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China sentences 3 more to death over Xinjiang riots: XinhuaBeijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2009 A court in China's restive Xinjiang sentenced three more people to death Friday for their roles in July ethnic violence, state media said, raising the total condemned to die or executed to 17. The court in the regional capital Urumqi sentenced another person to life in prison, while three defendants were given varying jail terms for the violence that left nearly 200 dead, the Xinhua news age ... read more |
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Lima (AFP) Dec 6, 2009Peru's government on Sunday ratified a free trade agreement with China, the president's office announced. The measure "favors Peru's interests," a brief government statement said in the office's daily. It did not indicate when the agreement -- made by executive decree, without Congressional input as allowed by the constitution -- would go into effect. The Peru-China free trade ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 4, 2009Chinese plane maker Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company has purchased a majority stake in Austrian aircraft parts maker Future Advanced Composite Components AG, the companies said. Xi'an Aircraft and Hong Kong-based private equity firm Advanced Treasure Limited gained a combined 91.25 percent stake in FACC, according to statements released late Thursday. China's state-run Xinhua ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2009General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp will expand their China partnership overseas starting with plans to tap India's burgeoning car market in a move analysts hailed as good for both sides. The two companies, which dominate China, said Friday they had set up a 50-50 joint venture aimed at expanding in emerging Asian markets with an initial focus on selling small cars and mini ... more |
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  China sentences five more to death over riots: state media  Speculation swirls over ICBC's reported Cathay bid: media  GM to cede venture control to China's SAIC: report |
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Changzhou, China (AFP) Dec 3, 2009In Trina Solar's brilliant white factory in eastern China, masked workers in lab coats turn silicon wafers into solar power cells capable of harnessing the sun's clean and limitless energy. China is now the world's top producer of the cells -- the tile-like engines of solar panels -- and firms like Trina see next week's climate talks as a potential key moment in the wider adoption of renewab ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2009Foreign firms and individuals will be allowed to form partnerships in China under new rules that legal experts say will make it easier for overseas investors to set up in the country. The State Council, or cabinet, said the new rules will reduce bureaucratic red tape for foreigners wanting to start a business in China. Lawyers said the rules would mostly benefit foreign companies in the ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Dec 2, 2009Taiwan plans to invest more than 65 million US dollars in its competitive electronic-book sector over the next five years, the economic ministry's Industrial Development Bureau said. The bureau said it will provide up to 40 percent of the research and development costs for creating an online Chinese-language digital publications service similar to the English-language version operated by ... more |
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  China Christians sent to labour camps: rights group   China swine flu death toll triples in two weeks   Beijing to hike water price to fight shortage: report |
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