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China urges major countries to stabilize currency

Beijing :: China | about 12 hours ago | Business News

Source: China News

China on Friday urged major countries to stabilize their currency, saying it's "very important" for a stable international financial environment. Addressing a press conference held here Friday after the fifth Sino-US Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED), Zhu Guangyao, assistant minister...

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China releases plans for fuel tax increases

Beijing :: China | about 2 hours ago | Business News

Source: International Business Times

The plan, announced Friday and scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, would raise tax on gasoline to 1 yuan (14 cents) from the current rate of 0.2 yuan (3 cents). The tax on diesel would rise from 0.1 yuan...

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Miming style of Britney Spears banned:Beijing.

Beijing :: China | about 9 hours ago | Entertainment News

Posted by aarana

In recent years the show has been criticised heavily by increasingly discriminating audiences who complain of commercialism, of presenters whose jokes are too old-fashioned and celebrities who do a poor show of miming their way through songs. Britney Spears might...

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China plans food safety blacklist

Beijing :: China | about 13 hours ago | Technology News

Source: International Herald Tribune

As China continues to try to repair the reputation of its damaged food and dairy industries, the Ministry of Health is preparing a blacklist of dangerous food additives, "especially toxic or harmful substances, which are likely to be used in...

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China scholar warns of social turmoil as growth slows

Beijing :: China | about 10 hours ago | Business News

Source: The Boston Globe

China risks massive social turmoil next year as the economy slows and the number of angry jobless grows, a leading Communist Party scholar has warned, urging the government to focus development priorities on job creation. Zhou Tianyong, a researcher at...

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Daily Telegraph, UK: China extends miming ban

Beijing :: China | about 5 hours ago | No category

Source: Uinta County News

Firstly, make real singing as the benchmark, and choose talented performers who can truly sing," said a notice issued by the fierce guardian of China's popular morals and aesthetic standards, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. "Firmly put...

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Peking Opera master biopic "Forever Enthralled" Leon Lai in wax

Beijing :: China | about 10 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: Xinhuanet.com

The fervor for Golden Palm-winning Chinese director Chen Kaige's new film "Forever Enthralled" has extended to the Madame Tussaudes wax museum in Shanghai. Leon Lai, who plays Peking opera legend Mei Lanfang in the film, inaugurated a wax figure of...

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Police: Road accidents kill 7,276 people in China in November

Beijing :: China | about 17 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Road accidents in China killed 7,276 people and injured 23,844 others in November, police said on Thursday, as they warned motorists against risky road conditions during the winter. There were 22,087 accidents last month, down 20 percent year-on-year, said the...

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Dalai Lama questions China morality

Beijing :: China | about 20 hours ago | No category

Source: Al Jazeera

China "deserves to be a superpower" given its huge population and military strength but it lacks the moral authority to speak on behalf of Tibet, the Dalai Lama has said. Speaking in Belgium after an address to the European parliament,...

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China urges Washington to protect its investments

Beijing :: China | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: The Examiner

China's chief trade envoy urged Washington on Thursday to stabilize its economy and protect Beijing's U.S. We hope the U.S. side will take the necessary measures to stabilize the economy and financial markets, as well as to guarantee the safety...

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