Activists from China’s Muslim Uighur minority burnt Chinese flags in Ankara on Tuesday where China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping was holding talks with Turkish officials on regional issues. About 60 Turkic-speaking Uighurs from China’s northwestern Xinjiang province protested outside the hotel where Xi was staying in the Turkish capital on the last leg of a...
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Daily Archives: February 22, 2012
Uighur protests as China’s Xi Jinping visits Turkey
Shandong Helon Plans to Repay Debt With Power Plants, Land
February 22, 2012, 6:15 AM EST By Bloomberg News Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Shandong Helon Co., the fiber maker that was China’s first company to lose its investment-grade credit rating, said its Xinjiang unit reached an agreement to repay debts to Xinjiang Talimu Agriculture Development by handing over power plants and land. The two...
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Asia Society Opens in Hong Kong
Heads of government and culture made their way around the New York organization’s largest overseas outpost — a new compound that combines minimalist modern structures with a restored 19th-century British Army explosives magazine. The 1.3-hectare, or 3.2-acre, space opened after a decade of planning and construction, with care taken to preserve both the colonial-era...
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Hong Kong Experiences the Power of Multichannel TV
Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2012 (ACN Newswire via COMTEX) – Seven of the biggest regional multichannel television networks presented their upcoming programming to more than 60 media buyers, agency heads and clients during TV Upfronts – The Hong Kong Screenings. The screenings staged on February 21, promoted in association with Campaign Asia-Pacific, built on...
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HK Shares End Higher On Gain In Property; Alibaba.com Jumps
HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–Hong Kong shares ended higher Wednesday driven by gains in mainland property developers on expectations that the government will ease restrictions on home purchases. The session also marked an over 43% surge in Alibaba.com after its parent outlined plans to take the Hong Kong-listed unit private. The Hang Seng Index rose...
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Hong Kong Stocks Rise for Second Day on China Easing Speculation
February 22, 2012, 4:34 AM EST By Jonathan Burgos Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong stocks rose for a second day, with the Hang Seng Index adding to a six-month high, amid speculation China may further ease policy to boost growth. Agile Property Holdings Co., a real estate company partly owned by JPMorgan Chase...
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Construction of light railway begins in Macau
Macau, China, 22 Feb – Construction work on the Macau light railway began Tuesday with the launch of the segment on Taipa island and it is expected to take three years for the first carriages to start operating. The coordinator of the Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT), Lei Chan Tong, promised that supervision work would...
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Year-on-year inflation in Macau totals 6.80 pct in January
Macau, China, 22 Feb – Macau’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) posted a year-on-year rise of 6.80 percent in January of this year driven by the rise in the price of meals outside the home and tourist excursions, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau said. The Bureau said that part of the price rise seen...
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Taiwan to arm subs with US missiles: Report
Taipei: Taiwan’s navy will arm its submarines with anti-ship missiles for the first time ever beginning next year, a report said today, as the island boosts its defence capabilities against rival China. The Taipei-based United Daily News said the navy, which ordered the US-built Harpoon missiles in 2008, recently test-fired the weapons in the...
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Taiwan Formosa aims to start desulphurizer in Apr
Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:34am EST * Formosa eyes RDS restart in April after 2010 fire * Formosa to raise March refinery runs to about 85 pct * Formosa seeking H1 April naphtha for crackers SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical Corp aims to restart a residue desulphurizer (RDS) unit in April...
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