H7N9 Bird Flu Cases In China Top 100; Deaths Reach 20
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Sees State’s Business With China “Taking Off”
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Blackstone Chief Endows Rhodes-Like Scholarships in China
Blackstone Group LP (BX) Chairman
Stephen Schwarzman is giving $100 million to set up a Rhodes
Scholarships-like program at China’s Tsinghua University, the
alma mater of senior officials including President Xi Jinping.
An additional $200 [...]
In China, Housing Prices Soar As Regulators Get Nervous About Defaults
Why China’s Property Bubble is Different
Kenneth Rapoza
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Sees State’s Business With China "Taking Off"
China’s Overseas Travel Rose By 16% In 1st Qtr; Visitors To Country Fell
Russell [...]
Toyota re-styles no-frills models to drive China fightback
By Norihiko Shirouzu
SHANGHAI |
Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:35am EDT
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp is giving its Vios and Yaris models a major makeover for China as part of the Japanese group’s make-or-break [...]
China rushes relief after quake kills 186
LUSHAN, China – Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in this weekend’s [...]
China Mine Blast Kills 18, Injures 12
China’s state news agency says a coal mine explosion has killed 18 and injured 12 in the northeast part of the country.
The Xinhua News Agency cites local authorities as saying the Saturday afternoon blast occurred in Helong [...]
China quake kills more 160
Updated April 21, 2013 at 1:02 AM ET
YA’AN, China Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China’s Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than 11,000 [...]
Earthquake kills 157, injures 5700 in China’s Sichuan
By Michael Martina
Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:49pm EDT
YA’AN, China (Reuters) – China’s worst earthquake in three years on Saturday killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5,700, the Ministry of Civil [...]
Bird flu outbreak is spreading fear in China
On a highway in Zhejiang province, a motorist is so panicked by bird droppings landing on her windshield that she stops the car and calls traffic police for help.
Internet photos of dead sparrows on a Nanjing sidewalk are ordered removed by [...]
China Criticizes US for Its Human Rights…
China slammed the human rights record of the United States in response to Washington’s report on rights around the world, saying that U.S. military operations have infringed on rights abroad and that political donations at home [...]
179 dead after earthquake strikes China’s Sichuan region
BEIJING – Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China’s Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than 11,000 injured and prompted frightened survivors [...]
Nissan Seeks ‘Friends’ Among China’s Young Drivers
By Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh
Nissan’s Friend-ME at the Shanghai auto show on Saturday.
Nissan Motor Co. wants Chinese friends, and young ones at that.
Its latest concept vehicle –called Friend-ME–unveiled at the Shanghai Auto [...]
Quake kills scores and injures thousands in China
China’s worst earthquake in three years on Saturday killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5,700. NBC’s Ian Williams reports.
Rescuers poured into a remote corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the death toll from [...]
Porsche Vies With Maserati as Luxury Limelight Shifts to China
Volkswagen AG (VOW)’s Porsche debuted the
revamped Panamera coupe at the Shanghai Auto Show where it
sought to outshine Maserati’s all-new Ghibli to win over China’s
growing ranks of luxury-car buyers.
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)’s [...]
Devastating quake kills scores in China
overseas, a
race against time
in china after a devastating earthquake killeded at least 157 people and injured more than 5700. it happened overnight in
sichuan province
where a massive quake struck five years ago.
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now with [...]
Earthquake in China leaves 156 dead, 5500 injured
The quake toppled buildings, triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections.
Residents rest outside damaged houses in Longmen township, an area near to the epicenter of magnitude-6.6 quake that hit the city of Ya’an, [...]
China hits back at US in annual human rights survey
BEIJING |
Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:47pm EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the United States on Sunday of spying on its own citizens, discriminating against women and ethnic minorities and allowing gun crime [...]
Strong quake hits southwestern China, killing at least 179
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Earthquake in China has claimed 160 lives, with more than 5700 injured (VIDEO …
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in southwestern China has left 160 dead and more than 5,700 people injured. The Chinese army has stepped in to deal with the debris of collapsed houses and public building as death toll continues to rise.
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Earthquake hits China’s Sichuan province, killing at least 156 and injuring …
Aftershocks shook the area for hours, including two with a magnitude of 5. State television played footage from security cameras when the quake hit, showing panicked residents scrambling down apartment stairs and rushing from hospital and stores [...]
Death toll in China quake hits 113
Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the U.S. Geological Survey reported 6.6.
Although nowhere near in magnitude, the tremor evoked troubling memories of the great earthquake almost exactly five years ago along [...]
Oriental DreamWorks and Chinese partners announce Tibet movie
But that warning doesn’t apply if you happen to be Jeffrey Katzenberg, the animation mogul who has been at the forefront of Hollywood’s push into China.
The chief executive of DreamWorks Animation was in Beijing on Friday to attend [...]
$300 Million Scholarship for Study in China Signals a New Focus
The program, whose endowment represents one of the largest single gifts to education in the world and one of the largest philanthropic gifts ever in China, will be announced by Mr. Schwarzman in Beijing on Sunday.
The Schwarzman Scholars [...]
China coal mine explosion kills 18, injures 12, state news agency says
BEIJING – China’s state news agency says a coal mine explosion has killed 18 and injured 12 in the northeast part of the country.
The Xinhua News Agency cites local authorities as saying the Saturday afternoon blast occurred in Helong [...]
Daimler Gets Chinese OK to Market Electric Smart Car in China
The Chinese government has approved Daimler AG’s (DAI.XE) smart brand electric car for the Chinese market, making it the first European importer to sell a fully electric vehicle in the country, Daimler said Saturday.
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Deadly earthquake hits south-west China
At least 156 people are dead and more than 5,500 injured after a powerful earthquake rocked Sichuan, in south-west China, on Saturday morning, officials said.
The 6.6-magnitude shock is believed to have been on the same fault as the devastating [...]
Automakers vying for share of crowded China market unveil sedans, SUVs
SHANGHAI, China — Global and Chinese automakers showcased family-friendly sedans and SUVs targeting coveted urban buyers at China’s biggest auto show Saturday as competition intensifies in this huge but crowded market.
China’s [...]
Chrysler moving closer to starting Jeep production in China
SHANGHAI — Chrysler Group’s Jeep is moving closer to resuming production in China for the first time since 2009, but that production will not reduce or substitute for Jeep production in the U.S., Jeep CEO Mike Manley said.
In fact, the brand [...]
Deadly Chinese Quake Evokes Bitter Memories of 2008 Temblor
“We were just getting up and getting dressed in our dormitory when the building shook and I looked outside from our seventh-floor window and saw a row of houses collapsed,” said Xu Yan, 22, a student at the Agricultural University in Ya’an, [...]


