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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonance imaging technology. A criminal complaint filed in the US District Court in Manhattan charged Yudong Zhu, 44; Xing Yang, 31; and Ye Li, 31, with commercial bribery conspiracy in connection with NYU research financed by the US government. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOORE, Oklahoma (AP) — Oklahoma authorities: Search and rescue efforts will continue throughout the night. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The powerful tornado, rated the second highest strength level of EF4 and packing winds of up to 320km/h, touched down at midafternoon and devastated a wide area of the town. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China and India agreed yesterday to launch a fresh round of talks to settle their long-running border disputes. They also pledged to draw up a roadmap to reach a “dynamic balance” in trade between the two emerging economic powers. We need to improve the border mechanisms…and make them more efficient Li Keqiang, Premier The announcements were made after Premier Li Keqiang held talks with officials including his counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after hearing reports of attacks targeting them. “We have instructed all prosecutorial and law-enforcement agencies to step up protection and take preventive measures against any assaults and harassment of Philippine nationals in Taiwan,” Justice Minister Tseng Yung-fu told reporters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Premier Li Keqiang exchanged banter with Indian reporters and officials as he embarked on a charm offensive in New Delhi yesterday during his maiden foreign trip. Li attempted to engage in friendly chat with reporters during a welcoming ceremony hosted by the Indian government, and said he appreciated the Indian media’s contribution to Sino-Indian ties. He said he had seen large headlines in Indian newspapers welcoming his visit when he was having breakfast. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the Himalayas. The number two in the Chinese leadership offered New Delhi a “handshake across the Himalayas” and said the world’s most populous nations could become a new engine for the global economy if they could avoid such irritants. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A public outcry against missing donations by the Red Cross Society of China has morphed into subdued scepticism after the Ministry of Civil Affairs reviewed figures at the weekend that indicated considerable amount of funds had disappeared. On Friday, the ministry, which is charged with supervising charity organisations, had published how much charities nationwide had collected for rescue and reconstruction efforts in Sichuan province after the April 20 earthquake. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Just weeks after a tense border stand-off, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighbouring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. China says Li’s choice of India for his first trip abroad since taking office in March shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip since taking office, heading to India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany as Beijing seeks to address security and economic disputes. Li’s journey follows one by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia and three African nations in March after the two men assumed their new positions, concluding China’s once-a-decade leadership transition. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s television regulator has ordered a crack down on dramas about the country’s battles with Japan during and before World War II and demanded they be more serious, state media said on Friday, following viewer complaints about ludicrous storylines Ties have been shadowed for years by what Beijing says has been Tokyo’s refusal to admit to wartime atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in the country between 1937 and 1945, something taught to every Chinese school child and a staple of television dramas. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities say rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 33 people and left 12 people missing. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website says at least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday. It says Guangdong province has been hit the hardest with 19 deaths and 11 missing people. Guangdong’s weather service said some areas received more than 21 centimetres of rain in nine hours on Thursday. It forecasts more rain in the coming days and warns of mudslides. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Thursday, before the two leaders witnessed the signing of agreements in fields including shipping and telecommunications. Samaras is in China seeking investment and trade deals to help revive his country’s recession-battered economy. His visit comes little over a week after the European Commission agreed to impose average import duties of 47 per cent on solar panels from China, a move it says is to guard against the dumping of cheap goods in Europe. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A former top Philippines diplomat has urged Taiwan to “remember who its friends are”, in comments that appear to suggest Taiwan is ungrateful for Manila’s longstanding support for its political autonomy. “Taiwan should remember we were the first ones to have these informal relations with them and we have substantial relations with them in terms of trade,” said Lauro Baja, the former Philippines ambassador to the United Nations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China downplayed border tensions with India on Thursday, days before the new Chinese premier visits the neighbouring country on his first foreign visit since taking office in March. Disagreements over the Himalayan frontier can be handled under existing mechanisms and should not affect overall relations, Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao told reporters at a briefing. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan’s business making toy animals. Sales of Hello Kitty dolls and plush rabbits have fallen 30 percent over the past six months, according to Luo, owner of Tongle Toy Enterprise, which employs 100 people in the southern city of Foshan, near Hong Kong. Orders from the United States and debt-crippled Europe are down 80 percent. “We don’t talk about profits anymore,” said Luo. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras kicked off his four-day trip to China yesterday, hoping it will help his country’s ailing economy by attracting investment and promoting the export of Greek products. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The State Bureau for Letters and Calls that oversees petitioners has stopped compiling a controversial monthly ranking table that was originally intended as a measure of local officials’ performance but instead has been blamed for prompting acts of abuse and the illegal detention of people seeking redress from senior leaders. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended his visit to Beijing yesterday, analysts said China’s desire to play a greater role in Middle East affairs in order to expand its influence in the region had been conspicuous. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Quite a few eyebrows were raised in Guangzhou this week at the news that three town-level governments – two in relatively poor rural areas – spent more than 4 million yuan (HK$5 million) a year between them on official receptions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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US charges 3 NYU researchers in Chinese bribery case
<!– google_ad_section_start –> US authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonance imaging technology. A criminal complaint filed in the US District Court in Manhattan charged Yudong Zhu, 44; Xing Yang, 31; and Ye Li, 31, with commercial bribery conspiracy in connection with NYU research financed by the US government. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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