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  • Beijing News.Net - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    The Indian Government has said that talks are underway to discuss the latest reports of Chinese helicopters violating the country's airspace, even as New Delhi adds that the incursion row is being taken up at different levels. Media reports said that two helicopters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) violated Indian airspace on July 11 in the Chumar sector in Ladakh. This latest ...

  • Man held over Chinese womans death in Italy

    Beijing News.Net - Monday 15th July, 2013

    A man was arrested in Italy's Florence city after the lifeless body of a Chinese woman was discovered near a lake, police said. The 37-year-old man told police he met the woman in an internet chat room earlier this year. The man and the Chinese woman, who was studying at the University of Perugia since March, chose to meet for the first time in person at Lake Trasimeno in Umbria region, police ...

  • Typhoon Soulik Downgraded

    Beijing News.Net - Monday 15th July, 2013

    Chinese forecasters have downgraded a powerful typhoon to a tropical depression after it made landfall in the heavily populated Chinese coastal province of Fujian Saturday Typhoon Soulik forced the evacuation of 300,000 people when it hit southeast China, with winds of nearly 120 kilometers per hour. The National Meteorological Center downgraded the storm to a tropical depression Sunday ...

  • Political leaders react strongly after Tiwari downplays Chinese intrusion

    Beijing News.Net - Monday 15th July, 2013

    Political leaders have reacted strongly after Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcast (Independent Charge) Manish Tiwari downplayed the intrusion of two People's Liberation Army (PLA) choppers into Indian airspace on July 11. According to reports, two PLA choppers violated Indian airspace in the Chumar sector of Ladakh around 0800 hours, on July 11, and returned after flying for ...

  • Repeated China incursions indicate territorial dispute with India says JNU professor

    Beijing News.Net - Monday 15th July, 2013

    Taking a cue from the repeated Chinese incursions along the Indian border, Srikanth Kondapalli, a professor of Chinese studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) said that China is sending a signal regarding some territorial dispute. "Chumar is an extended claim area for China. For the last five or six years, there have been a number of transgressions in the chumar area. It indicates that ...

  • China wins Asian beach soccer title

    Beijing News.Net - Monday 15th July, 2013

    China beat United Arab Emirates 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the final winning their first Asian Beach Soccer Cup title. Wan Chao scored the first goal in the fourth minute of the second period with a free kick. Then UAE overturned the scores with goals from Haitham and Hasan. About 17 seconds before the final whistle, Liu Yisi of China scored, levelling the scores 2-2 in the ...

  • Chinas meteorological authority to issue highest alert for Typhoon Soulik

    whatsonsanya - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    China will issue a red-level wave warning for Typhoon Soulik, the strongest ever this year, which is expected to affect the East China Sea, the marine forecasting authority said Wednesday. As the seventh typhoon to hit China this year, Soulik will have a big impact on the East China Sea and Taiwan Strait, as well as waters off the coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian laying along the East ...

  • ADB Cuts Developing Asia Growth Outlook As China Slows

    RTT News - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    The Asian Development Bank, or ADB, on Tuesday lowered its growth outlook for developing Asia, citing slower growth in China and subdued demand from advanced economies. In its latest Asian Development Outlook Supplement, the ADB said it expects the region to grow 6.3 percent in 2013 and by 6.4 percent in 2014. These forecasts were lower than April's prediction of 6.6 percent growth for 2013 ...

  • Why my Chinese friend cant say sorry

    China Daily - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    I live in a share house in Japan and one of my neighbors is Chinese. She is cheerful and caring, but sometimes I just can't afford her. The elevator in my building doesn't have sensor in the door, so if nobody holds the bottom to keep the door open, the door closes and makes a sandwich with the person who is entering or leaving the elevator. The person who gets inside the elevator ...

  • Beijing metro fare hike speculation

    China.org.cn - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, who is conducting the research, said the possibility of price change depends on the findings and the study is expected to be finished by the end of the year, Beijing Times ...

  • Rescue efforts after fatal bus crash in SW China

    China Daily - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Rescuers work on the site of a bus accident on Sunday, after a tourist bus overturned and fell into a valley from a highway in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan province. Eight died and 19 were injured in the accident. Initial investigations said the road was slippery because of heavy rain. ...

  • Rainstorm topples NE China bridge

    China.org.cn - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Heavy overnight rain has toppled a road bridge that formed part of a national expressway in the city of Fuxin, in northeast China's Liaoning Province, local authorities said on ...

  • China adds 7.25 million jobs in H1

    China Daily - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    first half of the year despite the economic slowdown during the period, latest data showed. China added 7.25 million jobs in the first half, an increase of 310,000 from the number seen during the same period last year, Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security, revealed during a meeting on Tuesday. The registered urban ...

  • Taiwan leader nixes defence minister resignation bid after soldier heat stroke death

    Canada.com - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou refused to accept the defence minister's resignation after a 24-year-old army recruit died of heat stroke while being punished for bringing a cellphone on base. Defence Minister Kao Hao-chu apologized Monday night for the death of Hung Chung-chiu on July 3 and offered to step down. Hung had been forced to perform a vigorous regime of ...

  • China 7-day money rates fall 9 bps on rates slump 27 bps

    Reuters - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    * Key 7-day money rate falls 9 bps to 3.72 pct * C.bank holds off from open market ops, injecting 160 bln yuan * No sharp fall expected from tax, dividend payments By Chen Yixin and Pete Sweeney SHANGHAI, July 16 (Reuters) - China's money rates fell after the People's Bank of China once more held off from open market operations, leaving the market to absorb 160 billion yuan ($26.07 ...

  • CORRECTED-China shares slip on growth concerns Hong Kong weaker too

    Reuters - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:19am EDT (Corrects to show Vanke Property Overseas to release H1 earnings on Friday, not China Vanke) * HSI -0.1 pct, H-shares -0.2 pct, CSI300 -0.6 pct * 7 pct growth won't hurt China's reforms: official media * NetDragon plunges after Baidu acquisition of unit By Clement Tan HONG KONG, July 16 (Reuters) - China shares slid on Tuesday, weighing on Hong Kong as both ...

  • At least 295 people confirmed dead or missing after rainstorms typhoon hit China

    whatsonsanya - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    At least 295 people have been confirmed dead or missing after rainstorms and Typhoon Soulik hit China, causing floods, landslides and buildings to collapse, the government said ...

  • China and Russia hold naval exercise in Sea of Japan

    wsws.org - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Tensions in the Sea of Japan were raised last week as a major naval exercise between China and Russia came under close observation by a simultaneous air exercise conducted by Japan and United States only a few hundred kilometers away.The joint exercise conducted by China and Russia from July 8-10, in Peter the Great Bay, off the coast of Vladivostok, was the largest ever between China and ...

  • 90 of drinking straws in Shanghai are unqualified say investigators

    whatsonsanya - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Industry insiders have warned consumers to be careful when using drinking straws, as 90 percent in the Shanghai market did not meet quality standards, according to investigators. The national standard on drinking straws requires a quality safety logo granted by the food quality and safety administration on package ...

  • West Australian base on frontline of US war preparations against China

    wsws.org - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    The Stirling naval base, located on Garden Island, just south of Perth, Western Australia's capital city has become a key focus of US military planning for a conflict with China.HMAS Stirling is the Australian navy's major base on the Indian Ocean, home to the Australian submarine fleet and 2,500 naval personnel. It already hosts visits by US warships, and features maintenance and ...

  • Russia China block UNSC move on Iran

    News.Az - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Russia, China block move by UN Security Council against Iran. Russia and China have reportedly opposed a decision and thus prevented a move by a UN Security Council committee to expand the sanctions on Iran over the allegation that the Islamic Republic?s ballistic missile tests have violated UN resolutions. Australia?s envoy to the US and the chairman of the so-called Iran ...

  • Asian stocks advance as China GDP meets estimates

    MENAFN - Tuesday 16th July, 2013

    Asian stocks advanced on Monday even if only modestly, as China?s growth data met expectations. Japanese markets are closed today for a holiday keeping volumes ...

  • Source: http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/215856381/scat/9366300fc9319e9b

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