Daily Archives: May 20, 2012

China, Croatia seek to enhance bilateral economic, trade cooperation

May 20, 2012

ZAGREB (Xinhua) — China and Croatia on Friday sought to enhance bilateral economic and trade cooperation in a bid to promote each other’s national economic and social development, and to solidate relations between the two countries. “Promoting economic cooperation and trade should be regarded as the top priority of the current development of the...

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China says U.S. report on its military unjust

May 20, 2012

China expressed Saturday its “firm opposition” to a Pentagon report that said Beijing was carrying out aggressive cyber espionage as part of a steady build-up of its military power, state media said. Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said “China’s justified and normal military development” had been unjustly criticised in the annual report, which was released on Friday, according to the Xinhua...

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China to Google: Android must remain open

May 20, 2012
China to Google: Android must remain open

In giving the thumbs-up to Google’s acquisition of Motorola, regulators in China stipulated that Google must make Android free and open for five years, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed with CNET today. The stipulation would seem to be designed to keep Google from denying Motorola’s handset competitors access to the mobile...

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Barclays Reiterates ‘No Hard Landing’ Call For China

May 20, 2012
Barclays Reiterates ‘No Hard Landing’ Call For China

China…coming in for a soft landing. On Friday, one of the biggest investment banks in the world said that China was not heading for a hard landing this year and would average 8.1% GDP growth in 2012. Economists consider a hard landing to mean consecutive quarterly growth of 7% or less.  China’s economy did...

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China shadow looming, Taiwan’s Ma set for 2nd term

May 20, 2012

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has leveraged growing economic ties with China to reduce tensions to their lowest level since the two sides split in 1949. China’s incessant effort to draw the democratic island closer politically has been on the back burner, and as Ma‘s second term begins Sunday the question...

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20 dead in tunnel blast in China

May 20, 2012

ZHUZHOU, China — Twenty people were killed in an explosion inside an under-construction expressway tunnel in central China’s Hunan Province on Saturday, state media said. The blast happened in Zhuzhou city when a vehicle carrying explosives was unloading in the tunnel, the Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities but providing few more details....

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