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  • Over 8000 held for food crimes in China

    More than 8,200 people have been arrested in China since a crackdown on food safety crimes was launched in January, authorities said Wednesday. The ministry of public security said police uncovered more than 4,500 cases involving food safety offences and closed about 6,300 workshops and markets that produced or sold illegal food products. Police confiscated more than 150,000 illegal products, ...

  • Li Na enters second round at Eastbourne

    Second seed Li Na of China defeated French woman Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Aegon International here. Li, French Open champion two years ago but beaten in the second round at Roland Garros earlier this month, will next take on former champion Marion Bartoli of France, reports Xinhua. Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki, the former World No.1, led Tamira Paszek 6-2, 2-2 ...

  • Sex tape official stands trial in China

    The trial of a former official embroiled in a sex tape scandal opened Wednesday in a court in southwest China's Chongqing city. The Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court will hear the case of Lei Zhengfu, former secretary of Chongqing's Beibei district committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Lei, who also stands accused of accepting bribes, was dismissed from his post and placed ...

  • Beckham travels to China

    Retired soccer champ David Beckham is in China to build enthusiasm for the game in the world's most populous country, where fans are pretty discouraged at the moment over the poor performance of their national team. The former England international, who became a goodwill ambassador for Chinese soccer earlier this year, arrived in Beijing Monday, two days after China's national squad suffered a ...

  • More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

    MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...


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  • 13 dead as bus plunges into valley in China

    At least 13 people were killed when a tourist bus plunged into a valley Tuesday in northwest China, traffic police said. The bus, carrying 36 passengers, fell into the valley in Xinjiang Uygur region, Xinhua reported. At least 23 people were wounded. The accident took place around 5 p.m. when the bus was travelling to a tourist spot near Changji city. Heavy fog and poor visibility was blamed ...

  • UNs Ban meets Chinas Xi for talks on NKorea Syria

    BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese president Xi Jinping and UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula and in Syria, state media reported, as Ban's visit to Beijing was overshadowed by a deadly attack on a UN compound.Ban, who arrived Tuesday, met Xi in Beijing's ornate Great Hall of the People after earlier visiting a centre which trains China's UN ...

  • China continues jet exercises from aircraft carrier

    China on Wednesday successfully conducted taking-off and landing exercises of J-15 fighter jets on the country's first aircraft, the Liaoning.This is the second time the country has conducted such training after a first jet landing exercise passed successfully on the deck in November last year.The Liaoning, which set sail for a first sea trial this year on June 9, has conducted a series of ...

  • CNPC building Chinas first shale gas pipeline

    China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, said it has started building the country's first dedicated shale gas pipeline in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.The 92.8-km pipeline will link gas wells in the Changning block to an existing gas line that leads to neighboring Yunnan Province, according to a report posted on the ...

  • UN chief praises Chinas peacekeeping efforts

    /enpproperty--> BEIJING - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised China's commitment to peacekeeping efforts on Wednesday during a visit to a peacekeeping training base in Beijing. Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers to the United Nations than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council. Ban inspected training facilities and communicated with Chinese ...

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