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CHINA Sports, Jan 14, 2012


"Micro" wins big in China
ESPN
By Jake Howard Munoz Glenn "Micro" Hall came away from the Hainan Cup with the biggest -- and only -- win in Chinese surfing history. If a key component of surf travel is accessing foreign cultures under the guise of scoring a few good waves, ...
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China to host Flames for camp training
The Maravi Post
Speaking during the Spring Festival to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Hegun said: "We are going to promote culture, education andsports. So, this year we are going to invite the Flames to come toChina to play a friendly match against our national ...
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The Maravi Post
White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes
Peninsula On-line
Left: Chinese trio Qinan Zhu, Tao Wang and Liu Tianyou after winning the team gold in the 10m Air Rifle at the 12th Asian Shooting Championships at the Lusail Shooting Complex yesterday. Doha: China trio of Qinan Zhu, Tao Wang and Liu Tianyou set a new ...
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Notes from a Chinese Cave: Qigong's Quiet Return
China Digital Times
In November, I came to Jinhua with about 400 others on a ten-day retreat to study with Wang Liping, probably China's most famous teacher of qigong, a form of meditation and breathing exercises rooted in traditional Chinesereligion. ...
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Thrills and spills in beijing
China Daily
Maybe it's still not really that big, but all the (Chinese) guys there seemed to have fun and enjoy themselves. I think the sport will have a bright future in China," said Arvidsson, who is ranked No 6 in Big Air events. Upgrading to a five-star event ...
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China Daily
'2012 Chinese New Year' is this year's theme
Hudson Star Observer
Other Hot Air Affair countdown events in January include a children's coloring affair, Chinese New Year food sampling and entertainment at Family Fresh Market on Jan. 21, candlelight hike and ski at YMCA Camp St. Croix on Jan. 21, Tip Night fundraiser ...
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Ma Ying-jeou wins: sighs of relief in Taiwan after youthful democracy passes ...
The Guardian
In Taipei, Chinese tour groups said they had been told to stay away from campaigning and some had even been told to stay inside on polling day. "[China's leaders] don't want a lot of mainlanders coming here and watching democracy in action," said ...
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Jewellery Designer Appreciates Sophistication of Shen Yun
The Epoch Times
The company stages dances from China's diverse ethnicities and folk dances of the majority Han ethnicity, but focuses on classicalChinese dance, an art-form that is thousands years old and was passed down within the imperial palace and ancient Chinese ...
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The Epoch Times
'Corruption on wheels'
Ottawa Citizen
China Communist Party Bureaucrats Like Their Cars High End - Very High End. Barbara Demick Reports By Barbara Demick, Ottawa Citizen January 14, 2012 Chinese officials love their cars - big, fancy, expensive cars. A chocolate-coloured Bentley worth ...
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Asfand Yar moves resolution to NA in support of democracy
Associated Press of Pakistan
14 (APP): Special representatives from China and India will meet to discuss border issues from Jan 15 to 17 in India, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here Saturday.Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Indian National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar ...
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Interview With Herb Tam of Museum of Chinese in America
Huffington Post
Currently on view at Museum of Chinese in America (MoCA) until March 26, 2012. Image courtesy of Lee Mingwei Studio. Herb Tam is the Curator and Director of Exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in America and a part of the new wave of younger curators ...
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Malaysia Open Super Series: Wang Yihan proves too strong for Saina Nehwal in ...
bettor.com (blog)
China's top seed, Wang Yihan, asserts her supremacy in the arena of badminton as she has crushed India's Saina Nehwal in Women's Singles semi-final of the 2012 Malaysia Open Super Series at National SportsComplex, in Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, ...
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Hello, kitty
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
He writes in the HTY study guide that “My parents wanted me to go to Chineseschool, but I wanted to play sports. … I spent a lot of time trying not to beChinese when I was young. I wanted to fit in with the local kids,” and the story follows the ...
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Snooker's saviour: Judd Trump interview
Telegraph.co.uk
China is the game's biggest growth area. Hearn took Davis and Taylor out there as manager of both during the 1980s, but it wasn't until the Chinese player Ding Junhui won the ChinaOpen in 2005 that there was a surge of interest in the Far East....
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Telegraph.co.uk
Manmade wonders
Malaysia Star
Reaching for the sky: Skyscrapers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in the province of Guangdong. Shenzhen, once a small fishing village, is at the heart of China's industrial growth and is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. ...
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Will a 30% Plunge in Singapore's Real Estate Market Attract American Immigrants?
Forbes
And it got started in 1965 when it split from Malaysia after the latter passed a law that made people of Chinese and other non-Malay descent second class citizens. Cambridge Law graduate, Lee Kuan Yew, made Singapore independent and through benign ...
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Forbes
Intel's Lenovo K800 – Brief Review
International Business Times
The phone is expected to hit the Chinese market in the second quarter of 2012. Display: The new 10mm thick Lenovo smartphonesports a 4.5-inch 1280x 720 pixels LCD capacitive touch-screen. Processor: The Lenovo K800 is powered by a 1600 MHz single-core ...
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International Business Times
Tennis superstars ready to rumble
Herald Sun
AS A child growing up in the Chinese urban jungle of Wuhan, Li Na dreaded her twice-daily gruelling tennis practice. "I can't believe I just met the world's best player," beamed Isobel Burrows, 13, from Surrey Hills. "She signed my cap and drew a ...
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World sports in brief
Fiji Times
PORTLAND, Oregon - Australian basketball star Patty Mills says he'd like to return to the NBA when the Chinese league that holds his rights releases him. The former Trail Blazers guard was cut by the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of theChinese Basketball ...
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Terry Glavin: Canada sells the oilsands to China. Then complains about ...
National Post (blog)
In the spring of 2010, China's state-owned Sinopec Corp. took a $4.65-billion piece of Syncrude. Then the China Investment Corporation, which is run by the Chinese Communist Party, took possession of a $1.25-billon share of Penn West Petroleum. ...
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National Post (blog)
Corrections & Amplifications
Wall Street Journal
An article in the latest Friday Journal about Chinese collectors incorrectly said Mr. Liu was best known for creating a 2005 artwork called "Love It! Bite It!" That work was created by another, younger artist of the same name. ...
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USA defeat Australian Barbarians in water polo match: Day six – 2012 Women's ...
bettor.com (blog)
Subsequently, the arena witnessed wonderful efforts of Australian andChinese players, who tried hard to claim victory over each other. Australia managed to prove its supremacy over China by one score, as they won the match with an 8-7 effort. ...
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Under pressure or just precious?
Sydney Morning Herald
Goldsmith pinpointed axed Test opener Phillip Hughes as the perfect example of how video analysts, and the media, had combined to make cricket sport's answer to Chinese water torture. ''We talk about external and internal pressures,'' said Goldsmith. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Wozniacki could face Li in Aussie quarters
Sacramento Bee
1 star Kim Clijsters, who topped the Chinese slugger in last year's Down Under finale. Clijsters is also a three- time US Open champ. The second quarter of the draw is spearheaded by No.3 Victoria Azarenka, who just titled in Sydney on Friday, ...
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Beer Companies Kick Off New Year With New Retail Programs
CSNews Online
Beer is also a go-to choice for consumers when celebrating holidays and to mark Chinese New Year, Tsingtao Beer is running a 2012 "Year of the Dragon" on- and off-premise promotion through February. "Chinese New Year is the perfect time for retailers ...
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Posted On Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 03:28:34 AM
Ahmedabad Mirror
The Chinese invented kites nearly 3000 years ago, flying dragon-shaped paper kites in the sky. One Greek myth tells the tale of Icarus who flew too near the sun on wings of wax. Legend has it that Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity while flying a ...
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The Year of the Dragon
Philippine Star
The Dragon is the symbol of power and good fortune in Chinese astrology. Unlike the other earthly animal signs, it is the only mythical animal and its zodiac sign is considered special. It is a known fact that many Chinesecouples all over the world ...
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South Baldwin school columns for Jan. 13
Press-Register - al.com (blog)
The children in Mrs. DeMaio's kindergarten class took an imaginary trip around the world to China where they learned about the Chinese New Year by making Lucky Money Bags, a Chinese dragon puppet, and painting in the style of Tong Yu. ...
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10 Andaman News NBT TV Friday 13th January 2012
Thailand National News Bureau
He further stated that this year 2012 the Tourism Authority of Thailand also eyes Asian honeymooners such as Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese and Indians. These groups he said should be encouraged to stay 5-7 days. Health and golfing is also another sports ...
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The Battle of the High Street Rages
ChiswickW4.com
... a kebab shop (Elias) and a take-away Chinese (Turnham Green Chinese). It's also a typical neighbourhood shopping street with an independent shoe shop (Rift Shoes), children's clothes shop (Tots Boutique), two cobblers, a kitchen gift shop (Zecca), ...
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Flames camping dates is China may shift – Vuwa | Malawi news ...
By Nyasa Times
Minister of sports and youth development, Vuwa Kaunda, says his ministry could consider to shift the dates for the Malawi national football team, the Flames, camping in China in preparation for 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and 2014 World Cup qualifiers . Initially ... Apart from training, the Flames will also use the oversees training to play a strength-testing matches against theChinese national side which is ranked 71st in the world and have been to the World Cup at least once in 2002 . ...
Malawi news, Malawi - NyasaTimes...
J.R. Smith's sister gets in brawl during brother's ... - Sporting News
Staff report Sporting News. Text size A A A. J.R. Smith's stint with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association gets stranger and stranger, ...
aol.sportingnews.com/.../jr-smiths-sister-fight-brawl-punch-de...
Beautiful PR game? Chinese footballer joins top Brazilian side ...
Chen Zhizhao, a 23-year-old midfielder, has become the first Chinese player to join a top-flight club in the ... a new era," Qiu Xiaoqi, China's ambassador in Brazil , told the state news agency Xinhua last year. .... Buy tickets for topsport events ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../chinese-footballer-brazil-corinthians
Chinese eye Salgado deal | Blackburn Rovers News ... - Sky Sports
Michel Salgado is the latest big name being targeted by clubs in China, skysports .com can reveal.
www1.skysports.com/football/news/.../Chinese-eye-Salgado-de...
China Sports News: Mavericks sign Chinese forward Yi Jianlian
Mavericks sign Chinese forward Yi Jianlian. Source: Xinhua via china.org.cn. The Dallas Mavericks officially signed 6- foot-10 Chinese forward Yi Jianlian to a ...
www.chinasportsbeat.com/.../mavericks-sign-chinese-forward-...
Williamsport boys defeat Chinese team Shanghai Nanyang ...
Sports / Local Sports / ... There, the Williamsport and Nanyang Model High School from China shared some laughs and ... Nanyang is the first Chinesehigh school to play in the United States and its players received a ... News, Blogs & Events ...
www.sungazette.com/.../Williamsport-boys-defeat-Chinese-tea...
Mills leaves Chinese club, say reports - Sports News First
Mills contentiously took up a contract with the Flying Tigers in the ChineseBasketball Association in November during the lengthy NBA lockout, having briefly ...
www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/.../mills-leaves-chinese-club-say-r...
St. Joe's hosts Chinese team today » Sports » Tonawanda News
Nanyang's trip marks the first time in history a Chinese high school basketball team has traveled to play in the United States, and its game tonight is the third...
tonawanda-news.com/sports/.../St-Joe-s-hosts-Chinese-team-to...
Chinese video websites in court as industry grows - NBC12 News ...
NBC12 News, Weather Sports, Traffic, and Programming Guide for Richmond, VA | Chinese video websites in court as industry grows. Member Center: ...
www.nbc12.com/.../chinese-companies-battle-over-internet-vi...
Chinese premier pledges more entrepreneur loans | Business ...
Chinese premier pledges more entrepreneur loans. By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer Published: Jan 8, 2012 at 11:22 AM PST ...
www.katu.com/.../Chinese-premier-pledges-more-entrepreneur...
Caterpillar Announces Expansion of Chinese ... - WEEK News 25
WUXI, China-- Caterpillar, Inc. has announced plans to expand a Chineseresearch and ... News Now Digital Daily - subscribe to our daily newsletter. WEEK ...
www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/.../Caterpillar-Announces-...
Mavericks sign former Chinese Olympian Yi ... - Dallas Morning News
Dallas News, Sports, Weather and Traffic from The Dallas Morning News · Powered by The ... Jianlian was a star on the 2008 Chinese Olympic team. Del Harris ...
www.dallasnews.com/.../20111231-mavericks-sign-former-chi...
China writer says harassment forced him to the US - News, Weather ...
kcautv.com Sioux City for local news, weather, sports and more · More LocalNews .... BEIJING (AP) - A well-known Chinese dissident writer who has been...
www.kcautv.com/.../chinese-police-question-prominent-rights-...
Duerden: Year Of The Dragon good for soccer - News | FOX Sports ...
When writing about Chinese football, the general rule is that the opening paragraph must make reference to a growing economy and/or population. There is an ...
msn.foxsports.com/.../2012-the-year-of-soccer-a-sport-on-the-...
Chinese Exports Grow, but Imports Show Signs of Weakening
The United States argues that despite steady appreciation, the renminbi remains substantially undervalued, which bolsters Chinese exports and makes...
www.nytimes.com/.../chinese-exports-grow-but-imports-show-..
  
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