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Chinese toys still well received by U.S. customers |
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2007/12/20 11:23 (Beijing - China) |
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| The day after Thanksgiving, dubbed Black Friday because it traditionally marks the day when retailers finally move out of the red and into the black, shoppers rushed in their hordes into stores such as Toys "R" Us to grab gifts for their children this Christmas.
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Tianjin becomes new base for military-to-civilian technology transfer |
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2007/12/20 11:06 (Beijing - China) |
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| Binhai New Area, a rising outpost for China's financial reform, has also emerged as an incubator for industries that adapt military products to civilian use.
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Tainted materials blamed for problematic canned meat exported to HK |
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2007/12/20 11:01 (Beijing - China) |
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| Material contamination has been confirmed as the cause of chemical contents detected in canned meat products made by a Shanghai food company.
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China to standardize naming of pesticides next year |
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2007/12/20 10:59 (Beijing - China) |
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| China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) will no longer approve commercial brand names for pesticides from Jan. 8 next year. |
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China's state forex investment company to invest $5 bln in Morgan Stanley |
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2007/12/20 10:57 (Beijing - China) |
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| China Investment Corp. (CIC), the nation's state-owned forex investment firm, said late Wednesday that it has agreed to invest 5 billion U.S. dollars in the No. 2 U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley. |
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Chinese mainland registers deficit over $70 bln with Taiwan trade |
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2007/12/20 10:55 (Beijing - China) |
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| The Chinese mainland registered a trade deficit of more than 70 billion U.S. dollars with Taiwan in the first 11 months this year. |
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Trade volume between Chinese mainland, HK exceeds $178 bln |
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2007/12/20 10:53
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| Trade volume between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region reached 178.46 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months, up 19.5 percent year on year. |
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Zambian president hails Zambia-China trade co-op |
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2007/12/20 10:52 (Beijing - China) |
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| Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa praised the establishment of the Zambia-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone. |
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China and Arabic countries forge economic strategic partnership |
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2007/12/20 10:44 (Beijing - China) |
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| With the New Year just around the corner, Dr. Maen Nsour, CEO of the Jordan Investment Board (JIB) came to Beijing, his third Chinese tour this year seeking investment and cooperation opportunities. |
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China's fiscal revenue grows rapidly on economic strength, improved collection |
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2007/12/20 10:42 (Beijing - China) |
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| China's central and local governments recorded 4.82 trillion yuan (654 billion U.S. dollars) in fiscal revenue during the first 11 months of this year, up 33.5percent from the same period of last year. |
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China to help 50 inland cities attract processing trade from coastal east |
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2007/12/20 10:35 (Beijing - China) |
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| China will select 50 cities in its middle and western inland to help them, with favorable tax and industrial policies, attract processing trade relocated from the coastal east. |
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Corporate debt move a watershed for market |
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2007/12/19 11:44 (Beijing - China) |
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| Multinationals are set to get equal access to the domestic corporate debt market in a move that's being hailed as a major breakthrough in the opening of the financial services sector. |
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Bush orders cuts in nuclear stockpile |
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2007/12/19 11:30 (Beijing - China) |
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| US President Bush has approved "a significant reduction" in the US nuclear weapons stockpile, cutting it to less than one-quarter its size at the end of the Cold War. |
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EU unveils plan to integrate mortgage markets |
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2007/12/19 11:18 (Beijing - China) |
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| The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled a plan to integrate mortgage markets of the European Union (EU) member states, aimed at facilitating cross-border lending. |
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New pipeline building to increase Europe's energy security |
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2007/12/19 11:16 (Beijing - China) |
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| Projects to build an oil pipeline across the Balkans and a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea will increase Europe's energy security. |
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World Bank approves 12 million dollar grant for DR Congo |
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2007/12/19 11:06 (Beijing - China) |
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| The World Bank approved the second additional financing grant of 12 million dollars from the IDA for the ongoing EMRRP in the DRC. |
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Apple talks with DoCoMo for iPhone sale in Japan |
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2007/12/19 10:54 (Beijing - China) |
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| Apple Inc now is negotiating with Japan's largest cell phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc to launch the iPhone in Japan. |
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AirAsia to open daily flight to Guangzhou, China |
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2007/12/19 10:52 (Beijing - China) |
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| Malaysia's low-cost airlines AirAsia said here on Tuesday that it would offer daily direct flights to Guangzhou, China, beginning Jan. 16 next year. |
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Official: Indonesian islands not for sale
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2007/12/19 10:51 (Beijing - China) |
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| Indonesian islands cannot be sold to foreigners but they can be managed jointly with foreigners in accordance with the country's certain regulations. |
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UAE gas company discovers new gas well in Egypt |
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2007/12/19 10:49 (Beijing - China) |
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| Dana Gas of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the largest private-sector natural gas company in the Middle East, discovered a new gas well in its concessions in Egypt. |
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