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Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng -- To help fix the climate, fix human rights in China

BEIJING -- On his trip to China last week, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. He noted at his town hall meeting...

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Tibetan girl studies in C China

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2009, shows Tibetan girl Geyang (C) plays with her classmates at school in Heifei, capital city of east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi) Photo Gallery>>> Geyang is an 11 years old girl who...

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10. Keen for a trip to Iceland?

Big drop in currency value makes formerly expensive destination attractive. Since the global financial crisis, Malaysians are observed to be staying close to home, choosing mainly popular domestic and regional destinations with...

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Taste Test (at Forbes.com)

Forbes Asia Magazine dated November 30, 2009 Can China's national spirit win over foreign palates? Revolutionary ferment: Xu Yong of the Swellfun Group with pungent piles of grain. Into a damp hole in an old neighborhood in...

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Agreements conclude VN-China border talks

Ha Noi — Viet Nam and China have vowed to implement signed documents aimed at building a common borderline based on peace, friendship and stability. This followed a three-day meeting that ended yesterday in Beijing between...

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Can China's Backwaters Save the Global Economy?

Photograph for TIME by Tomas van Houtryve / Panos Though he doesn't know it, shop manager Zhu Baohua is on the front lines of the battle to reform the global economy. Zhu's three-floor electronics store, crammed with Sony TVs,...

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ID chips added to pigs in China

CHENGDU, China, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A city official in Chengdu, China, said Friday that pigs are being tagged with identification chips to provide the public and officials with data. An unidentified spokesman with Chengdu's food...

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Gas giants lift output as supply runs short

CHINA'S two largest natural gas producers claim they have increased output to full capacity as many southern cities hit by the unusual early winter are suffering supply shortages. The daily natural gas supply...

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Hello, China, here's our new rayguns

A New Zealand company is exporting the high-tech weapons it has developed to China.At a Wellington warehouse yesterday, crates were being packed with the armaments, which include such fearsome ordnance as the "Pomsom 6000 Sub...

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Green Tea May Prevent Kidney Stones

Study Shows Compound in Green Tea Extract May Block Formation of Kidney Stones By Jennifer Warner WebMD Health News Nov. 20, 2009 -- Drinking green tea may help prevent painful kidney stones. A new study shows compounds in...

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