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Over 8200 arrested in China for food safety crimes
More than 8,200 suspects have been captured since a campaign to crack down on crime was launched on January 25, the Ministry of Public Security said Wednesday. The ministry said police uncovered more than 4,500 cases involving food safety offenses and closed about 6,300 workshops and markets that produced or sold illegal food products. Police confiscated more than 150,000 illegal products, ...
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Mexican food exports to China to reach $1b minister
Mexico would export food valued at least $1 billion to China over the next 12 to 18 months, Agriculture Minister Enrique Martinez said Tuesday.Martinez spoke of his recent visit to China at a press conference, with motives to follow the agreements signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Mexico earlier this month.Martinez said it was difficult to specify the numbers and targets ...
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JDI CPT Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors say Taiwan makers
Japan Display (JDI), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and Innolux are supplying 4.7-inch panels for China-based smartphone vendor Huawei Device, 5.8-inch panels for Samsung Electronics and 6.1-inch panels for Huawei respectively, with ordered volumes larger than originally expected due to booming sales, according to Taiwan-based supply chain ...
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Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
At Solar Taiwan 2013, the host, the Photonic Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA), has invited solar firms such as SunEdison, Gintech, GCL-Poly, MEMC, and Motech to discuss opportunities in emerging solar markets and high conversion efficiency ...
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Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Samsung Electronics' launch of large-sized Galaxy Mega family smartphones for the US$400-600 segment will affect sales of comparable models launched by China-based branded vendors including Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad, according to industry ...
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Heat wave hits pandas in C China
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Chinas attitude on DPRK consistent
/enpproperty--> The Foreign Ministry on June 18 said Beijing hasn't changed its attitude toward Pyongyang. The comment came in response to US President Barack Obama's statement that China was taking a tougher line against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear program. "China's position on the Korean peninsula nuclear issue is consistent and ...
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Jim Rogers joins FAB...upbeat on Chinas digital culture
media giant announced recently. "With Mr. Rogers' position and experience in the international financial community, the company can have easier access to international capital markets, and...realize a huge potential value in the near future," said Zhang Hongcheng, chairman of FAB Universal that signed the director agreement on Monday. FAB Universal, a worldwide distributor of ...
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Musical spectacular to open first-ever Asia Pacific Special Olympics
Asia Pacific Games in December, with well-known Australian performers to take the stage in a two-hour spectacular of music, dance, theatre, lights and fireworks. Details of the gala event, planned for Dec 1, 2013 at the 30,000-seater Hunter Stadium in Newcastle were released on Wednesday. Aussie singers Anthony Callea, Marcia Hines and Marina Prior are among the line-up of entertainers, which ...
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Cricket Australia plays down talk of Channel Nine influence over team selection
Australia Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has poured cold water on suggestions that Channel Nine will have influence over team selections under its new broadcast deal.News Limited reported that Nine Network managing director Jeffrey Browne implied at a business lunch in Sydney that the broadcaster had concerns about CA's rotation policy last summer, which rested ...
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Hairy leg anti-pervert stockings go viral in China
Source: Shina Weibo It goes against what most women opt to do with their legs in the summer, but some in China are hoping it will fend off oglers. This photograph of a girl wearing stockings designed to look like a hairy man's legs has gone viral across the Asian superpower. It seems the concept is to stop unwanted male attention when wearing short skirts in the summer. The image was ...
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North Korea China look to resolve crisis
North Korea swings between provocation and negotiation Analysts say North Korean diplomacy follows a familiar pattern The U.S. insists de-nuclearization is a pre-condition of talks Analysts say North Korea's behavior is now an embarrassment to ...
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Activists target China dog meat festival
A FESTIVAL dedicated to dog meat in southern China has been targeted by protesting animal lovers, who have won a minor concession from local officials, an activist ...
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China firm forays into British yacht hotel markets
A sunset over Tower bridge in London on June 19, 2012. Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group will invest nearly $1.6 billion to acquire a British yacht maker and build London's tallest residential towers, state media reported ...
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China executes official for child rapes after online uproar
BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in central China executed a former Communist Party official for raping 11 underage girls, state media said on Wednesday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of ...
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Australia Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland to Get New Sand
The Sunshine Coast Council announced a plan to test a new sand-pumping dredger which will add sand on the heavily eroded beaches at Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland, according to ...
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Hamid Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move
Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war. Karzai says he has suspended negotiations with the US on what troops will remain in the country after 2014. He says he did this "in view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the peace process." The Afghan president's statement was released by his office on ...
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Osaka mayor says not intent to apologize to his party
Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka and co-leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party (JRP), stated on Wednesday that he has no intention to retract his remarks in face of criticism levied by the other JRP co-leader, Shintaro Ishihara, local press reported on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ishihara criticized Hashimoto on various occasions, including in an interview with a local news agency and a ...
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Kim Jong Un inspects North Koreas air force
The photo provided by Rodong Sinmun shows top leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un inspects the country's air force and watches flight training with his wife. (Source: ...
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UPDATE 2-GM revs up plans for Cadillac in China luxury market
Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:49am EDT * GM plans to beef up retail network for Cadillac cars * Cadillac stores to total 200 by end of 2013 * GM breaks ground for a Cadillac plant in Shanghai SHANGHAI, June 19 (Reuters) - General Motors Co's strategy to make its 110-year-old Cadillac brand one of China's top-selling luxury rides went up a gear on Wednesday as the U.S. automaker unveiled plans to ...
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US auto giant GM plans to invest $11 bn in China
SHANGHAI (AFP) - General Motors will invest $11 billion in China through 2016, executives said Wednesday, as the US car giant broke ground on a plant to produce luxury Cadillacs for the world's biggest auto market.The figure includes four new plants, including the $1.3 billion Cadillac factory in Shanghai, GM officials told a media briefing."China is a critical market for General ...
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Ahmed added to Australia A
Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed has been named in the Australia A squad for their forthcoming tour of Africa.The 31-year-old was added to the 15-man squad on Wednesday for the July and August tour, despite also being in contention for the Ashes series against ...
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How to survive Australia’s Metals Market Correction
Petra Capital's Andrew Richards believes that, while Australian miners have been hard hit, the country's sector is turning a corner. An interview with The Metals ...
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Khrunichev Centre ready to continue cooperation with South Korea
LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre is ready to continue cooperation with South Korea if the Republic of Korea asks for this, Director-General Alexander Seliverstov said on Wednesday. The Khrunichev Centre and South Korea launched three KSLV boosters, Seliverstov told journalists within the Paris Air Show. "The ...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tours countrys impoverished east coast on luxury yacht
Kim Jong-un toured the impoverished country's east coast last month in a 95-foot luxury yacht, a boat that could be prohibited under U.N. sanctions, a website that tracks events in the reclusive state ...
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North Korea's navy integral to sea border security
The North Korean Navy is an integral part of the country’s armed forces and the 46,000 men and woman that man it are the part of the defense force most often in international and North Korean news media.
The North Korean Navy is part of the Korean People’s Army Naval Force and makes up the country’s maritime defense capability. Because the navy is primarily concerned with defense, it operates as a ‘green water’ rather than a ‘blue water’ navy, which means it is capable of carrying out missions and activities offshore but not at extended ranges such as the Chinese Navy, which is much larger and includes air craft carriers, battle ships and destroyers. Read more
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