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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Asia Bulletin.com http://www.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/10/id/9366300fc9319e9b/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 30 China, once a nation of bicycles, is reverting to it as a means of movement once again in a measure to push government vehicles off the roads at least once a week in a nationwide effort to conserve en http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342532/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342532/cs/1/ China will stockpile one million tonnes of sugar in an effort to stabilize prices and protect farmers' interests, the government said Wednesday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203337304/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203337304/cs/1/ Against the backdrop of recent self-immolations by Buddhist monks, India Wednesday struck a cautious note on the growing Tibetan unrest, telling China that it was "willing to offer any help" to ease t http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332997/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332997/cs/1/ Pitching for stronger India-China relations, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday formally inaugurated the Indian embassy's new $10 million complex here which has been built with sandstone http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203329578/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:50:22 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203329578/cs/1/ A video clip of a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced to do push-ups, wearing just an underwear despite freezing temperature, on a road in the New York city of the US has evoked outrage. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203329210/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203329210/cs/1/ Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna met with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing on Wednesday at the start of his three-day visit to the country. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203327693/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:30:28 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203327693/cs/1/ A top Chinese policeman, who shot to national fame for leading a popular crackdown on organised crime, has gone on leave under mysterious circumstances amid rumours that he is being investigated for c http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203327551/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203327551/cs/1/ A China based online blog, which offers an opportunity for single police officers to find their date as per their convenience, has become a huge hit on the Internet. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203327047/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:40:37 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203327047/cs/1/ A Chinese Olympic mascot dolls manufacturer has rejected reports about his products being made in sweatshops, and said his factory is open to inspection by both international organizations and the med http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323113/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:40:13 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323113/cs/1/ China Wednesday put forth a plan to boost employment during the 2011-15 period, which aims to create 45 million jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate within 5 percent. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323101/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323101/cs/1/ A knife-wielding man broke into a school in China, stabbed two students and fled, authorities said Wednesday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323088/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:12 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323088/cs/1/ The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that 29 Chinese workers abducted last month by Sudanese anti-government forces have been released and have arrived in Nairobi. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323071/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:11 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203323071/cs/1/ French Open champion Li Na of China was forced to quit her first-round match at the WTA Paris Indoor Open. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203322905/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203322905/cs/1/ That's a scratch that will cost her dear, and she feared much more. But a woman in China is "relieved" she would have to pay only 188,000 yuan ($29,800) for a tiny-winy scratch her car caused to a Rol http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203320214/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203320214/cs/1/ CHICAGO (AFP) - A former software engineer for Motorola was found guilty Wednesday of stealing trade secrets from the US technology firm just before she tried to leave the country for China, the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341301/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:09 -0500 West Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341301/ EU looks to China on debt crisis Consumer companies tell a tale of rising prices. Yum, the parent group of Kentucky Fried Chicken, is just one struggling to pass through rising costs to Chinese ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203338772/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:42 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203338772/ An Alberta wheat farm: The Canadian Wheat Board's role as sole Canadian exporter of wheat and barley to the world is set to end as of Aug. 1. China is the world's largest importer of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339297/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:19 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339297/ Rare photos have emerged from Tibet, showing a violent Chinese police response to the protest in Serta town in Sichuan Province on Jan. 24, 2012. The series of photos include a group of Chinese ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342345/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:12 -0500 The Epoch Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342345/ February 8, 2012 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the world faced a growing ';cult of violence'; and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341344/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:51:47 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341344/ 8 de febrero de 2012, 13:21 Beijing, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) China and Canada on Wednesday signed accords on cooperation in many sectors to provide new contents to their relations, at the beginning of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341308/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:31 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341308/ Beijing, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) China will invest more than six billion dollars from 2012 to 2015 in technological projects for water-saving irrigation in its four northern territories, in order to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340239/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:27 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340239/ Children play in a traditional residential district in Beijing that is undergoing demolition in April 2011. Despite public protest, historic and new homes are being destroyed all over the city to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341296/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:52 -0500 NPR http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341296/ The Chinese Embassy in Sofia has announced a BGN 15 000 donation to aid the victims of the floods that have hit Southern Bulgaria. The funding from the Embassy of the People's Republic of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341311/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:22 -0500 Novinite http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341311/ Photo/AFP A general view shows the Beijing city skyline and the China Central Television (CCTV) tower recently. Rents for Beijing's office space rose by 75 per cent last year, making it the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342348/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:34 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342348/ Industry analysts warn that the month-long rally in nickel prices could be lost as import demand from top buyer China eases due to a well supplied local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339865/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:38 -0500 Mine Web http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339865/ CHENGDU, China - Rumors of a possible high-profile asylum attempt, purge or maybe just an awkwardly timed sick leave swirled Wednesday around a famous Chinese law enforcement official, in a case ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342358/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:56 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342358/ Cathay Pacific currently offers more than 70 flights a week from Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide and Perth) to Hong Kong with good connections onto Shanghai and Beijing, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203338857/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:10 -0500 Manufacturers Monthly http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203338857/ MOSCOW, February 9 (Itar-Tass) - The international community should not act in Syria like an elephant in a china shop, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341290/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:36:15 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341290/ Chinese automaker BAIC is mulling over buying the remaining assets of Swedish automaker Saab Auto, together with Japan's Matsushita Group, according to a report published on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341330/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:51 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341330/ (IFJ/IFEX) - 8 February 2012 - The following is an excerpt of IFJ's February 2012 Campaign Bulletin:( . . . )3) Journalist Attacked in TaiwanA Taiwanese journalist was brutally attacked four ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339845/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:49 -0500 IFEX http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339845/ The eurozone crisis is likely to continue to drag on China's exports, a key driver of the nation's economic growth, a senior official at Fitch Ratings said yesterday. China has seen an ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203338949/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:21 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203338949/ Some Internet users in Beijing will get their broadband speeds increased up to 20 Mbps (Megabits per second) for free after the Beijing branch of China Telecom finishes upgrading speeds of the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339338/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:25 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339338/ BEIJING -- The annual average growth of China's minimum wages should be at least 13 percent in the five years to 2015, according to a government job market plan for the period published on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341303/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:56 -0500 The China Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341303/ BEIJING--Canada and China expanded cooperation Wednesday with agreements to boost bilateral investment and promote energy exports to China as Ottawa seeks to diversify its oil ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339524/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:44 -0500 The China Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339524/ BEIJING--China lashed out on Wednesday against British Foreign Secretary William Hague, saying his criticism of Beijing's veto of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341304/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:02 -0500 The China Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341304/ TAIPEI -- The Council of Agriculture (COA) was censured yesterday by the government watchdog Control Yuan for failing to report in time on pesticide residues found in fruits and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342357/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:01 -0500 The China Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342357/ MOSCOW: Russian leaders under fire for a UN veto Wednesday rejected outside interference in the Syrian conflict, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warning against behaving "like a bull in a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203337354/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:49 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203337354/ Follow this company is getting remodeled this month and will be rebranded as Red Lantern. It's the second change for the Chinese dining part of the operation since Thunder Valley ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342354/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:11:21 -0500 Business Journal http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342354/ China bans toddler palm-reading A home-filmed video showing a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York has gone viral ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341077/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:49 -0500 One News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341077/ Russia and China have vetoed the latest UN Security Council resolution on the ongoing violence in Syria because it leaves out sanctions on the opposition alongside those on the Assad government, and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340490/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:06 -0500 RT http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340490/ Here are a few details of the major investment deal coming soon between Canada and China, as well as a list of what CBC chief political correspondent Terry Milewski calls a "small blizzard of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340909/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:25 -0500 CBC News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340909/ Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the end of a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People at the Great Hall of the People on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341281/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:51:37 -0500 Canada.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341281/ Beijing has become the fifth most expensive city in the world in terms of prime office rent after an eye-popping 75 percent price rise in 2011, an industry report said.It now costs US$130 per square ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342002/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:17 -0500 New America Media http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342002/ Apple has been caught in a series of suits and countersuits over who owns the 'iPad' trademark in China. We give you a rundown of all the essential developments in this story.1. A Chinese ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341307/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:52 -0500 NDTV http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341307/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping discussed the agenda for Xi's visit to the United States next week that will include a range of economic, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341258/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:43 -0500 Reuters http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341258/ SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal grand jury indicted two Orinda residents among a group accused of stealing trade secrets from U.S. firms to benefit companies controlled by the People's Republic of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341257/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:54 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341257/ BEIJING  -- The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341340/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:46 -0500 Fox News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341340/ BEIJING  -- The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339748/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:42 -0500 Fox News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339748/ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, invites Prime Minister Stephen Harper to review an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 8, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341253/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:14 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341253/ Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Kiyohiko Nishimura said Wednesday that developing a market where the yen and China's yuan could be directly exchanged would contribute to regional ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342347/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:54 -0500 Japan Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342347/ Scheduled Tibetan protests and recent self-immolations have led to increased security in China (Photo Courtesy of Free Tibet Now). The most recent occurrence adds to the wave of self-immolation ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341332/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:10 -0500 Impunity Watch http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341332/ IB TIMES: Why is China so committed to Syria and keeping Assad in power? Syria has little oil, so what is the attraction for China? Even if the Chinese have some investments in Syria, they have much ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341346/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:07:53 -0500 IBTimes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341346/ Cardinal Joseph Zen is urging the Holy See to take a stronger line against encroachment by the Chinese government in the life of the Church in that country. The retired Bishop of Hong Kong, an ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342360/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:05:52 -0500 Catholic Culture http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342360/ (AP) BEIJING - The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340922/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:03:34 -0500 CBS News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340922/ (AP) CHICAGO - A federal judge convicted a Chinese-born American Wednesday of stealing trade secrets but acquitted her of more serious charges of corporate espionage at a trial in Chicago that ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342054/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:03:08 -0500 CBS News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342054/ (Credit: CBS) (CBS/AP) Born weighing 15.52 pounds in central China, Chun Chun is possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949. The 29-year-old mother in Henan ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340745/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:55 -0500 CBS News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203340745/ BEIJING: India's concern over the presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was raised by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today in his talks with leaders here. Krishna ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342356/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:52:44 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342356/ Communist leaders face pressure to spread China's prosperity more widely and narrow a yawning gap between a wealthy elite and the poor majority. Beijing froze wage rates to help companies stay ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342362/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:47 -0500 Arab News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342362/ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L)meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani in Doha January 18, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342353/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:22:49 -0500 China Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342353/ DOHA - Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz should be kept open under all circumstances and Beijing opposes "any extreme acts" at the strategic ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341294/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:22:46 -0500 China Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341294/ "Love," directed by Niu Chen-zer, tells the story of a young Taiwanese businessman who meets a single mother from Beijing while looking to acquire a home in the Chinese ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341297/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:52 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341297/ SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chen Meng, the former deputy head of a district government in Shanghai, stood trial Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes worth 15.5 million yuan (2.46 million U.S. ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342359/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:02 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203342359/ CHANGSHA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Police in central Hunan province are hunting for a man who they say used a homemade explosive to blow up a shop in downtown Changsha, the provincial capital, on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341312/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:58 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203341312/ Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has scored its second major ultra-fast broadband contract and will supply equipment for the Christchurch leg of the internet scheme. Enable Services, one of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339334/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:30:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203339334/ BEIJING _ Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332483/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:23:11 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332483/ BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in south China's Guangdong province say parents can be fined or punished for having more than one child, even if the babies are born in Hong Kong.The warning is ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330686/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:20:52 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330686/ The world's largest flat panel display exhibition will be held in Taipei in late June, featuring the latest trends and innovative designs in the industry, the organizers said Wednesday. Display ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203329623/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:55 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203329623/ Hotai Motor Co., the Taiwanese sales agent for Japan's Toyota Motors, is scheduled to release Taiwan's first self-made hybrid car Feb. 16, demonstrating the country's domestic ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331506/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:53 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331506/ Share prices in Taiwan closed above the 7,800 mark for the first time in nearly six months on ample liquidity and institutional buying, dealers said. With concerns over the eurozone's debt ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331507/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:50 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331507/ Taipei, Feb. 8, 2012 (CENS)--Affected by global economic slowdown and Chinese New Year holiday, Taiwan's export value dropped 16.8% year-on-year in January. After excluding the factor of the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331508/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:58 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331508/ Taipei, Feb. 8, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan exported US$20.472 billion of machinery in 2011, up 22.4% year-on-year, according to preliminary statistics compiled by the Taiwan Association of Machinery ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331509/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:55 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331509/ Taipei, Feb. 8, 2012 (CENS)--Advantech Co., Ltd. and ICP Electronics Corp.--Taiwan's top two embed-system makers--suffered sales reduction in January mostly thanks to fewer workdays in that ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330139/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:53 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330139/ Taipei, Feb. 8, 2012 (CENS)--Some 36,692 new powered two-wheelers (PTWs) were sold in Taiwan in January, down only 1.3% from the same period of last year, according to data compiled by the Ministry ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331510/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:52 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331510/ Taipei, Feb. 8, 2012 (CENS)--Thanks to the appreciation of the euro against greenback and the net inflow of foreign capital, Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves increased by US$4.757 billion ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330406/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:50 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330406/ Taipei, Feb. 8, 2012 (CENS)--Portent International Co., Ltd., a company reinvested by Thailand-headquartered ADB Group in Taiwan, has launched its nontoxic flame extinguisher, poised to penetrate ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331205/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:49 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331205/ Taipei, Feb. 8, 2012 (CENS)--As the Chinese government decides to slow construction of affordable houses to cut the number of such houses constructed nationwide from last year's 10 million ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330125/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:48 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203330125/ Prime Minister Stephen Harper has kicked off his tour of China by promoting Canadian tourism at an event in Beijing. Harper said he hopes thousands will visit his hometown for the Calgary ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331462/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:31 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331462/ Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim, left, and DPP legislative candidate Lie Kuen-cheng hold a press conference in Taipei yesterday to announce that they will file a case to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331512/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:12:40 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331512/ Prosecutors say the 41-year-old rose through Motorola Inc.'s corporate ranks only to steal documents from her Chicago-area Motorola office in 2007. They say she then tried to flee on a one-way ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332477/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:12:11 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332477/ A Chinese company is seeking a $38 million fine and an apology from Apple for the Cupertino, California-based tech giant’s use of the iPad name in China, various media outlets reported on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332474/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:05:52 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332474/ A Communist "princeling" fond of small town America and Hollywood war dramas, and brusque critic of Western pressure with a daughter at Harvard, Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331497/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:56:43 -0500 Mail and Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331497/ (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its forecast for China's 2012 economic growth to 8.25% from the 9% projected in September, and it warned that exports ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331544/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:56:38 -0500 MENAFN http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331544/ MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - The way Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Foreign Intelligence Service Director Mikhail Fradkov were welcomed in Syria confirms that the people of the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331496/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:52:02 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331496/ South African Airways first direct flight to Beijing is scheduled to land in the Chinese capital for the first time today – an indication of the growing bilateral ties between the two ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332485/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:49:46 -0500 IOL http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332485/ A knife-wielding man broke into an East China middle school early Tuesday morning, stabbed two students and fled, it was reported Wednesday.The man, wearing a cap, gloves, and a red coat, entered ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332486/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:15 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203332486/ Authorities in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province said Wednesday that the forest-rich region is facing a grim challenge in fire prevention due to a lingering drought. The province has ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331560/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:00 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331560/ China’s vice president Xi Jinping heads to Washington on Monday at a time when Presidential candidates and even President Obama himself are skewering China for unfair trade and currency ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331520/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:44:19 -0500 Forbes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331520/ A CTV News correspondent says the government is making a big deal about the foreign investment protection agreement, which has spent 18 years in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331547/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:40:38 -0500 CTV http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/203331547/