Tuesday 9th February, 2010
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
Seattle Post-IntelligencerIn this photo taken Feb. 4, 2010, a car drives in a town destroyed from the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China. Just 22 months from the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, scarred mountain sides are often the...
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
Associated PressAs Haiti struggles with the fallout from last month's devastating earthquake, China is showing off the results of its massive drive to rebuild its own quake zone in this seismically active corner of s...
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
Gadsden TimesDown the road at Wenchuan's new "House of Sunshine" apartment complex, families move into just-completed units, and Qiang ethnic minority women in vibrantly colored aprons line up at a new 200-bed hos...
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
Denver PostIn this photo taken Feb. 4, 2010, a car drives in a town destroyed from the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China. Just 22 months from the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, scarred mountain sides are often the...
China's Wang meets Kim Jong Il, conveys Hu's personal message+
BreitbartBEIJING, Feb. 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Senior Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Monday and conveyed a "verbal personal message" from Ch...
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
Seattle Post-IntelligencerIn this photo taken Feb. 4, 2010, a car drives in a town destroyed from the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China. Just 22 months from the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, scarred mountain sides are often the...
[02/08] Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
Find LawWENCHUAN, China (AP) - Couples gather near dusk to practice ballroom dancing by the new cultural center, twirling leisurely in the heart of a city so devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that lea...
SW China's Chongqing court upholds convictions of 54 gang members
SINACHONGQING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Chongqing Higher People's court on Monday upheld the convictions of 54 members of two mafia-like gangs, amid a massive crackdown on organized crime in the southwester...
Canadian potash partnership announces sale to China's Sinofert
Canadian BusinessSASKATOON - The Canpotex fertilizer marketing partnership has agreed to sell 350,000 tonnes of Canadian potash to China's Sinofert. The fertilizer ingredient was sold at "competitive prices" on the s...
Canadian potash partnership announces sale to China's Sinofert
C NewsThe Canadian Auto Workers union is calling on the government to investigate plans by Xstrata to close its metallurgical site in Timmins, Ont., with the loss of hundreds of jobs.
China's power company denies reports of signing deal with Australian company
SINABEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- China Power International Development Ltd. (CPI), a unit of major power producer China Power Investment Corp., Monday denied media reports that it had signed a 60-billion U...
China's power company denies reports of signing deal with Australian company
People's DailyChina Power International Development Ltd. (CPI), a unit of major power producer China Power Investment Corp., Monday denied media reports that it had signed a 60-billion U.S. dollar coal-supply deal ...
'India growth likely to exceed China's'
Business StandardThe Chairman of China's National Council for Social Security Fund, Dai Xianglong, has also called for gradual internationalisation of Chinese and Indian currencies that would help in safeguarding fina...
Hong Kong launches consultation on promoting mediation services
People's DailyThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Monday said it has launched a consultation on boosting the use of mediation services in commercial disputes and at the community level...
Hong Kong mom hurls daughter from mall balcony
NDTVA woman hurled her four-year-old daughter from the seventh floor of a Hong Kong shopping mall before leaping to her death, the latest in a string of murder-suicide attempts, police said on Monday.The ...
China's wealth fund details U.S. holdings
Market WatchHONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China Investment Corp. offered a rare glimpse into its U.S. equity holdings over the weekend, revealing an affection for resources companies as well as household consumer na...
Porto beats Naval 3-0 in Portuguese league
Boston HeraldL ISBON, Portugal — Porto beat Naval 3-0 to in the Portuguese league on Sunday to stay in touch with leader Benfica and second-place Braga. Tomas Costa, Falcao and Silvestre Varela all scored t...
Picturesque lake in SW China's Yunnan
SINAPhoto taken on Feb. 4, 2010 shows girls of Bai ethnic group rowing a boat on Xihu Lake in Eryuan County of southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Qin Qing)
ADB approves $135 mln loan for China's green power plant
People's DailyThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it has approved a 135 million U.S. dollar loan to help China build a coal-fired integrated gasification combined cycle ( IGCC) power plant, whose carbon...
Hong Kong stocks close 0.58% lower
People's DailyHong Kong stocks lost 114.19 points, or 0.58 percent, to close at 19,550.89 on Monday.Turnover shrank to 59.63 billion HK dollars (7.64 billion U.S. dollars) from Friday's 77.47 billion HK dollars (9....
Expert: China's space technology close moon landing capability
People's DailyAfter years of development, China's space technology is close to moon landing capability, said Fu Yiqing, space expert and consultant to the Shanghai Institute of Space Propulsion (SISP). Fu, also a s...
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