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China market B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13 says Analysys
In the China market, B2C (business to customer) online shopping operators generated a total sales transaction value of CNY133.12 billion (US$21.38 billion) during the first quarter of 2013, slipping 4% on quarter but growing 96.3% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys ...
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Rainstorms hit South China
Police rescue residents in Cuiwei village, Zhuhai, in South China's Guangdong province, on May 22, 2013. Primary and middle schools closed as the city received 318 millimeters of rainfall in 11 hours on Wednesday. Nanyangpu village was swamped with up to three meters of rain, and 1,200 trapped villagers were transferred. [Photo by Li ...
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Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity
Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the contents of the hard drive, record the keystrokes and monitor cellphone communications, too. Pitches like that, from a salesman for Nanjing Xhunter Software, were not uncommon at a crowded trade show this month that brought together ...
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Three Chinese ships in disputed waters Japan coastguard
A Chinese marine surveillance ship cruises near the disputed islets on April 23, 2013. Three Chinese government ships have entered the waters of disputed islands on Thursday, Japan's coastguard said. ...
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Cathay Pacific adds fifth daily Hong Kong-London flight
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10000 people suffer due to manganese tainted tap water in S China town
At least 10,000 people suffered a shortage of drinking water in a South China town on Wednesday following the detection of excessive manganese in the tap water. "The city government of Lufeng in Guangdong Province said the manganese level in the tap water in Da'an town was 1.2 mg per liter since Monday, 12 times the maximum amount allowed in drinking water," reports Xinhua.he ...
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HSBC China profit up in 2012
(18 mins ago) HSBC (China) recorded a 11.7-percent growth in net profit to 3.62 billion yuan. Operating income rose 10.5 percent from a year ago to 8.99 billion yuan, with pre-tax profit up 8.6 percent to 4.48 billion ...
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Japans wartime brothels were wrong says 91-year-old veteran
1 of 2. 91-year-old former Japanese army medic Masayoshi Matsumoto points at a photograph of himself taken in the 1940s, during an interview with Reuters at his daughter's house in Sagamihara, south of Tokyo May 22, ...
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Britain told U.S. in early 1941 Japan might be preparing for war
The prospect of a clash over defense policy between South Korea's new president and the U.S. has been diminished by North Korea's own ham-fisted ...
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West Australia govt retains Mitchells and OMD
Incumbents Mitchell & Partners and OMD have been re-appointed by the West Australian Government for the provision of campaign advertising services following a competitive pitch. The pitch for the $33.8m account ...
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Japans SoftBank to give US govt Sprint board choice WSJ
NEW YORK (AFP) - Japan's SoftBank is preparing to hand the US government an unusual degree of influence over operation of Sprint Nextel, after security concerns raised by the proposed cross-border takeover, The Wall Street Journal reports online."Tokyo-based SoftBank has agreed to give the (US) federal government the right to approve one of the directors it names to Sprint's ...
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1 child dead 1 missing in Minnesota park landslide
An emergency worker attends to a person on a stretcher, being evacuated out of a rockslide site by helicopter, on the West Side of St. Paul, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.(Photo:Agencies) A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child ...
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S. Korea U.S. hold joint naval exercises involving nuke-powered flattop
South Korea and the United States on Monday began two days of joint naval exercises off the east coast involving the nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier, Yonhap News reports. The 97,000-ton USS Nimitz (CVN 68) left the southeastern port of Busan earlier in the day for the exercises with South Korea's Navy in the East Sea near Pohang, a senior military official said. The Nimitz Strike ...
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80-year-old woman raped in India
In a shocking incident, an 80-year old woman was allegedly raped by a 41-year-old man following which she was admitted to a hospital in a serious condition. The woman, a widow, is battling for life at a government hospital, police said on Saturday. The accused Palanivel, a vegetable vendor, of Malliyakari in the district was detained by the local people and handed over to police who arrested ...
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Japanese PM takes part in concert
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed his singing talent on Saturday night when he appeared on stage during a concert by singer Kosetsu Minami in Hibiya. Abe and Minami sang "Ano subarashii ai o mo ichido" (That wonderful love, once again), a folk song that was popular in Japan in the early 1970s. More than 3,000 fans attended the ...
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Kim Jong Un and wife watch soccer game
The leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju enjoy a football match on April 29, 2013. ...
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Japans policy chief to keep visiting Yasukuni Shrine
The policy chief of Japan's ruling party vowed Sunday to keep paying homage at a controversial war shrine despite anger and diplomatic protests by China and South Korea. Nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers made a pilgrimage last month to the Yasukuni Shrine, a flashpoint in a bitter dispute between Japan and Asian neighbors which were victims of its 20th century militarism. Sanae Takaichi, who ...
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Top DPRK leader inspects construction projects
The photo provided by KCNA on May 7, 2013 shows top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (1st R) inspecting construction projects built by Korean People's Army on May 6, 2013. ...
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U.S. urged not to take sides over Diaoyu Islands
The United States has been urged not to take sides in the China-Japan territory dispute concerning the Diaoyu Islands, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The remarks of Hua Chunying came in response to a Pentagon report questioning China's straight baseline claims around the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. The annual Pentagon report, released on Monday, said in ...
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First China manufacturing shrinkage in 7 months HSBC
BEIJING (AFP) - Manufacturing activity in China contracted in May for the first time in seven months, HSBC said Thursday, in another sign of the weakness of recovery in the world's second-largest economy.The banking giant's preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 49.6 this month from a final 50.4 in April, putting it below the 50 mark that indicates contraction. A ...
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$A lower after China data Fed comments
Disappointing Chinese manufacturing figures and comments from the US central bank boss have sent the Australian dollar to a fresh one-year low.The local unit went as low as 96.28 US cents on Thursday morning, its weakest level since June 2012.At 1200 AEST, it was trading at 96.40 US cents, down from 97.82 cents on Wednesday.Recent speculation that the Federal Reserve was considering winding back ...
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In Conversation Australias other migrant workers
In a recent post for The Conversation which appeared on the SBS World News Australia website, Dr Shanthi Robertson highlighted the long-term but temporary, 'invisible' group of workers made up of backpackers and international students. She groups them together as Australia's 'other migrant workers', and is calling for more political and public recognition of this ...
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Asia stocks down as China factory output slips
BANGKOK -; Asian stock markets fell Thursday, weighed down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs a shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is ...
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Survey shows China manufacturing contracting
HSBC economist Hongbin Qu in a statement, "The cooling manufacturing activities in May reflected slower domestic demand and ongoing external headwinds." He said that showed a possible "downside risk to China's fragile growth recovery" while signs of weakness in the labor market "call for more policy support" from the ...
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China strengthens Zimbabwe ties with vice-presidential visit
The Chinese official arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday on an official visit to boost business and bilateral relations between Harare and Beijing. He was welcomed at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office Sylvester Nguni. Speaking to journalists soon after arrival, the Chinese ...
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Singaporean expansion of MRT leads to disruption
Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT) is not very big in comparison to Shanghai, Beijing or Tokyo, but proportionate to the size of Singapore and the city-state’s population, it is an extremely successful and extensive public transport system and one that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) plans to grow even further.
Singapore has a population of around 5 million, which is important when placing the MRT in context, it has a daily ridership of 2 million, giving it a commuter penetration of at least 40%, which does not take into account the fact that not all 5 million Singaporeans commute on a daily basis or use public transport. Read more
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