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 | Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will visit China as a British special representative for international trade and investment from Sept. 2 to Sept. 11, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursday.
Prince Andrew will meet with senior Chinese government officials and entrepreneurs to discuss ways to expand bilateral trade, Jiang told a regular press briefing.
Jiang hailed the development of China-Britain trade and economic cooperation in recent years, adding that it has huge... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 21:01:58) |
| China said Thursday the details concerning a suspected Chinese fishing boat sunk by a Republic of Korea (ROK) cargo ship are still unknown.
"The situation concerning the boat's crew members is unknown," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regular press conference.
All crew members of the fishing boat are unaccounted for.
The suspected Chinese fishing boat sunk in waters off the ROK coast at around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday.
The boat's name and the exact number of... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 21:01:05) |
| A 107-strong Chinese military unit set off from here Thursday morning on a military plane for anti-terrorism drills in south Kazakhstan.
The drills will be conducted under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The unit will be the first People's Liberation Army (PLA) unit to arrive at the drills named "Peace Mission 2010," the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday.
The first PLA unit to leave for the drills took a train Tuesday from Zhurihe, Inner Mongolia,... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 21:00:22) |
| China stressed Thursday its assistance to flood-hit Pakistan is sincere, timely and unconditional.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu made the remarks at a regular press briefing.
She said China will continue to offer Pakistan support and help in Pakistan's reconstruction.
China is Pakistan's intimate neighbor and an all-weather partner, Jiang said.
The Chinese people feel sympathy for the Pakistani people as they suffer the effects of the floods, she said.
According to the... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 20:59:42) |
| Jiang Shusheng, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, left here Thursday for a visit to Canada, Russia and Belarus.
During his trip, Jiang is scheduled to attend the conference of G20 parliament heads to be held in Canada, the sixth Baikal economic forum in Russia, and visit Belarus.
Jiang paid the visit as guest of Noel Kinsella, speaker of the Canadian Senate, Sergei Mironov, Russia's chairman of Federation Council and Vladimir Andreichenko,... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 20:58:57) |
| Thomas E. Donilon, U.S. deputy national security adviser and Lawrence Summers, U.S. director of the White House's National Economic Council will pay a visit to China from Sept. 5 to 8.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu made the announcement here Thursday.
Jiang said Chinese and U.S. sides would exchange views in depth on China-U.S. relations and other major issues of common concern. &$
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| China is in contact with the Philippines in the wake of the hostage crisis on Aug. 23, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said here Thursday.
The relevant departments of the Chinese central government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government are communicating and cooperating with the Philippines, said Jiang.
An ex-policeman with a gun hijacked a tour bus carrying 21 Hong Kong tourists in Manila on Aug. 23. The incident ended with eight tourists dead and... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 20:56:42) |
| Panda-mania is heating up in Singapore as about a thousand entries have been received in a nationwide contest to name two pandas from China, local TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia reported on Thursday.
The pandas, which will be on loan to Singapore for a 10-year period, received overwhelming attention in the island-state.
A judging panel will decide on their names based on the suggestions received. Those names are expected to be announced in the coming months.
Some of the names which... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 20:56:03) |
| Myanmar's top leader, Than Shwe, will pay a state visit to China from Sept. 7 to 11, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursday.
Than Shwe, chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, will visit China at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Jiang told a regular press conference.
During Than Shwe's stay in Beijing, Hu will hold talks with him, Jiang said, adding that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will also meet him.
Than Shwe will also visit the 2010... (People's Daily, 2010-09-02 20:55:22) |
 | Saskatchewan government will not support takeover of fertiliser company by any sovereign wealth fund Potash Corp of Saskatchewan's best hope of escaping BHP Billiton's $39bn (£25bn) hostile takeover bid has received a blow from a local government minister. The Saskatchewan government says it is unlikely to support a takeover of the Saskatoon-based fertiliser company by a sovereign wealth fund, a state-owned firm from China or any other large potash-buying nation because it fears its primary... (Guardian Unlimited, 2010-09-02 20:50:35) |
 | China called Thursday for a compromise among the parties to talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear program in order to get the negotiations back… (Japan Today, 2010-09-02 20:10:00) |
 | THE "straddle bus," a newly developed vehicle that may reduce traffic jams by about 30 percent and is less costly than an urban subway system, has theoretically proved workable, according to its designer.
A work... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 19:53:33) |
| A CHINESE lingerie company is facing a backlash from England for a new ad campaign featuring a half-naked Diana doppelganger for one of its underwear brands that has the same name as the late Princess of Wales.
But... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 19:52:47) |
| SHANGHAI police detained a suspect yesterday after four men were stabbed to death late Wednesday night in a bloody quarrel over 1 yuan (US15 cents) at a residential complex in Yangpu District.
One of the dead was... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 19:52:27) |
| IN a sharp about-face, a Chinese edible oil maker has admitted that nine batches of its products contained excessive carcinogen, two weeks after vehemently denying the allegation.
The admission has caused some... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 19:31:28) |
| PHILIPPINE authorities mistakenly sent the bodies of three of the victims in the Manila bus hijacking to the wrong families, Hong Kong said yesterday, the latest in a series of missteps in the handling of the crisis.
... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 19:30:44) |
 | ZTE and Huawei Technologies, China's two biggest telecommunications hardware makers, said they will offer new mobile devices that use Google's Android operating system, with ZTE planning a tablet computer. (Wall Street Journal, 2010-09-02 19:13:57) |
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Performers from Pyongyang Art Troupe visit the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2010. Over 40 performers from Pyongyang Art Troupe of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) visited Beijing recently. They will stage singing and dancing performance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in late October. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
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| SONGJIANG District is at work clearing up its 1,900-plus inland rivers and building tourist facilities alongside, government officials announced yesterday.
The district government also plans to increase the number... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:44:14) |
| FOREIGNERS and Chinese people born in other parts of China but now living in the city are being invited to take part in a singing contest for "new Shanghainese" as part of the Shanghai International Arts Festival.... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:43:53) |
| SHANGHAI Ballet's "Marco Polo - The Last Mission" and 45 other shows will be staged during the month-long 12th Shanghai International Arts Festival which kicks off on September 27.
Zubin Mehta is to conduct the... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:43:24) |
| Fiscal-year net profit at Hong Kong property developer Sino Land climbed 63%, helped by revaluation gains in its investment properties. But both revenue and underlying net profit fell. (Wall Street Journal, 2010-09-02 18:42:56) |
| IF you don't pay property management bills, you may face trouble buying or selling your apartment, according to a revised draft concerning local residential property rules.
City lawmakers were yesterday debating... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:40:38) |
 | US authorities indict 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m worth of honey from China. (BBC NEWS, 2010-09-02 18:24:40) |
| More than 10,000 vehicles are stuck in a 120km (75-mile) traffic jam on China's Beijing to Tibet motorway. (BBC NEWS, 2010-09-02 18:05:23) |
| GERMAN artist Karren Bauer has launched a unique mobile theater in Shanghai, offering audiences the chance to watch a short documentary film while riding in the back of a truck.
The rear of the truck has been altered... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:00:00) |
| AN increasing number of wealthy Chinese are flocking to the West for permanent residency, taking with them 15 billion yuan (US$2.2 billion).
The number of Chinese investors applying for foreign permanent residency... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:00:00) |
| A FORMER real estate mogul in Chongqing Municipality was given a suspended death penalty in a final ruling for paying henchmen to kill the only son of a family that had refused illegal relocation requests.
The... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:00:00) |
| VISITORS now can collect special Expo passport stamps at the Africa Joint Pavilion and the Jamaica Pavilion.
The Jamaica Pavilion stamp includes the signature of Andrae Vladimir Marsh, a Jamaican pianist. (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:00:00) |
| MYANMAR leader Than Shwe will visit the World Expo in Shanghai during his state visit to China from September 7-11.
Than Shwe will hold talks with President Hu Jintao in Beijing and also meet Premier Wen Jiabao.... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-09-02 18:00:00) |
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