BRIEF-Soccer-China to host Italian Super Cup for three seasons
Reuters - 1 hour 58 minutes agoThe Italian Super Cup will take place in China for the next three seasons after promoters in Beijing agreed to pay $15 million to host the matches.
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The Italian Super Cup will take place in China for the next three seasons after promoters in Beijing agreed to pay $15 million to host the matches.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday visited China's Expo 2010 site in Shanghai at the close of a tour in which he has defended a more conciliatory approach towards Beijing.
On Dec 4th, the 3rd China International Finance Exhibition opened at Shenzhen International Exhibition Center. National and international exhibitors took part in the expo including banks, insurance companies and venture capitals.
China stole an early lead on Saturday in the medals table at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong, hours before the event was officially due to open.
China and South Korea opened their East Asian Games campaigns on Saturday by each earning two gold medals, with the Chinese winning in snooker and cycling and the Koreans finding success in shooting and English billiards. In an all-Chinese men's snooker final, Tian Pengfei beat Yu Delu 4-2. Also, Ma Liyun crossed first in the women's BMX cycling finals, finishing in 35.746 seconds.
Taiwan voters went to the polls Saturday to elect local officials in the first test of China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou's popularity since he took power a year-and-a-half ago.
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- China, the world’s biggest oilseed consumer, plans to more than double imports of Canadian canola oil next year, an increase worth about C$180 million ($170 million), the Canadian government said.
China's official swine flu death toll has hit 200 with almost all of the deaths recorded in November, the health ministry announced.
China's former world pairs champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo lifted their sixth figure skating Grand Prix Final title Saturday, sealing a return to form as they chase a hitherto elusive Olympic gold medal.
American Dairy, Inc. , one of the leading producers and distributors of premium infant formula, milk powder and soybean, rice and walnut products in China, today announced its participation in the upcoming Citi Hong Kong and China Mini Conference 2009, to be held December 8-9, 2009 at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong.
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.
China has sentenced 13 low-level officials to jail for an iron mine dam collapse just before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing last year, which was hushed up despite killing at least 43 nearby villagers.
China sentenced three more people to death Friday for murder and other crimes committed in riots in the western region of Xinjiang in July.
Beijing - November saw a sharp rise in the official swine flu death toll in China, with 194 deaths recorded in that month, local media reported Saturday. The A(H1N1) influenza strain has so far been involved in 200 deaths in China, with 194 fatalitie...
China has more than a billion people, and counting. It also has shrinking acreages of arable land, rising pollution, and growing consumer concern about food safety.
An organizer of a “town hall” session said he did not want to embarrass guests or upstage meetings with President Hu Jintao.
A young giant panda who became a major attraction after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding.
HONG KONG (AP) — China bagged its first two of what is expected to be many golds on opening day at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong on Saturday, with Tian Pengfei prevailing in an all-Chinese men's snooker final and Ma Liyun winning the women's BMX cycling final.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a business gathering in Shanghai Friday human rights were a condition of expanding trade with China.
America is about to lose a giant bundle of cute cuddly charisma. Tai Shan, the panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., onJuly 9, 2005, is being sent to China in early 2010, zoo officialsannounced Friday. Tai Shan's giant panda parents Tian Tian and Mei Xiang are on loan fromthe Chinese government. Under an agreement between China and the zoo,any offspring of the pair will be returned ...