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China tries to fix crumbling health care system
JIZHUANGCUN, China - Unable to rely on China's broken health care system, the Ji family was desperate.
Man wanted in UW horticulture building fire sentenced in China on drug making charges
A man wanted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the fire that destroyed the horticulture center at the University of Washington in 2001 has been sentenced in China for making illegal drugs, a court official said today.
China s tourism in the eyes of foreign guests
During the last decade, tourism in China has increased greatly, contributing not only to the international openness of the Republic, but also to the economic development that the country has experienced.
Yes, there are more! 1) We All Know that Obama was humiliated and stonewalled by the haughty Chinese leaders, in contrast to the titanic American presidents of yore who spoke sternly to Mao and his successors and therefore always got just what they wanted in Beijing.
Swine flu in China: no problem [Effect Measure]
Effect Measure is a forum for progressive public health discussion and argument as well as a source of public health information from around the web that interests the Editor Profile The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners.
Why Barack Obama's pilgrimage to the Great Wall of China was not as...
Why Barack Obama's private pilgrimage to the Great Wall of China was not as solitary as the spin doctors make out By Mail On Sunday Reporter Last updated at 12:29 AM on 22nd November 2009 Solitary: President Obama walks alone down the Badaling section of The Great Wall of China in Beijing It is a powerful image reproduced all over the world: the ...
Hi, I am planning to visit China in the early new year. I am a single guy, 56 years old, Australian, and will only have 4 weeks holiday to spend there.
Mountain kingdom extraordinaire
After passing Mount Everest on the left, the Druk Air Airbus 319 weaves its way down a narrow mountain valley to land at Paro.
STR Global posts Asia/Pacific performance results for October 2009
Hotels in the Asia/Pacific region experienced decreases when reported in U.S. dollars for all three key performance metrics for October 2009, according to data compiled by STR Global.
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State-run magazine reports on black jails in China
It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forcibly held and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government.
Flight delays in China due to hazy conditions
BEIJING: Poor visibility delayed more than 180 domestic and international flights serving Beijing on Wednesday, the capital's airport said, following several days of heavy air pollution.
China hails role of Sudanese president in development
" A visiting Chinese official hailed the role played by Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir in transforming his country in terms of development.
Obama's Nice Guy Act Failing on World Stage?
There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to depart for the flight home.
Dermod Travis: Stephen Harper must speak out forcefully on human rights in China
On December 2, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper lands in Beijing for his first official visit to China, he could do far worse than emulating fellow conservative leader Ronald Reagan during the former president's visit to West Berlin in 1987.
100,000 American Students to China?
Why is it that the US media focused almost exclusively and sometimes even rather "creatively" on the atmospherics surrounding President Obama's recent trip to Asia but ignored much of the substance? Didn't the White House reporters who accompanied the president understand that foreign affairs and substance are related? Don't they realize that ...
Barack Obama dream fades as China visit fails to bring change
Gazing serenely from the Great Wall of China last week, President Barack Obama appeared to be making the most of one of the supreme perks of White House occupancy - a private guided tour of Asia's most spectacular tourist destination.
Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai rose, tracking gains in other Asian markets, as record high gold prices lifted metal counters, while Chinese financials gained on hope for an extended monetary policy.
Volkswagen eyes China sales boost
Even though Volkswagen is a major dominant player in north and east China with an over 20% market share each through its partnership with Saic Motor and FAW Group, it only has 12% of the market in the south.
Donald St. Pierre: winea s gateway to China?
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Dalai Lama says Obama not soft on China
The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying today that the US leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.
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