Archive for October 18th, 2018
Bodies of five Korean mountaineers brought home
The bodies of five South Korean climbers killed in one of Nepal’s deadliest mountaineering accidents of recent years were returned home on Wednesday. The South Koreans, [...]
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Theresa May expected to reject Seoul’s request to relax sanctions on N Korea
Theresa May is expected to rebuff a request from Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, for Britain to relax sanctions on Pyongyang when the two leaders hold talks at the [...]
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China Fines Vaccine Maker Over $1 Billion After Faulty Rabies Inoculation
A Chinese vaccine manufacturer has been slapped with a $1.3 billion penalty and had its license revoked after it was found to have distributed thousands of faulty rabies [...]
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India, China to sign internal security cooperation agreement on October 22
For the first time, India and China will sign an internal security cooperation agreement next week, marking a new beginning in bilateral relations, officials said Tuesday. [...]
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China’s Dabeinong reports suspected African swine fever case on related farm: media
One of China’s top animal feed producers said on Tuesday an affiliated firm has culled nearly 20,000 pigs due to a suspected case of African swine fever, according to a [...]
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China Treasury holdings at their lowest in 14 months
* China’s holdings of US Treasury securities reached a 14-month low in August, as trade friction picked up, but market pros said it is unlikely to be related. * China [...]
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China to launch ‘artificial moon’ into SPACE to replace STREET LIGHTS
CHINA is set to launch an artificial moon into space in 2020 with the aim to replace street lights, as the communist country’s space programme becomes increasingly more [...]
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China test-fires its own supersonic BrahMos missile
A Chinese mining company has claimed to have successfully test-fired a supersonic missile, touted as a potential competitor to Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos missile, [...]
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China steps closer to banning home presales, sending a chill among domestic developers
Chinese property developers have been invited to give their input on a controversial proposal that would prohibit sales of flats before they are finished, potentially [...]
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China won’t allow gambling or horse-racing in Hainan paper
China will not allow gambling or horse-racing in the southern province of Hainan, a newspaper controlled by the provincial government reported on Wednesday, citing comments [...]
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China breaks silence on Muslim detention camps, calling them ‘humane’
Under mounting international criticism, China has given its most extensive defense yet of its sweeping campaign to detain and indoctrinate Muslims, with a senior official [...]
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China admits to locking up Uyghurs, but defends Xinjiang crackdown
China has fiercely defended an escalating crackdown in the far western province of Xinjiang as necessary for security, claiming inmates of “re-education camps” [...]
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China’s economic growth slows in Q3: AFP poll
China’s growth downshifted in the third quarter as investment slowed and the widening trade conflict with the United States weighed on sentiment, according to analysts [...]
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Chinese electric car makers, nurtured by state, now look for way out of glut
Humming away in an industrial estate in the eastern Chinese resort city of Hangzhou, electric vehicle designer Automagic is one of hundreds of companies looking to ride the [...]
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China fines pharma firm $1.3 billion in vaccine scandal
Chinese authorities have slapped penalties totalling a whopping $1.3 billion on a pharmaceutical company over a vaccine scandal that fuelled public fears of domestically-made [...]
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