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CCTV and Olympic Torch reach new hights
Beijing - The Beijing Olympics Torch Relay last week reached its highest point Mt Everest and so did CCTV's national viewership. A total audience of 170 million viewers witnesses the Olympic Torch reach the top of Mt Everest. CSM Media Research's
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McCann takes Nike creative
Hong Kong - Nike Hong Kong has appointed the McCann Worldgroup as its creative agency, dropping JWT after some 10 years. McCann joins a roster of agencies that also includes eCrusade and MindShare. The appointment is effective immediately. Amy Wu,
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China Yingxia International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008
HARBIN, China, May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Yingxia International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CYXI) ('China Yingxia' or 'the Company'), a leading provider in the nutraceutical industry engaged in the development, manufacture and
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Earthquake softens China
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ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics working on the front lines in the earthquake zone, expressing solidarity and spiritual support on behalf of all Catholics and invoking the Madonna of She Shan
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic world has expressed its support and prayer to the Chinese suffering the aftermath of an earthquake. Chinese Catholics are praying and working on the front lines in the earthquake zone, especially through the
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ASIA/CHINA - Photo documentation from Jinde Charities, coordinating aid efforts on behalf of Chinese Catholics
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Agenzia Fides was sent a photographic documentation on the aid efforts being made following the disastrous earthquake on May 12 in Si Chuan, on continental China. The images show the tragic consequences of the quake that has
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RCom gets $750-m loan from Chinese bank
Our Bureau New Delhi, May 15 Reliance Communications (RCom) has received a $750-million loan from China Development Bank, for rolling out its GSM services in the country. This would be amongst the biggest loan from China to an Indian company. When
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First tour group to leave for US
The first United States-bound Chinese leisure tour group is set to depart on June 17, signaling a new era in Sino-US relations, a senior official said. Shao Qiwei, head of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), will escort the inaugural tour
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Extra 200m yuan for quake relief
Chinese Ministry of Finance gave a further 200 million yuan ($28.6 million) on Thursday in an emergency move to help buy and ship medicine and medical equipment to quake-hit areas. This brought the disaster relief fund from the central budget to 1.31
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Schools in China quake zone allowed to suspend classes
China's Ministry of Education (MoE) has told schools in the southwest China quake zone to suspend classes according to local needs, a ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Some schools in the area had been severely damaged and principals should consider
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President Hu inspects quake battered province
Chinese President Hu Jintao is flying to Sichuan Province Friday morning to inspire more than 135,000 troops and medics there to launch their last all-out effort to search and rescue those still trapped alive under the debris, 90 hours after the deadly
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China races to bury quake dead, manage survivors
SHIFANG, China (Reuters) - China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. From the heart of the disaster zone in the
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Taiwan satellite records change in ionosphere before Sichuan quake
Taipei - A Taiwan satellite recorded a sharp drop in ionospheric density above China's Sichuan Province before Monday's killer earthquake, verifying previous records that seismic activities affect ionospheric density, a newspaper said Friday.The China
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China Yingxia International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
HARBIN, China, May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Yingxia International, (News) Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CYXI) ('China Yingxia' or 'the Company'), a leading provider in the nutraceutical industry engaged in the development, manufacture and
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China battling to prevent epidemics in quake-zone: official
China battling to prevent epidemics in quake-zone: official Time is GMT + 8 hoursPosted: 16-May-2008 02:42 hrs Medical staff treat an injured man at a makeshift hospital after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the town of Hanwang in Sichuan Province on May
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China Wind Systems, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
WUXI, China, May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Wind Systems, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CWSI) ('China Wind Systems' or the 'Company'), which through its wholly owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities manufactures and sells industrial
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Hope fades for the missing as China earthquake toll leaps
The death toll in Chinas deadliest tremor in 32 years could soar to 50,000, state media reported yesterday, as time was running out to find survivors trapped in the rubble. Soldiers and rescue teams from across the country were picking through the rubble
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EMIRATES GAINS GOODWILL IN GUANGZHOU
DUBAI, 22nd April, 2008 �?? Houston Mayor Bill White made a stop to Dubai on Sunday to meet with HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group. The meeting was attended by key representatives from
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It's not just music that makes John Ford Coley evergreen
SINGAPORE: He is pushing 60, but his songs like 'Nights Are Forever', 'Sad To Belong' and 'I'd Really Love To See You Tonight' still rule the airwaves when it comes to easy-listening love songs. And while John Ford Coley ? the other half of a 1970s
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China Yingxia International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
HARBIN, China, May 15 CYXI-Reports-1Q
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Hong Kong woos foreign fund managers
WASHINGTON: Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, K.C. Chan, called on foreign fund managers Wednesday to leverage on the financial centre to tap the huge domestic savings of China. Hong Kong is Asia's leading wealth management
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China's Hainan Airlines Announces Introductory Business Class Fare for Nonstop Flights Between Seattle and Beijing
SEATTLE - (Business Wire) Hainan Airlines, Chinas largest non-government-owned carrier (airline code: HU), today announced an introductory business-class fare for travel on its new nonstop route from Seattle to Beijing. The non-refundable,
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Pregnant woman, toddler rescued three days after China's quake
Yesterday, 34-year-old Zhang Ziaoyan, who is carrying an eight-month pregnancy, was pulled out alive after 50 horrific hours in the rubbles of a partially collapsed building. Also, three-year-old Song Zinyi, trapped under the dead bodies of her parents
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China races to bury quake dead, manage survivors
(Reuters) - China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. From the heart of the disaster zone in the southwestern
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Taiwanese fund picks Newton for global equity
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Asia Pacific Breweries to build greenfield brewery in Guangdong
SINGAPORE: Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is building a greenfield brewery in China's Guangdong province at a cost of S$120 million. Its joint venture company Heineken-APB will oversee the project in the Huangpu District of Guangzhou City. In a statement
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China studying higher threshold for windfall tax on oil gains - PetroChina
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China's government is studying a higher threshold before windfall taxes kick on gains due to rising crude oil prices, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing Jiang Jiemin, chairman of Petrochina Co Ltd (SHA 601857; HK 0857).
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Chinese president flies to quake-hit Sichuan
China accepts quake rescue offers from Russia, ROK, Singapore (5 15, 2008 Xinhua English) UN stands ready to assist China quake victims (5 15, 2008 Xinhua English) Taiwan chartered flight arrives in Sichuan with relief materials (5 15, 2008 Xinhua
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Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang to visit Singapore
By Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 15 May 2008 2142 hrs SINGAPORE: Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang will be visiting Singapore from 16 to 18 May at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Tsang will be accompanied by his
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Part of proceeds from art exhibition to go to Chinese quake victims
By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 15 May 2008 2224 hrs SINGAPORE: Art lovers and collectors can now do their bit for the quake victims in Sichuan. Local art gallery, Jasmine Fine Arts, will donate 5 percent of the proceeds from its exhibition
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