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2 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

Grim plight faces 'left-behind seniors' in China

Zhang Yuchen reports on the grim plight that faces 'left-behind seniors'. Cheng Deguang often spends half his day sitting on the banks of the river that connects his village to the city of Jinan in Shandong province.

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3 hrs ago | Trinadad Express

T&T, China talk trade, energy

POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP: Sangyan Xu, left, third secretary Commercial Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Trinidad and Tobago; Selwyn Lashley, permanent secretary , Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs; Huang Xingyuan, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Trinidad and Tobago; Kevin Ramnarine, Minister of Energy and ... (more)

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4 hrs ago | Reuters

In China, food scares put Mao's self-sufficiency goal at risk

The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in a series of food scandals, has piled more pressure on China to clean up its food chain - possibly at the expense of Mao Zedong's cherished goal of self-sufficiency. The ruling Communist Party has long staked its legitimacy on its ability ... (more)

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6 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Sex Tape of Chinese City Official Results in Blackmail Charges

Chinese authorities charged six people with blackmail for allegedly extorting two officials by secretly filming their sexual encounters, People's Daily reported on its website today.

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10 hrs ago | CBS Local

Sathwik Karnik Wins National Geographic Bee

Gaining confidence as he nailed questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory Wednesday in the 2013 National Geographic Bee.

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11 hrs ago | Advocate-News

Families endure desperate searches for China's missing children

In front of a van plastered with pictures of about 100 children's faces, Xiao Zhaohua and Wu Xinghu pleaded with passersby for help.

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14 hrs ago | Weird Asia News

Woman's Large Figure Causes Failed Suicide Attempt

Being obese is never seen as being advantageous. Aside from putting one at risk for many illnesses, another disadvantage of being big-bodied is, wellexperiencing a failed suicide attempt.

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18 hrs ago | Kypost.Com

North Korea sends special enjoy to China

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.

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19 hrs ago | Canada.com

Fishermen pay the price in Asia's web of volatile territorial conflicts

Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck.

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19 hrs ago | Newkerala.com

Six Chinese indicted for sex scandal

Beijing, May 22 : Six people have been prosecuted for allegedly working together to blackmail government officials in the Chinese city of Chongqing with secretly recorded sex videos.

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21 hrs ago | WHIO

Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China

Artist Ai Weiwei poses for photos at a door of his studio in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

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22 hrs ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Chinese Bear Bile Farming Draws Charges of Cruelty

It was, at first glance, a rather modest initial public offering by a small Chinese company seeking to expand production of the key ingredient used in traditional remedies said to shrink gallstones, reduce fevers and sooth the aftereffects of excessive drinking.

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22 hrs ago | www.thechinaperspective.com | thechinaperspective

Tencent Apps Prevail AppStore in China

Mobile QQ, an instant messaging app developed by Tencent Holdings Ltd , has become the most downloaded app at Apple Inc's AppStore in China, followed by Tencent's WeChat and QQ Music, according to Deutsche Bank's latest China TMT Daily report.

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22 hrs ago | www.thechinaperspective.com | thechinaperspective

China's Sohu Reportedly Plans to Co-Found a Mobile Video App Developer

Sohu Reportedly Plans to Co-Found a Mobile Video App Developer Sohu.com Inc , a Chinese web portal, is considering working with a venture capital investor to spend a total of 80 million building a company to develop mobile apps of short videos, Bianews.com reported, without giving details.

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22 hrs ago | www.thechinaperspective.com | thechinaperspective

China's Bank Lending to Rebound in May; Manufacturing Power Usage Hits Record High

Bank Lending to Rebound to 900 Billion in May Renminbi-denominated lending at China's top four state-owned banks totaled 233 billion in the first 21 days in May, and lending at all banks is estimated to hit 900 billion in the month, the 21st Century Business Herald reported, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

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23 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

6 kids among 7 injured in south China knife attack

Authorities in southern China say a mentally ill man stabbed six primary school students and an adult in the latest of several attacks on Chinese schoolchildren.

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Tue May 21, 2013

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China charges six in sex video "extortion" case

A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

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WTHR-TV Indianapolis

North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China

As a jury deliberates whether Jodi Arias should live or die for killing her one-time boyfriend, the convicted murderer says she deserves a chance at freedom someday.

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South China Morning Post

China news round-up: Xi Jinping set to visit the US, Lanzhou unifies hukou

Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.

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Pacific Islands parliamentarians visit China

China is on track to achieve its Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and to establish a moderately prosperous society by 2020, Shi Guohui, the Vice-Governor of Binxian County, in central China told a Pacific Islands delegation on May 10.

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