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40 dead in southwest China floods, landslides: state media
Beijing (AFP) Aug 13, 2008Landslides and flash floods have killed at least 40 people in southwest China, and 16,000 have been forced to evacuate their homes, state media reported Wednesday. In addition to those killed in Yunnan province between Thursday and Monday, at least six people were missing, Xinhua news agency said. Tropical storm Kammuri has affected 1.25 million people in Yunnan, according to civil affair ... more 148 dead, missing after storms hit northern Vietnam 
Hanoi (AFP) Aug 11, 2008Vietnamese emergency services were Monday seeking to reach isolated and flood-hit northern communities after tropical storm Kammuri left at least 98 people dead and 50 missing over the weekend. Flash-floods and landslides since Friday have cut major highway and rail links to the mountainous region bordering southern China. The heavy downpours have also knocked over trees and telephone and ... more HLS Systems Enters China's Wind Market 
Hangzhou, China (SPX) Aug 14, 2008HLS Systems International has announced that it is in late stage discussions with some of the largest wind turbine producers in China to provide their critical automation control systems. HLS expects to solidify a formal relationship with one or more of these companies in the next few months and expects to begin producing wind power control systems later this year. Dr. Wang Changli, HLS' ... more Foreign direct investment in China up 44.5 percent 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2008Foreign direct investment into China rose 44.5 percent in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period last year, the government said Tuesday. Foreign companies invested 60.7 billion dollars in China in the period from January to July, the commerce ministry said in a brief statement posted on its website. The ministry did not give a figure for the month of July alone. ... more China seen with more room to boost growth as inflation eases 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2008China's inflation rate eased for the third consecutive month in July, giving the government more leeway to pursue policies to boost growth, economists said Tuesday. Growth in the consumer price index was 6.3 percent in July, down from June's 7.1 percent and May's 7.7 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said in its monthly release. "Both inflation and economic activity in general ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Aug 11, 2008Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Monday said his administration would push ahead with plans to purchase arms from ally Washington while trying to improve ties with traditional rival China. Ma, who was elected in a landslide in March and took office in May, has pledged better relations with China. The two sides launched regular direct flights for the first time in nearly six decades last month. ... more Trade surplus shrinks, inflation risk returns in China 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2008China's trade surplus has shrunk and factory gate inflation has soared to a 12-year high, official data showed Monday, as the country's stock market plunged 9.4 percent in two days. The benchmark stock index closed below the psychologically important 2,500 mark, reflecting serious concerns about where the economy was heading, observers said. "Investors were jittery over the economy ... more Applied Materials Awarded Multi-Year Solar Service Contract 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Applied Materials has announced that it has signed a five-year service contract with Green Energy Technology Inc. (GET) of Taiwan to support GET's Applied SunFab Thin Film Line for solar module manufacturing. Through its SunFab Performance Service program, the most comprehensive service offering in the solar industry, Applied will reduce operating costs while enabling a quick ramp to volume ... more French reporters booted from US computer security conference 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Aug 7, 2008Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network and stealing peers' passwords. An accused trio from Global Security Magazine said they intended to teach reporters about how easily Internet transmissions could be intercepted while covering the Olympics in China, according to ... more |
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Hong Kong (SPX) Aug 11, 2008China Technology Development Group has announced that the Company unveiled a redesigned website. The newly redesigned site includes many resources and helpful information that were previously unavailable for both existing and prospective clients. The site has been revised and updated to offer dedicated content sections on the Company's products and technology, production facility and ... more Bush confident China's future to reflect universal aspirations 
Washington (AFP) Aug 9, 2008US President George W. Bush expressed confidence Saturday that China's future will reflect "the universal aspirations of mankind," despite criticism of a lack of freedom in the world' most populous country. "The China of the future will reflect its own culture and traditions, but it will also reflect the universal aspirations of mankind -- and there's no deeper human desire than liberty." ... more Australia to work with China to revive world trade talks: PM 
Sydney (AFP) Aug 8, 2008The Australian and Chinese trade ministers will work together to attempt to revive the global trade talks which collapsed last month, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday. The latest Doha round of World Trade Organisation negotiations, which saw emerging powers such as India, China and Brazil take centre stage, fell apart in July in a potentially devastating blow to millions of the world's ... more Iran nuke showdown -- Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 7, 2008 The more concessions the "Iran Six" nations of the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the People's Republic of China make to the Islamic Republic of Iran on the nuclear issue, the more capricious political leaders in Tehran become. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad actually has made the Islamic Republic's nuclear program a hostage of his campaign for the 2009 ... more
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