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Tuesday May 14 | AdelaideNow...

Hong Kong shares end 0.26% lower

The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Tuesday lost 59.53 points to end on 22,930.28 on turnover of HK$54.14 billion .

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Mon May 13, 2013

Silicon Alley Insider

3 Habits That Set Chinese Online Shoppers Apart From Westerners

The slowdown of China's economic growth didn't diminish Chinese consumers' increasing confidence - especially their enthusiasm to shop online.

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The Globe and Mail

Risks to China recovery seen as factory output underwhelms

Chinese workers manufacture sports shoes at a shoe factory in Jinjiang in southeast China's Fujian province in this file photo.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Farmington Daily Times

China struggles with choking air pollution

Early on in Beijing's winter of pollution-wracked discontent, one of China's biggest power companies, Huadian, turned off the coal scrubbers at its Datong plants and let emissions of sulfur dioxide, a leading cause of acid rain and respiratory illness, soar to more than four times government standards.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Globe and Mail

China inflation quickens, highlights central bank policy dilemma

A customer looks at price tags at a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui province, May 9, 2013.

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Wed May 08, 2013

The Baltimore Sun

Brother of blind Chinese activist says he was beaten up

The eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said he was beaten up on Thursday by two men he said were government-hired thugs, which would mark a sharp escalation in harassment meted out to Chen's family.

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People's Daily Online

The Chang Family Manor in Yuci county, China's Shanxi province

The 1,000-house Chang Family Manor is a witness to the family's past glory and a showcase of traditional architecture and artworks of brick sculptures.

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Xinhuanet

Renminbi gains 103 basis points to 6.1980 against U.S. dollar

A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a bank in Tancheng County of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, May 8, 2013.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Globe and Mail

To break a cartel: Change the whistleblower incentive

Canada's competition watchdog could bolster its weak track record on prosecuting cartels by offering greater incentives to be the first participant to blow the whistle on the others in the group, a new report recommends.

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People's Daily Online

Down industry hit by bird flu

A foreigner asks about the price of a down coat at the 113th Canton Fair in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Thursday.

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The Globe and Mail

Dow tops 15,000: Can global stock rally last?

The Dow Jones industrial average topped the 15,000 mark, climbing more than 87 points or 0.6 per cent to close at 15,056.20. The S&P 500 also set records again, gaining 8.46 points or 0.5 per cent to close at 1,625.96. Traders wait for the IPO of ING U.S. on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, May 2, 2013.

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The Globe and Mail

PSP Investments buying Hochtief airports unit for $1.4-billion

Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board is buying the airports unit of construction group Hochtief in a deal valued at $1.4-billion . An employee counts yuan banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

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The Globe and Mail

Ten reasons we're not losers

An employee counts yuan banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

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Mon May 06, 2013

The Standard

Hike hoped for in deposit rates

An article by a senior Chinese central bank official has sparked hopes that authorities may allow commercial banks to increase their deposit rates up to 20 percent above the benchmark set by the People's Bank of China, Shanghai Securities Journal reported yesterday.

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Daily Mail

Chinese builders give up waiting for driver and demolish multi-storey around his parked car

It is not the only example of Chinese authorities pushing ahead with building projects before all obstacles are out of the way.

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Sun May 05, 2013

South China Morning Post

China must stop extracting confessions through use of torture

The many economical and ecological benefits to using human excrement and urine as fertiliser are not to be sniffed at.

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Sat May 04, 2013

Free Republic

China Presses On with Strategic Missile Testing

According to a US intelligence report leaked to the Washington Free Beacon, China has carried out a fourth flight test of the Dong Feng-31A intercontinental ballistic missile last week, firing off a new road-mobile ICBM.

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Fri May 03, 2013

SlashGear.com

Researchers uncover new dinosaur species in China

If you spent your childhood digging in the sandbox, carefully shifting sand in hopes of finding a long-lost quarter or bobble head, only to find both after going elbows-deep in dirt, you can appreciate the excitement an international team of researchers is experiencing, having recently discovered a new dinosaur species located in China.

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HawaiiNews

US urges medical treatment for Chinese detainee The U.S. is calling...

The U.S. is calling for China to provide immediate medical treatment to the imprisoned nephew of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng .

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

China Digital Times

Mounting Harassment of Chen Guangcheng's Family

"We are very worried. Medical experts say the appendix could easily burst. There is a risk to his life," Chen said, adding: "The prison hospital is unable to deal with the kind of illness Chen Kegui has." Prison officials said they would make their own arrangements for treating Chen Kegui, he said, adding that he had been permitted to visit his son ... (more)

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