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China guaranteed its first gold at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong with victories in both the semifinals of the men's snooker competition Friday. China is expected to dominate this nine-region event after a successful Olympics campaign on home turf -- it won 51 gold medals in Beijing last year -- and it locked up its first gold medal a day before the official start of competition.
Armed with a host of Olympic gold medalists, China is expected to dominate the East Asian Games that officially kick off in Hong Kong on Saturday, but Japan, South Korea and North Korea will offer stiff competition in some sports. Among the Olympic champions in the Chinese squad are hurdler Liu Xiang, divers Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia, swimmer Liu Zige and badminton star Lin Dan.
Canada and China agreed to avoid disputes on contentious issues and seek a "significant new era" in relations, as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set for more talks in Beijing Friday.
At 9:50 am on November 30, the arrival of Air China flight CA 912 from Stockholm to Beijing Capital Airport took the number of passengers who have travelled through Beijing Airport past 60 million.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the last close.
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - December 3, 2009) - China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. ( OTCBB : CCTR ) today announced that is has scheduled an exclusive Webcast for Friday, December 11, 2009, to review the previously discussed pending acquisition that would be located in Shenzhen, China. China Crescent has announced a letter of intent to acquire a China Radio Technology Ltd subsidiary located in ...
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Manulife Financial Corp. , North America’s largest insurer by market value, said China’s confidence in the stability of Canadian financial institutions will help the company expand in Asia’s second-biggest economy.
Five more people have been sentenced to death for their roles in riots that killed about 200 in western China in July, state-run media reported.
China will need to invest up to 30 billion dollars a year to meet its goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the state press said Friday, citing an academic study.
China has maintained a consistent allocation of its foreign exchange reserves across different currencies, a senior official said on Friday, suggesting that any diversification away from the dollar has been gradual.
China's top wind-power firm Longyuan raises $2.2 billion from its Hong Kong initial public offering, which prices having priced its shares at the top of its range, while China Shipbuilding hopes to attract a similar amount as its prepares an IPO in Shanghai.
China and the World Bank are in talks on setting up low-cost factories in new industrial zones in Africa to help nations achieve higher economic growth, bank president Robert Zoellick said Friday.
General Motors and China's SAIC Motor Corp have agreed to set up a joint venture to produce and sell small cars and mini-commercial vehicles in India, the troubled US auto maker said Friday.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. fell 4.9 percent to HK$2.31 in Hong Kong pre-market trading after announcing that its controlling shareholder will cut its stake to 45.35 percent from 55.38 percent.
A group of 22 Uighurs who fled after ethnic rioting in western China are seeking asylum in Cambodia after using an underground network of missionaries in China that has helped North Korean refugees in the past.
General Motors and China?s SAIC Motor Corp. are set to announce a tie-up on Friday for the sale of vehicles in India, a report said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- China’s benchmark stock index rose, capping the biggest weekly gain since March, as bank capital- raising concerns eased and Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA agreed to boost its stake in China Citic Bank.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- China Shipbuilding Industry Co. , the nation’s largest maker of vessel equipment, plans to raise as much as 14.7 billion yuan ($2.15 billion) in Shanghai in the country’s third-largest initial public offering this year.
China's main share jumped Friday on rekindled appetite for blue chips as investors went bargain-hunting, ending the week up by 7.1 percent.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. will transfer a 1 percent stake in its China passenger-car venture to partner SAIC Motor Corp. while forming a new venture with the Shanghai-based company to sell low-cost vehicles in India.
China hasn't changed the allocation of currencies that comprise its foreign exchange reserves, sticking with the U.S. dollar as the centerpiece of its $2.3 trillion stockpile, a senior forex official in reportedly says.
