GUANGZHOU – China’s central military authority has approved to form and deploy a military garrison in the newly established city of Sansha. Sources with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Guangzhou Military Command said Friday that the Central Military Commission (CMC) had authorized it to form a garrison command in the city. The garrison command...
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China to deploy military garrison in S China Sea
Chinese automakers expand global reach
CHANGCHUN — Some Chinese auto brands have witnessed rapid global market expansion during the first half of this year, despite a weak global economy and sluggish domestic sales. During an ongoing auto expo in the city of Changchun in Northeast China’s Jilin province, Huang Haitao, deputy general manager of sales at the Geely Group,...
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China-Russia border city sees trade surge
HARBIN — Trade between the border city of Suifenhe in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province and Russia nearly doubled on a year-on-year basis in the first half of the year, local authorities said Thursday. Bilateral trade volume in the six months reached $2.49 billion, up 95.9 percent year-on-year, municipal officials said. The value of the...
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Chongqing leads in H1 import-export growth rate
CHONGQING – Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality’s import and export volume in the first half of 2012 reached over $25 billion, with the growth rate ranking first in the country. According to statistics released by the Bureau of Statistics of Chongqing, the import and export volume of Chongqing from January to June increased by 1.7...
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SW China embraces more Fortune Global 500 companies
CHENGDU, Jul 20, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) – An increasing number of Fortune Global 500 enterprises have set up shops in southwest China’s Sichuan province despite the global economic slowdown, local authorities said Friday. Six Fortune Global 500 enterprises established a presence in Sichuan in the first half of the year, bringing the total...
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Decline in Taiwan’s population forecast to slow down
Taipei, July 22 (CNA) Taiwan’s population growth may not turn negative in 2023 as projected, but rather two to five years later, the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Sunday. In 2010, the CEPD forecast that Taiwan’s population growth will hit zero in 2022 and enter negative territory in 2023. However, in...
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Inner Mongolia steel products output inH1 2012 up by 23pct
It is reported that in the first half of 2012, steel products output in Inner Mongolia hit 8.225 million tonnes, 22.6% higher over prior year accounting for 1.8% of national total output of 467.444 million tonnes. In June, steel products output in Inner Mongolia increased by 5% to 6.448 million tonnes. Crude steel output...
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Fuqing nuclear plant due to start construction, says official
China is ready to resume nuclear power project approval, suspended last year in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, according to the former head of the National Energy Administration. Speaking exclusively to China Daily, Zhang Guobao said the government may now “consider starting construction of four new projects that had been...
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China alerts rainstorms for East and Southwest
BEIJING – China’s national observatory issued Sunday an orange alert for rainstorms expected to hit the country’s eastern and southwestern regions over the coming 24 hours. Some parts in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong and Hainan will see heavy rains, with downpours and thunderstorms in some places, the...
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Beijing’s worst rainfall in 60 years kills 10
10 people have died after Beijing’s worst rainfall in 60 years Photo: Reuters/Joe Chan The storm, which started Saturday afternoon, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps. In Tongzhou, a Beijing suburb, two people died when a roof collapsed and another was killed after being struck by lightning, the state-run...
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