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- Tibetan sets himself on fire calling for Dalai Lama's return
- Communications chip output forecast to rise sharply by 2014
- China developing new type of destroyer with superior stealth: media
- Employees at China's SOEs exhibit lowest job commitment: survey
- Li Ning's stake sale may weaken control over company
- Taiwan bank OBUs reap fast-growing profits on renminbi business
- Japan-U.S. military drill might be cancelled: report
- Richard Li buys ING's HK, Macau, Thailand insurance units
- Taiwanese-led telecom fraud gang busted in China
- Windows 8 to boost Taiwan suppliers' sales: consulting firm
- Gift culture in China boosts price of iPhone 5
- Elderly Anhui man fakes accident for witnesses' money
- A peculiarly 'Chinese way of crossing the street'
- Coca-Cola to continue with investment, despite slowing China growth
- A deaf real estate agent's honesty wins the bread: China Times
- China's drywall manufacturers face barrage of US lawsuits
- Overloud, overrich and over here: Time to embrace Chinese tourists
- Four-party academic forum on Diaoyutais opens in Taichung
- US risks drawing Beijing's ire with cruise in disputed waters
- China Weekly 15th of October to the 19th of October
| Tibetan sets himself on fire calling for Dalai Lama's return Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:50 PM PDT Free Tibet said Lhamo Kyeb, 27, died Saturday near a monastery in northwestern China's Gansu province. Citing a witness, it said he set himself on fire and ran toward Bhora monastery in Xiahe county and that state security forces standing nearby ran after him and tried to put out the flames. 
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| Communications chip output forecast to rise sharply by 2014 Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:18 AM PDT The worldwide production value of chips used in communications devices is expected to outpace that of chips used in computers by 2014, putting communications chips at the top of the global integrated ... | ||
| China developing new type of destroyer with superior stealth: media Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:18 AM PDT China is developing a new type of guided-missile destroyer that is larger and stealthier than its present destroyers, an influential China newspaper said Friday. The China Youth Daily said the new de... | ||
| Employees at China's SOEs exhibit lowest job commitment: survey Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:06 AM PDT A survey has shown workers employed at China's private enterprises and Sino-foreign joint ventures demonstrate relatively higher levels of professional commitment, while employees at state-owned and s... | ||
| Li Ning's stake sale may weaken control over company Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:06 AM PDT The recent announcement made by Li Ning that he will be selling his stake in the sportswear company he founded and named after himself to Viva China Holding, which he also partially controls, indicate... | ||
| Taiwan bank OBUs reap fast-growing profits on renminbi business Posted: 21 Oct 2012 04:02 AM PDT The offshore banking units of Taiwanese banks have registered faster profit growth with major contributions from financial services related to mainland Chinese currency renminbi. Total pre-tax earni... | ||
| Japan-U.S. military drill might be cancelled: report Posted: 21 Oct 2012 04:02 AM PDT Japan and the United States are considering cancelling a joint military drill, which was scheduled to be held in the Ryukyu Islands, because of opposition by the islands'residents, the Ryukyu Times re... | ||
| Richard Li buys ING's HK, Macau, Thailand insurance units Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:14 AM PDT Pacific Century Group, owned by Hong Kong businessman Richard Li, announced Friday its acquisition of the Hong Kong, Macau and Thailand insurance businesses from Dutch insurer ING for a total cash con... | ||
| Taiwanese-led telecom fraud gang busted in China Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:14 AM PDT Chinese police have recently busted a telecom fraud gang, arresting 86 suspects and solving over 200 criminal cases, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced on Friday. Under the command of th... | ||
| Windows 8 to boost Taiwan suppliers' sales: consulting firm Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:10 AM PDT Taiwanese suppliers of touch panels and chips for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system are set to see their sales boosted by the next-generation product, an analyst at a Taipei-based consul... | ||
| Gift culture in China boosts price of iPhone 5 Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:58 AM PDT The iPhone 5, still to be officially released in China, was being sold in the country for prices lower than expected during the Golden Week national holidays at the start of the month, but was still m... | ||
| Elderly Anhui man fakes accident for witnesses' money Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:58 AM PDT An elderly Hangzhou resident has been caught staging accidents falling to the ground and following with a heart-rending story in an effort to swindle money from compassionate onlookers. The old man ha... | ||
| A peculiarly 'Chinese way of crossing the street' Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:58 AM PDT A new idiom has emerged on the Chinese internet. The "Chinese way of crossing a street" refers to the preference for pedestrians to have company when crossing a street rather than simply a green traff... | ||
| Coca-Cola to continue with investment, despite slowing China growth Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:58 AM PDT China's slowing economic growth could possibly hurt the soft drink sector, but Coca-Cola will continue with its planned investment in China, company CEO Muktar Kent said. On Oct. 16, Coca-Cola report... | ||
| A deaf real estate agent's honesty wins the bread: China Times Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:58 AM PDT In just five and a half years, a deaf real estate agent managed to make himself into a millionaire, our sister newspaper the China Times reported. Wang Hao continues to send out promotions of condos ... | ||
| China's drywall manufacturers face barrage of US lawsuits Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:58 AM PDT Several Chinese drywall manufacturers have been implicated in lawsuits after many US houses using their products experienced health and safety issues. A US homeowner who filed a lawsuit against sever... | ||
| Overloud, overrich and over here: Time to embrace Chinese tourists Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:54 AM PDT An article entitled "Bless the Crass Chinese Tourist" in the International Herald Tribune, the global edition of the New York Times, published on Oct. 13 points out that Chinese tourists despite their... | ||
| Four-party academic forum on Diaoyutais opens in Taichung Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:54 AM PDT A symposium on the disputed Diaoyutai (Diaoyu or Senkaku) islands in the East China Sea was held Friday in Taichung in central Taiwan. The symposium was co-sponsored by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign A... | ||
| US risks drawing Beijing's ire with cruise in disputed waters Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:10 AM PDT  USS George Washington enters South China Sea as display of naval strength and support of smaller Asian nations claims A US aircraft carrier group cruised through the disputed South China Sea on Saturday in a show of American power in waters that are fast becoming a focal point of Washington's strategic rivalry with Beijing. Vietnamese security and government officials were flown onto the nuclear-powered USS George Washington ship, underlining the burgeoning military relationship between the former enemies. A small number of journalists were also invited to witness the display of maritime might in the oil-rich waters, which are home to islands disputed between China and the other smaller Asian nations facing the sea. The visit will likely reassure Vietnam and the Philippines of American support but could annoy China, whose growing economic and naval strength is leading to a greater assertiveness in pressing its claims there. The United States is building closer economic and military alliances with Vietnam and other nations in the region as part of a "pivot" away from the Middle East to Asia, a shift in large part meant to counter rising Chinese influence. The Vietnamese officials took photos of F-16 fighter jets taking off and landing on the ships 1,000-foot-long flight deck, met the captain and toured the hulking ship, which has more than 5,000 sailors on board. The mission came a day after Beijing staged military exercises near islands in the nearby East China Sea it disputes with US ally Japan. Those tensions have flared in recent days. China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, where the US says it has a national interest in ensuring freedom of navigation in an area crossed by vital shipping lanes. Vietnam, the Philippines and several other Asian nations also claim parts of the sea. The disputes attracted little international interest until the late 1990s, when surveys indicated possible large oil reserves. American rivalry with China has given the disputes an extra dimension in recent years. The US navy regularly patrols the Asia-Pacific region, conducting joint exercises with its allies and training in the strategic region. The trip by the George Washington off the coast of Vietnam is its third in as many years. A second aircraft carrier, the USS John C Stennis, has also conducting operations in the western Pacific region recently, according to the US Pacific Fleet. Captain Gregory Fenton said the mission was aimed in part at improving relations with Vietnam and ensuring the US had free passage in the South China Sea. China's military buildup, including the launch of its own carrier last year and rapid development of ballistic missiles and cyber warfare capabilities, could potentially crimp the US forces' freedom to operate in the waters. The United States doesn't publicly take sides in the territorial disputes among China and its neighbors. "It is our goal to see the region's nations figure out these tensions ... on their own, our role of that to date is to conduct freedom of navigation exercises within international waters," Fenton said in an interview on the bridge. Although claimant countries have pledged to settle the territorial rifts peacefully, the disputes have erupted in violence in the past, including in 1988 when China and Vietnam clashed in the Spratly Islands in a confrontation that killed 64 Vietnamese soldiers. Many fear the disputes could become Asia's next flash point for armed conflict. Vietnam is pleased to accept help from its one-time foe America as a hedge against its giant neighbor China, with which it also tries to maintain good relations. Still, the Hanoi government reacted angrily to recent moves by Beijing to establish a garrison on one of the Paracel islands, which Vietnam claims. The United States also criticized the move by Beijing, earning it a rebuke from the government there. "China will take this (cruise) as another expression by the United States of its desire to maintain regional domination," said Denny Roy, a senior fellow at the East-West Center in Hawaii. "The US also wants to send a message to the region that it is here for the long haul ... and that it wants to back up international law." While most analysts believe military confrontation in the waters is highly unlikely anytime soon, they say tensions are likely to increase as China continues pressing its claims and building its navy. guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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