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Inside Elite Chinese Circle, Brit Came to Fear for His Life
Wall Street Journal
By JEREMY PAGE Neil Heywood, the Briton whose death in China is at the center of a Chinese political crisis, told friends he feared for his safety because he had fallen out with the wife of a senior Communist Party leader, according to people familiar ...
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Italy's Monti seeks Chinese investment, says reforms working
Reuters
... debt crisis apparently over * Says Italy's labour rigidity deterred Chinesefrom investing * Says would have liked even bigger euro zone firewall By Michael Martina BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti urged China on Saturday to ...
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Chinese assembly workers to get raises
Detroit Free Press
... Chinese employees who assemble Apple's iPads and iPhones isn't likely to drive up the prices that consumers pay. Labor expenses remain a small portion of the total bill for most gadgets made in China, and wages have already been steadily growing.
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China Beats US With Power From Coal Processing Trapping Carbon
Bloomberg
By 2025, with 250 million more Chinese projected to be living in cities, China's share of global carbon pollution will jump to 30.3 percent from 26.8 percent this year, the EIA says. Meat, Fish, AirChina can't quit coal.
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Bloomberg
China's Sino-Forest files for bankruptcy protection, plans sale or restructuring
Washington Post
TORONTO — Chinese timberland company Sino-Forest Corp., which is being investigated for fraud, said Friday it is filing for bankruptcy protection, putting itself up for sale and filing a lawsuit against the research firm that accused the company of ...
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Chinese Company and Employee Deny Any Involvement in Hacking Attacks
New York Times
SHANGHAI — Tencent, a Chinese Internet company, denied on Friday that one of its employees had been involved in a recent breach of computers belonging to Japanese and Indian companies, as well as Tibetan activists. The company and the employee ...
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Chinese President in Cambodia As Summit Opens
Voice of America (blog)
China's President Hu Jintao is in Cambodia on a four-day state visit that coincides with a key regional summit where participants are expected to voice growing opposition to Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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Amid rumors of unrest, China cracks down on the Internet
Washington Post
BEIJING — After weeks of Internet-fueled rumors suggesting fissures in the top leadership ranks, Chinese authorities struck back this weekend, closing 16 Web sites and arresting at least six people in a broad crackdown on the freewheeling world of ...
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For China's Airlines, Demand Will Stay Aloft
Barron's
Chinese airlines have hit a rough patch since last summer, bogged down by fears about an economic hard landing in China and a 36% surge in crude-oil prices since October. On top of that, China's big three carriers— Air China(ticker: 753.
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Bank considers loan to rescue Chinese firm from bond default-paper
Reuters
| SHANGHAI, March 31 (Reuters) - A Chinese bank may extend some short term loans to an insolvent fibre producer, Shandong Helon, to help prevent what would have been the first corporate default in the history of China's bond market, local media said on ...
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Internet coup rumours prompt Chinese crack-down
Vancouver Sun
His downfall was only lightly covered by China's tightly controlled state media, opening the way for groundless rumours about a coup to spread on the Internet. In another sign of the state's tight policing of the web - known as the "Great Firewall" ...
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16 Chinese websites closed, six detained for spreading rumours
TwoCircles.net
By IANS, Beijing : Chinese authorities closed 16 websites and detained six people responsible for "fabricating or disseminating online rumors," the State Internet Information Office (SIIO) and Beijing police said Friday.
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Exiled monks: 2 Tibetans are the latest to burn themselves in protest against ...
Washington Post
BEIJING — Two Tibetan monks set themselves on fire in a western Chinesecity in the latest in a wave of self-immolations protesting against Chinese rule, exiled monks and a Tibet advocacy group said. The conditions of the two monks were not known ...
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Chinese Company Denies Involvement in Japan, India, Tibet Hack Attack
International Business Times
By Surojit Chatterjee: Subscribe to Surojit's RSS feed A Chinese graduate was said to be involved in attacks that were linked to Japan, India and Tibet. Trend Micro released the research paper, which unveiled details on the hacker.
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Ai Weiwei says Chinese authorities reject public appeal in tax case
Los Angeles Times
The dissident artist told CNN by phone that he received a notice Tuesday fromChinese authorities that said he would have a written hearing instead of a public trial, which he had requested. Ai collected $1.3 million from 30000 supporters to contest ...
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Bo Xilai's fall raises questions about Chinese politics
Kansas City Star
Decades later, Bo stands accused of using techniques similar to those that brought ruin to his family to propel his own campaign for power in China'smurky world of politics. Two weeks ago, he was removed from his position asChinese Communist Party ...
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Chinese firm surpasses Exxon in oil production
Richmond Times Dispatch
The company has grown rapidly over the last decade by squeezing more fromChina's aging oil fields and outspending Western companies to acquire more petroleum reserves in such places as Canada, Iraq and Qatar. It's motivated by a need to lock up as ...
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How Do You Say Tim Cook In Mandarin Chinese?
Forbes
I received a comment from a reader yesterday who jokingly suggested that Apple CEO Tim Cook and other international tech heavyweights visiting Chinathis week were here in search of a good Chinese name for themselves. In fact, Cook and the others ...
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Apple agrees to reforms in Chinese factories
Montreal Gazette
The agreement is a sign of the increasing power of Chinese workers to command higher wages given increasing prices in China, and an aging workforce that has led to labour shortages. "Foxconn is proposing this better deal," van Heerden said.
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Concern for Chinese factory workers is patronising and simplistic.
The Age
NOTHING demonstrates how self-absorbed Western moral sensibilities are than the recent controversy over working conditions at the Chinese manufacturer Foxconn. Foxconn makes Apple products. And culturally, Apple's iPad and iPhone are no mere gadgets.
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The Age
Rio Ferdinand Considering Offer From Chinese Club, Guardian Says
Bloomberg
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is considering an offer to play inChina when his contract ends after next season, the Guardian said. A move toChina may prove lucrative for Ferdinand. Nicolas Anelka went from Chelsea to Shenghai Shenhua in ...
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Apple pledge could lead to China wage hikes
BusinessWeek
By JOE McDONALD A pledge by the manufacturer of Apple's iPhones and iPads to limit work hours at its factories in China could force other global corporations to hike pay for Chinese workers who produce the world's consumer electronics, toys and other ...
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China's Gasoline Prices Surpass Those in US
Voice of America
Many in Europe pay more than two dollars per liter - roughly double the average price for gasoline in the US And now, even Chinese consumers - who have long enjoyed government subsidies - are paying more for fuel than Americans.
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Chinese hacker attack Indian websites
IBNLive.com
PTI New York: Indian military research bodies and Tibetan activists have been targeted by hackers based in China, with a former graduate student at a Chinese university emerging as a key figure responsible for the cyber breach, according to a report by ...
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IBNLive.com
True Religion Apparel wins judgment against Chinese counterfeiters
Los Angeles Times
(Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times / March 31, 2012) By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times Southern California designer jeans maker True Religion Apparel Inc. has won a $864-million court judgment against online Chinese counterfeiters, but actually getting ...
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Los Angeles Times
Chinese cybercrime campaign traced back to one man
msnbc.com
A notorious malware campaign that infected hundreds of computers in Japan and India has been linked back to a former graduate student at a Chineseuniversity — a rare instance in which a name and face is able to be attached to the dark underground ...
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Group: 2 more Tibetan monks self-immolate in China
The Seattle Times
Two Tibetan monks set themselves on fire in a western Chinese city in the latest in a wave of self-immolations protesting against Chinese rule, exiled monks and a Tibet advocacy group said. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this ...
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Chinese Hackers Linked To Cyber-Espionage In Japan, India, Tibet
CRN
They also mapped the address to a Chinese instant messaging screen name and from there to an online alias, "scuhkr." The New York Times reported that it traced the alias to Gu Kaiyuan, a former graduate student at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.
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Iran Helps Syria Ship Oil To China; But Chinese Company Denies Report
International Business Times
However, China is not bound by the sanctions and had vetoed two UN resolutions that called for sanctions against Syria. Though Syria negotiated a deal to sell oil at discounted rate to ChineseCorporation, yet it couldn't find a vessel to transport the ...
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International Business Times
Apple pledge likely to boost China factory wages
BusinessWeek
"I think whatever Foxconn did will have an impact, certainly, on all Chineseworkers in all trades," said Willy Lin, managing director of Hong Kong-based Milo's Knitwear, which makes clothing in three factories in China for European clients.
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Daily Sports News:Video: Stephon Marbury China Championship ...
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China Sports News: Chinese women curlers fall short at world ...
LETHBRIDGE, Canada - The 2012 World Women's Curling Championship is a tournament China's national team will likely quickly forget. Three years after ...
www.chinasportsbeat.com/.../chinese-women-curlers-fall-short...
Stephon Marbury leads Beijing Ducks to Chinese ... - Sporting News
Stephon Marbury's 41 points led the Beijing Ducks to their first-ever ChineseBasketball Association title and a 124-121 win over the defending champion ...
aol.sportingnews.com/.../stephon-marbury-leads-beijing-ducks...
Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard top Chinese wish-list | The Sun ...
Chinese big guns Shanghai Shenhua also want Lamps' Chelsea team-mate ...Sports news in today's other papersSEE what's making the headlines on the back ...
www.thesun.co.uk/.../Rio-Ferdinand-and-Frank-Lampard-top-...
Chinese player takes part in Somerley Park International Horse ...
Sports > Popular News. Chinese player takes part in Somerley Park International Horse Trials. 2012-03-28 ... life. Curious creations at ChinaFashion Week ...
english.sina.com/sports/p/2012/0327/453103.html
China-Owned Volvo Signs Chinese-American Basketball Star ...
NEW YORK - March 21, 2012: The Scandinavian luxury car manufacturer, Volvo ... For our region, Jeremy Lin is the pride of the whole Chinesepopulation, and we are .... Submit press releases or news stories to submit@theautochannel.com.
www.theautochannel.com/.../029469-china-owned-volvo-sign...
KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports - - Chinese firm surpasses ...
KEYC - Channel 12 in Mankato is the area's source for news, weather andsports.
www.keyc.tv/.../chinese-firm-surpasses-exxon-in-oil-productio...
Chinese Foreign Acquisitions: Do China's Takeovers Pose A ...
Chinese Foreign Acquisitions. The vast majority of foreign takeovers fromChina — but not all — pose no national security threat to Canada, says a newreport ...
www.huffingtonpost.ca/.../chinese-foreign-acquisitions_n_137...
Chinese economic news drag down stocks | Top Business News
Chinese economic news drag down stocks. ... Top Sports News · Sportscolumnist ... Also, new home prices dropped in 45 Chinese cities last month as the ...
www.manilatimes.net/.../19687-chinese-economic-news-drag-...
BBC News - Chinese tea grown using panda dung as fertiliser
Will a Chinese tea grown using panda poo as fertiliser prove to be a delicacy,... Play One-minute World News. Play Keeping up with the sports cheats ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17433818
U.S. sets new tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports - Tampa Bay ...
The Commerce Department says China has been unfairly giving subsidies to the ... WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department has imposed new import fees on solar panels made in China, finding that the Chinesegovernment is ... Opinion · Sports ... Google Newspaper Archive - back to 1901 Powered by Google ...
www.tampabay.com/news/business/.../us-sets.../1221033
Chinese eye English stars | Manchester United News ... - Sky Sports
Chinese outfit Guizhou Renhe have confirmed their interest in signing England stars Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard.
www1.skysports.com/football/news/.../Chinese-eye-English-sta...
Garcia hails Chinese sports program - The Philippine Star » News ...
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia was impressed by what he saw during a recent meeting with his counterparts in ...
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=792525...69
Australia bans Chinese company from Web network - WTOL.com ...
WTOL.com: News, Weather and Sport for Toledo, OhioAustralia bansChinese company from Web network. SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY Google. HOME ...
www.wtol.com/.../australia-bans-chinese-company-from-web-...
Chinese website: Dalai Lama has 'Nazi' policies | Seattle News ...
Select a section, News, Weather, Sports, Local, Nation & World ... BEIJING (AP) - A state-run Chinese website has launched a bitter attack on the Dalai Lama, ...
www.komonews.com/.../Chinese-website-Dalai-Lama-has-Nazi...
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