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China Retail Sales Gain 22 Percent; Strongest Since 1999
May 13 – The country’s retail sales of local consumer goods increased by 22 percent to RMB814.2 billion (US$116 billion) for April; the strongest gains since 1999, according to sources.
The National Bureau of Statistics reports that for the first four months of the year, China’s retail sales of c...
Saudi beheaded for murder
Riyadh - A Saudi national was beheaded by the sword on Tuesday after being convicted of murdering a compatriot, the interior ministry...
Battle With Poverty (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
PUSHING POVERTY:The Asian Development Bank says the poor in Laos live with less than US $2 a day but the country is optimistic it will change as the economy gets better with the help of tourism and hydropower energy.
Sichuan Earthquake Care for Children Appeal
May 13 - Our readers will be aware of the earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan province in China that struck on Monday and that has claimed over 10,000 lives to date.
Dezan Shira & Associates supports the international charity Care for Children (CFC) in China. CFC works with the Sichuan and Chengdu Ci...
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Blossoming
But ties between Asia's two biggest powers remain delicateFIRST came the ?ice-breaking?, then the ?ice-melting?. Now, Hu Jintao hopes, comes ?everlasting warm spring?. A series of reciprocal visits over the past 20 months by the leaders of China and Japan have brought a thaw in bilateral relations. On May 6th Mr Hu, China's president, began a state visit,...
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