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15 Nov 09 visit Simon Cowell 'too old' for The X Factor in China says ambassador Fu Ying Simon Cowell was no doubt delighted with the publicity for The X Factor when the Chinese ambassador to London Fu Ying disclosed recently that she was a fan of the television talent contest.
14 Nov 09 visit Ministers spend £20m on 'dandelion' at Shanghai Expo but no room for Big Ben Ministers are lavishing more than £20million of taxpayer's money on an "exploding dandelion" pavilion at next year's World Expo in Shanghai which deliberately ignores traditional British icons like Big Ben.
06 Nov 09 visit Chinese snap up £10000 a bottle whisky Whisky companies have started producing £10000 bottle of spirits to appeal to superrich customers in China and the Gulf States.
30 Oct 09 visit Chinese toddler has dead twin removed from her stomach Chinese toddler Kang Mengru has become a medical marvel after having her dead twin removed from her stomach.
30 Oct 09 visit Britain's women swimmers are making a splash ahead of London 2012 Since Rebecca Adlington's double gold triumph at the Beijing Olympics Britain's women swimmers have been on the crest of a wave that they expect to carry them all the way to London 2012. Chris Harvey meets the medal hopefuls.
29 Oct 09 visit X Factor fans upset Chinese Ambassador by standing outside her house X Factor fans have sparked a diplomatic row with China by besieging the house where the contestants live which has the Chinese Ambassador to Britain as a next door neighbour.
14 Oct 09 visit Stephen Fry stirs up a row over his criticism of Chinese eating habits Stephen Fry who issues communiqués on world affairs with wearying regularity these days has evoked the ire of the Chinese people with his latest pronouncement about their eating habits.
13 Oct 09 visit John Virgo in new BBC race gaffe over Chinese player with 'chink in his armour' John Virgo the snooker veteran stands accused of making another BBC race gaffe by referring to a Chinese player as having "a chink in his armour".
11 Oct 09 visit British man facing death by firing squad in China after 'losing second appeal' A British man believed to suffering from mental illness is facing execution by firing squad after losing a second appeal against a drug trafficking conviction in China.
04 Oct 09 visit British students' grasp of English worse than foreign counterparts reveals study British undergraduates have a worse grasp of written English than students from China Indonesia and Singapore an analysis of students' work has revealed.
28 Sep 09 visit Confucius Google doodle: a brief history of the philosopher Google adopted an image of Confucius the ancient Chinese philosopher as its doodle for September 28 2009 but who was the man? Here is a brief guide:
28 Sep 09 visit Confucius: Google doodle changed to mark philosopher's anniversary Google has changed its homepage logo to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Confucius the ancient Chinese philosopher.
27 Sep 09 visit Prince of Wales seeks thaw in troubled relations with China The Prince of Wales is to launch a charity in China signifying a major thaw in the troubled relationship between the heir to the throne and the world's most populated nation.
26 Sep 09 visit Chinese hornet army plotting invasion of UK An army of deadly Chinese hornets is heading north through France towards Britain after attempts to trap and poison them failed.
25 Sep 09 visit Scientists hail new species of feathered dinosaurs A new species of feathered dinosaurs provides hard evidence the prehistoric creatures evolved into birds a group of Chinese scientists has claimed.
14 Sep 09 visit Snake with foot found in China A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China.
10 Sep 09 visit Roald Dahl's sweet shop discovered as Chinese takeaway Roald Dahl's childhood sweet shop thought to be the inspiration for some of his greatest books has been identified as a Chinese takeaway in the village where he grew up.
03 Sep 09 visit Cambridgeshire village of Cambourne has higher birth rate than India China and US A village in Cambridgeshire has a higher birth rate than the world's most populous countries.
02 Sep 09 visit Dogs descended from wolf pack on Yangtze river Today's dogs are all descended from a pack of wolves tamed 16000 years ago on the shores of the Yangtze river according to new research.
26 Aug 09 visit Man charged with trying to sell sister for sham marriage A 22 yearold man has appeared in court in Reading charged with attempting to sell his disabled sister to a Chinese man for a sham marriage.
09 Aug 09 visit Jeremy Hunt's trials of love in China Tipped as a future Tory leader Jeremy Hunt has no shortage of determination. When the shadow culture secretary married his fiancée Lucia in her native China he was called upon to display his devotion.
07 Aug 09 visit Bank of China arrival in UK heralds return to traditional banking Bank of China has arrived in the British mortgage market heralding a return to traditional banking with homebuyers limited to borrowing three times their salary and all deals funded out of cash deposits.
07 Aug 09 visit Poisoning pensioner likened to Hamlet William Dowling a pensioner who served up poison in a floral china cup to his estranged wife Maureen was likened to Hamlet in court.
21 Jul 09 visit China releases quarantined British pupils A group of British students quarantined in China following a swine flu outbreak were released on Monday according to a report.
20 Jul 09 visit Swine flu: eight British children sick in China Eight British schoolchildren visiting China have been struck down by swine flu and more than 100 ordered into quarantine in Beijing.
20 Jul 09 visit Swine flu: expats in China get extra week off Anyone who works in China is getting used to an extra week off if they travel abroad because of the swine flu pandemic.
18 Jul 09 visit Swine flu: British schoolchildren quarantined in Beijing hotel after four fall ill with virus A group of 52 British schoolchildren and their teachers have been quarantined in Beijing after four pupils were found to have swine flu.
16 Jul 09 visit Goahead for ecotowns in England The Government has announced the goahead for four ecotowns in Rackheath Whitehill Bordon north west Bicester and the China Clay Community in Cornwall.
10 Jul 09 visit Senior Army officer loses BlackBerry mobile phone in China A senior Army officer lost his BlackBerry mobile phone while on holiday in China sparking a security alert back in the UK it has been reported.
09 Jul 09 visit British family in swine flu quarantine at Chinese hotel A British couple Roger and Marion Aylott and their family have been put into quarantine on the sealed off top floor of a hotel in China after their granddaughters were struck down by swine flu.
06 Jul 09 visit Public mistake Chinese lanterns for distress flares British coastguard chiefs say the craze of releasing Chinese flying lanterns into the air is leading to people dialling 999 mistaking them for rescue flares.
28 Jun 09 visit BBC sends 407 staff to Glastonbury festival The BBC has sent 407 people to cover this weekend's Glastonbury festival almost as many as it flew out to film last year's Beijing Olympics.
26 Jun 09 visit Hackers recruited to fight 'new cold war' Britain is to build new defences against a "cyber cold war" being launched from China and Russia amid fears that hackers could gain the technology to shut down the computer systems that control Britain's power stations water companies air traffic...
25 Jun 09 visit AlQaeda China and Russia 'pose cyber war threat to Britain' warns Lord West Targets include key businesses the power grid financial markets and Whitehall Lord West the Security Minister has warned.
24 Jun 09 visit China has more millionaires than UK for the first time China is home to more millionaires than the UK for the first time according to the World Wealth Report.
22 Jun 09 visit Chinese science exams more 'interesting and demanding' than GCSEs Maths and science exams taken by students in China are more "interesting and demanding" than their British GCSE counterparts it has been claimed by the Royal Society of Chemistry
19 Jun 09 visit Gang staged fake British citizenship ceremony to con Chinese immigrants A criminal gang staged a fake British citizenship ceremony - with an actor even playing the Home Secretary - to swindle thousands of pounds from Chinese immigrants a court heard.
10 Jun 09 visit Judge slams 'relaxed' immigration officials who freed Chinese migrants A judge overseeing one of the biggest people smuggling cases in Britain yesterday criticised the "relaxed attitude" of immigration officials after scores of Chinese immigrants were freed.
08 Jun 09 visit The X Factor lures Olympic gymnast Although his training has been heavily subsidised by the National Lottery for the London 2012 Olympics Louis Smith - the gymnast who won a bronze medal in Beijing last year - tells Mandrake he may jack it in if Simon Cowell selects him for a pop...
04 Jun 09 visit Boy 10 refused Chinese children's meal because he is too tall A 10yearold boy was refused a children's meal at a Chinese restaurant after staff measured him and decided he was too tall.
03 Jun 09 visit Drug accused facing death penalty in China 'lured with promise of pop stardom' Akmal Shaikh a mentallyill British man who faces the death penalty in China may have been fooled into smuggling drugs with the promise he would be a pop star.
01 Jun 09 visit Cambridge student 'threw shoe towards Chinese Prime Minister' A German student went beyond "lawful" protest when he threw a shoe towards Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during a lecture at Cambridge University a court heard.
19 May 09 visit Restaurant worker found guilty of Chinese student murders Restaurant worker Guang Hui Cao has been found guilty of the murder of two Chinese graduates in their Newcastle upon Tyne home.
30 Apr 09 visit Learning Chinese languages makes you musical claim scientists Learning to speak Mandarin and Vietnamese as a child helps make you more musical claims a study that suggests being fluent in the languages helps you have perfect pitch.
29 Apr 09 visit Blind British boy seeks stem cell treatment in China A blind boy born with an "untreatable" eye condition is travelling to China to receive a revolutionary stem cell therapy that could partially restore his sight.
25 Apr 09 visit Taxpayers insure £500 million Turner paintings sent to China The taxpayer has been forced to underwrite the half a billion pounds insurance cost of a "cultural project" sending a hundred paintings by JMW Turner to China.
25 Apr 09 visit Chinese jade water buffalo nearly three centuries old found in an old box A 250yearold Chinese jade water buffalo has been discovered in an old wooden box which was secured with rusty nails string and sealing wax back in 1940.
23 Apr 09 visit RollsRoyce considers legal action against £30000 Chinese copycat RollsRoyce is consulting lawyers after the Chinese launched a copycat car including a winged mascot and huge radiator grill for just £30000.
20 Apr 09 visit Electric cars labelled "overhyped" at Shanghai Auto Show The technology that will power a new generation of electric cars has been overhyped leading industry sources said at the Shanghai Auto Show yesterday.
03 Apr 09 visit China welcomes G20 Summit outcome China has welcomed the outcome of the G20 summit after a productive meeting with the US President Barack Obama produced fresh assurances that the two nations would work together to solve the problems of the world financial crisis.

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