Sat, Jul 04 2009
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China @ ICANN »
Danwei Rebecca MacKinnon summarizes some of the issues under discussion at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers of interest to China: ICANN's relationship with the US government, generic top level domains, and "internationalized" TLDs written... |
Fri, Jul 03 2009
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23:22 pm
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Photo of the Day (7.3.09) »
Gadling Filed under: Asia, China, Mongolia, Photo of the DayFlickr user bellumdeos submitted this photo (click to enlarge) of a yurt in Inner Mongolia, China. Something about the vast steppes of Northern China and Mongolia has always attracted me to the region--... |
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22:59 pm
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KHI puts new dock in China on hold »
Japan Times Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipbuilding venture in China will delay construction of a second dock in Dalian by three years as the global recession dries up demand.
The plan will be postponed until 2015 instead of early 2012, said Tomokazu... |
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22:51 pm
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A look into the secrets of the Kanji family »
Japan Times Japanese is comprised of three syllable alphabets: kanji, hiragana and katakana. Yeah, you've heard this before. But do you know the history behind the three?
Kanji originated in China and came to Japan during the Han Dynasty (Japan's Asuka Period... |
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21:29 pm
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Dam bursts in Guangxi »
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20:37 pm
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Chinese Government Raises Fuel Prices by 10% (That's Good!) »
TreeHugger Those prices are in Yuans per liter, I think.
Fuel Subsidies Punish Virtue
The Chinese government has recently decided to raise fuel prices by about 10%, the third increase in the past few months, following a 6-7% increase on June 1st, and a 3-5%... |
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19:48 pm
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China gets green Pepsi »
Engaging China PepsiCo has opened China's first "green" beverage plant in Chongqing and reiterated plans to invest $1 billion in the country. The drinks giant says this is the first plant in the industrial centre of Chongqing to comply with LEED, a US standard for... |
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19:47 pm
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Deer blends brighter future »
Engaging China Deer Consumer Products, a Chinese manufacturer of kitchen appliances, may not yet be a household name. But Deer has big ambitions, prestigious contracts with the likes of Wal-Mart and Tesco and plans for a Nasdaq listing... |
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19:11 pm
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US pigs to aid research into transplants »
Shanghai Daily FOUR genetically engineered pigs from Harvard University in the United States are to be sent to a Chinese hospital in the southwestern Sichuan Province for use in pig-to-monkey organ transplant experiments, a doctor... |
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19:11 pm
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Servant caused H1N1 outbreak »
Shanghai Daily THE swine flu infection involving 22 pupils in a Beijing primary school was caused by a housekeeper, according to the Beijing Health Bureau.
The unnamed servant started work for the family of a student at Nanhu... |
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19:11 pm
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Public outcry over subsidies scheme »
Shanghai Daily PUBLIC concern over corruption has been sparked over newly revealed subsidy plans for local government workers amid national government transport reforms.
To cut spending on government cars, reforms have been launched... |
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19:10 pm
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Green Dam on computers now »
Shanghai Daily SEVERAL makers of personal computers including Acer, Lenovo and Sony, are providing the porn blocking Green Dam software with models sold in the country's market, despite a government decision to postpone a plan to... |
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19:10 pm
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Beijing sees drop in pollution levels »
Shanghai Daily POLLUTION levels in Beijing over the past six months were the lowest in nearly a decade, environmental officials said yesterday.
"We can say air quality in Beijing has already improved. We can feel that and see... |
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19:10 pm
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Cops caught in crimes »
Shanghai Daily PROSECUTORS in Jilin Province have ratified the arrest of the deputy police chief Wang Yufan of Tonghua City, for his alleged involvement in organized crime.
Fourteen accomplices were also arrested, Hunan-based... |
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19:09 pm
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Orphanage-scandal probe starts »
Shanghai Daily A JOINT work team including family planning, civil affairs personnel, police and Party disciplinary officials are investigating a scandal in which babies were taken from parents and sent overseas for adoption from... |
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19:09 pm
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Electric shock kills flu patient »
Shanghai Daily HANGZHOU police confirmed yesterday that electrocution was the cause of the "accidental" death of a swine flu patient in a hospital in the Zhejiang Province capital on Wednesday.
"The patient died of electrocution... |
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19:01 pm
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China joins carbon tax protest »
Financial Times Beijing has joined a growing clamour of complaint about US plans for a carbon tax on imports from countries without their own emission caps, warning it could set off a global trade war |
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18:38 pm
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Win in China: Driving Entrepreurialism in China. »
All Roads Whether it is the entrepreneurs of Wenzhou who have developed the informal lending circles, those returning from Silicon Valley, your local delivery man who represents 6 delivery companies or the freshly minted grads who are receiving government aid,... |
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18:06 pm
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Obama to seek climate deal in Moscow »
Guardian Unlimited After success with China, US targets Russia in strategy to reach separate agreements with world's biggest pollutersBarack Obama will move to seal a deal with Russia for joint action on climate change during his summit in Moscow next week, the Guardian has... |
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18:43 pm
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China @ ICANN: thoughts from former CEO Paul Twomey »
RConversation Nobody else appears to have reported thi... |
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18:03 pm
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The Uyghurs: Persecuted Muslim Minority in NorthWest China »
Global Voices Today we take a look at the situation faced by the Uyghur people, a Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region of China, where their culture is being obliterated by the central Chinese government, first because they were deemed separatists and now, after the... |
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17:06 pm
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Two Taiwanese arrested for alleged bank scam »
The Nation Tourist police have arrested two Taiwanese men for allegedly luring mainland Chinese to transfer money to specific accounts in China, and then withdrawing cash from ATMs in Pattaya. |
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16:09 pm
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Ericsson puts China on fiber diet »
Engaging China China's telecoms equipment industry gets more innovative each day. But there are still areas where western technology triumphs. How else do we explain Ericsson getting three contracts for fixed broadband access? |
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16:06 pm
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Please Help! Shenzen Airport to Hong Kong Airport »
Trip Advisor Ferry from Shekou which is around 45 minutes from Shenzhen airport.... |
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16:06 pm
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Tibet Ctrip Recommendation »
Trip Advisor In May 2009 my boyfriend and I did a 9 day overland trip with TibetCtrip. After spending quite a bit... |
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16:06 pm
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Trip to China and Thailand Next June »
Trip Advisor I am hoping to take my daughter (10 years) to China and Thailand next June. We will have a total of... |
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16:16 pm
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Australian Lawmakers Visit Dalai Lama in India »
Voice of America Chinese Embassy in Canberra says visit is gross case of interference in country's internal affairs |
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15:02 pm
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China Turns Up Heat on Carbon »
WSJ China's central government reiterated its opposition to carbon tariff policies and said they could provoke a trade war, ratcheting up the rhetoric as lawmakers in the U.S. consider legislation to reduce greenhouse gases. |
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15:02 pm
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Blockages »
Danwei Academic Criticism (学术批评网) is a useful website founded in 2001 by Yang Yusheng (杨玉圣), a historian and critic.
The website aggregates commentary by and about academics: newspaper op-eds, book reviews, forewords to anthologies, and other s... |
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14:59 pm
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Pathways to a low-carbon future »
China Dialogue China has a number of potential sustainable development paths, but none of them will be easy to achieve. This is the conclusion of a recent report by Wang Tao and Jim Watson, which develops a set of low-carbon scenarios to 2100.China's continuous economic... |
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14:54 pm
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Beijing Auto submits GM Europe offer »
Financial Times Chinese carmaker Beijing Auto has made a non-binding offer for Opel in the third such bid to be received by General Motors |
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13:10 pm
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Buying a train ticket in Xi'an »
Trip Advisor Arrive July 20th at noon, sorry typo. |
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13:09 pm
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What to do, eat and see in Beijing??? »
Trip Advisor Thank you for your participation in the TripAdvisor China Forum. First, please do you own homework... |
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13:04 pm
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Wanita MCA holds dialogue with PAP Women's Wing »
Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE: Chew Mei Fun, national chairman of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) women's wing, Wanita, has led 35 female political activists on a two-day study trip to Singapore. |
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13:45 pm
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List of World Heritage Sites grows by 13 »
Gadling Filed under: Activism, Arts and Culture, History, Learning, Asia, Europe, Burkina, Cape Verde, China, Iran, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Peru, Ecotourism, Middle East, Central AmericaThe United Nations Educational... |
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13:14 pm
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Chinese shares up 0.92% led by property, coal shares »
People's Daily Chinese equities extended gains Friday led by property and coal shares.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on Shanghai bourse closed at 3,088.37 points, up 28.12 points, or 0.92 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 12,258.79 points,... |
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13:13 pm
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Experts: Downtrend of China's economy initially curbed »
People's Daily In general, the economic situation is improving. Experts and scholars generally believe that the downtrend of China's economy has initially been curbed, and is now picking up momentum. However, economic growth has not yet stabilized and China's economy is... |
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13:12 pm
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Japanese media claims China concerned about Japan's nuclear armament »
People's Daily Some people in Japan have advocated adopting nuclear arms and attacking enemy bases following DPRK's nuclear test and missile launch, according to a report by Kyodo News Agency on July 2 reported by Global Times correspondent Zhao Xueliang.
The report... |
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13:11 pm
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Shanghai blames unbalanced groundwork for building collapse, promises severe penalties »
People's Daily Shanghai authorities on Friday announced the technical causes for the collapse last Saturday of an apartment building under construction, saying whoever was found responsible for the deadly accident would be "severely penalized."
The "Lotus... |
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13:10 pm
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China opposes imposing carbon tariffs on imported products »
People's Daily A proposal for charging carbon tariffs towards imported products will breach the rules of the World Trade Organization and the spirit of Kyoto Protocol, Yao Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), said Friday in Beijng.
Imposing carbon... |
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13:09 pm
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Hong Kong stocks close 0.14% slightly higher »
People's Daily Hong Kong stocks went up 25.35 points, or 0.14 percent to close at 18,203.40 on Friday.
Turnover moved down to 54.29 billion HK dollars (7.01 billion U. S. dollars) from Thursday's 68.38 billion HK dollars (8.83 billion U.S. dollars).
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13:09 pm
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Who will blink first in iron ore price talks deadlock? »
People's Daily The stand-off between China's steel mills and the world's major iron ore miners continues three days after the June-30 deadline to agree ore prices for the next 12 months.
But who will blink first in the ongoing guessing game over how the global... |
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13:02 pm
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Last Reminder: Shanghaiist + Boxing Cat Brewery July 4 Party »
Shanghaiist Where: 82 Fuxing Xi Lu near Yongfu Lu (复兴西路82号)
Cover: 50RMB, includes drink
Raffle tickets: 25RMB per ticket, 200RMB for 10
Music: The soulful sounds of Carlton J. Smith and some American tunes besides.
Mini Schedule Round Up: Saturday, Ju... |
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12:05 pm
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7 S'poreans arrested for suspected involvement in loansharking »
Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE: Police arrested seven male Singaporean Chinese on Wednesday for suspected involvement in a loansharking syndicate. The suspects are aged between 23 and 38 years old. |
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12:47 pm
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Beijing Auto submits Opel offer »
Financial Times Chinese carmaker Beijing Auto has made a non-binding offer for Opel in the third such bid to be received by General Motors |
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11:44 am
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China Journal Wrap: Global Resource Push, H1N1 Measures »
China Journal China continues on its global prowl for natural resources: China National Petroleum Corp. may bid on some Argentine assets of Spanish oil company Repsol YPF and is looking at other deals in South America. |
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11:02 am
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Chengdu bus fire blamed on 62-year-old suicidal gambler »
Danwei Chongqing TimesJuly 3, 2009
Police have completed their investigation into the June 5 bus fire in Chengdu that killed 27.
They concluded that cause of the fire was arson, committed by a 62-year-old man named Zhang Yunliang who carried gasoline onto the... |
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10:37 am
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Need advice - H1N1 delays/quarantine at Beijing Airport »
Trip Advisor Hi, sorry if this had been asked before, I'm flying into Beijing from Hong Kong and then onto... |
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10:37 am
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Have you trekked the Great Wall of China??? »
Trip Advisor Hi, I'm a reporter for a radio station called Heart in Bristol. I need to... |
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10:36 am
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Tibet with children »
Trip Advisor Our next destination is Tibet.We are used to make long and far away trips.So spending time on... |
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10:36 am
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Custom made jewellery »
Trip Advisor Am travelling to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong in October. Would like to buy some gold... |
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10:55 am
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Officials apologize on TV over wedding banquets »
Shanghai Daily TWO government officials in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality made public apologies on local television on Wednesday for arranging massive wedding banquets for their daughters, today's Chongqing Economic... |
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10:54 am
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Flood threat evacuates 10,000 »
Shanghai Daily ABOUT 10,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes near the dam of a reservoir in Luocheng County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as flooding threatens.
Part of the dam was damaged after heavy rain... |
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10:53 am
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Orphanage scandal officials punished »
Shanghai Daily SIX government officials in southwest China have been punished over an orphanage scandal when three children were taken away from their families who could not afford fines for violating family planning regulations.... |
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10:06 am
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Bawang shines on Hong Kong debut »
Financial Times Bawang International, a Chinese herbal shampoo maker that uses movie star Jackie Chan in its advertisements, shined on its market debut in Hong Kong with shares rising as much as 34 per cent in a tepid market |
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10:20 am
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Rain-triggered landslide leaves six dead, one missing in central China »
People's Daily Six people are dead and another is missing after rains triggered a landslide in central China's Hunan Province Thursday, the local government said.
The landslide happened in Shuangfeng County, which saw an average rainfall of 100 mm Thursday, the... |
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10:18 am
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2008 CPC statistics notice »
People's Daily At the end of 2008, there were 75.931 million Communist Party of China (CPC) members, 1.778 million more than in 2007.
There were 3.718 million grassroots CPC organizations, 55,000 more than the previous year. This included 179,000 grassroots Party... |
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10:17 am
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Household appliance trade-in subsidy program to stimulate consumption »
People's Daily From June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010, a household appliance trade-in subsidy program will be implemented in nine pilot provinces, municipalities and cities comprising Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Fuzhou and Changsha.
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10:17 am
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PD Online under maintenance, temporarily suspends service »
People's Daily People's Daily Online will suspend part of its services temporarily from 8 p.m. July 3 till 2 p.m. July 4 due to system maintenance.
Please come to visit till 2 p.m. July 4.
Best regards!
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10:16 am
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Australian resources company forms joint venture with China »
People's Daily Austrlia-based Emergent Resources announced on Friday it would form a joint venture with China Metallurgical Investment to develop its Beyondie Iron project in Western Australia, the Australian newspaper reported.
Emergent revealed that the agreed... |
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10:16 am
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Chinese senior official, Ukrainian parliament chief agree to enhance co-op »
People's Daily Senior Chinese official Wang Gang met Ukrainian parliament chief Vladimir Litvin in Kiev Thursday, and they agreed to enhance exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory... |
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10:15 am
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Chinese American group designated as strategic partner of U.S. Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo »
People's Daily The Committee of 100 (C-100) said Thursday that it has been designated as a Strategic Partner of the USA National Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
As a strategic partner, the C-100 will assist the USA National Pavilion in fund raising... |
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10:15 am
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Senior official: China ready to boost ties with Brazil »
People's Daily China and Brazil have maintained close exchanges and cooperation between their legislatures, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Thursday.
Liu Yunshan, member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and head of the... |
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10:14 am
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One dead, six missing after ferryboat capsizes in central China »
People's Daily One person is dead and six others missing after a ferryboat capsized in central China's Hunan Province early Friday, the local government said.
The boat carrying 38 people from Dongmen Village to Daoxian County seat in Yongzhou City when it... |
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10:03 am
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Xinhua to broadcast in European grocery stores »
Shanghaiist Shoppers in supermarkets across Europe will soon get the rare "treat" of watching short broadcasts from Xinhua while picking out their groceries.
In a bizarre choice of expansion strategies, everyone's favorite news source (besides Shanghaiist) has... |
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10:02 am
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New developments in the Kunming prostitution case »
Danwei Liu Shihua, Pu Enfu, and a police officer
The case of a Kunming man accused of helping his daughter become a prostitute, and protecting her by letting police carry off his two foster daughters, may be an example of coerced confessions and overzealous law... |
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09:54 am
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H1N1 Patient’s Accidental Death Sparks Protest »
China Journal A 34-year-old woman in the eastern China city of Hangzhou survived the H1N1 flu virus, but she didn't survive her hospital stay. |
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09:53 am
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PBOC’s Zhou: A Jab At America, And Six Scenarios For Rebalancing The World Economy »
China Journal People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan used the opening of his speech at Friday’s Global Think Tank Summit – a conference hosted with much fanfare by Beijing’s recently established China Center for International Economic Exchanges ... |
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09:07 am
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Deadly bus fire 'set by arsonist' »
BBC News A fire on a bus in China that killed 27 people in June may have been caused by a suicidal arsonist, police say. |
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08:43 am
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China can do without US dollar? »
Pravda China’s announcement overnight that it will allow companies to settle international trade claims in yuan shows how serious the Chinese authorities are about building a local currency market. |
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08:05 am
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Transport plan sparks concerns »
Shanghai Daily PUBLIC concerns of corruption have been sparked over the newly revealed subsidy plans for local government workers amid national government transport reforms.
To cut spending on government cars, reforms have... |
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08:30 am
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TCP to Sell Branded Bulbs in U.S. »
WSJ China's fluorescent-light maker TCP, which makes bulbs for GE, Philips and others, will begin making and selling TCP-branded products in the U.S. |
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08:08 am
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Dialogue of the Day: BBC grills Qin Gang »
Shanghaiist Quentin Sommerville, BBC News:
Qin Gang, do you have children?
[laughter]
Qin Gang (秦刚), Foreign Ministry spokesman:
[nods affirmative]
Quentin Sommerville:
I ask you because a few weeks ago, you asked my colleague whether he had children whe... |
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08:06 am
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Spring Airlines wants to make flying even less comfortable »
Shanghaiist In the latest addition to "brilliant ideas that China likes to try," Spring Airlines is now considering selling standing-only tickets to passengers on their flights. The budget airline currently has only 13 planes in their fleet and cannot meet growing... |
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07:54 am
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Getting to the Great Wall @ Mutianyu »
Trip Advisor The first time I went to the Great Wall @ Mutianyu I was on a tour-guided bus and we had to stop at... |
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07:10 am
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New Zealand to launch first Chinese digital communities website »
People's Daily Auckland City Libraries and the New Zealand Chinese Association Auckland Inc. have collaborated to develop the first New Zealand Chinese digital communities website.
This new initiative will be launched at the Rising Dragons, Soaring Bananas... |
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07:09 am
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Police: A/H1N1 patient died of electrocution in hospital »
People's Daily Police in east China's Hangzhou City confirmed Friday that electrocution was the cause of the "accidental" death of an A/H1N1 flu patient in a hospital on Wednesday.
"The patient died of electrocution caused by leakage of electricity from... |
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07:08 am
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China's satellite positioning system to offer better service »
People's Daily China's home-grown global navigation satellite system, Compass, will provide regional service in 2011 with a constellation of 12 satellites, said an industry insider.
China aims to make Compass a navigation satellite system of 35 satellites by... |
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07:07 am
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China has more think tanks than US »
People's Daily China's 2000 think tanks are more than the 1,777 in the US, according to the latest statistics.
The Development Research Center of the State Council, the Chinese Academy of Social Science and research institutes under universities, ministries and... |
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06:08 am
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Premier meets thinkers »
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Two performers of note »
Shanghai Daily |
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06:08 am
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Swine flu patient dies in 'accident' »
Shanghai Daily |
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06:07 am
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Fatal club fire official loses appeal »
Shanghai Daily A COURT in Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province has upheld a sentence of 11 years jail for a senior police officer over dereliction of duty that resulted in a fatal club fire which claimed 44 lives, the... |
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06:05 am
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Security chief arrested for organized crime »
Shanghai Daily PROSECUTORS in Jilin Province have ratified the arrest of Wang Yufan, vice director of the Public Security Bureau in Tonghua City, for involvement in organized crime.
Fourteen accomplices were also arrested,... |
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06:07 am
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Live Music This Weekend: Grace Before Meals, Monroe Stahr and RESO 6 »
Shanghaiist Ugh. Summertime in Shanghai and livin' ain't all that easy. It's too darn hot one minute, sun showers the next. Luckily, Yuyintang have just installed a new air-con unit in the main room making it just that little bit less hot 'n' sticky. Live Bar? Well,... |
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06:04 am
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Have you got the GUTS, Chinese youth? »
Shanghaiist Back when we were wee little children, we watched Nickelodeon's Guts with the same fanaticism our Gen-X uncles had for American Gladiators. The show, which pits kids against kids in a competitive sports arena was great for its messiness, its "safe"... |
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06:03 am
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2009 July 4th Rundown »
Shanghaiist You know where we’re going to be tomorrow, but if for some in explicable reason you don’t have a hankering for some Kelley Lee BBQ and rapturous Boxingcat brews, here are a few other options in town. We’re not including the Amcham bash... |
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05:50 am
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July 22 solar eclipse in Wuhan »
Trip Advisor I am going to July 22 solar eclipse in Wuhan. I need advice for an observation site with 2... |
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05:44 am
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Pepsi's Indra Nooyi Focuses on China »
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05:24 am
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Naught at the museum »
People's Daily The reason most people do not like going to the museum is that "in China a museum looks like a giant opening textbook, which obviously bores audiences from both home and abroad," said Zhang Jie, deputy chief of the Department of Display Design at the... |
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05:18 am
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Top student loses college chance over cheating »
People's Daily A student who achieved the highest score in this year's national college entrance exam in Chongqing Municipality will lose a chance to enter his dream school this year because his family lied about his ethnicity to achieve extra admission points.
The... |
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05:16 am
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"Magic Olympics" in Beijing to attract 2,300 magicians worldwide »
People's Daily About 2,300 magicians from 65 countries and regions will attend the 24th FISM World Championships of Magic, to be held in Beijing from July 26 to 31, according to the event's host China Acrobats Association (CAA) Friday.
The championship is the... |
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04:43 am
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Reading Tea Leaves on China’s Green Dam Delay »
China Journal Have Chinese officials changed their minds again on Green Dam - or was the one quoted today in a local newspaper just obfuscating? |
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04:22 am
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china southern airlines - online booking question »
Trip Advisor By the way, other websites such as travelzen, ctrip, etc also do not have the "smart flier rate"... |
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04:20 am
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Xian airport to railway station »
Trip Advisor I'm coming from Hk to Xian at night and early next day onboard the train to lhasa. How do i get from... |
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China babies 'sold for adoption' »
digg Dozens of baby girls in southern China have been taken from parents and sold for adoption overseas, a newspaper reports. |
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04:23 am
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Chinese president's visit to Italy set to boost bilateral ties, partnership: Italian expert »
People's Daily Chinese President Hu Jintao's forthcoming visit to Italy ahead of the G8 summit paves the way for stronger bilateral ties, an Italian expert told Xinhua in an interview.
Luca La Bella, a China analyst with Rome's International Studies Center, said... |
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04:23 am
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US participation in Shanghai World Expo remains unconfirmed »
People's Daily Shanghai World Expo organizers haven't received a letter of confirmation from the United States on its participation in and the appointment of a commissioner general to the 2010 event.
Countries and organizations are only regarded as attending the... |
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04:22 am
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Nine dead, 15 injured in N. China traffic accident »
People's Daily Nine people were confirmed dead and 15 others injured after a passenger bus collided into a parked truck Thursday in north China's Hebei Province, local police said.
The accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. on a highway in Xianxian County. Two were... |
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04:22 am
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200 college students recover from diarrhea in NW China »
People's Daily A total of 204 university students in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have recovered from diarrhea caused by unknown reasons as of Thursday.
The students at the Weishui campus of Chang'an University in Xi'an, the provincial capital, had fallen... |
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04:21 am
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Detention center investigated after 2 deaths »
People's Daily The management of a Hebei detention center is being investigated after two prisoners died and another was severely injured by a jailhouse bully.
The provincial-level investigation was launched after the family of the bullied man went to authorities to... |
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04:20 am
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97 students sickened over suspected food poisoning in north China »
People's Daily Ninety-seven primary school students in north China's Hebei Province have fallen ill in a suspected food poisoning case, local government sources said Thursday.
The students in Yulong Bilingual Primary School in Dingzhou City started to show... |
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04:20 am
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China's Compass to rival GPS »
People's Daily China's global navigation satellite system, Compass, will provide regional service in 2011 with a constellation of 12 satellites, a navigation industry insider was quoted as saying on Thursday.
China aims to make Compass a navigation satellite system... |
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04:19 am
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Plan for foreign firms' listings gathers steam »
People's Daily With the goal of building Shanghai into a world-class financial hub, the central government is showing renewed interest in inviting foreign-funded firms to be listed in the country.
Deputy commerce minister Chen Jian said yesterday that his ministry... |
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04:18 am
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G8 Summit talks likely to turn to dollar »
People's Daily China would like to see a diversification of the international currency system in the future and believes it would be "normal" if the issue came up at the "8+5 summit" involving the Group of Eight (G8) and emerging powers, Deputy Foreign Minister He Yafei... |
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04:18 am
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Better direction from satellites »
People's Daily China's global navigation satellite system, Compass, will provide regional service in 2011 with a constellation of 12 satellites, a navigation industry insider said yesterday.
China aims to make Compass a navigation satellite system of 35 satellites... |
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Wife: My man was innocent »
People's Daily The wife of a man who died after 17 hours of alleged torture in detention is fighting to clear her husband's name and wants the police officers accused of the death behind bars.
Wan Jianguo, a 43-year-old medical company salesman, died on Aug 8 last... |
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Girls taken from parents and sold »
People's Daily About 80 newborn baby girls from a Guizhou county have been removed from their families by officials since 2001, and most have been handed over to foreign adoptive parents as orphans at a price of $3,000 each, the Southern Metropolis News reported on... |
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Residents don't want proposed plant »
People's Daily The developer of a planned chemical plant in Maoming, Guangdong province, has received strong protests from nearby residents who say the plant will cause pollution and health problems in their neighborhoods.
The feedback came after the company... |
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Govt car purchases drive ire on Internet »
People's Daily Allegations that a Chongqing district government spent 60 million yuan ($8.7 million) on cars over three years has provoked outrage online.
The budget of the unnamed district government was recently leaked on the Internet.
The data shows that 16.9... |
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Harvest time for Chinese wolfberry fruits in NW China »
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&$Farmers are busy harvesting the Chinese wolfberry fruits in Zhongning County of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China, July 2, 2009. More than 12,000 hectares of Chinese wolfberry are in the harvest season in Zhongning County. Ningxia is... |
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Campaign to get kids off streets »
People's Daily People who coerce or cajole children into becoming beggars will be the focus of a nationwide crime fighting campaign by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), a senior official told the Global Times today.
Chen Shiqu, head of the ministry's Office... |
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04:14 am
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Baby girls taken and sold for adoption »
People's Daily About 80 newborn baby girls from a county of Guizhou Province in southwest China have been removed from their families by local officials since 2001, and most have been handed over to foreign adoptive parents as orphans at a price of $3,000 each, the... |
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A busy day in Lhasa - Linda's tour in Tibet »
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&$Linda Rosen (L) talks to a student from the Second Primary School of Chengguan District in Lhasa, Tibet. (CRI online Photo)&$&$
Dictation by Linda Rosen; Text by Sun Yang
We had a very busy day today (Thursday), visiting a lot of places in... |
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Around Shanghai: Disneyland rumors, real estate highs and lows, and laowais get to stay longer »
Shanghaiist Woah! Is the Shanghai Disneyland idea back on? A Disney news site reports that Bob Weis, Exec VP of Walt Disney Imagineering may have been hired as the creative lead for the "in-development" Shanghai Disneyland Resort. [AWN]
An exhibition about Cartoon... |
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Xinhua: USA Pavilion NOT confirmed yet »
Shanghaiist So despite the U.S. promising to be at Expo 2010 and Hillary Clinton allegedly confirming its participation, Shanghai World Expo organizers still haven't actually received the letter of confirmation, according to Xinhua. It's only when this letter gets... |
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Interview: Carlton J. Smith celebrating American soul in Shanghai »
Shanghaiist "Soul Brother Number New" Carlton J. Smith will be crooning his soulful sounds at the Shanghaiist + Boxing Cat Brewery July 4 Party.
Where: 82 Fuxing Xi Lu near Yongfu Lu (复兴西路82号)
Starts: Saturday, July 4
Cover: 50 RMB includes a drink
For ... |
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Asian Youth Games: China dominate track and field »
Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE: They are the biggest rivals on the Asian stage. Over recent years though, China have clearly become the leading nation in sport, with Japan battling it out with South Korea behind it. |
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China kicks off Global Think Tank Summit, focusing on crisis remedyand future development »
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&$Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivers a keynote speech in Beijing, capital of China, July 2, 2009. The global think-tank summit opened here Thursday. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)&$&$
More than 900 scholars, experts and representatives... |
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Chinese vice premier calls for workplace safety improvement »
People's Daily Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang on Thursday called for technical upgrades to enhance workplace safety and improve emergency rescue systems.
When visiting an exhibition on workplace safety and emergency rescue equipment held by the State... |
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How to sell a motorbike in eleven easy steps »
Danwei Chris at cdrum sells his motorbike at the Beijing Vehicle Management Center.
Link picked by Danwei.org |
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