Oneday,aChinesefellow,anAmericanguy,andaprettyFrenchgirlweresittingnexttooneanotheronatrain.
Soontheycameuponashortbutdarktunnel.
Whenthetrainenteredthetunnel,akissingsound,thenaslappingsoundcouldbeheard.Onceoutside,everyonecouldseealargeredmarkontheAmerican'sface.
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Chinaannouncedthatthereareabout400millionlesspeopleinChinanowasaresultofthe'onechild'policyinitiatedinthe1970s.
Forgoodorforbad,that'sawholenationortwoorthreeorfouroflesspeoplethantheremighthavebeen.
Chinalikestheideasomuchtheyhavecreateda'onedog'policy.
Only3%ofChina'sdogsarevaccinated.InSeptember318peoplediedfromrabies.
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ThereisahousingdevelopmentnexttoagolfcourseinKualaLumpur.
Soundslikeadream,eh?Notfortheseresidents.
Thedwellerssaygolferscontinuallyhitsuchbadshotsthathundredsofballshavelandedontheirhome,evenkonkingafewpeople.
Carwindshieldsareshattered,rooftilesgetcrackedandwindowsaresmashed.
Onewomansaidherhusbandwasbonkedbutsavedbyhisturban.
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ChineseandUSofficialsarepraisingChina'seffortstomeetWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)commitmentssayingitisawin-winforeveryone-Chinaandtheworld.
ThelastmajorobstacleforChinaistoopenitsfinancialsector.ThatwallwillcomedownbyDec.11thofthisyear.
China'sWTOnegotiatorsays,"IwelcomemoreforeigncompaniesfromthefinancialsectortocometoChina;Iexpectthemtodevelopandgrowasrapidlyaspossible,whichmaymotivateChin...[
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TheMinistryofCommerceispredictingthatChina'sretailsaleswillreach8.5trillionyuan($1.1trillion)nextyear.
Totalsalesofgoodsareexpectedtobe20trillionor$2.5trillion-up15%.
Thisyear,salesareup13.5%overlastyear.
Inflationisatabout2.0%
Therearealotofzeroesinthosepredictions.
Iwonderhowmuchofthatpercentageofincreaseisduetosimplepopulationgrowthandanincreaseinthenumberofconsumersandhowmu...[
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TheIndustrialandCommercialBankofChina(ICBC)waslistedlastmonthinHongKongandShanghai.
Insteadofpickinganotherbanktopartnerupwith,ICBCchoseaconsortiumledbyGoldmanSachs,includingAllianzGroupandAmericanExpressCo.
Theconsortiumbought8.89%ofICBCsharesmakingtheirinvestmentthelargestsingleforeigninvestmentinChina'sfinancialsector.
AseniorexecutivegavethreereasonsforthedecisiontoworkwithGoldmanS...[
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Chinahassufferedfrompollutionproblems.
Theenvironmentalwatchdogassociationsays:
1.One-tenthofChina'sarablelandisdamagedbypollution.
2.Eachyear,12milliontonsofgrainarecontaminatedbyheavymetalsinthesoilatalossofabout$2.5billion.
3.Irrigatedsewage,scrapmetalandacidraincontaminatecrops.
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Fromasurveytakenby300,000netizensandamong178China-producednominations,China'stop-10cartoonswereannounced.
Thewinnersare:
"CenturySonny,"
"TortoiseHanba'sStories,"
"BlackCatDetective,"
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Chinathinksnuclearpoweristhecleanandreasonablealternativetothemassiveamountsofcoalitburnsaswellasdependingonoilfromoverseas.
IftheStateDevelopmentandReformCommissiongivesitsapproval,theChinaGuangdongNuclearPowerholdingco.willputfournuclearpowerunitswithatotalinstallcapacityof4millionKWonthefamedYangtzeRiver.
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SeveralthinktanksinChinaarepredictingthatChina'slatestmacrocontrolmeasureswillgiveChina'seconomya'softlanding'.
StudiesinZiboCityofShandongProvinceandBaodingCityofHebeiProvincesaythatsinceChinatightenedlandandcreditsupplyforstateowned,ex-stateownedandprivatecompanies,thingshavesloweddown.
Bothcitiessaytheyhavehadtodelayorgiveuponprojectsbecausetheyuseduptheirannuallandquota.Continuereading...[
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