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  • China planning to give private businesses larger role in economy

    China is planning to give a larger role to private businesses and market forces in its economy. The move comes in a major policy shift intended to improve living conditions for the middle class and to make China a stronger competitor on the global stage. According to the New York Times, in a speech to party cadres, Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang, said the central government would reduce ...

  • China Pakistan vow to deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation

    Beijing, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): China and Pakistan agreed to cement their strategic partnership and deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation in various areas, according to a joint statement issued Thursday during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian country. In the statement, China reaffirms that its relationship with Pakistan is always a priority in its foreign policy and ...

  • Nine dead in China shop fire

    As many as nine people, including three children, died in a fire that broke out in China's Guangdong province early Friday, fire authorities said. The flames engulfed an automobile repair shop in Foshan city in the morning, reported Xinhua citing a fire brigade official. It was a single-storey building, existing as shop-cum-residence, the official said, adding that the fire was later ...

  • Climate change art exhibition opens in Beijing | Jennifer Duggan

    China is perhaps the perfect venue for a different way of looking at the issue of climate change - through art. A climate-themed art exhibition is to open in Beijing today and will look at themes and debates provoked by climate science. The ...

  • Ghaddafi thanks Germany Russia and China

    Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ...


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Change of Habit [DVD]

Change of Habit [DVD]

The late 1960s was an incredibly turbulent era for Hollywood. Trapped in what appeared to be a never-ending downward spiral, many of the studios were in dire economic straits and were being bought up for the first time by large conglomerates. In many ways, Hollywood had lost its sense of identity, as the blockbuster formulas that had worked so well in the early 1960s no longer held sway with the ... ...

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  • Avian influenza kills one more person in China

    Another fatal case caused by avian influenza H7N9 has been reported in China, the Committee on Health of Hunan Province said Wednesday. A 64-year-old woman died in the hospital of the city of Shaoyang in Central China. Thus, the number of deaths from the disease has reached people, whereas the number of people infected is left unchanged - 130. Reportedly, the deceased was the first patient in ...

  • China orders transparent handling of major accidents

    China's central government has ordered increased transparency in the handling of major accidents and other items of public concern following a fatal high-speed train crash last month. The general offices of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, and the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee said in a circular issued on Tuesday that information on major emergencies and items ...

  • Last-four berths fixed China finish 15th

    The men's water polo last-four berths were produced while hosts China finished 15th here on Tuesday evening at FINA World Championships. Hungary, Serbia, Croatia and Italy will vie for the final tickets on Wednesday. Hosts China greeted their first win at FINA worlds by beating South Africa 9-4 to take the 15th place among all the 16 participants. Tying on 7-7 after three periods, Beijing ...

  • English Woman Petitions Against Land Grab in China

    Joanne Xu and Xu Shuai (Xu is the surname) are pictured in the article about their plight first published in Southern Metropolis Daily. The two have been caught in a Chinese land dispute involving corrupt officials, land grabs, and petitioning -- a path for seeking redress for official injustice in China. (Screenshot via The Epoch ...

  • Chinas pension insurance covers 486 mln people

    China's urban and rural pension insurance program covered 486 million people as of the end of April, an official with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Saturday.As many as 133 million elderly people are receiving monthly pensions, according to vice director of the ministry's rural pension department Liu Conglong.Over the past few years, the government has taken ...

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