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Chinese fishing boats leave disputed shoal, diffusing standoff between China ...
Washington Post
MANILA, Philippines — The last five Chinese fishing boats at the center of a dangerous impasse between China and the Philippines have left a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, officials said Saturday. Their departure diffused the standoff but also ...
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Standoff diffused as Chinese boats leave shoal
San Francisco Chronicle
(04-14) 04:46 PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The last five Chinese fishing boats at the center of a dangerous impasse between China and the Philippines have left a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, officials said Saturday.
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Chinese Fishing Boats Leave Standoff Scene
Wall Street Journal
AP MANILA—The last five Chinese fishing boats at the center of a dangerous impasse between China and the Philippines have left a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, officials said Saturday. Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez ...
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Standoff near Philippines over; Chinese boats keep catch
Reuters
MANILA (Reuters) - Chinese fishing boats left a disputed area of the SouthChina Sea with their catches on Saturday, ending a six-day standoff but dealing a blow to Philippine efforts to assert sovereignty over the area and protect marine resources.
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US Keeping Close Eye on Chinese Upheaval
Wall Street Journal
By SIOBHAN GORMAN WASHINGTON—US officials are closely watching the scandal in China engulfing onetime rising star Bo Xilai as a key test of the Communist Party leadership's ability to maintain credibility with the Chinesepublic, especially the ...
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Weak Chinese data weighs on markets
BusinessWeek
By COLLEEN BARRY US and European stocks slipped Friday on weakChinese economic data and persistent tensions in eurozone debt markets, while Asian markets were buoyed by a botched North Korean missile test. Concerns about the prospects for global ...
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Party May Be Long-Term Loser in Chinese Scandal
New York Times
But for the Chinese leaders who purged Mr. Bo, there are threats as well. In the view of some analysts and party insiders, that same scandal has raised the notion of high-level misconduct among China's elite to a level that some say could have ...
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Chinese central bank widens yuan currency trading band
Reuters
BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) - China expanded the yuan's daily trading band against the dollar on Saturday in a milestone move underscoring its ambition to liberalise its nascent financial markets and turn them into a global force.China's central bank ...
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Chinese Grand Prix 2012: Nico Rosberg takes pole as Michael Schumacher makes ...
Telegraph.co.uk
After all the intrigue this week, the speculation and anxiety regarding next weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, Formula One fans can look forward to the prospect of a diverting Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday with Nico Rosberg claiming the first pole of his ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Chinese economy loses momentum
CNNMoney
By Annalyn Censky @CNNMoney April 13, 2012: 11:49 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- China's economic growth lost more momentum at the beginning of the year, but other signs are showing the slowdown is unlikely to continue for long. The Chinese economy grew ...
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Chinese leftists rally behind ousted official
AZ Central.com
by Andrew Higgins - Apr. 13, 2012 11:00 PM HONG KONG - With China'spropaganda apparatus in overdrive as the Communist Party demolishes the reputation of one of its former stars, a few defiant and angry fans are sticking to their guns.
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Rosberg claims first F1 pole at Chinese GP
SI.com
SHANGHAI (AP) - Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg claimed the first Formula One pole position of his career Saturday, topping qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton qualified second, but will have to start Sunday's race from seventh ...
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Chinese Grand Prix qualifying as it happened
BBC Sport
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg takes his first pole position in Chinese GP qualifying as Lewis Hamilton starts seventh after a penalty. Yes, I'm sure your fans are hoping so, too Felipe. And on that note, I'm going to bid you farewell and bring this live text ...
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Reward offered in Los Angeles murder of two Chinese students
Chicago Tribune
Michael L. Jackson, USC vice president of student affairs, said Wu was fromChina's Jilin province, and Qu from Hunan. Police said Qu's car was double-parked in the street outside the house with the engine running and the hazard lights flashing when ...
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Rosberg takes first career pole in China
Chicago Tribune
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Germany's Nico Rosberg rocketed to the first pole position of his Formula One career at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday in what will be an all-Mercedes front row with team mate Michael Schumacher alongside him.
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Chinese army leaders join call for unity after Bo Xilai's dismissal
Washington Post
BEIJING — Chinese senior military officers and commissars joined the Communist Party's vast propaganda machine Friday in a flood of calls for unity following the purge of the disgraced politician Bo Xilai and the arrest of his wife on murder charges.
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China's economic growth brakes to slowest pace in 3 years
Washington Post
BEIJING — China's roaring economy cooled the first three months of this year to its slowest pace of growth in three years because of slackening export demand and a weakened property market. The country's gross domestic product expanded 8.1 percent in ...
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Rosberg snatches first pole of F1 career in China as Hamilton drops to seventh
Daily Mail
And the 26-year-old did it with ease and a set of tyres to spare at the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of Sunday's ChineseGrand Prix. Rosberg blitzed the field on his first quick lap in the top 10 shoot-out and did not bother heading out again, ...
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Daily Mail
3 of 8 Chinese fishing boats leave disputed shoal
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By TERESA CEROJANO AP MANILA, Philippines — Three of eightChinese fishing boats at the center of a standoff between Chinaand the Philippines have left a shoal in the disputed South ChinaSea, officials said Friday. Philippine Navy Chief Vice-Admiral ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Stiglitz Says Wider Yuan Band May See Chinese Currency Weaken
Bloomberg
China's decision to widen the yuan's trading band for the first time since 2007 may end up disappointing the US by helping to weaken the currency, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz said. China today said it will increase the range in which the yuan can ...
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Fishing boats gone from shoal but one Chinese ship remains
Inquirer.net (blog)
AFP/DFA/ Philippine Navy MANILA, Philippines – All but one of the Chinesevessels locked in a standoff with Philippine naval forces authorities have pulled out of the Scarborough Shoal by Saturday, further dissipating tensions betweenChina and the ...
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Chinese fishing boats end Philippine standoff
Aljazeera.com
Talks between the Philippines and China over a fishing dispute in the South China Sea remain deadlocked despite an apparent end to a standoff between Chinese fishing boats and Philippine naval vessels, according to the Philippine government.
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Aljazeera.com
Chinese boats leave area of Philippine standoff
The Daily Star
MANILA: Chinese fishing boats involved in a standoff with the Philippines have left a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, leaving just one of Beijing's ships in the area, Philippine officials said Saturday. Eight fishing boats along with a Chinese ...
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The Daily Star
US politics clash with reality over China currency
Reuters
The Chinese currency has risen 31 percent against the dollar over the past seven years, eroding a chunk of the price advantage Chinese exports once enjoyed on world markets. At the same time, China's huge trade surplus with the world has shriveled.
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Oil falls on weaker Chinese growth
The Seattle Times
The price of oil slipped below $103 per barrel following weak economic reports out of China and Europe. By CHRIS KAHN AP Energy Writer No comments have been posted to this article. The price of oil slipped below $103 per barrel following weak economic ...
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After Harvard, future is uncertain for Bo's son
Reuters
His father, Bo Xilai, one of China's most charismatic and ambitious politicians, has been stripped of all his roles within the top echelons of the Chinesecommunist party. The young man's family connections, which can be traced to his grandfather Bo ...
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$125000 reward offered for arrest, conviction in slayings of 2 Chinese ...
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — A $125000 reward was announced Friday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot and killed twoChinese graduate students near the University of Southern California this week. Police and USC officials ...
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Slipping Chinese Growth Could Hurt US Exports
U.S. News & World Report
But for China, whose growth rate dipped to 8.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from 8.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, it signals a real problem that could create ripples in the US economy. The most direct way in which aChinese decline ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro, oil fall on slower Chinese growth
Reuters
... Chinese GDP data disappoint * Rising Spanish bond yields add to risk aversion * US, German government debt fetches safehaven bids By Richard Leong NEW YORK, April 13 (Reuters) - World stock and oil prices fell on Friday after China's first-quarter ...
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A look at China's military
Washington Post
Although the People's Liberation Army has no history of meddling in domestic politics, it did help the Communist Party win control of China. A Chinese tank, camouflaged with bamboo to protect it from Japanese planes, moves across a wooden bridge during ...
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JAC to make TJ Innova's S-11 sports coupe? - China Car Times
By Nathan Y
You should be, and here's why: Every Wednesday China Car Times mails out our newsletter full of the latest industry news, spyshots, green automotive newsand statistics from the Chinese Automotive World, a market that is the worlds biggest ...
China Car Times - China Auto News
China Sports News: Chinese clubs toil in AFC Champions League
Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande and J.League counterparts Kashiwa Reysol played out a scoreless draw at Hitachi Stadium on ...
www.chinasportsbeat.com/.../chinese-clubs-toil-in-afc-champi...
Linfluential: Knicks star wins Chinese sports award|Culture|News ...
Linfluential: Knicks star wins Chinese sports award. CNA; 2012-04-02; 10:45 ( GMT+8). Phoenix Television has named Jeremy Lin the most influential ethnic...
www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id...
BBC Sport - Lewis Hamilton given Chinese Grand Prix grid penalty
Lewis Hamilton given Chinese Grand Prix grid penalty ... BBC Red Button and BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; Qualifying 0630-0800 BBC One, BBC Radio 5 live ...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/17686441
China's table tennis Olympic team filled with country's ... - Sports - CNN
(AP) -- For Chinese competitors in table tennis, the toughest thing about this ...coach Liu Guoliang said in an interview recently with the newspaper SportsFans.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/.../china-olympic-table-tennis-team/
Stephon Marbury leads Beijing Ducks to Chinese ... - Sporting News
Tweet. Staff report Sporting News. Text size A A A. Stephon Marbury's 41 points led the Beijing Ducks to their first-ever Chinese Basketball Association title and a ...
aol.sportingnews.com/.../stephon-marbury-leads-beijing-ducks...
Chinese Grand Prix diary | Features & Experts | Sky Sports Formula 1
Skysports.com's Mike Wise is getting a taste of Formula 1 Shanghai-style this weekend.
www1.skysports.com/formula-1/.../Chinese-Grand-Prix-diary
Rosberg roars to maiden pole at Chinese GP - Sports News - SINA ...
Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany drives during the qualifying session of the Chinese F1 Grand Prix at Shanghai International circuit April ...
english.sina.com/sports/p/2012/0414/458027.html
Anonymous says it hacked Chinese government sites ... - KOMO News
KOMO News Network: ... Anonymous says it hacked Chinese government sites ... They include government bureaus in several Chinese cities, including in ...
www.komonews.com/.../Anonymous-says-it-hacked-Chinese-...
Chinese blog sites suspend some functions - UPI.com
Two major Chinese microblogging sites said they have suspended their ... You are here: Home / Science News / Chinese blog sites suspend some functions...
www.upi.com/Science_News/.../UPI-40601333417599/
Vettel fails to make top 10 in Chinese GP - SPORTS NEWS - TEN ...
Red Bull were struggling to replicate the dominance of previous seasons on Saturday after two-time reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel failed to make the ...
tensport.com.au/.../Motor-Racing-Vettel-fails-to-make-top-10-...
China Technology News: Chinese TV makers roll out cloud televisions
China's six major TV manufacturers have successively rolled out so-called ...The company working with leading Chinese antivirus software company ...InfoseekChina · China Beverage News · China Entertainment News · ChinaSports News ...
www.technologynewschina.com/.../chinese-tv-makers-roll-out...
KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports - - European stocks lower ...
KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -European stocks lower on weakChinese data. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out ...
www.keyc.tv/.../asia-stock-markets-rise-as-nkorea-rocket-fails
Exiled Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi dies in Tucson | KVOA.com ...
BEIJING (AP) - Fang Lizhi, one of China's best-known dissidents who spent 13 months in hiding in the U.S. Embassy, has died in the ... Sports News · High School Sports · Arizona Wildcats · NBC Sports ... Exiled Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi dies in Tucson ... Get news, weather and more on your smartphone and tablet!
www.kvoa.com/.../exiled-chinese-dissident-fang-lizhi-dies-in-t...
Chinese boy sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad - World News - IBNLive
Chinese boy sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad. Xinhua says that about 1.5 million people in China need transplants, but that only around 10000 transplants are ...
ibnlive.in.com/news/chinese-boy-sells...to.../246634-2.html
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