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  • Blast at firecracker workshop kills three Chinese

    An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker workshop in central China killed three people and left three others injured Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred around 9.50 a.m. in Yangzhai village in Henan province, Xinhua reported. Police suspect it was caused by illegally stored gunpowder. The workshop owner's wife and daughter and a neighbour were killed. The three injured include the ...

  • 4G to debut in Shanghai next month

    4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials. The fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards orm 4G provides users with high-speed internet access on devices such as phones, data cards and MiFi ...

  • China thrash India 5-0 in Sudirman Cup

    Indian shuttlers were thrashed 0-5 by their Chinese counterparts on the first day of the Sudirman Cup here at the Putra Stadium Sunday. India lost their Group A matches in all the five categories of the biennial world mixed team badminton championships, winning only one game out of 11. In the first match, Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa expectedly lost their mixed doubles tie against World ...

  • China ready to act as arbiter in Kashmir dispute

    The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan has said that China is ready to act as an arbiter in Kashmir dispute but any such arrangement is subject to India's consent. Envoy Liu Jian affirmed that the India and Pakistan could see rapprochement over Kashmir issue through China, reports The Nation. Jian, at a farewell reception, said that Pakistan and China would sign a wide range of trade and economy ...

  • Deadly rains affect 200000 in China

    Continuous rainfall has claimed one life and affecting some 200,000 people in southwest China, authorities said Sunday. The rains started Thursday and had battered 14 counties in Guangxi region, Xinhua reported. The downpour damaged or destroyed 561 houses and ruined 12,120 hectares of crops, resulting in direct economic losses of about $24 ...


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  • Lipstick effect hits China as economy slows

    /enpproperty--> People are more willing to spend on small indulgences such as cosmetics Fang Jinqi, 32, said the most urgent thing for her at the moment is to develop a more thrifty lifestyle because her job as a property agent business is stagnating. The big fan of Hermes bags who used to buy a new one almost every two months said she has not done so for at least six months. To make up ...

  • China urges early release of fishermen

    /enpproperty--> The Chinese embassy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is looking into the detention by the DPRK of Chinese fishermen, asking Pyongyang to ensure the safety and legitimate rights and interests of the fishermen, a counsellor from the embassy said on Sunday. Counsellor Jiang Yaxian said that a private fishing boat from Dalian city in northeast China's ...

  • China President Makes First Foreign Trip to India

    India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting Chinese President Li Keqiang on Sunday a recent military standoff in the Himalayas could affect relations between the two countries as they looked to boost bilateral trade. At a meeting shortly after Li arrived in India on his first foreign trip, Singh said relations were affected when "peace and tranquility" on the border was ...

  • Central China ideal for industrial transfers experts

    China's central region is still the ideal destination for industrial transfers due to the raft of advantages it offers companies, officials and business leaders have said at an expo in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan ...

  • On fleeting HK trips China makes frugal fashionable

    satellite town of Tung Chung near the airport. "Typically, mainland consumers look for cheap goods." Foreign retailers treat Hong Kong as a gateway to China, which is poised to become the world's biggest consumer market in three years, and how mainland tourists shop is big business. Sluggish sales growth in Europe and the United States also makes China, with its rapidly expanding ...

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