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  • China gets blame for intellectual theft China gets blame for intellectual theft

    Intellectual property theft is supposedly costing the United States more than US$300 billion each year. A study in the US has shown this is equivalent to all US exports to Asia. The 11-month study by a Congressional Commission found that software and other product theft was on an unprecedented scale. Commission co-chair Jon Huntsman, the former US ambassador to China, told reporters the ...

  • China planning to give private businesses larger role in economy

    China is planning to give a larger role to private businesses and market forces in its economy. The move comes in a major policy shift intended to improve living conditions for the middle class and to make China a stronger competitor on the global stage. According to the New York Times, in a speech to party cadres, Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang, said the central government would reduce ...

  • China Pakistan vow to deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation

    Beijing, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): China and Pakistan agreed to cement their strategic partnership and deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation in various areas, according to a joint statement issued Thursday during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian country. In the statement, China reaffirms that its relationship with Pakistan is always a priority in its foreign policy and ...

  • Swiss-China trade deal a symbol amid spats with EU

    BERNE, Switzerland (AFP) - Applauded by Switzerland's business sector, the country's free-trade deal with China is heavy with symbolism, coming as Beijing locks horns with the European Union in a raft of commercial disputes.The staunchly non-EU Swiss inked a preliminary accord Friday during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's first visit to Europe since taking the helm in March's ...

  • Russia and China Will Attend Syria Conclave in Tehran

    Tehran, May 26 (PL) Russia and China will attend the international conference on the Syrian crisis on Wednesday here, meeting convened by the Persian authorities preceding the so called Geneva II, agreed by Russia and the United States, confirmed an official source here. Countries with different positions (on the conflict in Syria) have been invited to the meeting, including Turkey, Qatar and ...

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Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)

Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)

As the final chapter in the Star Wars Trilogy, "Return of the Jedi" is the least of the three, but it is still a magnificent experience in its own right. Its main problem is that it tends to lean too much on the slick commercialism generated by the first two installments. "Jedi" is forced to be the wrap-up of all the problems created in the first two films, so in that way it has no choice but to p ... ...

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  • Duma speaker starts visit to China

    The speaker of the Russian parliament's lower house will also participate in the work of the sixth meeting of the Russian-Chinese parliamentary commission on cooperation between the State Duma and the ...

  • Landslide in Northwest China Kills 7 People Injures 12

    MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Seven people were killed and 12 injured in a landslide in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported citing local authorities. The landslide occurred at around 10:00 a.m. local time as it descended on a two-storey dormitory, owned by a local coal mining company, completely destroying the building. Rescuers finished the relief ...

  • Spotlight grows on Chinas harsh labor camps

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - When she refused to sign a form renouncing her faith, Wang Chunying said she was handcuffed between two bunkbeds for 16 hours, deprived of food, water and sleep as she felt her wrists bleeding."The police would kick the beds apart to the point that my body couldn't stretch any further," she recalled of the time in a Chinese labor prison in late 2007."The ...

  • Lavender flowers attract tourists in Chinas Wuxi

    Tourists take photos in a lavender field in Xuelangshan forest park in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 25, 2013. Over 100,000 lavender plants here attracted numbers of tourists. (Xinhua/Luo ...

  • Move Over Japanese Yen Make Way For Chinas Yuan

    By 2015 the Chinese currency, the renminbi (RMB), will be one of the three most traded currencies in the world, on par with the euro and the dollar, HSBC said on Friday. "The RMB is increasingly part of normal day-to-day business for anyone trading or investing in China," said Douglas Flint, chairman of HSBC Holdings at the Annual General Meeting in London yesterday. "Every ...

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