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China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's stock markets raise US$113 bil. in '07

Wednesday 26 December 23:51:09 MST 2007

BEIJING — China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets have raised 830.6 billion yuan (US$113.3 billion) this year largely on an investment mania over initial public offerings, state media said Wednes… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China warns coal use will climb dramatically

Wednesday 26 December 23:50:57 MST 2007

BEIJING — China promised Wednesday to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing binding limits on its greenho… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China to boost middle class to more than 50%

Wednesday 26 December 23:50:55 MST 2007

BEIJING — China hopes to grow its middle class to more than half of its population by the end of the next decade, a Communist Party planner said Wednesday. The goal is part of quadrupling China's per… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 1,000 Hong Kongers to demand democracy from visiting China official

Wednesday 26 December 23:46:22 MST 2007

Hong Kong – Up to 1,000 pro-democracy activists are expected to take part in a march to present a petition demanding democracy in Hong Kong to a visiting Chinese official on Saturday. Organizers of th… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hong Kong gold opens markedly higher

Wednesday 26 December 22:39:04 MST 2007

HONG KONG — Hong Kong gold prices opened markedly higher Thursday at $821.70-$822.20 an ounce, up from Monday's close of $809.50-$810.00. The gold market was closed on Tuesday and Wednesday for the C… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hupo.TV to manage Chinese pop radio site

Wednesday 26 December 22:21:14 MST 2007

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chinese online video Web site Hupo.TV, backed by Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan, landed an exclusive partnership with China government-backed pop radio station Music Radio, … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese chipmaker licenses IBM's 45nm tech

Wednesday 26 December 22:18:44 MST 2007

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. , the largest Chinese chipmaker, the companies said Wednesday. The partnership spotlights the growing technical abilities in China, a country that'… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan grapefruit bound for Beijing, Shanghai markets

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:39 MST 2007

More than 160 tons of Taiwan-produced grapefruit are bound for Beijing and Shanghai, China's two largest cities, ready for market before Jan. 1, according to the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Cou… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Logo of National Centre for Performing Arts released

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:39 MST 2007

The logo of the National Centre for Performing Arts was recently released at the Centre's opening performance. The novel design of the logo is quite modern, and embodies a spirit of 'embracing all, an… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 10 scenic attractions ordered to shape up

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:38 MST 2007

A senior official with the Ministry of Construction yesterday named and shamed the management teams at 10 of the country's top scenic spots for their bad practices.The places could lose their national… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China uses national prize to encourage corporate innovation, quality

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:37 MST 2007

Two Chinese companies were awarded the "Chinese Industry Grand Prize" on Wednesday for outstanding achievement over the past year. The Prize was initiated in 2005 with the approval of the St… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Rush hour fee system gears up

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:36 MST 2007

Authorities have taken the first step toward introducing a scheme that charges motorists for using downtown roads during peak hours in a bid to alleviate the worsening traffic situation.Compared with … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China will not face serious inflation

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:36 MST 2007

Although prices of food, housing and shares are increasing, an official from a think-tank of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Wednesday claimed that "China will not face serious inflation.&q… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Rural-urban income gap continues to widen in China

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:35 MST 2007

The income gap between China's rural and urban residents has continued to widen during the past few years despite rapidly rising rural incomes, Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai said on Wednesday. The… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Beijing rolls out carpet to disabled visitors

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:35 MST 2007

The Great Wall, the Palace Museum, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace – these are just a few of the 60 tourist attractions in Beijing that will be made accessible to disabled tourists in time for… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » SAIC and Yuejin Auto merger creates Chinese car colossus

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:34 MST 2007

China's largest automaker, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC), and Jiangsu Yuejin Automotive Group, the parent company of Nanjing Automobile Corp. (NAC), finalized a long-planned merger contrac… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Govt will spend more to reform healthcare

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:33 MST 2007

The country's healthcare reforms, which aims to provide basic medical services to all, will increase the government's responsibility and contribution, Minister of Health Chen Zhu said yesterday.In a r… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China mobile phone sales volume drops 0.3% in 2007

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:33 MST 2007

Mobile phone sales in China are forecast to reach 150 million units in 2007, up 23.1 percent year-on-year, CCID Consulting said on Wednesday. The sales volume, however, was expected to drop 0.3 percen… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese cars win increasing buyers in ME, N Africa markets

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:32 MST 2007

For years, consumers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have become used to buying small and low-tech made-in-China commodities. But now, they are showing increasing interest in trying somethi… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Nation not a threat to world energy

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:32 MST 2007

China doesn't pose a threat to world energy security because it has depended mainly on domestic resources to power its economic and social development.The government gave this assurance in its first w… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese investors claim 2.7 mln yuan compensation from company releasing false information

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:31 MST 2007

An East China court by Wednesday has received 51 lawsuits claiming 2.7 million yuan (360,000 U.S. dollars) of compensation for losses they suffered from a Shanghai-listed construction company which re… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Mainland arbitration agencies to hire staff from Taiwan

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:31 MST 2007

Twenty-one arbitration agencies on the Chinese mainland plan to recruit Taiwan professionals as arbitrators, according to a mainland official here Wednesday. Mainland arbitration agencies are encourag… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's grain subsidies up 66% in 2007, but production still short of demand

Wednesday 26 December 22:16:30 MST 2007

Chinese grain producers got 51.4 billion yuan (6.9 billion U.S. dollars) in direct subsidies in 2007, up 66 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday. China produced m… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Lure of China proves irresistible for Japanese seeking fame and fortune

Wednesday 26 December 21:23:04 MST 2007

SHANGHAI–A man dressed in a black shirt and jeans walks onto the stage and starts belting out the theme song of a Japanese anime at a live house here. 'Jiayou (Do your best),' female fans cheer in Ch… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese paintings exhibited in Uzbekistan

Wednesday 26 December 21:22:50 MST 2007

A girl looks at a Chinese painting during a Chinese painting exhibition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Dec. 26, 2007. Sixty Chinese painting works by 14 painters from northwest 's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Update 1-press Digest – China – Dec 27

Wednesday 26 December 21:22:45 MST 2007

BANGKOK, Dec 27 (Reuters) – These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. – The People Power Party… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Japan's PM to visit China, boost ties

Wednesday 26 December 20:35:02 MST 2007

TOKYO — When Japan's prime minister heads to China for a summit Thursday, he'll face conditions his predecessors haven't enjoyed for years: warming relations, a boost in economic ties and almost no r… [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » 80% of foreign investment is in tertiary industry

Wednesday 26 December 20:12:09 MST 2007

The "2007 Beijing International Seminar on Mergers and Acquisitions" on December 24th revealed that by October 2007, 201 of Fortune 500 enterprises made investments in Beijing with a total of 448 investment projects. According to the Minist … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Logo of National Centre for Performing Arts released

Wednesday 26 December 20:10:48 MST 2007

The logo of the National Centre for Performing Arts was recently released at the Centre's opening performance. The novel design of the logo is quite modern, and embodies a spirit of “embracing all, and aiming for perfection." The lines … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Malaysian bus driver jailed in death of Chinese woman

Wednesday 26 December 19:41:00 MST 2007

Singapore – A Malaysian bus driver who ran over a Chinese national and then dragged her for nearly 10 metres was sentenced to three weeks in jail in Singapore, news reports said Thursday. The 44-year-… [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » 10 scenic attractions ordered to shape up

Wednesday 26 December 18:44:08 MST 2007

A senior official with the Ministry of Construction yesterday named and shamed the management teams at 10 of the country's top scenic spots for their bad practices. The places could lose their national status, and the privileges that go … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Bonhomie marks India-China joint exercises

Wednesday 26 December 18:33:32 MST 2007

KUNMING (CHINA): From weapon displays to anti-terrorism drills, tug-of-war games to basketball matches, kung fu to yoga and shouts of xiexie to shaabbaash, the Chinese and Indian armies are cautiously… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chicago's man in China has the goods to deliver

Wednesday 26 December 18:33:08 MST 2007

BEIJING John Thomson, Chicago's first ambassador to China, casually dispenses the kind of nuggets that are usually buried in a heap of China analysis: First, the person with fancy titles on a Chinese … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » HUPO.TV, One of China's Most Popular Online Video Websites, Signs Exclusive Partnership With Top Chinese National Radio Station Music Radio

Wednesday 26 December 18:23:39 MST 2007

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Leading Chinese online video site Hupo.TV (hupotv.com) with over 30 million monthly unique visitors, announced today that it is expanding into the online music ind… [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » New auto star vrooms to life

Wednesday 26 December 18:04:03 MST 2007

A new Chinese automotive champion will be born through a much-heralded cross-holding deal inked yesterday in Beijing between two rival carmakers. Under the agreement, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC)'s publicly traded arm, SAIC M … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Govt unveils draft investment guide

Wednesday 26 December 18:02:43 MST 2007

The government yesterday unveiled a draft investment guide aimed at phasing out resource-intensive industries in line with the nation's development policy. The government is seeking public opinion on the revised 45-page guide, which can … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Press Release Pledges China to Renewable Energy

Wednesday 26 December 17:47:27 MST 2007

BEIJING (AP) — China promised Wednesday to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing binding limits on its gr… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China may run Japan-style bullet train

Wednesday 26 December 17:42:13 MST 2007

TOKYO (AP) — The Chinese government is considering using Japanese-style bullet train technology on a high-speed rail line slated to be launched next summer, a Japanese news report said Wednesday.Beij… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Seven More Tiger Deaths Linked to China Zoo – Xinhua

Wednesday 26 December 17:13:33 MST 2007

CHINA: December 27, 2007 BEIJING – A Chinese zoo lost at least seven tigers due to starvation, sickness or fight wounds in the last four years, state media said on Wednesday, after two dead tiger cu… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Fukuda to make pitch on energy, environment to Chinese leaders

Wednesday 26 December 17:05:59 MST 2007

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda plans to make a proposal to top Chinese leaders concerning environmental and energy issues when he goes to Beijing this week, but he isn't saying what that proposal will be… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese goods transform life in Southeast Asia

Wednesday 26 December 17:01:24 MST 2007

The products are transforming the lives of some of the poorest people in Asia, whose worldly possessions only a few years ago typically consisted of not much more than a set or two of clothes, cooking… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China moves toward offering 3G services

Wednesday 26 December 17:01:08 MST 2007

for building a new generation of wireless broadband mobile phone network. The Chinese government said Wednesday that it had approved a plan for upgrading its mobile phone network for wireless broadba… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Varian acquires X-ray imaging distributor in China for $2M

Wednesday 26 December 16:45:02 MST 2007

acquired Pan-Pacific Enterprises Inc., the largest independent distributor of medical X-ray tubes in China, for about $2 million, the company said Wednesday. Palo Alto-based Varian (NYSE:VAR) said p… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Upcoming Beijing Olympics sees entry procedures for China visitors simplified

Wednesday 26 December 16:36:36 MST 2007

In a report by Reuters, as of next month visitors to China will no longer have to complete health declaration forms in order to shorten entry procedures before the Beijing Olympics takes place next ye… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Dog Owner Takes On China's Web Censors

Wednesday 26 December 15:31:42 MST 2007

BEIJING, Dec. 26 A Beijing dog owner, unwilling to take lying down a ban on him from using the Web to write on city dog rules, has reportedly taken the issue to court. An irate Chen Yuhua filed the la… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China price surge leads to $12 CBOT soybeans

Wednesday 26 December 15:31:38 MST 2007

Bullish early calls this morning have unfolded into a higher CBOT trade for corn, soybeans and wheat, market-watchers say. At mid-morning, March corn was $4.54, January soybeans were $12.17 and March … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Neusoft Group's Overall Listing Plan Approved by China Securities Regulatory Commission

Wednesday 26 December 15:31:34 MST 2007

SHENYANG, China, Dec. 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Shenyang Neusoft Co., Ltd. (600718.SS), a subsidiary company of Neusoft Group Ltd. that is well recognized as a leading IT solutions & services provider… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese Vice-Premier Calls for Implementation of Urban, Rural Planning Law

Wednesday 26 December 15:21:07 MST 2007

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Official Calls for Comprehensive, Sustainable Urban, Rural development" - Xinhua headline] BEIJING, Dec. 26 (… [Link]

Radio Free Asia » Up To 2,000 Police Guarding Key Pylon in Dongzhou

Wednesday 26 December 14:49:00 MST 2007

Up to 2,000 police are guarding a key electricity pylon in the southern Chinese village of Dongzhou, and they have fired multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters, witnesses say. Security forces including armed police are blocking the road to the power station in Dongzhou, where three men were shot dead two years ago when police cracked … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Microsoft's piracy fight gains momentum in China

Wednesday 26 December 14:23:14 MST 2007

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates ' house with a gift for the host. Shortly before Hu's Seattle visit, the Chinese government had issued a decree requiring all PCs manufactured in China to have a licen… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China aims to expand middle class to more than 50 percent of population by 2020

Wednesday 26 December 13:53:21 MST 2007

BEIJING – China hopes its middle class will expand to more than half of its total population by 2020, a Communist Party planner said Wednesday. The goal is part of quadrupling China's per cap… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China closes zoo where Siberian tiger was beheaded, 7 other tigers died

Wednesday 26 December 13:53:17 MST 2007

BEIJING – China has closed an understaffed zoo where a rare Siberian tiger was found beheaded and skinned last week and where seven tigers died in the last four years, state media reported Wedne… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China to raise export tariffs on steel, other commodities to curb trade surplus

Wednesday 26 December 13:34:43 MST 2007

Under pressure from the United States and Europe, China said Wednesday that it would introduce export tariffs on some steel products, effective Jan. 1, and increase rates on other items to rein in a r… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Couple to meet daughter held for trafficking in China

Wednesday 26 December 13:32:22 MST 2007

They left for China yesterday to be with their daughter who is being held in a prison in Guangzhou for drug trafficking. While happy that their wish to see their daughter had been granted, Mohamad Laz… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Another push for Chen 's Taiwan agenda

Wednesday 26 December 13:31:31 MST 2007

WITH only five months left to his presidency, Chen Shui-bian is being visibly isolated as he continues to push the envelope of Taiwan independence in a bid to gain votes for the ruling Democratic Prog… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese man gets 10 years for stealing from crash site

Wednesday 26 December 13:14:32 MST 2007

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese villager has been jailed for 10 years for keeping 80,000 yuan (5,600 pounds) in cash he found in a plastic bag at the scene of a car accident, local media reported on … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Welcome wind blowing across political horizon

Wednesday 26 December 13:06:51 MST 2007

When lakes in western China''s Qinghai Province began drying up and the deserts started expanding in the 1990s, local government environmental protection departments were stumped on a course of action… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » US copper up at open on Chinese demand indications

Wednesday 26 December 12:04:45 MST 2007

NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) – U.S. copper futures headed higher early Wednesday, with another positive session in Shanghai overnight fueling the early advance, analysts said. 'It's the same situation. … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Exiled Thai premier makes Hong Kong his comeback base

Wednesday 26 December 12:04:16 MST 2007

(IANS) Ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is to make Hong Kong his Asian base as he plots a triumphant return to Thailand, a news report said Wednesday. Thaksin, who hosted a press conference in H… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Automotive Systems Plans To Buy 36.5% Of Henglong Automotive Parts – Quick

Wednesday 26 December 12:04:11 MST 2007

AM China Automotive Systems, Inc. (CAAS) said that it has started discussions with Hubei Wanlong Investment Co. to buy an additional 36.5% of Henglong Automotive Parts Company. No binding deal has bee… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's SAIC Motor, Nanjing Auto to merge

Wednesday 26 December 12:04:04 MST 2007

BEIJING – Two of Chinas biggest automakers announced a deal today to combine their production assets in hopes of creating a company able to compete in global markets. The tie-up between Shanghai Autom… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » mInfo and Xiaoi Team Up to Deliver Natural Language Mobile Search to Chinese Instant Messenger Users

Wednesday 26 December 11:51:32 MST 2007

Leader in Chinese Mobile Search Working with Leading IM Robot Platform Provider to Add Intelligent Conversational Search Capabilities for MSN Users on Mobile or PCs SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 26 /Xinhua-PR… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China spends up large at Christmas

Wednesday 26 December 11:36:21 MST 2007

Boxing Day paradise for bargain hunters China's shopping malls in late December leave little doubt that the country has been smitten by Christmas, if not in quite the way devout Christians might hope…. [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 'China won't privatise rural farmlands'

Wednesday 26 December 11:30:02 MST 2007

Beijing, Dec 26 (Xinhua) China will not end the decades-old rural land policy where the villagers, instead of individuals, collectively own the land because it meets 'the requirements of Chinese farmers for development', a top party official said Wednesday. [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Showdown Looms over Chinese Land Ownership

Wednesday 26 December 10:49:56 MST 2007

December 26, 2007 · Farmers in several Chinese provinces are confronting the government over land-ownership rights. They've claimed title to the land they farm in response to what they see as i… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Serevi eyeing Taiwan job

Wednesday 26 December 10:45:09 MST 2007

Fijian Sevens legend Waislae Serevi could become the new coach of the Taiwan national Sevens side after it was revealed on Sunday that he was close to signing a two-year deal.Serevi, who resigned as F… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's CCTV leaning towers join together

Wednesday 26 December 10:35:27 MST 2007

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — The two leaning towers of the new headquarters for state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), which became world-famous for their unique shape even when under c… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Japanese PM hopes to elevate Japan-China ties to new level

Wednesday 26 December 10:35:25 MST 2007

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday before his upcoming visit to China. He said he hopes t… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese unveil mammoth arts center

Wednesday 26 December 10:31:15 MST 2007

BEIJING : Compared variously to a floating pearl and a duck egg, the titanium-and-glass half-dome of the National Center for the Performing Arts formally opened its underwater entryway to Chinese offi… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's SAIC to buy Nanjing Auto in hope of creating 'world-class' automaker

Wednesday 26 December 10:24:51 MST 2007

BEIJING – Two of China's biggest automakers announced a deal Wednesday to combine their production assets in hopes of creating a company able to compete in global markets. The tie-up between … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China blames lax oversight for landslide

Wednesday 26 December 10:09:56 MST 2007

Beijing – Chinese authorities have blamed lax supervision over construction and engineering for a landslide near the massive Three Gorges Dam last month that killed 35, state media reported on Wednesd… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Valves Technology, Inc. Retains CCG Elite

Wednesday 26 December 10:04:56 MST 2007

LOS ANGELES and KAIFENG, China, Dec. 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — China Valves Technology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INCL) ("INCL") ("China Valves" or the "Company"), a leading metal valve ma… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » McConnell removes Beijing hurdles

Wednesday 26 December 9:55:13 MST 2007

Scotland's Lee McConnell has quit the 400metres hurdles and set her sights on Olympic glory in the flat one-lap event. The 29-year-old Glasgow athlete decided to abandon the hurdles on medical advic… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese firm soars in debut

Wednesday 26 December 8:41:38 MST 2007

BEIJING – Bloomberg China Pacific Insurance Co., the nation's third-largest insurer, surged 61 percent on its debut in Shanghai as investors pile into initial public offerings after slides in the broa… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Kuwaiti bank invests in Chinese property project

Wednesday 26 December 8:41:33 MST 2007

New York, Bloomberg – Global Investment House, Kuwait's biggest investment bank, acquired 49 percent of a Chinese property project through its Global Asia Real Estate Fund. Global has invested $11 mil… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Beijing Scholar Says 2012 "Too Early" for Direct Polls in Hong Kong

Wednesday 26 December 8:32:10 MST 2007

Text of report by Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post website on 26 December [Report by Fanny W. Y. Fung in Beijing And Albert Wong: "2012 Too Early for Direct Polls, Academic Says"; headline... [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's SMI to license IBM's bulk CMOS technology

Wednesday 26 December 8:16:49 MST 2007

) have entered into a technology licensing agreement, the companies said. Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing will license Big Blue's 45-nanometer bulk CMOS technology for its 300-millimeter … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Bosera Funds 48 percent stake sold in record deal

Wednesday 26 December 8:14:26 MST 2007

BEIJING (Reuters) – A 48 percent equity stake in China Bosera Funds was sold for 6.32 billion yuan ($861.8 million) at an auction in Beijing, making it the largest equity deal ever in China's mutual f… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Japan-China friendship organization submits 5-point proposal to Fukuda

Wednesday 26 December 7:25:20 MST 2007

TOKYO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — Japan-China Society, a friendship organization between the two countries, submitted a five-point proposal on bilateral ties to the Japanese prime minister, the organization … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's national auditor uncovers $937 mln in misuse of public funds

Wednesday 26 December 7:25:19 MST 2007

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — China's National Audit Office said on Wednesday that it had found 6.87 billion yuan (937 million U.S. dollars) worth of unauthorized use of public funds by central gover… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's legislature hears reports on medical system reform, protection of workers' rights

Wednesday 26 December 7:25:18 MST 2007

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — China's top legislature heard the explanation of the draft food safety law and three reports on medical system reform, protection of workers' rights and development of r… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China mulls law to ensure food safety

Wednesday 26 December 7:25:17 MST 2007

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — China is considering a law to ensure food safety and prevent food-born diseases amid increasing safety concerns. The draft law on food safety was submitted to the Stan… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China cuts oil products import tax for 2008

Wednesday 26 December 7:08:32 MST 2007

BEIJING – China will halve its import tax on gasoline, diesel and kerosene to 1 percent next year, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday in the latest effort to encourage more overseas buying to m… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » One less carmaker in China as Nanjing Auto merges into SAIC

Wednesday 26 December 7:02:57 MST 2007

Shanghai Automotive Industry, China's largest automaker, has agreed to buy Nanjing Automobile Group's auto-assembly and component-making businesses. The deal followed a government recommend… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Engineer keeps eye on Chinese manufacturers for Oregon firm

Wednesday 26 December 6:49:06 MST 2007

Sally Shang, product-support engineer for Portland-based Lamb Industries, works in China, keeping an eye on the work of contract factories that manufacture Lamb's products. "In China, we say, 'Only tr… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese stock markets take in 830.6 billion yuan in banner year of IPO mania

Wednesday 26 December 6:39:34 MST 2007

Money collected by the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets hit 830.63 billion yuan (113.32 billion U.S. dollars) as of Dec. 21. The amount was nearly four-fold that of all last year, fuelled largely b… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese share prices rebound

Wednesday 26 December 6:39:32 MST 2007

Chinese share prices rebounded on Wednesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.62 percent, or 32.17 points, to close at 5,233.35 in volatile trading. The index retreated modestly Tu… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Energy Conditions and Policies

Wednesday 26 December 6:39:32 MST 2007

Information Office of the State Council of the People''s Republic of China December 2007 Contents Preface I. Current Situation of Energy Development II. Strategy and Goals of Energy Development III. A… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China to stick with coal, promote clean energy

Wednesday 26 December 5:30:16 MST 2007

China will remain dependent on coal for energy in the long-term, but has vowed to give the development of renewable energy 'top priority,' the government said in a white paper released Wednesday. [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China to build observation station to study melting of glacier range

Wednesday 26 December 4:30:03 MST 2007

New Delhi, Dec 26 : China is building an observation station at the foot of the Qilianshan Mountains to monitor the melting of its longest glacier range, which has been significantly receding because of global warming. [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan cabinet approves 2008 GDP growth target of 4.8 pct

Wednesday 26 December 4:02:58 MST 2007

TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) – The Executive Yuan, or cabinet, approved a proposal from the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) to set the growth target for gross domestic product (GDP) next yea… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese mark Chairman Mao's 114th birth anniversary

Wednesday 26 December 3:42:07 MST 2007

Chinese from around the country descended on a small village in central Hunan Province on Wednesday to celebrate the 114th anniversary of the birth of the country's late revolutionary founder Mao Zedo… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Faces, old and new, in non-Communist parties

Wednesday 26 December 3:42:06 MST 2007

The Communist Party of China (CPC) represented workers and farmers when it was formed in 1921 in Shanghai. But a majority of the members of the eight democratic parties, founded mostly during the War … [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Fukuda's visit to China to open path for true friendship

Wednesday 26 December 3:42:04 MST 2007

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's upcoming visit to China will help promote mutual understanding and open a path for the development of true friendship, a Japanese newspaper said Wednesday. The J… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Macao's casino revenues in 2007 expected to reach $10 bln

Wednesday 26 December 3:42:03 MST 2007

Macao's casino industry will likely see record gross revenues of 83 billion patacas (10 billion U.S. dollars) in 2007, an increase of 46.5 percent over last year, The Macao Post Daily reported on Wedn… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China encourages more foreign investment in energy development

Wednesday 26 December 3:42:03 MST 2007

China will encourage foreign investment in its energy sector and will continue to improve the environment for such investment, says a white paper published on Wednesday by the Information Office of th… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China to raise export tariffs on some steel products next year

Wednesday 26 December 3:41:59 MST 2007

China plans to raise export duties on steel products, including steel billets, long and strip products, and welded tubes, as of Jan. 1, the China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday. The export t… [Link]

China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China issues first ever white paper on energy conditions and policies

Wednesday 26 December 3:41:59 MST 2007

China's Information Office of the State Council issued the country's first ever white paper on its energy conditions and policies here on Wednesday. The 16,000-word paper comprises 10 chapters: the pr… [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Chinese share prices rebound

Wednesday 26 December 2:34:21 MST 2007

Chinese share prices rebounded on Wednesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.62 percent, or 32.17 points, to close at 5,233.35 in volatile trading. The index retreated modestly Tuesday after a strong rise in the … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Chinese stock markets take in 830.6 billion yuan in banner year of IPO mania

Wednesday 26 December 2:33:49 MST 2007

Money collected by the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets hit 830.63 billion yuan (113.32 billion U.S. dollars) as of Dec. 21. The amount was nearly four-fold that of all last year, fuelled largely by mania for investing in initial … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Central China zoo ordered closed following tiger deaths

Wednesday 26 December 2:30:55 MST 2007

The Three Gorges Forest Wild Animal World, which has been in the spotlight because of a Siberian tiger that was beheaded and skinned in central China's Hubei Province, was ordered closed by local authorities on Wednesday. In accord … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Chinese mark Chairman Mao's 114th birth anniversary

Wednesday 26 December 2:30:28 MST 2007

Chinese from around the country descended on a small village in central Hunan Province on Wednesday to celebrate the 114th anniversary of the birth of the country's late revolutionary founder Mao Zedong. The People's Republic of Chi … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » China mulls law to ensure food safety

Wednesday 26 December 2:03:18 MST 2007

Chinese lawmakers are considering a law to ensure food safety and prevent food-born diseases amid increasing concern over food safety. The draft law on food safety was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Con … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Faces, old and new, in non-Communist parties

Wednesday 26 December 1:59:14 MST 2007

The Communist Party of China (CPC) represented workers and farmers when it was formed in 1921 in Shanghai. But a majority of the members of the eight democratic parties, founded mostly during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggressio … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » China to raise export tariffs on some steel products next year

Wednesday 26 December 0:41:10 MST 2007

China plans to raise export duties on steel products, including steel billets, long and strip products, and welded tubes, as of Jan. 1, the China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday. The export tariffs increases would come amid … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Welcome wind blowing across political horizon

Wednesday 26 December 0:39:01 MST 2007

When lakes in western China''s Qinghai Province began drying up and the deserts started expanding in the 1990s, local government environmental protection departments were stumped on a course of action. Enter the Jiu San Society, one … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Faces, old and new, in non-Communist parties

Wednesday 26 December 0:33:49 MST 2007

The Communist Party of China (CPC) represented workers and farmers when it was formed in 1921 in Shanghai. But a majority of the members of the eight democratic parties, founded mostly during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggressio … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Japanese paper: Fukuda's visit to China to open path for true friendship

Wednesday 26 December 0:02:19 MST 2007

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's upcoming visit to China will help promote mutual understanding and open a path for the development of true friendship, a Japanese newspaper said Wednesday. The Japanese-language Tokyo Shimbun n … [Link]

China – People's Daily Online » Japan-China friendship organization submits 5-point proposal to Fukuda

Wednesday 26 December 0:01:53 MST 2007

Japan-China Society, a friendship organization between the two countries, submitted a five-point proposal on bilateral ties to the Japanese prime minister, the organization told Xinhua Wednesday. Takeshi Noda, president of the Japan … [Link]

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