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  • 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 ...

  • India should ask China to stay away from Arunachal border Takam Sanjoy

    Arunachal Pradesh Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy on Saturday urged the Indian Government to be assertive in asking China to stay away from his state. "We are optimistic that the Indian Government will be very assertive on various issues affecting the two nations. All that we would ask from the Indian Government is that talks are held on the border issue. India should be assertive in placing ...

  • `Lis trip shows China keen to enhance ties with India

    The choice of India as the first leg of Li Keqiang's maiden overseas trip as Chinese premier has sent out a clear signal that Beijing's new leadership prioritizes enhancing ties with New Delhi but that "the two nations cannot fully restore mutual trust without resolving the border dispute", Xinhua news agency said in a commentary on Saturday. "The rationale is simple: With China and India being ...

  • Chinese may have practised agriculture before advent of rice cultivation 5000 yrs ago

    Archaeologists in southern subtropical China have uncovered evidence for the first time that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practised agriculture -before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region. Current archaeological thinking is that it was the advent of rice cultivation along the Lower Yangtze River that marked the beginning of agriculture in southern China. Poor ...

  • Chinas largest yacht marina settles down at Shimei Bay Hainan

    The opening ceremony of Shimei Bay Yacht Club invested by China Resources group was held on May 11 marking China’s largest yacht marina settling down at Shimei Bay, Hainan. According to the President of China Resources Group Wang Yin, the international yacht marina of the Shimei Bay Yacht Club is 3,528 meters in length, and boasts 213 berths and can accommodate the world’s largest ...


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  • Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older

    An elderly couple feed their great-grandson with a piece of cake as they sit under the sun in winter in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, January 9, ...

  • China Southern Airlines or Hainan Airlines to have 1st Boeing Dreamliner

    CHINA Southern Airlines or Hainan Airlines will receive China's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft within weeks, a senior official of Boeing China said ...

  • China juggernaut rolls into badminton Sudirman Cup

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - China look set to confirm their dominance of world badminton when the Sudirman Cup gets under way on Sunday as their rivals try to find a way to prevent a ninth Chinese team championship in the event.The 13th edition of the tournament -- held every two years -- is hosted this time by Malaysia, and even without superstar Lin Dan the defending champs may have too much ...

  • Pak adopts China GPS

    Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China’s domestic satellite navigation system, which was launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, according to a report yesterday.The Beidou, or compass, system started providing services to civilians in the region in December and is expected to provide global coverage by 2020. It also has military ...

  • Super rice top China draw for 2015 Milan Expo

    It will cover some 4,500 square meters, second in size only to the 4,900-square-meter Germany Pavilion, said Wang Jinzhen, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International ...

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