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• Taiwan zoo hopes to welcome China pandas in November

  - 2008-09-03

  TAIPEI AFP — Officials at Taiwan's biggest zoo said Wednesday they hoped to welcome a pair of giant pandas from rival China as early as November, a move expected to draw millions of tourists to the capital. Taipei's Mucha Zoo, which was chosen last month to house the endangered...

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• Talks to bring iPhone to China in final stage: state media

  - 2008-09-02

  SHANGHAI AFP — China Mobile, the country's largest handset operator, is in the final stages of talks with Apple to launch the iPhone in China, the world's largest mobile phone market, state media reported Tuesday. The two companies are likely to conclude the talks soon, the 21 Century Business...

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• Coca-Cola to buy China juice maker for $2.4bln

  - 2008-09-02

  SHANGHAI AFP — US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola said Wednesday it planned to buy Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group in a 2.4-billion-dollar deal that would be its biggest acquisition in China. Coca-Cola will offer 12.20 Hong Kong dollars (1.6 US dollars) per share in Hong Kong-listed Huiyuan, it...

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• Chinese rail company damages 3,000-year-old relics: state media

  - 2008-09-01

  SHANGHAI AFP — A Chinese construction company severely damaged relics dating back more than 3,000 years while building a section of a high-speed rail linking Beijing and Shanghai, state media reported Tuesday. Work was halted on the section of rail in the eastern city of Nanjing and the company...

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• Medvedev hails support from China, Central Asia

  - 2008-08-28

  DUSHANBE AFP — President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday claimed backing from China and four Central Asian states for Russia's actions in Georgia and said their support should send a "serious signal" to the West. "I am sure that the united position of the SCO member states will have international...

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• China to boost tourism employment to 100 million by 2015: report

  - 2008-08-28

  BEIJING AFP — China's tourism industry is expected to employ 100 million people by 2015, state media reported Thursday, meaning one in every 14 Chinese will work in the sector then. The government will introduce various policies to help the industry reach the goal, which marks a steep increase...

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• China's CNOOC to invest 6.6 bln dlrs in oil refining: report

  - 2008-08-28

  BEIJING AFP — China National Offshore Oil Corp. CNOOC, the nation's third largest oil producer, will spend 6.6 billion dollars to nearly double the capacity of a major refinery project, state media said Friday. CNOOC plans to boost its oil refinery in Huizhou, a city in south China's Guangdong...

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• Japan celebrates birth of panda

  - 2008-08-27

  TOKYO AFP — A giant panda cub has been born at a Japanese zoo, the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial insemination in two decades, officials said Wednesday. The baby panda, whose sex is not yet known, was born to Dan Dan and her male partner...

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• Shanghai to open world's highest sightseeing hall to public

  - 2008-08-26

  SHANGHAI AFP — The world's highest sightseeing hall, located on the 100th floor of China's tallest skyscraper, will open to the public on Saturday, local media reported. The hall is 474 metres (1,555 feet) above the ground in the Shanghai World Financial Centre, the Oriental Morning Post reported Tuesday....

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• China getting ready to be bowled over

  - 2008-08-26

  BEIJING AFP — As China laps up the plaudits for its staging of the Beijing Olympics, some within the world's most populous nation are turning their attention to cricket. Administrators in various sports have long regarded China as one of the great untapped markets and cricket is no exception....

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