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Archive for October, 2009

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During her lecture Revisiting the Tibetan Plateau: Global Climate Change and its Effect on the Headstreams in China, at the Capital Library in Beijing, Wang Yongchen, founder of nonprofi t environment... Read More

Protesters call for suspension of China-Myanmar pipeline venture

Activists held a series of protests Wednesday in several Southeast Asian countries to demand the Chinese government suspend an energy project due to start next month in Myanmar, urging the Myanmar gov... Read More

China’s rule by law boosted by equal political rights and equal life compensation in urban and rural areas

Equality has become a catchphrase when Chinese lawmakers mull over two major moves in the history of China’s legislative progress. Chinese rural and urban people are about to get equal represent... Read More

East Asia FTA, a good thing that doesn’t come easy

A proposal to set up an East Asia Free Trade Area (FTA) was listed in agenda at the East Asia serial meetings that has ended recently in Hua Hin, Thailand. At the “10 plus 3″ summit, Chine... Read More

Fourth Chinese navy flotilla to sail for waters off Somalia

A Chinese navy flotilla will depart from the Zhoushan Islands on Friday to escort merchant vessels and protect them from pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a spokesman with China’s People’... Read More

Zambian President commends China for generosity, brotherhood in past 45 years

Zambian President Rupiah Banda commends China’s generosity and brotherhood in helping Zambia develop the nation in the past 45 years since the two nations established diplomatic ties. Banda gave... Read More

The world hasn’t fallen for China yet

The mania for soft power is omnipresent in China, from officials’ speeches to community slogans. The wealth balloon in recent decades has emboldened us, and we are fed up with long having been a... Read More

China’s ICBC bank to offer assistance to Peru

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), considered the largest in the world by market capitalization, is to assist Peru in its economy, the bank’s president Yang Kaisheng said Wednes... Read More

Zambian President commends China for generosity, brotherhood in past 45 years

Zambian President Rupiah Banda commends China’s generosity and brotherhood in helping Zambia develop the nation in the past 45 years since the two nations established diplomatic ties. Banda gave... Read More

China’s sovereign wealth fund getting decent returns

China Investment Corporation (CIC),the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, has invested half of its 110-billion-U.S. dollar available capital in the overseas market and has gained decent returns fro... Read More

Diversify iron ore sources: Minmetals

China Minmetals, the country’s largest State-owned metals trader, has urged industry leaders to diversify iron ore supply and improve negotiation tactics to reverse China’s unfavorable pos... Read More

Chinese firm opens $100m pipe plant in Mexico

Chinese company Golden Dragon (GD) opened a $100-million copper pipe plant on Wednesday in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, the biggest investment ever by a Chinese manufacturer in Mexico. The ... Read More

4th China fleet to sail for anti-piracy mission

A Chinese navy flotilla will depart from the Zhoushan Islands on Friday to escort merchant vessels and protect them from pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a spokesman with China’s People’... Read More

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