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11/8/05
ALIBABA acquires Yahoo China,aiming at world level searching …
Xinhua – China
… 11 (Xinhuanet) — Closely following Baidu.com’s soaring share price
on NASDAQ last week, the largest ever acquirement case in China’s Internet
industry was …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/11/content_3341826.htm
CHINA Says Trade Surplus Widened Further in July
New York Times – United States
11 – China’s trade surplus with the rest of the world widened further in
July, to $10.4 billion, the government said Thursday, in a shift that
is likely to …
www.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/business/worldbusiness/12yuan.html
IRAN: CHINA WANTS NUCLEAR ISSUE KEPT OUT OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL
AKI – Rome,Italy
New York, 11 August (AKI/DAWN) – China says it does not support bringing
the Iranian nuclear issue to the UN Security Council and said it would
not be helpful. …
www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.196235182&par=0
CHINA’S July Retail Sales Rise 12.7% as Incomes Climb (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) — China’s retail sales rose to a four- month high
in July as higher incomes and tax cuts spurred spending on products including
Dell Inc. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=awLdwlsu6XMc&refer=top_world_news
CHINA reveals currency secrets
Guardian Unlimited – UK
China’s central bank has taken the unusual step of disclosing the make-up
of the basket of currencies it uses to manage the renminbi. …
www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1547619,00.html
10/8/05
UN Council should not hear Iran nuke dispute- China
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday opposed any UN Security
Council consideration of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, saying
the …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10499261.htm
YAHOO makes China move
Australian IT – Australia
YAHOO is close to paying $USUS1 billion ($US1.3 billion) and forking over
its China operations for a 35 per cent stake of China’s second-largest
e-commerce …
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16222794%5E15345%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15316,00.html
MARCONI poised for buy-out by China rival
Guardian Unlimited – UK
The prospect of a takeover of Marconi by China’s Huawei Technologies came
as no surprise to the Independent’s Michael Harrison. …
www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1546568,00.html
CHINA discloses linked currencies
Times Online – UK
China’s central bank disclosed for the first time details of the make-up
of the basket of currencies to which the value of the Chinese yuan is
now linked. …
business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16849-1730000,00.html
CHINA’S cabinet to organize investigation on fatal colliery …
Xinhua – China
… and they were arranged to live in nine hotels in Ningxing, said Zhao
Ganlin, deputy secretary of the Ningxing Municipal Committee of Communist
Party of China. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/11/content_3337138.htm
9/8/05
FM to Visit China, US Over Six-Party Talks
Chosun Ilbo – Seoul,South Korea
Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon will visit China and the United States to
discuss progress in six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program,
which should …
english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200508/200508090026.html
AUSTRALIA to start formal negotiations on uranium exports to China
International Herald Tribune – France
… Australia, one of the biggest exporters of uranium, said Tuesday that
it would hold formal talks to start selling and shipping uranium to China,
which plans to …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/09/bloomberg/sxuranium.php
MARCONI considers sale, China’s Huawei may buy
Australian Financial Review – Australia
… China’s Huawei Technologies may buy the company in a deal worth more
than £600million ($1.4billion), the Sunday Times reported. …
afr.com/articles/2005/08/09/1123353310689.html
CHINA says 123 miners now known trapped by flood
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
Chinese rescuers carry a water pump during a rescue operation at a flooded
coal mine in Huanghuai town in Xingning city, south China’s Guangdong
province …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP192709.htm
RETAILERS sweat as China quotas cause shortage of jumpers
Independent – London,England,UK
… UK-bound goods from China worth an estimated £30m are stranded in
ports and airports after import ceilings were breached, barring the textiles
from the EU. …
news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article304974.ece
8/8/05
BOEING SIGNS CHINA DEALS
Special Broadcasting Service – Australia
… Chinese airlines have signed contracts worth US$5 billion to buy 42
of Boeing’s new-generation 787 planes, the first firm orders for the super
jet from China. …
www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=117802®ion=2
AUSTRALIA eyes China uranium sales
CNN International – USA
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) — Australia plans to negotiate a nuclear cooperation
agreement with China so uranium sales can begin, Foreign Minister Alexander
…
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/china.australia.uranium/
BANK of China to wrap up talks with foreign investors by month end …
Forbes – USA
SHANGHAI (AFX) – The Bank of China (BoC) is expected to finalize talks
with overseas strategic investors by the end of this month, said Wang
Zhaowen, a BoC …
www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/afx/2005/08/08/afx2175808.html
NUMBER of miners trapped in S. China flooded colliery yet …
Xinhua – China
… away from the site after the accident occurred,” said Chen Ganglin,
deputy secretary of the Ningxing Municipal Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC). …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/09/content_3327723.htm
7/8/05
TYPHOON kills 4, causes chaos in eastern China
CBC News – Canada
Eastern China has begun mopping up after typhoon Matsa roared through the
region, killing at least four people in its path. About …
www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/07/typhoon-aftermath050807.html
HOPES fade for 102 trapped in flooded China mine
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… China relies on coal for over two-thirds of its energy needs but has
the world’s most dangerous mining industry which claimed 2,700 lives in
the first half of …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK124405.htm
NORTH Korea Talks Recessing, China Says
Guardian Unlimited – UK
… nuclear development. China, the meeting’s host, issued a ``chairman’s
statement’’ instead of a planned joint statement. The governments …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5195365,00.html
6/8/05
SIX parties to recess N.Korea crisis talks-China
Reuters – USA
… The two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and China struggled
for 13 days but failed to reach agreement on a communiqué that would
lay down the …
olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=200
5-08-07T041914Z_01_N07269652_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-KOREA-NORTH-RECESS-DC.XML
TYPHOON Kills Two in China’s Zhejiang; Causes $810m of Losses
Bloomberg – USA
… The typhoon, which battered China’s east coast yesterday, forced the
government to evacuate 1.24 million people and to shut airports and ports
as the storm …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ao225F33Jbdg&refer=asia
ANTHRAX hits China as pig disease festers
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Anthrax has killed one person and infected 12
in northeast China, state media reported on Sunday, in the latest outbreak
of animal …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK131976.htm
MISHANDLING the China Challenge
Newsweek – USA
… them. This week China National Offshore Oil Corp. … Congress. The
deal would not have given China any special lock on energy supplies. …
msnbc.msn.com/id/8853602/site/newsweek/
5/8/05
US to Hold Meetings With North Korea, China, Official Says
Bloomberg – USA
… delegation to the six-nations talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s
nuclear program will meet with its counterparts from North Korea and China
this morning …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=a7RD9EtGt.bc&refer=japan
INVESTORS rush for ‘China’s Google’ in dotcom rerun
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Wall Street was partying like it was 1999 last night, after shares in Baidu.com,
the Google of China, rose 354% in their market debut, the best performing
…
www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1543842,00.html
CHINA accuses journalist of spying for Taiwan
Financial Times – London,England,UK
China yesterday formally arrested a Hong Kong-based journalist on espionage
charges after holding him in detention for more than three months. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/59200bf0-0617-11da-883e-00000e2511c8.html
TYPHOON Hits East China, Forcing Evacuation of 1.24 Mln People
Bloomberg – USA
6 (Bloomberg) — Typhoon Matsa battered the east coast of China, where
the government said 1.24 million people were evacuated ahead of the storm
that pounded …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aT3eHDCtn3w0&refer=asia
UNDERSTANDING the figures on China
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
TRUE to the words of Napoleon – when China awakes, the world will stir
– the rumblings since June have been increasingly audible, marked invariably
by China …
biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/8/6/business/11684671&sec=business
4/8/05
CHINA tries to keep hopes up at talks
Asahi Shimbun – Tokyo,Japan
… a row. It was clear Thursday that China was hard-pressed. Initially,
delegations … was canceled. Finally, China said the meeting was on.
In an …
www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200508050102.html
CHINA eyes Europe after Unocal rebuff
Times Online – UK
… Senator Charles Schumer, who indicated that he had not personally opposed
CNOOC’s bid, suggested that China needed to address an uneven playing
field. …
business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9072-1719013,00.html
PIG strep a worry in China
Seattle Times – United States
Experts on a strep germ that’s sickening people and pigs in China are baffled
by reports of 37 farmers suddenly falling ill, bleeding under the skin
and dying …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002419639_pigflu04.html
CHINA, US agree to block G-4 UN council expansion plan: envoy
Xinhua – China
4 (Xinhuanet) — China and the United States have agreed to spare no effort
to block a plan by Japan, Germany, Brazil and India to expand the UN Security
…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/05/content_3312055.htm
BAIDU.COM, China’s Google, Raises $109 Mln in IPO (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
5 (Bloomberg) — China’s Baidu.com Inc., a search engine that models itself
on Google Inc., raised $109.1 million in an initial public offering as
investors …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a0yOksuCaZgc&refer=asia
3/8/05
WOODSIDE’S China puzzle
Australian – Australia
WOODSIDE’s share price yesterday hit an intra-day record of $31.31 on the
back of record world oil prices and renewed speculation that China’s No3
oil company …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16143959%255E643,00.html
CHINA Pushes to End Deadlock in North Korea Nuclear Talks
Voice of America – USA
By Benjamin Sand. China is trying to salvage stalled six-party talks on
North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. Chinese officials …
www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-03-voa21.cfm
CHINA pork imports to continue
New Straits Times – Persekutuan,Malaysia
Malaysia will not ban the import of pork from China despite the Streptococcus
suis infection that has killed 34 pig farmers in Sichuan province. …
www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20050804081914/Article/indexb_html
FX Asia: China Basket Speculation Fuels Asian Demand
Yahoo News – USA
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)—Speculation that China may have included Asian currencies
in its yuan currency trading basket is fueling demand for Asian assets
and …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050804/15/3tyym.html
PAPER: China to charge reporter
CNN – USA
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — China is likely to formally charge detained
Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong with spying as early as Friday, a Hong
Kong …
www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/rights.china.reporter.reut/
2/8/05
CHINA drops oil bid
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) – GA,USA
… and trade. Some US economists say Congress, by seeking to influence
China’s policies, could end up hurting Americans as well. They …
www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0805/03bizunocal.html
CHINA mourns Sudanese 1st vice president’s death
Xinhua – China
2 (Xinhuanet) — China expresses deep condolences over the death of Sudanese
First Vice President John Garang, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong
Quan …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/02/content_3300891.htm
CHINA proposes new draft for Korea N-talks
Times of India – India
BEIJING: China has proposed a new draft of a statement by negotiator at
talks on North Korea’s nuclear programme, the US envoy has said, after
weekend …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1188133.cms
PIG-BORNE Disease in Southwest China Spreads, Death Toll Rises
Bloomberg – USA
3 (Bloomberg) — A pig-borne disease in southwest China that’s killed 37
people was found in another city in Sichuan province, China’s Ministry
of Health said. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=anOsMOAS7aD0&refer=asia
CHINA buildup on Defense Agency radar
The Japan Times – Japan
Tokyo is monitoring China’s rapid military buildup and remains on alert
in the wake of recent incidents, including the intrusion of a submarine
into Japanese …
www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050803a3.htm
1/8/05
CHINA proposes new draft at nuke talks
China Daily – China
The US envoy to nuclear talks with North Korea said Monday that China has
proposed a new draft of a joint statement after weekend discussions were
snarled by …
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/02/content_465456.htm
SOUTHWEST China Pig-Borne Disease Deaths Rise to 36 (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
2 (Bloomberg) — The death toll caused by a pig-borne disease in southwest
China’s Sichuan province rose to 36 as of noon yesterday, China’s Ministry
of Health …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=alLJ4VE31ypg&refer=asia
CHINA’S yuan scales peak for 4th straight day
Reuters – USA
SHANGHAI, Aug 2 (Reuters) – China’s yuan strengthened beyond 8.1040 per
dollar on Tuesday, notching a post-revaluation high for the fourth successive
session …
today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=
tnBusinessNews&storyID=nSHA71929&imageid=&cap=
AUSTRALIA dithers between US, China
Taipei Times – Taiwan
By Sushil Seth. An important indication that the US is worried about China’s
incursions into the Asia-Pacific region is the inroads it has made into
Australia. …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/08/02/2003266119
THEFT of wire blamed for China train crash
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Theft of electrical wire caused a train crash
in China at the weekend that killed five people and injured 30, a state-run
newspaper …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK349178.htm
31/7/05
CHINA rolls out proposal on North Korea
San Francisco Chronicle – United States
Beijing — China circulated a proposed agreement on broad principles for
ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program Saturday, seeking to push
forward long …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chr
onicle/archive/2005/07/31/MNGQME0R4U1.DTL
CHINA Says Pig-Borne Disease Infected 181 in Sichuan (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
1 (Bloomberg) — The number of people infected with a pig-borne disease
in southwest China’s Sichuan province rose to 181 after seven more cases
were reported …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a6vqiceT5ow8&refer=asia
MOVE over, Google, make way for China’s Baidu
MSNBC – USA
Little known abroad, 5-year-old Baidu.com says it already is the world’s
sixth most-visited Internet site, thanks to a strong following from China’s
100 …
msnbc.msn.com/id/8778690/
NORTH Korea beats Japan 1-0, South Korea and China tie 1-1
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
… Earlier Sunday, Kim Jin-kyu scored midway through the second half to
give South Korea a 1-1 draw with China in the tournament’s opening match.
…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_1-8-2005_pg2_8
AVIAN flu casts shadow over beauty of China’s bird lake
Guardian Unlimited – UK
… “Time is running out,” said Julie Hall, the WHO official in charge
of communicable diseases in China. “This is an international issue. …
www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,14207,1540141,00.html
30/7/05
CHINA Tries to Advance N. Korea Nuclear Talks
Washington Post – United States
BEIJING, July 30 — China circulated a proposed agreement on broad principles
for ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program Saturday, seeking to
push …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/30/AR2005073001045.html
CHINA alerts farmers to pig fever
BBC News – UK
… interviews are granted. More than 2 million notices have been issued
in affected areas, the China Daily reported. About 50,000 health …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4731215.stm
RBS to pay $2.6bn for Bank of China stake
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
… of Scotland is this week expected to announce that it has agreed to
pay around $2.6bn (£1.5bn) to buy a substantial minority stake in Bank
of China and set up …
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/07/
31/cnrbs31.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/07/31/ixcity.html
RUDD urges China against ‘soft loans’ for Zimbabwe
ABC Online – Australia
Labor’s foreign affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, has issued a warning for
China to resist entering into any soft-loan agreements with the Zimbabwean
Government …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1426435.htm
IS the Royal ready for banking, China-style?
Scotsman – United Kingdom
SUCH is the ‘cult of China’ now that there is barely a company or financial
services group with a claim to global status that does not boast or aspire
to a …
business.scotsman.com/banking.cfm?id=1707082005
29/7/05
INDONESIA to stick to one-China policy
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Indonesia will continuously adhere to the one-China policy and further
anti-terror and defence cooperation with China, according to a China-Indonesia
joint …
english.people.com.cn/200507/30/eng20050730_199177.html
S. China province reports pig-borne disease patient
Xinhua – China
GUANGZHOU, July 29 (Xinhuanet) — One pig-borne virus case originating
from a southwestern province was found in south China’s Guangdong Province,
the local …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/29/content_3285811.htm
CHINA’S basketball team Shougang to visit NBA Bucks
Xinhua – China
The “Bucks-Ducks Business Basketball Exchange” is aimed at building trade
ties between the Great Lakes US city and China, but the focus will be
upon basketball …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/30/content_3286247.htm
CAFTA swing vote presses for US-China textile deal
Washington Post – United States
… trade pact with Central America pressed US trade officials on Friday
for an agreement that would restrict textile and clothing imports from
China through 2008. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072901629.html
CHINA to forge security co-op in Asia-Pacific region
Xinhua – China
… of the region, he said. Li said China hopes to see co-operation within
the forum further substantiated. More co-operation should …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/30/content_3286239.htm
28/7/05
CHINA seeks soften image with US
Science Daily (press release) – USA
… China’s …
full story. China sends envoy to North Korea (July 12,
2005) — Chinese presidential envoy Tang Jiaxuan left Beijing …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=
UPI-1-20050728-09362200-bc-china-image.xml
INFECTIONS from China pig disease jump to 152
Reuters.uk – UK
… The city of nearly seven million people on China’s southern coast gets
most of its food from the mainland. The 26-year-old interior …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID
=2005-07-29T023921Z_01_DIT909551_RTRUKOC_0_HEALTH-CHINA.xml
YEN Set for Weekly Loss; China Damps Speculation of Yuan Gains
Bloomberg – USA
July 29 (Bloomberg) — The yen headed for its first weekly loss in three
against the dollar in Asia after China’s central bank damped speculation
it would let …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aV9nUzACwmXo&refer=europe
CHINA think tank sees economy growing 9 pct in H2
Reuters – USA
SHANGHAI, July 29 (Reuters) – China’s top think-tank has forecast the country’s
economy will grow 9 percent on-year in the second half of 2005, compared
with …
today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=economicNews&st
oryID=2005-07-28T235842Z_01_SHA348096_RTRIDST_0_ECONOMY-CHINA-GROWTH.XML
CHINA, Indonesia sign documents to boost defense, economic …
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
China and Indonesia signed series of MOUs or agreements Thursday in Beijing
to boost cooperation in defense, economic and cultural sectors and to
help …
english.people.com.cn/200507/29/eng20050729_198900.html
27/7/05
CHINA says it’s bent on nuclear deal with N. Korea
Chicago Sun-Times – United States
BEIJING — The United States and China both expressed determination Tuesday
to make long-awaited headway toward a settlement in six-nation talks aimed
at …
www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-korea27.html
CHINA’S Yuan Decision May Not Change Things Much
Bloomberg – USA
July 28 (Bloomberg) — All the excitement about China’s small 2.1 percent
revaluation of its currency against the dollar was sorely misguided —
even before …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100
00039&refer=columnist_berry&sid=a55cSZWe64BI
CHINA Pig Disease-Related Death Toll Rises to 27, Ministry Says
Bloomberg – USA
July 28 (Bloomberg) — The human death toll from a pig-borne disease in
southwest China has climbed to 27, with infections spreading to 131 people,
according …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=azfdu9nVl.X4&refer=asia
INDIA, China, US in secret climate deal
Times of India – India
CANBERRA: The US, Australia, China, India and South Korea are likely to
unveil this week a regional pact to combat greenhouse gas emissions by
developing …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1184167.cms
CHINA and its chums
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Robert Mugabe is having a whale of a time on his state visit to China.
The Zimbabwean president has been made an honorary professor …
www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,1537346,00.html
CHINA wants Japan, N. Korea to resolve abduction issue bilaterally
Japan Today – Tokyo,Japan
… Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi brushed aside objections by South
Korea and China over Japan’s plan to take up the abduction issue during
the fourth round of …
www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=344666
SWINE fever kills 24 in China
Hindu – Chennai,India
… said today. Doctors are yet to find specific drugs to treat the disease
that has killed 24 farmers in Southwest China. The Chinese …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200507271001.htm
CHINA Says It Does Not Plan More Revaluation
New York Times – United States
BEIJING, July 26 – Just days after China modestly revalued its currency
and did away with its longstanding peg to the American dollar alone, the
nation’s …
www.nytimes.com/2005/07/27/business/worldbusiness/27yuan.html
WORLD pinning hopes on talks: China
Hindu – Chennai,India
BEIJING: China has called for highlighting the fundamental interests of
the people and world peace in the on-going six-party talks in Beijing.
…
www.hindu.com/2005/07/27/stories/2005072706111400.htm
CHINA’S top lawmaker meets Zimbabwean president
Xinhua – China
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhuanet) — China will work with Zimbabwe to expand
and deepen friendship and trade and economic cooperation between the two
countries …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/27/content_3273181.htm
25/7/05
CHINA calls for ‘new progress’ at six-party N Korea talks
Hindu – Chennai,India
25 (PTI): China today called for “new progress” and “reconciliation” at
the six-party talks aimed at peacefully dismantling North Korea’s nuclear
weapons …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200507252127.htm
MYSTERY deaths in southwest China linked to pigs
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) – A mysterious disease that has killed 19
people in southwest China and left 61 ill is related to a bacteria that
spreads among …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T341678.htm
YUAN moves show a confident China
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
China’s sudden decision last week to revalue the yuan slightly upward against
the dollar, and define it in terms of a currency basket instead of dollars
alone …
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GG26Ad01.html
MUGABE visits China in bid for aid
ABC Online – Australia
By Africa correspondent Zoe Daniel. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
has begun a week-long visit to China to discuss the possibility of financial
aid. …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1422124.htm
SUICIDE blights China’s young adults
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Suicide is the main cause of death among young adults in China, the state
media said yesterday in a report that highlights the growing pressures
to succeed in …
www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1536088,00.html
24/7/05
CHINA revalues its currency
The Japan Times – Japan
China’s revaluation of its currency came as something of a surprise. Beijing
… partners. China first pegged its currency to the US dollar in 1994.
…
www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?ed20050725a1.htm
OIL Rises on Speculation China Yuan Revaluation to Boost Demand
Bloomberg – USA
The yuan rose 2.1 percent against the US currency last week after China,
the world’s second-biggest oil consumer, on July 21 ended the currency’s
peg to the US …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aGsnaVf8k.9Y&refer=germany
MYSTERIOUS disease kills 17 in southwest China
Reuters – USA
BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in southwest China are investigating a
mysterious disease that has killed 17 farm workers and left 41 others
ill after they …
today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=
2005-07-25T032922Z_01_N24689199_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-CHINA-DC.XML
DON’T appease China
Taipei Times – Taiwan
Will Hutton wrote recently about CNOOC’s bid for Unocal (”China, US need
to avoid conflict as global resources dwindle,” July 12, page 9). Some
commentators …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/07/25/2003265062
WITH Yuan Move, China Shows It’s Got Game
Bloomberg – USA
China’s Olympics was supposed to be a coming-out party, the chance to wow
the world and prove it’s going places. … Well, just wait for China’s
in this one. …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1000
0039&refer=columnist_pesek&sid=a5toMPaOWUPk
23/7/05
CHINA shows who’s really the boss now
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Liam Halligan (Filed: 24/07/2005). China’s currency revaluation, which
happened last Thursday, was an event of significance. While …
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/07/
24/ccliam24.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/07/24/ixcoms.html
CHINA says rate change won’t help US
Taipei Times – Taiwan
Beijing’s move to cut its currency’s link to the US dollar will do little
to narrow huge US trade deficits with China, the head of the Chinese central
bank …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/07/24/2003264864
GAINS From China’s Currency Change Recede on 2nd Day
Washington Post – United States
A day after China announced it was revaluing its currency and abandoning
its peg to the US dollar, global markets scaled back early expectations
that the …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/22/AR2005072202052.html
PENTAGON sees China as a growing threat
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – MN,USA
WASHINGTON, DC — China’s military buildup is broadening the reach of its
forces in Asia and poses a long-term threat not only to Taiwan but also
to the US …
www.startribune.com/stories/484/5519819.html
TORY wants aid to China stopped
CBC News – Canada
A Conservative MP says it’s time to “turn off the tap” of Canadian foreign
aid to China. Canada has given China over $1 billion …
www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/23/china-aid050723.html
22/7/05
ASIAN Stocks Rise on Yuan, Ringgit; China, Malaysia Gain
Bloomberg – USA
July 23 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks rose this week, led by China Petroleum
& Chemical Corp. and Tenaga Nasional Bhd., after China …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aBJIsPuTpplE&refer=asia
CHINA signals bigger yuan rise unlikely
Reuters – USA
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China signaled on Friday it was opposed to
a bigger rise in the yuan even as markets bet that Beijing’s 2.1-percent
revaluation …
today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2005-
07-22T171423Z_01_PEK328629_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-ECONOMY-CHINA-DC.XML
CHINA Says Yuan Revaluation May Ease US Deficits (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
July 23 (Bloomberg) — China’s yuan revaluation may help the US reduce
its trade and fiscal deficits, said Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s
Bank of …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aKO_cP38RtK8&refer=asia
CHINA fighting Falun Gong in US: defector
Taipei Times – Taiwan
… on Thursday of a global campaign against members of the Falun Gong
spiritual group being waged by the Chinese Communist Party through China’s
embassies and …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/07/23/2003264650
MG Overtaken By China
Forbes – USA
NEW YORK – While some Americans were fretting that their oil industry was
about to be bought up by China, the Chinese were quietly going about gaining
a …
www.forbes.com/business/2005/07/22/mg-rov
er-nanjing-purchase-cx_pm_0722chinacars.html
21/7/05
CHINA’S currency rises against US dollar following abandonment of …
Canada.com – Canada
SHANGHAI, China (AP) – China’s currency rose about 2 per cent against the
US dollar at the start of trading on Friday, a day after the government
cut the …
www.canada.com/businesscentre/story.html?id=8daa0372-4c03-439c-b9ce-ad27e4a375a6
CHINA no threat, says White House now
Times of India – India
WASHINGTON: The United States does not consider China a threat, the White
House spokesman said, asked about a Pentagon report voicing concerns about
greater …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1179281.cms
US House panel cancels China’s Unocal bid hearing
Reuters – USA
… July 21 (Reuters) – The US House Energy and Commerce Committee said
on Thursday it had canceled a Friday hearing on an $18.5 billion offer
by China’s CNOOC Ltd …
today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=fundsNews2&storyID=U
RI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050721:MTFH45980_2005-07-21_15-38-32_N21334534:1
CHINA calls for constructive atmosphere during North Korea talks
CBC News – Canada
China has called on all parties in next week’s six-nation talks on North
Korea’s nuclear weapons programs to be constructive and flexible to enable
the …
www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/07/21/nkorea050721.html
STOP Partying John Snow — GDP Forced China
Bloomberg – USA
… away the champagne glasses. It wasn’t the US that forced China to revalue
the yuan — it was rapid growth. Granted, this baby-step …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_pesek&sid=aX07NIJXs98I
20/7/05
CHINA’S CNOOC says 67 usd/shr cash bid for Unocal stands
Forbes – USA
… China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) offered 18.5 bln usd for Unocal
in May, sparking political controversy in Washington about the possibility
of US …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/07/21/afx2149863.html
CHINA’S Haier withdraws Maytag bid on pricing, integration …
Forbes – USA
BEIJING (AFX) – China’s Haier group has withdrawn from a one bln usd-plus
bid battle for its US rival Maytag Corp because of concerns over price,
the …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/07/20/afx2149707.html
CHINA’S progress ‘a threat’
Australian – Australia
WASHINGTON: China is rapidly expanding its military capability, boosting
its potential to strike beyond Taiwan and jeopardising the balance of
power in the …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15997918%255E31477,00.html
HURRICANE heads for Mexico as China mops up
Mail & Guardian Online – Johannesburg,South Africa
… Meanwhile, one person was reported dead and several missing on Wednesday
as China grappled with the havoc left by Typhoon Haitang, whose blasting
winds and …
www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=245868&area=
/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/
JAPAN’S provocation in East China Sea very dangerous
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Japanese enterprises’ act of trial extraction of oil and gas resources
in China’s exclusive economic zone approved for the first time by the
Japanese …
english.people.com.cn/200507/21/eng20050721_197493.html
19/7/05
ONE million flee homes as typhoon hits China
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) – Southeast China was reeling from the force
of Typhoon Haitang on Wednesday, with more than 1 million people forced
from their …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK324099.htm
CHINA’S Haier, partners drop Maytag bid
Reuters – USA
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Haier Group, China’s largest appliance maker, and
its two private equity partners have dropped out of the $1 billion-plus
bidding race for …
today.reuters.com/investing/FinanceArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=
2005-07-20T022800Z_01_SP139422_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-MANUFACTURING-MAYTAG-DC.XML
EMILY barrels on as typhoon hits China
Mail & Guardian Online – Johannesburg,South Africa
… Meanwhile, more than a million people fled their homes along China’s
south-eastern coast as Typhoon Haitang slammed into the mainland on Tuesday
after …
www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_new
s/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=245793
CHINA’S SAIC submits offer for Rover’s assets
Taipei Times – Taiwan
In a statement, China’s state-owned SAIC said it had submitted an offer
to administrators from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to
buy the combined …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/07/20/2003264307
US Reports China at ‘Strategic Crossroads’ as Military Capability …
Voice of America – USA
A report issued Tuesday by the office US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
says China is at a “strategic crossroads” as it works intensively to increase
and …
www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-20-voa3.cfm
18/7/05
CNOOC’S offer for Unocal — China must not slip on US oil
Hindu Business Line – India
First, there was the historic deal, completed last year, of China’s computer-maker
Lenova buying IBM’s Personal Computer Division. …
www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/07/18/stories/2005071800360800.htm
CHINA Shipping Postpones Dry Bulk Spin-Off Plan -2-
Yahoo News – USA
HONG KONG (Dow Jones)—China Shipping Development Co. (1138.HK … appropriate
time. China Shipping is controlled by China Shipping (Group) Co. …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050718/15/3tjc1.html
CHINA Congratulates New Leader of Taiwan Opposition Party
Voice of America – USA
China’s president has congratulated the newly elected leader of Taiwan’s
main opposition Nationalist Party, which favors closer ties with Beijing,
in contrast …
www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-17-voa11.cfm
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