It’s China, avoid cable car sex
May 5th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 5 (IANS) Young lovers in China are being advised to refrain from getting intimate aboard cable cars near the Yao Mountain scenic spot in Henan province.A warning board ... Read more...
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Coca Cola apologizes in China
May 5th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 5 (IANS) Coca Cola has apologized over how it acted in china after some of its products were alleged to be contaminated with chlorine, China Daily reported Saturday.The ... Read more...
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China to crackdown on journalistic malpractices
May 4th, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 4 (IANS) Authorities in China are going to launch a three-month drive against journalists who are involved in blackmail or demand pay-offs for news reporting.The crackdown, which commences ... Read more...
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China blames US for trade imbalance
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 3 (IANS) The US placing restrictions on more than 2,400 items exported to China is the reason for the trade imbalance between the two countries, Chinese Commerce Minister ... Read more...
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Chinese shipyard to build Titanic II
May 2nd, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 2 (IANS) A Chinese shipyard is planning to build a replica of the Titanic that sank in the Atlantic in 1912 with more than 1,500 people on board. ... Read more...
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Clinton arrives in Beijing
May 2nd, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrived here Wednesday for the fourth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic ... Read more...
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China to boost import to balance foreign trade
May 1st, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 1 (IANS) China has called for increasing imports and stabilising exports in order to promote a more balanced growth in foreign trade, a media report said Tuesday.China's cabinet, ... Read more...
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End discrimination, Chinese student tells CEOs
April 27th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 27 (IANS) A female student has shot off letters to the chiefs of China's top 500 enterprises to protest sexual discrimination at the work place, a media report ... Read more...
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No top post for Chinese officials with family abroad
April 27th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 27 (IANS) Officials who have all their family members living abroad will now be ineligible to hold the top position in any department in a Chinese city, a ... Read more...
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China busts noodle mafia
April 27th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 27 (IANS) A gang that controlled supplies to a well-known snack store chain has been broken up in China's Guangzhou city, a media report said Friday.The gang used ... Read more...
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Shanghai boys to learn how not to lose masculinity
April 24th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, April 24 (IANS) A school in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai has set up an experimental "boys only" class, as in many schools girls outnumber boys and get better ... Read more...
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Nearly 300 Chinese banned for life from driving
April 24th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 24 (IANS) A total of 292 people here in the Chinese capital have been banned for life from driving, a media report said Tuesday.
Four male drivers were ... Read more...
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Chinese province hit by sex crimes
April 24th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 24 (IANS) Sexual assault accounts for over 75 percent of all crimes committed against teenaged girls in a Chinese province. The perpetrators were often neighbours, friends and relatives, ... Read more...
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Online reading increasing among Chinese
April 24th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 24 (IANS) While indicating a declining reading rate of newspapers and magazines, a survey in China has found only half of the Chinese read a little and only ... Read more...
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Patient swallows syringe, seeks fine from hospital
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 23 (IANS) A man in China who swallowed barrel of a doctor's syringe during an operation is all set to receive 60,000 yuan ($9,500) in compensation after the ... Read more...
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136 Chinese, 61 Indian firms on Forbes’ list
April 20th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) A total of 136 Chinese firms have found place in this year's Forbes Global 2000 list which also mentions 61 Indian firms, among others.The tally of ... Read more...
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A billion cellphone users in China!
April 20th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) The number of cellular phone users in China has surpassed one-billion mark following an increase of over 32 million users in the first quarter of this ... Read more...
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For dogs in Chinese city, size matters
April 19th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 19 (IANS) Authorities in a Chinese city of Harbin have issued directions for dogs, prohibiting their stay in the city in case they grow up beyond a specific ... Read more...
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Chinese police crack down on fake training centres
April 19th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 19 (IANS) Beijing police have held about 500 suspects in a crackdown on illegal professional training institutes being run in the Chinese capital.According to the police, victims of ... Read more...
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US warships to visit Vietnam
April 18th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) A fleet of US warships will dock at Tien Sa port in Vietnam April 23 for a five-day collaborative programme between the navies of the two ... Read more...
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Home prices down in China
April 18th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) New home prices in most Chinese cities have declined in March, the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday.In March, 46 of the statistical pool ... Read more...
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Chinese firm eyes Iceland resort
April 18th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) A Chinese company is planning to develop an eco-tourism resort in Iceland.Business tycoon Huang Nubo Wednesday said his company, the Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group, will soon ... Read more...
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China, Russia to hold joint naval drill
April 18th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) China and Russia will hold a joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea this weekend, the Chinese defence ministry said.Dozens of battle ships and submarines will ... Read more...
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China eyes free trade deal with South Korea
April 15th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 15 (IANS) China will push for a bilateral free trade agreement with South Korea when both sides meet at an investment forum in Seoul April 17-18.A Chinese delegation, ... Read more...
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China to conserve homes of famous people
April 15th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 15 (IANS) China will be draw up a plan to identify and protect the former residences of the country's notable figures, a media report said Sunday.Residences of important ... Read more...
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North Korea holds military parade
April 15th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, April 15 (IANS) North Korea Sunday held a military parade here to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of the country's founder Kim Il-sung.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lauded the ... Read more...
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Heavy rains lash China
April 15th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 15 (IANS) Heavy rains will continue to lash southern China over the next three days, the National Meteorological Centre said Sunday.The regions south of the Yangtze river and ... Read more...
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China’s smartphone firms warned of patent disputes
April 15th, 2012 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 15 (IANS) China's smartphone companies are at risk of becoming embroiled in disputes over intellectual property rights since many important patents are held by international companies like Google ... Read more...
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Chinese city to sell off 1,400 cars
April 14th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) The local government of a city in eastern China will auction 1,400 cars used by government officials as part of a reform measure.
The plan was ... Read more...
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‘China isn’t second strongest country’
April 11th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) China is not the second strongest country but the second largest economy, a foreign ministry official has said, adding that for all its remarkable progress the ... Read more...
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Web celebrities banned from Chinese TV shows
April 11th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) Chinese authorities have prohibited web celebrities and people involved in scandals from appearing as guests on TV shows.The ban has been imposed by the State Administration ... Read more...
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Two girls die in a box
April 10th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) Two Chinese girls died after being trapped in a box while playing hide-and-seek.The incident occurred in Longchang county in Sichuan province, China Daily reported Tuesday.Zhou Liya, ... Read more...
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100-year-old Chinese book mentioned Titanic
April 10th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) The story of the Titanic shipwreck has been found in a Chinese textbook for primary school students published 100 years ago, China Daily reported Tuesday.The book ... Read more...
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Man gets $63,500 mobile bill
April 10th, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) A Chinese man who got a 400,000 yuan ($63,500) bill for his mobile phone charges in one month has won compensation from a shop that installed ... Read more...
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Chinese who harm food to be banned for life
April 9th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 9 (IANS) Chinese who are convicted of crimes related to food safety will be banned from the food industry for life under a new law.An amendment to the ... Read more...
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