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World-leading chemical maker BASF SE officially started on Monday the construction of an environmentally safe chemical plant in China's ecologically fragile Three Gorges Dam area in southwest China. With 1.2 billion U.S. dollars coming from BASF SE, the project is expected to ...
China Everbright Bank Co. said on Monday that its net profit jumped 67.4 percent to 12.79 billion yuan (1.96 billion U.S. dollars) for the 12-month period ended on Dec. 31 last year, boosted by higher interest margins and commissions. In its first annual report after its initial ...
Milk poisoning that left three children dead and 36 people sickened in northwest China has been confirmed as an intentional food poisoning case, local authorities said Sunday. Thirty nine people in Pingliang city, Gansu province were sent to hospital after drinking nitrite...
Macao saw the total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors reach 37.9 billion patacas (4.73 billion U.S. dollars) in 2010, with its per-capita spending of visitors amounting to 1,518 patacas (189.75 U.S. dollars), according to the figures released on Monday by the city...
China's Bank of Communications (BOCOM) said on Sunday that the bank will broaden its wholesale services in the United States to include deposit-taking, lending and trade finance. Hao Xiaohui, general manager of BOCOM's New York Branch, said that the Federal Reserve Board had ...
The successful launch of the eighth Beidou navigation satellite on April 10 marks the general establishment of the Beidou satellite navigation system and the entrance into a new phase for China's independent satellite navigation system program, said Ran Chengqi, director of China ...
The high-density launch missions of China's aerospace industry in 2011 began with the successful launch of the eighth Beidou navigation satellite. In 2011, China will implement more than 20 launch missions, such as the Tiangong-1, Shenzhou-8 and the Beidou navigation project, ...
With China's ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions for a greener economy during the 12th five-year plan period from 2011 to 2015, new energy industries are becoming even more significant than in the past. These industries will be responsible for serving the country's growing ...
The inaugural flight to New Zealand by China Southern Airlines arrived in Auckland on Saturday, launching a three-flight-a-week direct service that is being highlighted as a significant opportunity for New Zealand's tourism sector and economy. Aboard flight CZ305 was a 100 strong ...
Calls for action "Obtaining a license means you are allowed to send spam messages but does not necessarily mean that you have obtained permission from every phone user," said Zhang, the judge. She said police monitored a dramatic decline in spam texts the first day of the trial ...
Private info for sale Businesses are fond of advertising via text messages because it is cheap, said Yu Guofu, partner with Beijing Shengfeng Law Firm. And it is easy for businesses to take advantage of the lack of clear privacy protection laws in the industry. Legalizing spam ...
Easy money In about six months, the four men convicted in Beijing made more than 100,000 yuan ($15,300) from their spamming business. All they needed were a few computers, dozens of cell phone cards and a few pieces of equipment for group messaging to transmit millions of ...
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee is famous for his unwillingness to be exposed to media. He talks publicly once in a blue moon and his appearances at media just amount to one or two remarks made during his passing through the airport checkpoint. The reclusive Lee got into ...
A Lashou.com advertisement in a street in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Founded in March 2010, Lashou has quickly grown into China's biggest group-purchasing website with an estimated market value of $1.1 billion. [China Daily] Lashou.com, China's biggest group-buying website by ...
The Chinese government's press office, the Information Office of the State Council, has launched an application for iPad users as part of the country's efforts to build a better international image. It is the first time that a Chinese government department has released an ...
The popularity of a manga work, Cunrenhuaqu, published on mobile phone networks has aroused intense discussion regarding the Chinese mobile phone animation industry. Experts believe that the mobile phone will be the next platform for reading and transmitting cartoons and ...
Facebook Inc is preparing to establish a brand new social-networking service with a Chinese Internet company, according to a person familiar with this matter Sunday. "The cooperation between the two sides for now still remains confidential. An official statement will be announced ...
March was a difficult month for Google in China. It got into another spat with the government, accusing it of disrupting its Gmail service, a charge dismissed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Perhaps more importantly, Google also lost another local partner, Sina Corp, the ...
China's home-made auto sales went up eight percent year on year to 4.98 million units in the first quarter of this year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Sunday. The pace of growth was sharply slower than that of the same period last year, said the ...
No low-income fragile or conflict-affected country around the world has yet achieved a single Millennium Development Goal (MDG), the World Bank said Sunday. Some 1.5 billion people live in countries affected by organized violence, either currently or recovering from political ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
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China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
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Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
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SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
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Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
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Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
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Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...