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China Daily, 8 minutes ago / Energy intensity, calculated by units of energy consumed in producing a unit of GDP, rose in the first half of this year in seven provinces and autonomous regions in China, China Securities Journal reported Friday, citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
China Daily, 9 minutes ago / Puzhai, a township of Chongzuo in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, is now the nation's largest Vietnam border trade center.
TampaBay.com, 14 minutes ago / If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan Province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him.
Livemint Blogs, 20 minutes ago / The last decade has seen spectacular growth in China's external trade, and the ballooning trade surplus has resulted in an exponential growth in its foreign exchange reserves.
China Daily, 39 minutes ago / Higher interest rates on bank deposits will not have much of an impact on Chinese lenders, a senior government think-tank economist said on Friday.
China Daily, 54 minutes ago / The death toll from mudslides that hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province Wednesday climbed to 16, and 32 people are still missing, officials at the rescue headquarters said Friday.
SFGate.com - San Francisco CA, 57 minutes ago / Asian stocks rose, lifting the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its biggest weekly increase in three, as Japan said it's ready to act to rein in the yen and reports showed growth in Chinese and U.S. manufacturing.
Press-Telegram - Long Beach CA, 57 minutes ago / That's what city leaders from Compton were selling during a recent trade mission to China.
PR-inside.com - Austria, 1 hour 18 minutes ago / Datamonitor's retail databooks are based on key market value data for eight major product sectors, 16 core retail distribution channels and 62 countries.
PR-inside.com - Austria, 1 hour 18 minutes ago / Datamonitor's retail databooks are based on key market value data for eight major product sectors, 16 core retail distribution channels and 62 countries.
China Daily, 1 hour 24 minutes ago / Thanks to Bi Sheng (970-1051), the inventor of movable type printing technology during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), books replaced expensive silk scrolls, monopolized by the rich, and became an affordable source of knowledge for the common people.
China Daily, 1 hour 24 minutes ago / For eight weeks of every British summer a series of classical concerts, described by Czech conductor Jiri Belohlavek as "the world's largest and most democratic musical festival", are held in London.
China Daily, 1 hour 24 minutes ago / US Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon and National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers are traveling to China this weekend for high-level talks aimed at ironing out touchy issues in bilateral relations.
PanAsianBiz, 1 hour 41 minutes ago / China Merchants Bank of Shenzhen is China's sixth largest lender.
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Read/WriteWeb, 2 hours 20 minutes ago / At the annual Baidu developers conference yesterday, CFO Jennifer Li reiterated the company's dedication to the mobile space.
Radio Australia, 2 hours 29 minutes ago / Burma's military leader General Than Shwe will visit China next week for bilateral talks.
Dress Barn, 2 hours 43 minutes ago / Growing nations are starving for raw materials.
rediff.com, 3 hours 19 minutes ago / Voicing great concern over China's remarks about "India-controlled Kashmir", External Affairs Minister S M Krishna [ Images ] asked Beijing [ Images ] to respect India's [ Images ] sensitivities on Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ] which is an inalienable part of the country.
FutureSource.com, 3 hours 24 minutes ago / (From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) By Jason Chow [Financial Analysis and Commentary] Suddenly in China, the phrase "eat your greens" doesn't sound so healthy.
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
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