Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 01-09-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese mobile telephone users must register their personal details to buy phone numbers under a rule that comes into force from Wednesday, in what the government calls an attack on spam but some see as a blow to privacy.
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Critics put on mute as China tightens mobile phone rules
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 30-08-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police “accidentally” shot dead an ethnic Tibetan during a protest in southwestern China two weeks ago, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.
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Chinese police shoot Tibetan dead during protest
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 29-08-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese navy will hold a live-ammunition exercise in the Yellow Sea, where Washington and Seoul announced their own plan for a military exercise that has riled Beijing, China’s Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.
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China announces navy drill ahead of U.S. show of force
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 28-08-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – A poor central Chinese province has revoked the right of an airline which suffered a fatal crash earlier this week to use its name, saying the incident had tarnished its reputation.
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China’s Henan tells crash airline not to use its name
Filed Under (wang pos) by CarmenGay on 27-08-2010
One Tibetan has been killed and around 35 severely wounded after Chinese security forces opened fire on demonstrators in Palyul County, Dege, eastern Tibet. The incident was reported to the Tibet Post International by the Venerable …
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Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 24-08-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – Forty-two dead have been found at the site of a passenger plane crash in northeast China late on Tuesday, a police officer told Chinese state television.
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Forty-two dead found at site of China plane crash – official
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-08-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese rescuers scoured a remote valley in the nation’s southwest for survivors on Thursday, after a landslide decimated a village, killing at least one person and leaving 90 missing.
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China rescuers seek 90 missing after landslide
Filed Under (forex) by CarmenGay on 19-08-2010
In yet another sign that China is gradually opening up its FOREX market, the Malaysian Ringgit is the latest currency to be fully convertible to the Chinese Yuan. However, the significance of Beijing’s latest move is that Yuan-Ringgit …
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Latest Sign That China Is Opening Up Its FOREX Market « Moccafx's Blog
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 18-08-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – At least 67 people were missing after mudslides hit a remote southwest Chinese town near Myanmar, state media reported on Wednesday, adding to the thousands killed or missing in floods and landslides this year.
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Dozens missing after landslide in southwest China
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 17-08-2010
BEIJING (Reuters) – Only a quarter of Chinese people believe smoking tobacco increases the risk of cancer and anti-smoking campaigns are failing to influence them, a government survey released on Tuesday showed.
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Quarter of Chinese adults aware of smoking risk – survey