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  • Blast at firecracker workshop kills three Chinese

    An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker workshop in central China killed three people and left three others injured Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred around 9.50 a.m. in Yangzhai village in Henan province, Xinhua reported. Police suspect it was caused by illegally stored gunpowder. The workshop owner's wife and daughter and a neighbour were killed. The three injured include the ...

  • 4G to debut in Shanghai next month

    4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials. The fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards orm 4G provides users with high-speed internet access on devices such as phones, data cards and MiFi ...

  • China thrash India 5-0 in Sudirman Cup

    Indian shuttlers were thrashed 0-5 by their Chinese counterparts on the first day of the Sudirman Cup here at the Putra Stadium Sunday. India lost their Group A matches in all the five categories of the biennial world mixed team badminton championships, winning only one game out of 11. In the first match, Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa expectedly lost their mixed doubles tie against World ...

  • China ready to act as arbiter in Kashmir dispute

    The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan has said that China is ready to act as an arbiter in Kashmir dispute but any such arrangement is subject to India's consent. Envoy Liu Jian affirmed that the India and Pakistan could see rapprochement over Kashmir issue through China, reports The Nation. Jian, at a farewell reception, said that Pakistan and China would sign a wide range of trade and economy ...

  • Deadly rains affect 200000 in China

    Continuous rainfall has claimed one life and affecting some 200,000 people in southwest China, authorities said Sunday. The rains started Thursday and had battered 14 counties in Guangxi region, Xinhua reported. The downpour damaged or destroyed 561 houses and ruined 12,120 hectares of crops, resulting in direct economic losses of about $24 ...


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In Dreams

"In Dreams," Neil Jordan's new psychological horror/thriller, has a great visual motif--a sunken town--that I hoped would be more important than it turned out to be. Part of the story's background is that this small town was purposefully evacuated and flooded in the mid-1960s with two billion gallons of water in order to create a reservoir. This flooding figures into the disastrous childhood of on ... ...

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  • Will China mediate in Mideast

    By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC News BEIJING – An official visit to Beijing by Israeli and Palestinian leaders last week has prompted speculation that China may finally be ready to claim its place as a world power by trying to negotiate an end to one of world's most caustic conflicts.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese ...

  • Record breaking China bridge demolition

    China has broken the record for the longest viaduct demolition in the world. The 3.5km long concrete bridge which served as a part of a main highway will be replaced by a six-lane 5 km viaduct. Demolition workers careful wrapped the structure in protective material to prevent flying ...

  • Economic growth feeds Chinas insatiable appetite for foreign oil

    oil companies are increasingly visible in the Middle East. Here's why: China is the world's most populous country and largest energy consumer. It is the second largest economy in the world. From 2001 to 2011, it experienced annual GDP growth of about 10 per cent. The recent slowdown in the Chinese economy is planned and calculated, as indicated in the government's 12th Five Year ...

  • Voice on China’s influence over North Korea in light of its recent short-range missile launches

    "Although China has a certain influence upon North Korea, this impact is not as strong as is reported by the media."Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the US,on China's influence over North Korea in light of its recent short-range missile launches, quoted by Chinanews.com on ...

  • Chinas Li Keqiang in India to meet with PM Manmohan Singh over border tensions

    Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed by Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahmed on his arrival at Palam Airport in New Delhi on May 19, 2013. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday afternoon on the first stop of his maiden foreign trip, for talks on issues ranging from an unresolved border dispute to a festering trade-imbalance. (Raveendran /AFP/Getty ...

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