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Fiji see off United States in PNC
Fiji kept alive their hopes of winning the Pacific Nations Cup when they claimed a 35-10 win over the United States in Japan on Wednesday. The Pacific islanders scored four tries against the Americans' one during the game in Nagoya, central Japan.The victory takes Fiji to two wins against one defeat for 11 points, trailing leaders Canada by only one point. Canada will play Japan later on ...
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China mulls food safety law amendment
The State Council, China's cabinet, has listed a food safety law amendment as the nation's legislative work for 2013, the China Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday.The government agency said that it has also started soliciting public opinions on the amendment.It said that the amendment aims to enhance the effectiveness of food safety supervision and ensure the security ...
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Tibet - Chinas Benefit the Masses campaign surveilling Tibetans
The Chinese government, under the rationale of a campaign to improve rural living standards, has sent more than 20,000 officials and communist party cadres to Tibetan villages to undertake intrusive surveillance of people, carry out widespread political re-education, and establish partisan security units, said Human Rights Watch June 18, 2013. These tactics discriminate against those perceived ...
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Lions tour 2013 Australia back Michael Cooper to tame Sam Warburton
The Wallabies flanker will be charged with beating the Lions captain at the breakdown on Saturday and giving the Wallabies the initiative in a key area of the ...
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China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels says CVIA vice president
While China-based TFT-LCD panel makers have reportedly asked the China government to increase customs duties on imported 32-inch and above TV panels from 5% currently to 8% or even 12%, China Video Industry Association vice president Bai Weimin has indicated at the 2013 Display Taiwan exhibition that the government has had no time schedule for doing ...
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Asia Pacific Market Stocks mostly down as investors eye Fed
Despite a macro-economic slowdown, India still offers investor a bouquet of good quality stocks generating good earnings growth, cash flows and ...
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China executes official for raping 11 underage girls after online uproar
Authorities in central China executed a former Communist Party official for raping 11 underage girls, state media said on Wednesday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power.Li Xingong, who was the party's deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, was found guilty of assaulting the girls during police interrogations starting from the second half of 2011, the ...
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Chinas Latest Discount Product Drones
Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Want to buy a military-grade drone? That won't be easy, unless you've got a good relationship with Beijing. This week's Paris air show highlighted the trouble with the burgeoning drone economy: While the technology is better than ever, there still aren't many people who can legally buy unmanned vehicles. Civilian buyers still face restrictions on ...
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Despite injuries inexperience China in second
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Another night like this, and the American men are golden. Rebounding from a rocky start, the United States finished with one dazzling routine after another. Not since the gold-rush days of the 1984 Olympics has the team looked this good, and the Arrowhead Pond was rocking with catcalls and chants of "U-S-A!, U-S-A!" The United States finished with ...
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Japan leads at mens World Gymnastics Cships
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Russia's Evgeni Krylov fell on his opening tumbling pass and was injured at the World Gymnastics Championships, putting the perennial powerhouse's medal hopes in question. It wasn't immediately clear what Krylov's injury was or whether he'd be able to continue. He was unable to put any weight on his left foot and had to crawl off the podium. ...
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Final dress rehearsal before Cup for Australia NZ
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Reuters) -- World champion Australia and World Cup favorite New Zealand stages its final dress rehearsal ahead of rugby union's showcase event in the last match of the Tri-nations series Saturday. While the All Blacks have already won the Tri-nations, after three successive victories, much is at stake in Auckland with the Bledisloe Cup still up for grabs while a ...
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Rugby Three Australia forwards in doubt
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -- Australia forwards Toutai Kefu, Patricio Noriega and Glenn Panoho are doubtful for Saturday's Tri-nations test against New Zealand after failing to join in full training Tuesday because of leg injuries. Wallabies vice-captain Kefu, who suffered spinal concussion in Australia's 29-9 Tri-nations win over South Africa in Brisbane on August 2, is struggling to ...
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China welcomes Canadian courts rule on Chinese fugitive
China on Friday welcomed the Canadian Federal Court's decision to uphold the deportation of Lai Changxing, one of China's most wanted fugitives.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the remark in a statement posted on the ministry's website.Ma said Lai is the prime suspect in a smuggling case in the city of Xiamen and has been sought by law enforcement for several ...
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China to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance bilateral relations FM
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (2nd L) in Bali, Indonesia, July 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in Bali Thursday that China hopes to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance the bilateral relations on the right track. China and Vietnam have established a ...
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China seeks shared development pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN FM
China strives for shared development and pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity in East Asia, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the ASEAN Plus China Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia Thursday.Yang said this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue relationship and in the past ...
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China releases two more captive-bred giant pandas into the wild
Researchers at a giant panda breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province released two pregnant giant pandas into a semi-wild environment near the base on Thursday, as part of the base's efforts to help more captive-bred pandas adapt to the wild.The pandas, nicknamed "Ying Ying" and "Su Lin," were the second and third captive-bred pregnant pandas to be ...
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China to use part of land sale revenues to boost education
China said on Tuesday that local governments should use 10 percent of their funds raised through land transfer fees to boost education spending.The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education said in a joint circular that local governments ranging from the provincial level to the county level must implement the new rule starting from Jan. 1.The money will be used to improve rural schools and ...
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Fishermen mark open season of Songhua River in NE China
Performers and fishermen attend a festival to celebrate the open season of the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 15, 2012. As the open season of the Songhua River starts, some fishermen wore traditional clothes and joined in the celebrations in Harbin. The traditional celebrations of the open season date back to more than 1000 years ago. ...
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China Focus Students speech against education system causes sensation
NANJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- After making an impassioned speech attacking China's exam-oriented education system, a teenager from east China's Jiangsu province has found himself in the national spotlight.The speech, which has fuelled debate across the country last week, took place on April 9, when students and teachers at Qidong city's Huilong High School had gathered for a ...
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Strong thunderstorm hits central China province
CHANGSHA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A strong thunderstorm hit central China's Hunan Province on Sunday morning, grounding dozens of flights at the Huanghua International Airport in the provincial capital of Changsha.The provincial meteorological bureau issued an "orange" rainstorm alert Sunday morning, warning that cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Changde would see precipitation up to ...
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9.0-Magnitude quake shakes Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit the sea off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 8:05 a.m. Beijing Time Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks ...
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Chinas top political advisor starts official good-will visit to New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin arrived in Christchurch of southern New Zealand Sunday morning for a 4-day official good-will visit, at the invitation of the government of New Zealand.This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand. The bilateral relations achieved ...
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Chinas Lunar Exploration Program
China had collected all the data needed to draw its first full map of the moon surface and was almost done with the mapping work, Sun Jiadong, the chief designer of the country's Chang'e -1 lunar probe has ...
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U.S. not concerned about Chinas influence in L.America White House official
CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States is not concerned about China's growing influence in Latin America, a senior White House official said here Saturday."We're not concerned at all," Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, said at a press briefing on the sidelines of the sixth Summit of the Americas."In fact, if ...
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Chinas Communist Party requires officials to be loyal clean
The Communist Party of China (CPC) needs "loyal" and "clean" Party officials to serve at leading posts in prefecture-level cities in order to ensure good governance through the training of high-calibre leaders, according to a CPC order.Loyalty to the Party, capability to promote social harmony and abundant working experience at grass-roots communities should be the qualities ...
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Asia Pacific leads world in creating wealth
The Asia Pacific region houses a higher proportion of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) than any other region on earth.
The claim is part of the World Wealth Report prepared by Merrill Lynch which studied wealth effects in seventy one countries, which account for 98% of global gross income and 99% of world stock market capitalization. Read more
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