beatbull posted a photo: Black and white HDR shot of a ripped drum with direct light falling in from behind, Drum Tower, Beijing, China Best viewed on black .
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beatbull posted a photo: Black and white HDR shot of a ripped drum with direct light falling in from behind, Drum Tower, Beijing, China Best viewed on black .
MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese court has upheld the drug trafficking conviction of a Filipino man and set his execution for Dec. 8 despite appeals for clemency from the Philippine president, officials said Wednesday. NBC News Patrolling ‘smugglers’ alley’ by air along the Rio Grande NBC News Clinton to get rare top-level peek at Myanmar...
Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:26am EST * Capacity above 40 mln tonnes by 2015 vs 25 mln tonnes in 2011 * The bulk to be located in resource-rich Xinjiang * Annual demand growth rates to fall in 2011-2015 from past 5 yrs (Adds details) By Polly Yam ZHUHAI, China, Nov 30 (Reuters) – China’s...
By Benjamin Cost China’s central government raised its poverty standard yesterday, to redefine all citizens making 2,300 yuan (362 USD) or less annually as officially poor. This latest action, part of a continued campaign to benefit China’s financially floundering rural populace, has not only now labeled 100 million Chinese “impoverished” (up from 27 million...
By Nishant Kumar HONG KONG | Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:17am GMT HONG KONG Nov 30 (Reuters) – Beijing-based hedge fund Ariose Capital plans to expand into Hong Kong in early 2012 after a 35 percent return on its China long/short equity fund since the launch in April to the end of October, according...
BEIJING — Canada’s failure to deny reports that it is about to ditch the Kyoto Protocol is “setting a bad example” to other developed nations as global climate change talks enter their third day, China’s official news agency said on Wednesday. Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday that Kyoto was “the past”,...
European Union plans to impose curbs on carbon-dioxide emissions by international airlines as of 2012 drew fire from countries including China, Venezuela and Japan, marking a new stumbling block at the climate summit this week. The EU measure is against international civil aviation rules, Su Wei, China’s lead envoy, said in an interview during...
BEIJING – China will have about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of this year, state media reported Wednesday, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex. The official Xinhua News Agency said that a report from the Ministry of Health and the United Nations estimates there will be about...
Enlarge image Clinton Opens Door With Myanmar as U.S. Watches China US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference during the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan on November 30, 2011. Clinton will be the highest ranking U.S. official in half a century to visit Myanmar. Photograph: Saul...
