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2 hrs ago | The State

Luxuries from China's Forbidden City to travel US

Deep in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City and up a twisting stairway are four sets of twin doors, shut for more than eight decades.

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7 hrs ago | Journal Gazette

Choir to get hero's welcome

Mayor Tom Henry and the Allen County commissioners will welcome the award-winning Voices of Unity Youth Choir back to American soil in downtown Fort Wayne today.

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11 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

Kobe comes to Guangzhou

NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant answers questions from press in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 29, 2010.

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15 hrs ago | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

US expert: China oil spill far bigger than stated

China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported, and some of the oil was spilled deliberately to avoid an even larger disaster, an American expert said Friday.

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19 hrs ago | WRAL.com - AP World News

Taiwanese wary about China amid warming ties

In the crowded Taipei theater, Eddy Fang laughs politely at the Chinese ensemble's comic references to jealous husbands and overweight wives but can't help thinking it's all a bit lowbrow in relatively sophisticated Taiwan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Taiwan, Theater, Arts, Travel, Taiwan Travel, Ma Ying-jeou

19 hrs ago | People's Daily

"Learning society" promised in China's 10-year nat'l edu plan

Universal preschool education and a pledge to eliminate illiteracy are among the reforms of China's education system published in the country's national education plan for the next decade.

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family, Asia, World News

Thu Jul 29, 2010

Penticton Herald

China jails 3 minority Uighurs for running websites deemed politically sensitive

China has jailed three minority Uighurs who ran websites with content considered politically sensitive by the government, according to a media report and an advocacy group.

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People's Daily

Reporter 'wanted' after exposing scandal

A Shanghai-based business reporter is wanted by the police in East China's Zhejiang province after he exposed insider trading in a listed firm in the region.

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People's Daily Online

China economy still robust despite expected slowdown: IMF official

Senior resident representative of the International Monetary Fund to China, Il Houng Lee, has said the Chinese economy was fundamentally "still very robust" and the IMF has maintained its projection of China's economic growth in 2010 at 10.5 percent.

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People's Daily

China shows strong resolve to develop clean energy: ITER

China had shown its commitment to developing clean energy through its strong support for an international alternative energy program, the head of the program's China office said Wednesday.

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Deseret Morning News

Official: Water safe after chemical spill in China

The water supply was safe in a northeastern China city after more than 3,000 containers of toxic chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods in a decade in the country, an official said Thursday.

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Lincoln Daily News

China gov't approves Geely acquisition of Volvo

Geely Holding Group has received final Chinese government approval to acquire Volvo Cars from Ford Motor Co., the Commerce Ministry said Thursday.

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New York Times

As China's Economy Grows, Pollution Worsens Despite New Efforts to Control It

China , the world's most prodigious emitter of greenhouse gas, continues to suffer the downsides of unbridled economic growth despite a raft of new environmental initiatives.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, World News,

Wed Jul 28, 2010

WBAY

US: Drills sent 'clear message' to NKorea

For four days, U.S. and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets - dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea not to strike again.

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KMTR Eugene

Gang members arrested in China corruption case

Wang Neng, 48, a former deputy to the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress, was arrested for organizing a gang, assault, possession of guns and extortion, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.

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People's Daily Online

Man detained over death of panda in east China

A man was detained Monday night in relation to the death of a panda last Thursday in Jinan City of east China's Shandong Province, municipal police said Tuesday.

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ABC News

PHOTOS: Pakistan Plane Crash Kills All Aboard

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, smoke rises from the site of a plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, July 28, 2010.

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People's Daily Online

China confirms senior diplomat's visit to DPRK

A senior Chinese diplomat is visiting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , the foreign ministry confirmed Wednesday.

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Malaysian National News Agency

Blast Hits Factory In East China, Causing Deaths

A powerful explosion at a factory in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday killed at least six people and injured many more, witnesses and hospital sources said.

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Las Vegs Sun

China floods test massive 3 Gorges Dam

Record-high water levels put the capacity of China's massive Three Gorges Dam to the test Wednesday after heavy rains raged on across the country, compounding flooding problems that have left more than 1,200 people dead or missing.

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