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Third Greek ferry of Chinese fleeing Libya arrives in CreteHeraklion, Greece (AFP) Feb 26, 2011 A third Greek ferry chartered by China to evacuate its nationals from Libya cast anchor in the port of Heraklion on the southern Greek island of Crete early Saturday. The Venizelos, which had come from the Libyan second city Benghazi, now in the hand of insurgents, immediately began disembarking its 2,911 passengers. The Olympic Champion and Hellenic Spirit had already put into Heraklion on Thursday, disembarking 4,400 people from Benghazi, mostly Chinese but also including 46 Greeks and nationa ... read more |
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  Japan, China agree to patch up ties Japan and China agreed Monday to improve ties which were strained to breaking point over maritime collisions near disputed islands in the East China Sea five months ago. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan to relax China high-tech investment limits Taiwan is to relax controls on investments from mainland China in the island's high-tech companies, a senior economic official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Exodus from Libya as thousands land in Malta A British warship and a Chinese-chartered ferry arrived in Malta on Saturday loaded with thousands of evacuees from Libya in an exodus of foreign nationals fleeing the oil-rich North African state. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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Japan reviews aid to new global No. 2 China Japan is reviewing whether to cut its financial aid to China after the population giant overtook the island-nation as the world's number two economy last year, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Pollution a threat to China's growth China's environment minister warned that pollution in the country poses a threat to long-term economic growth. ... more | .. |
  Chinese luxury group buys Bordeaux vineyard The Chinese jewelry group Tesiro has bought a French family-owned wine chateau in the world-renowned Bordeaux region, industry officials told AFP on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  China says media must 'cooperate' after rally clampdown China on Tuesday told journalists they must "cooperate" with police and respect the country's laws, after several foreign reporters were roughed up in a crackdown on calls for anti-government rallies. ... more |
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Canada willing to join US 'Iron Dome' missile shield: minister
Israeli officers warned against criticising Trump's Gaza plan; Israel hits Hamas weapons facility in Syria
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  China files shrimp dispute against US at WTO China has taken the United States to the World Trade Organization over a controversial anti-dumping calculation imposed by Washington against Chinese frozen shrimp, the trade body said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  BASIC nations eye next climate meeting The BASIC group of countries - India, China, Brazil and South Africa - called for specific issues to be addressed before December's climate conference in Durban, South Africa. ... more | .. |
US voices concern to China over media crackdown The US ambassador to Beijing, Jon Huntsman, voiced "deep concerns" to the Chinese authorities over a harsh crackdown on foreign journalists, a US official said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Survey Finds More Sea Islands Disappear In China A five-year government survey finds that China faces a worsening problem over the disappearance of sea islands caused by disorderly and crude exploitation. Reclamation, sand dredging, and bomb ... more |
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More China rallies planned after tough clampdown Organisers of an online anti-government campaign called Monday for new rallies in China on March 6 despite a smothering security response at the weekend that saw foreign journalists roughed up. ... more | .. |
Pollution threatens Chinese growth: minister Dire pollution and the gobbling of resources have caused China grave environmental problems and could restrain economic growth if not addressed properly, the environment minister said Monday. ... more | .. |
 China says drought eased after snow, rain China has said that snow and rain in the country's northern wheat-growing regions over the past week had helped to ease a crippling drought that had sparked fears about rising global food prices. ... more | .. |
Amid wine boom, Chinese buy up Bordeaux chateaux China gained another foothold in the booming wine trade with Bordeaux when a Chinese jewellery magnate added a chateau in the south west of France to his glittering assets. ... more |
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Revamped China history museum skips taboo subjects China reopened its main history museum on Tuesday after a three-year facelift, but exhibits in the sprawling facility skip over some of the country's most momentous - and sensitive - events. ... more | .. |
China warns journalists on 'Jasmine' rallies Chinese police warned foreign journalists on Wednesday to obey restrictions on covering rallies called by an online protest campaign or face possible loss of their permission to work in China. ... more | .. |
  China approves BYD-Daimler electric car deal Chinese auto group BYD and German luxury car maker Daimler have received regulatory approval for their joint venture to develop an electric car in China, the companies said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  CTDC Signs 20MW PV Module European Sales Contract China Technology Development Group has announced that the company's wholly-owned subsidiary has signed a Sales Contract for the Year 2011 (the "Contract") of 20MW solar modules with well-known Itali ... more |
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  China's holdings of US debt larger than reported China's holdings of US bonds reached $1.16 trillion at the end of December, almost $270 billion more than previously estimated, new data showed Monday. ... more | .. |
  US cites Baidu, PirateBay, others in copyright piracy The US Monday named leading Chinese search engine Baidu and Swedish torrent download site Pirate Bay in a list of the world's top online and physical markets for pirated and counterfeit goods. ... more | .. |
GM's Shanghai venture to recall 233,000 cars One of General Motors' key auto joint ventures in China will recall nearly 233,000 cars to fix fuel line problems that could stall engines or spark fires, the country's product safety agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
  China evacuates nearly 29,000 nationals from Libya China said Monday it had evacuated nearly 29,000 of its nationals from strife-torn Libya, where a popular uprising has left at least hundreds dead and triggered a mass exodus of foreigners. ... more |
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China oil producer CNPC halts Libya production China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's largest oil and gas producer, said Monday it has halted production in crisis-hit Libya and evacuated all its employees from the country. ... more | .. |
China keen to show it cares about workers in Libya China's all-out efforts to evacuate more than 30,000 workers from violence-hit Libya have highlighted the government's need to show it can protect hundreds of thousands of migrants overseas, experts say. ... more | .. |
  Chinese plane maker buys US Cirrus A unit of China's biggest plane maker has agreed to buy US small aircraft builder Cirrus, in what state media said Wednesday was the country's first acquisition of a US or European competitor. ... more | .. |
Gazprom wins TNK-BP's Siberian field Gazprom won an auction Tuesday for a disputed stake held by BP's Russia venture in a massive Siberian field that the state-owned behemoth hopes to use to expand its energy exports to China. ... more |
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  China rail builder suspends Libya projects State-run China Railway Construction said Wednesday that its billions of dollars of projects in Libya were in jeopardy after it was forced to suspend them as the country is rocked by an uprising. ... more | .. |
BMW sets sights on emerging markets beyond China BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer said on Tuesday that the luxury German carmaker was looking for expansion around the world in emerging markets such as Russia and Turkey, not only in China. ... more | .. |
Data fuels China, India inflation worries Inflation pressures in China and India mounted on Tuesday as data showed manufacturing costs jumped last month, raising the prospect of fresh rate rises. ... more | .. |
More Chinese from Libya land in Greece, Filipinos to follow More than 2,000 Chinese fleeing unrest-torn Libya landed on the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday and hundreds of Filipinos were due to arrive later in the day, officials said. ... more |
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