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Top Beijing tax official sentenced to death for corruption

A former chief of Beijing's local taxation bureau was sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, for accepting bribes and embezzling up to 10 million yuan, as part of a crackdown on officials......

China sets conditions to improve ties with Vatican

China on Thursday congratulated the new Pope but set conditions for normalisation of ties with the Vatican, saying the Holy See should severe ties with Taiwan and stop interfering in its internal......

Sever links with Taiwan: China tells Vatican

Setting stiff conditions for improving ties with the Vatican, China on Monday said the new pope should sever links with Taiwan and stop interfering in its internal affairs in the name of religion.......

China will not harm neighbours: Xi Jinping

Seeking to allay growing apprehensions about China's rapid rise, its new leader Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that his country will not "harm" neighbours nor it will grow at the expense of other......

NYT journalist leaves China after visa not renewed

A New York Times journalist, who has worked in China over a decade, has been forced to leave the country after his visa was not renewed, in an apparent retaliation for the paper's report that......

Beijing Olympics to create 1.8 mn jobs

The Beijing Olympics in 2008 will generate 1.8 million new jobs in the host city, says the Beijing Municipal statistics Bureau. A research report by the bureau estimates that between 2004 and 2008,......

Beijing: 1 car for every 10 residents

One in ten persons in the Chinese capital enjoys the luxury of driving his own car, according to the local statistics bureau.Fuelled by China's fast-paced economic growth, the sprawling metropolis......

More commodities get caught in gold price vortex

Gold and silver prices tumbled for a second day in a row on Monday, leading to panic selling by brokers as margins were triggered.The contagion effect of the fall was seen in other commodities,......

China growth slows to 7.7% in first quarter

China's economic recovery unexpectedly stumbled in the first three months of 2013 as the annual rate of growth eased back to 7.7 per cent from the 7.9 per cent pace set in the final quarter of last......

Why Delhi Aerotropolis does not measure up to Beijing's

About a week ago, a mid-level police officer walked up to the Lemon Tree hotel in New Delhi's Aerocity, the sprawling hotel and commercial complex at the Indira Gandhi Airport, and asked the hotel......

Indian Boxing Federation provisionally suspended by AIBA

In a massive jolt to boxing in India, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has suspended the IABF alleging "possible manipulation" in its recent elections but the body has denied the charge,......

Bolt wins 100m gold in world record

Jamaica's Usain Bolt won the men's Olympic 100 metres in stunning style on Saturday, obliterating his own world record to win in 9.69 seconds.He took the most coveted athletic crown with ease,......

Mice to test athletes' food

White mice will be used to test athletes' food at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to make sure it isn't poisoned, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, the latest in a series of grandiose security......

Beijing aims to stamp out "Chinglish"

Beijing authorities hope to eradicate "Chinglish" from bilingual signs in the Chinese capital in time for the 2008 Olympic Games, state media reported on Friday.Poor translation into English is......

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QNA

Q. Do you think China\'s iron ore discovery may hit India\'s exports?
: A. yes, India has to look alternative markets or develop it's own beneficiation plants to utilize this sudden change in it's change in the Iron Ore...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/do-you-think-chinas-iron-ore-discovery-may-hit-indias-export//answers/14967885

Q. Was there some earthquake in china today?
Anantharaman : A. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake had its epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China on 12 May 2008. It had a...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/was-there-some-earthquake-in-china-today/14967800/answers/8537921

Q. what is the length of wall of china
Bryan Fernandes: A. The world will have to wait till 2008 to know the accurate length of China's Great Wall, one of the seven man-made wonders of the world.A massive...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-length-of-wall-of-china/8537871/answers/4174554

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On fleeting HK trips, China makes frugal fashionable

HONG KONG: Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and... ...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/on-fleeting-hong-kong-trips-chinese-make-frugal-fashionable/articleshow/20144291.cms

Despite curbs, China's vast hot money triangle flourishes

ZHUHAI: In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques... ...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/global-markets/despite-curbs-chinas-vast-hot-money-triangle-flourishes/articleshow/20144101.cms

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Delhi amidst tight security

Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in the national capital on Sunday amidst tight security. Li, who is on a three-day... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/chinese-premier-li-keqiang-arrives-in-delhi-amidst-tight-security_849484.html

official

Beijing: Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a , kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a... ...

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Tibet has China`s largest proportion of nature reserves

Beijing: With 61 nature reserves spread across a total land area of 410,000 square meters, the Tibet region has China's largest proportion of such... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/tibet-has-china-s-largest-proportion-of-nature-reserves_849254.html

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