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INSIGHT-Despite curbs Chinas vast hot money triangle flourishes
ZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG, May 20 (Reuters) - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese visitors, many of them bound for the gambling ...
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China in Thailand Skal President researches the phenomenal growth first hand
SHANGHAI, China - It has taken almost no time, but it was anticipated by many - China has become the number one source market for many Southeast Asian countries including Thailand. In my capacity as a former hotelier, a new travel agent, a journalist, and National President of SKAL International-Thailand, I had the opportunity to visit Shanghai and Nanjing, to experience first-hand China's ...
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China manoeuvres to create space for itself in Afghanistan
Afghan policy that suits its strategic and business interests, has been interacting with various Afghan lobbies, discreetly reaching out to Northern Alliance leaders as well as the Taliban, while also coordinating with Pakistan to create space for itself in possible political deliberations on the future of Afghanistan. Even as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang prepares to tour Pakistan soon after ...
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RPT-Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
Sun May 19, 2013 4:53pm EDT (Repeats story first published on Sunday. No changes to text) By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan QIANTUN, China May 19 (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him company - a routine he'll keep up until he himself needs the type of care he is ...
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Japans Sham Currency War - The Hidden Objective Behind Japans Massive Kamikaze Quantitative Easing
US$ dollars have been flooding the financial markets ever since Bernanke launched quantitative easing, allegedly to turnaround the US economy. These huge amounts of US$ toilet papers are mainly in financial markets (and in central banks) outside of the United States. A huge chunk is represented as reserves in central banks led by China and Japan. If truth be told, the real value of the US$ ...
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China does not restrict artistic freedom
Letters , 3 May) is untrue and unacceptable. The constitution of the People's Republic of China explicitly enshrines Chinese citizens' right to freedom of expression and press in its article 35. The Chinese government attaches great importance to and protects such rights in accordance with law. China now publishes 1,937 newspapers, 9,851 journals, 302,000 kinds of books, and owns over ...
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Phone probe has hurt our ability to gather news AP chief says
Gary Pruitt, the president and CEO of the Associated Press (AP) has said that US justice department's seizure of phone records is hurting the agency's ability to gather ...
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Truck fire kills 3 in SW China
/enpproperty--> GUIYANG - Three people were confirmed dead after a truck carrying ammonium nitrate burst into flames after colliding with two sedan cars in Guizhou province on Sunday, rescuers said. The accident happened around 6 pm near Guiyang city, capital of Guizhou. Rescuers said the casualties may rise as they were still searching the charred vehicle frames for victims trapped within. ...
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Scandals risk tainting Obamas second term
White House in recent days. After wavering initially, the US president has launched an all-out offensive to contain fallout from the trio of controversies. Senior Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer, doing the rounds of weekly television talk shows, went into damage control mode on the scandals, including one related to alleged abuses by the ...
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17 killed in offensive against insurgents Nigeria military says
extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as "forces have been engaging a large number of heavily armed terrorists" for the last two days. He did not say exactly where the fighting occurred but that about 20 people were arrested. There was no independent confirmation of the military's ...
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China seeks release of fishing boat seized by N.Korea
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - North Korean forces have seized a Chinese fishing boat, Chinese officials told state-run news agency Xinhua late on Sunday, creating a potential new irritant in ties between the two allies. Chinese counsellor to North Korea Jiang Yaxian said North Korea had "grabbed" the private vessel from the northern city of Dalian in waters between China and ...
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62 injured as HK train derails
A TWO-CAR train derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city yesterday, injuring 62 people. Passengers sat dazed on the ground near where the train derailed, some bleeding and being treated by medics. Others were taken away on stretchers, television news footage showed. Three people who were seriously injured had already been taken to hospital according to state-run ...
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11 flights to Shanghai hit by hoax calls
AT least 11 flights to Shanghai were disrupted last night after airports in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chongqing received bomb threats. The calls, which turned out to be hoaxes, came a day after a man was detained for making similar calls that disrupted five domestic flights on Wednesday. Operations at the Shanghai Hongqiao and Pudong International airports were unaffected by the latest ...
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Chinese top leaders meet with represe...
Chinese top leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Gaoli meet with representatives of the honored units and individuals of China's manned submersible mission in Beijing, capital of China, May 17, 2013. (Xinhua/Lan ...
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Taiwan promises to protect Filipinos
TAIWAN'S leader called for calm yesterday as he promised to protect Filipinos on the island amid widespread anger over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman. Anti-Manila sentiments mounted after the 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead last week by Philippine coast guard at sea 164 nautical miles southeast of Taiwan. Taiwanese media reported an attack on a Filipino, tourists cancelled ...
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2013 summer gay rights rally in S Chi...
Hundreds of homosexuals made to the street on May 17 in the largest-scale gay rights rally in Chinese mainland 2013 in Changsha, capital of S China's Hunan ...
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Weibo ban over rumor over generals son
A WEIBO account was banned for spreading a rumor that the teenage son of renowned PLA singer Li Shuangjiang was immune from the law as the victim of the gang rape case dropped the charge against the teenage. A Spanish newspaper, El Pas, reported that sources from Beijing said Li Tianyi, 17, who is now known as Li Guanfeng, only needed to do 300 to 400 hours of community service and will fly to ...
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Philippines apologises to Taiwan over fishermans death
The Philippines on Wednesday apologised to Taiwan after coastguards shot dead a Taiwanese fisherman sparking tensions that saw Taipei threaten a naval exercise near Philippine waters. Taiwan "foreign minister" David Lin told reporters that "the Philippines has voiced deep regret and apology for the incident" after a closed-door meeting with Antonio Basilio, the de facto ...
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US Official White House Was Unaware of IRS Misdeeds
President Barack Obama and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, right, react to a reporter's question as they leave the Treasury Department in Washington, Jan. 16, ...
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FBI agents killed in training accident
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Two agents with the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident off the coast of Virginia Beach. The accident happened on Friday afternoon during a training exercise involving at least one military helicopter, according to sources. The two FBI agents, whose identities have not been released, were based in Quantico, Va. and were in Hampton ...
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Record breaking China bridge demolition
China has broken the record for the longest viaduct demolition in the world. The 3.5km long concrete bridge which served as a part of a main highway will be replaced by a six-lane 5 km viaduct. Demolition workers careful wrapped the structure in protective material to prevent flying ...
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Filipino workers told to limit their activities in Taiwan
Philippine authorities have told Filipino workers to limit their activities in Taiwan following the Philippine Coast Guard's slaying of a Taiwanese fisherman. Violence against Filipinos in Taiwan has escalated since fisherman Hung Shih-chen was killed May 9 in waters off Balintang Island in northern Philippines, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Sunday. The violence has prompted ...
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South Korea The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world
South Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian 'tiger economies,' is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous - so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the ...
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Chris Rattue Snubbing of Fiji rugby shows no imagination
It's official. The New Zealand Rugby Union lacks imagination and soul. We knew that anyway, of course. But its snubbing of Fiji - whose request for a home test against the All Blacks to mark their centenary was turned down - typifies the arrogant, ham-fisted running of the national ...
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Afghanistan India to Discuss Military Aid
A spokesman for the Afghan president says Mr. Karzai will ask for assistance for the strengthening of the country's military and security institutions. Afghanistan and India signed a strategic partnership in 2011 which included India's training of Afghan forces as they prepare to takeover security from foreign troops in 2014. Pakistan has also offered a strategic partnership ...
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Macau economy punches way above its weight
Macau’s economy is set for a continued period of rapid growth over the next decade as Asia tops the charts in terms of revenue gained through gaming industries, but there is more to our little city-state than just casinos and hotels.
Macau is the Monaco of Asia. Although legally part of the Peoples Republic of China, this small little territory, just 29 kilometers squared and one of the most densely populated in the world, exists under the ‘one country, two systems’ policy of the Chinese government and therefore has its own internal legal system and political makeup. It is this which has enabled Macau, a tiny city-state with no natural resources, to develop one of the highest GDPs per capita in Asia, after Singapore. Read more
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