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  • North Korea envoy hands over China's Xi a note of peace North Korea envoy hands over China's Xi a note of peace

    BEIJING - A senior North Korean envoy delivered a letter from his leader Kim Jong-un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him that Pyongyang was ready to take "positive action" to re-join stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. The letter was handed over by envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae. Choe told Xi that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to solve problems ...

  • China to allow US auditors access to records of Chinese firms China to allow US auditors access to records of Chinese firms

    BEIJING - Chinese regulators Friday announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with their US counterparts giving American authorities increased access to documents from Chinese audit firms. The signing of the MOU between China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a significant ...

  • China central bank report promises financial sector reforms China central bank report promises financial sector reforms

    BEIJING - China is planning to steadily push forward market-oriented reform in its interest rates and exchange rates mechanisms this year as part of the financial sector reforms to better serve the real economy, a central bank report said on Friday. The "China Financial Stability Report (2013) released by the People's Bank of China stressed that it would be steadily promoting the interest ...

  • 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 ...

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Jawbreaker

Ten years after the release of Michael Lehmann's stinging teen satire "Heathers" (1989) comes "Jawbreaker," an inferior retread of the same material that is more outrageous, but less clever, acted with less charisma, and lacking in the former's biting sense of black humor. The events that transpire in "Jawbreaker" squeak out a strained laugh here and there, but overall it smells of something tryin ... ...

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  • Alleged Chinese spy detained by police in Dharamsala

    Police in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, have detained a Tibetan after the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) lodged a formal complaint alleging that he was a Chinese spy.he Department of Security of the Central Tibetan Administration said Penpa Tsering, 33, was a former member of the People's Liberation Army of China, and was hatching a terror plot to poison two Tibetan youths aimed at ...

  • Models strut their stuff at Auto Shanghai auto show 2013

    A model poses with a car during the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, known as Auto Shanghai 2013, in Shanghai, China, 23 April 2013. [Photo / ...

  • Letter from Shanghai Scent of a Hotel Toasted Loo and Lobster in a Jar.

    It being the first time I have stayed at a Waldorf Astoria, I figure I should write about it; especially about that toilet seat that flips up automatically every time I open the door to the cubicle. Quite spooky at first encounter. I think I jumped. I developed a fear of self-opening toilet lids after watching a horror movie as a child when the lid opened and a hand came up to grab its ...

  • McCully confident of managing US China relationship

    New Zealand's relationship with the US is on an excellent footing and Murray McCully says he's not concerned about possible tension as we align our trading future with China. The Foreign Minister had his first formal meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry last week and said the relationship is "out of political contention" and focused on building better co-operation. ...

  • Chinas Communist Party defends secret police system

    Communist Party has defended 'Shuanggui', its secret police investigating allegations of corruption against party officials. This came as a response to a controversy about the party's high-handed ways after a recent death in custody. The death of an employee of an investment company, Yu Qiyi, caused a major uproar online last April causing embarrassment to the party. Lin Zhe, an ...

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