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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
ReutersQIANTUN, China (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him company - a routine he'll keep up until he himself needs the...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Demographics, Economic Organization, Arts and Culture, China
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Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches....Tags: Companies and Corporations, European Debt Crisis, Stock Market, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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China April housing inflation quickens to two year high
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector while supporting economic...Tags: Shanghai (China), Government, National Government, China, Prices
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Exclusive: EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines. European Union Trade...Tags: Barack Obama, New Products, Telecommunication Equipment, Marketing, China
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Harris: Google's Eric Schmidt on North Korea and technology's future
Google's glasses may one day whisper in your ear an old acquaintance's name when you unexpectedly bump into them at a party. Google's car will drive itself in years — not decades. And what if Google's search engine could predict a question you...Tags: Melissa Harris, Fiction, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of State
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China April home prices rise 4.9 percent: Reuters calculation
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on official data published on Saturday, marking the fourth straight month of year-on-year...Tags: China, Prices
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Greek PM hails "Greekovery" replacing "Grexit"
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has hailed kinder words from lenders and revived interest in the country's deeply-discounted bonds and stocks as a "Greekovery" to replace last year's "Grexit" catchphrase. Although there is...Tags: Moody's Corporation, Bonds, Economy, Business and Finance, Antonis Samaras, Finance
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China's Ai Weiwei takes inspiration from milk scandal
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has taken inspiration from fears in China about milk safety for his latest work of art, a huge map of China made out of milk powder tins appearing at an exhibition in Hong Kong which opens on Friday....Tags: Organized Crime, Arts and Culture, Hong Kong, China, Ai Weiwei
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FACTBOX-Foreign firms in China's shale gas sector
Reuters(Adds Italy Eni's joint study with CNPC) BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters) - Italian oil firm Eni has entered a joint study with China's CNPC to explore a shale gas block in the southwestern province of Sichuan, officials said on Friday, becoming one of the...Tags: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corporation
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China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's television regulator has ordered a crackdown on dramas about the country's battles with Japan during and before World War Two and demanded they be more serious, state media said on Friday, following viewer complaints about...Tags: Heroin, Heroism, Entertainment, Japan, Arts and Culture
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METALS-Copper eyes first weekly drop in four
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - London copper futures edged lower on Friday to remain on course to end a three-week upward streak, undermined by a firmer dollar and indications that demand from top consumer China is unlikely to pick up strongly as Beijing...Tags: Government Debt, Metal, Federal Reserve, China, Alcoa Incorporated
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Russian-financed search engine in Vietnam sends politically sensitive searches Google's way
Associated PressHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government...Tags: Punishment, Vietnam, Online Media Industry, Google Inc., Hanoi (Vietnam)
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