympics: my first individual one in Beijing or winning the medley relay when those girls lifted me after the 50m freestyle (where she was the...
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The traditional year-end slack season for housing sales is turning into a bumper year with 15,251 apartments being sold in Beijing this November, a record high in the past three years, the xinhuanet.com reported. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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BEIJING -- China on Tuesday rejected U.S. calls to release a high-profile dissident who has been indicted on subversion charges after calling for political reform in China. Full Article at Forbes
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Wei Jianguo, secretary-general of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, speaks at the first China Urban Economic Development & International Cooperation Forum in Beijing, China, Dec. 15, 2009. Full Article at Xinhua
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A visitor walking past the billbards showing China's rising economic indicators at an exhibition showcasing the China's achievements over the last six decades ahead of the upcoming Chinese National Day in Beijing on September 22, 2009. View Photo »
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What this deal announced today does is that it partly helps the financing of the 'new' Saab...The deal with Beijing in no way compromises the sale of Saab to a new owner.
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BEIJING: China accused developed countries on Tuesday of backsliding on what it said were their obligations to fight climate change and warned that the UN climate talks in Copenhagen had entered a critical stage. Full Article at Times of India
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Jia Zhangke, one of China's leading contemporary filmmakers, was awarded the French Legion of Honor here Monday for his contributions to the world cinema. Jia, a Beijing Film Academy graduate, started directing movies in 1995. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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A Chinese military tank rolls into Beijing during National Day rehearsals on September 18, 2009.
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A chef makes a cake featuring Beijing's Tiananmen Gate in Suining, Sichuan province September 18, 2009, to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1.
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Models Wang Yang Zi from China poses during a bus tour organized by the Elite Models agency in Paris September 16, 2009. Chinese young top models, who are finalists of Elite Model Look China 2009 beauty contest, were in Paris to meet French finalists models.
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Models Li Ying Lan from China poses during a bus tour organized by the Elite Models agency in Paris September 16, 2009. Chinese young top models, who are finalists of Elite Model Look China 2009 beauty contest, were in Paris to meet French finalists models. Picture taken September 16, 2009.
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China's models Sun Ting (L), Zhu Xing Juan (2ndL), Wang Yang Zi (3rdL) and Du Han Yi pose with an unidentified member of their delegation (L) during a bus tour organized by the Elite Models agency in Paris September 16, 2009.
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China's models Wang Yang Zi (C), DuHan Yi, (R) pose with an unidentified member of their delegation (L) during a bus tour organized by the Elite Models agency in Paris September 16, 2009.
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Visitors look at China's largest sequoia on display inside the newly opened China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. The new museum was jointly designed by the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and U.S.-based RTKL International Inc.
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Customers leave a cinema in Beijing on September 16, 2009, where a flurry of movies have been released celebrating the 1949 founding of the People's Republic of China, which marks 60 years of communist party rule on October 1.
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A worker of the Beijing Capital Tire factory loads tyres in the factory September 15, 2009. A U.S. decision to impose added duty on Chinese-made tyres is an abuse of World Trade Organisation safeguard measures, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Tuesday.
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A chef makes a cake featuring Beijing's Tiananmen Gate in Suining, Sichuan province September 18, 2009, to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1.
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We have to beat everyone here and we have to be the best. Can you imagine how difficult this is? It is like an American who goes to China to study Beijing Opera and tries to compete with all the Chinese over there to get into the top opera house
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But like other more developed nations there'll be a conversion to smart phones, especially in 'tier 1' cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
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For example, our Ritz brand is popular in Beijing, but this is in contrast with Guangzhou ... There are also nuances in consumer preferences regarding flavor, texture and pack sizes, and we actively address these. In Shanghai, for example, consumers like bulk size packages, whereas in Beijing there is a...
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The price of a similar apartment in downtown Hong Kong is 150,000 yuan per sq m. There is still a good investment value in Beijing
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Having competed in the ACL once, we are all eagerly anticipating another opportunity and Seongnam, Beijing and Kawasaki will provide a great challenge come February next year
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Directly after it was reported that Obama would be coming to Copenhagen, Beijing announced for the first time the degree to which it plans to reduce the amount of energy its industries use. Obama needs just these types of voluntary commitments -- and more of them -- in order to get his own country to co...
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Obama was humiliated and stonewalled by the haughty Chinese leaders, in contrast to the titanic American presidents of yore who spoke sternly to Mao and his successors and therefore always got just what they wanted in Beijing.
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In their lives behind the iron or the bamboo curtains, those scientists recieved no recognition from their countrymen or from the international scientific community. (p. 221) Then it could have been just to deter Americans from doing anything provocative - what a nuclear-armed Iran, North Korea, or Paki...
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The Beijing government is pouring resources right now to develop the city's auto sector and didn't want us to locate our new plant in South China
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It is not only Beijing that has a low-carbon plan but all 32 provinces in China have their own plans, and sometimes those are more ambitious than the national projects
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It's true that SU students' interest has diversified ... We launched a program in Chile in the spring of 2008, and it's a good, healthy program. We currently have 22 students in Chile. Beijing was launched in the spring of 2006 with nine students enrolled in the program. There are now 23 students studyi...
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It’s going to require 50 to 60 big events for it to get their return on investment ... What works in L.A. with the Staples Center doesn’t necessarily work in Beijing or Shanghai and they’re slowly learning that.
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Wuxi is not a big city like Beijing and Shanghai, but we got more attention and respect here as a new starter
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It (the run) is to make the government and organising committee complete the projects in time. When China organised the Olympics at Beijing it boosted their image globally. Now our prestige is at stake but the central government, the state government and the sports authority are callous about it
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Beijing is likely to be more accommodative and co-operative as it would much rather deal with the China-friendly Ma than the [opposition] DPP
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The company more Beijing, Oct 7: China reported its first Swine Flu death in the country on Tuesday, Oct 7, a health ministry statement said.It said
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Beijing is likely to be more accommodative and cooperative as it would much rather deal with the China-friendly Ma than the DPP and it would not want to see the DPP in power again
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I'm worried about the pro-Beijing policy. After a few years, Taiwan will be eaten up by Beijing if Ma doesn't adopt some proper measures
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A meeting of Serie A has accepted the offer from China to play the next three Super Cups in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
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Beijing might raise some concern on whether (relations with China) play into the election result
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If you take out the Michael Phelps ratings in Beijing, those were sort of so-so -- same with (the Winter Games) in '06
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At the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Undersecretary Burns will travel to Beijing Dec. 8 and 9 to address key issues discussed during President Obama's recent visit
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When I won the gold in Beijing (Olympics), there were two Chinese volunteers who gave me a card, all done in Hindi. I have it framed next to my gold medal
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Canada's biggest airline said it will add daily, non-stop service from Toronto and Vancouver to Beijing and Shanghai on a year-round basis. Those routes operate only a few days each week outside the peak four-month summer travel season.
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The opening of BURGER KING’s® 12,000 th restaurant, which is located in Beijing, demonstrates our commitment to expanding our presence in China and throughout the entire Asia Pacific region ... We opened more restaurants in the region in 2009 than during the last four years combined and we plan to open ...
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