Sun, 5 Jul 2009
(Photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)S Korea steps up alert after North fires seven missiles
A South Korean man looks at a map of North Korean capital of Pyongyang beside a picture of a North Korean rocket, which was fired in April, on display in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Sunday, July 5, 2009....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)Make-or-break summit as G8 gamble on climate and economy
A demonstrator wears a t-shirt showing a NO G8 logo during a demonstration against a G8 Environment Ministers meeting, in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy,Thursday, April 23, 2009....Full Story

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China buys $1.8bn stake in Canadian miner, Teck
| CHINA'S $US200 billion ($250bn) sovereign wealth fund has bought a 17 per cent stake in Teck Resources, Canada's largest diversified mining company, for $US1.5 billion. | China Investment Corporation, also known as CIC, would buy 101.3 million Class B subordinate voti...Full Story
Floods in China wreak deadly havoc
| At least 16 people have died, dozens of others are reported missing and 320,000 people have been displaced as rainstorms sweep southern and central China, the state-run Xinhua news agency says. | In central Hunan province three days of do...Full Story
News of the Weird: Growing up, Georgio longed to be stepped on, and now, as ...
| Growing up, Georgio longed to be stepped on, and now, as an adult, he carries his own rug around to lie underneath. | Growing up, Georgio longed to be stepped on, and now, as an adult, he carries his own rug around to lie underneath. | LEAD STORY: Growing up, Georgio ...Full Story
In Drive for Wind Power, Man Who Led Coal Plant Seeks Atonement
| DUNHUANG, China - A guilty conscience turned Min Deqing into northwestern China's unlikely prophet of wind and solar energy. Skip to next paragraph | A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. Go to Blog » | For more than three decades, Mr. Min worked a...Full Story
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Fri 3 Jul 2009
Thousands flee south China floods
Al Jazeera | Days of heavy rainfall has caused flooding and mudslide in parts of southern China, forcing more than 11,000 people to flee their homes in one province alone. | In central Hunan province three days of downpours have overwhelmed drains and rivers, w...
Thu 2 Jul 2009
PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China
USA Today Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By AP Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday July 1, 2009. In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and internation...
Starbucks China launches internet promotion to lure customers
The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | Photo by David Wong | BEIJING – Starbucks Coffee kicked off a new campaign in its China locations to help drive traffic into its stores. The coffee retailer started a new promotion on July 1 called “Meet me at St...
Villagers' drinking supply undermined
China Daily | More than 3,000 villagers in Guangdong province must travel 3 km to take a sip of potable water after the local drinking supply was found to be contaminated. | Park employees in Wuchang, in Wuhan, Hubei province, collect dead fish from a lake and c...
Wed 1 Jul 2009
Dog smokes cigarettes and fetches slippers
China Daily | A dog that shares cigarettes with his master and can fetch his slipper has become famous in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province. | The dog, named Houzi, is a heavy smoker and often finishes his master's cigarettes. Houzi gave birth to four cubs two mo...
Killing spree leaves four dead in C. China
China Daily | A migrant worker with a history of mental illness stabbed four neighbors to death and left five others injured during a bloody rampage in a remote village in Hubei province. | The 27-year-old man, Li Zhongquan, from Qiligang village, Xinzhou distri...
China Web controversy highlights public role
Denver Post | Click photo to enlargeChildren use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday July 1, 2009. In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down from a rule that w...
TOWONA Receives New Media of Distinguished Contributions Prize
PR Newswire | BEIJING, July 1 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- During the China Brand & Communication Forum and Awards Ceremony on Brands of Distinguished Contributions, reputed as the Oscars for China's brand and communication circles, TOWONA Media, China's leading mob...
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Iron ore talks set for overtime as China holds out
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PR Newswire | SHANGHAI, June 30 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK) today announced the successful completion of its first 45-nanometer high performance (GP, generic process with high p...
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Sun 28 Jun 2009
Chinese officials sacked over housing lottery scam
The Australian | FIVE officials in central China have been sacked and five other people arrested over a scam involving a lottery for apartments. | In China, where the first lottery was authorised in 1987, only two types are allowed: those which provide funds for so...
Fri 26 Jun 2009
Cook killed self: autopsy
China Daily | SHISHOU, Hubei: Forensic experts and doctors have confirmed Tu Yuangao, a cook at the Yonglong Hotel, whose mysterious death sparked civil unrest here last week, "committed suicide by jumping off a high building", local authorities said Thursday. |...
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China Daily | As economist Mao Yushi said, economy houses might not serve the low-income families' interests because of illegal deals both in their development and distribution. It's time we reconsidered the benefits of economy housing and stopped some people fr...
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