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CT scan finds a mummified Buddhist monk was stuffed with scripts in Chinese...
Last year, Netherlands’ Drents Museum commissioned a CT scan of one of its Buddhist monk statues and found a mummified Buddhist monk inside it.Buddhism expert Erik Bruijn said the mummy was of Buddhist...
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Cartoons of President Xi Jinping fighting corruption are going viral in China
A mystery mainland video-maker put a comic spin on the national anti-graft drive over the Lunar New Year, releasing three propaganda cartoons of an animated President Xi Jinping fighting corruption.The...
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The 'Red King of Gambling' owes $160 million, and that says everything about...
Shao Dongming is the CEO of Chinese property development company Dongding Investment, and he's one of richest men in Shanghai. He's also known as the red king of gambling, infamous for going to Macau...
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More than 600,000 rounds of fireworks are exploded for this ancient Chinese...
Every year, the Chinese New Year is celebrated for more than two weeks in January or February, with many festivals and celebrations commemorating the occasion. On the first day of the New Year, the...
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WeChat gave away £50 million for Chinese New Year
Chinese revellers celebrated the New Year by sharing $80 million (£50 million) in prize money simply by shaking their phones at their TV sets, according to figures released by social media giant...
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China's free trade zone could lead to a radical change in the Chinese economy
Since September 2013 China has been operating a new form of free trade zone based in a small area of Shanghai, called the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (SPFTZ).It reflects new thinking in...
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India is fast-tracking the development of its new aircraft carrier in order...
India is fast tracking its project to build an indigenous aircraft carrier, since the country's oldest carrier is scheduled to retire next year, The Times Of India reports. India's current INS Viraat...
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Chinese electric car sales could surge past the US
Modern plug-in electric cars have been on sale in the U.S. since December 2010, and in China even longer.The BYD F3DM, a compact plug-in hybrid sedan, went into very limited production in 2008, though...
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A welcome surprise from China
China's manufacturing sector is doing a bit better than expected.The country's flash manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) unexpectedly climbed to a four-month high of 50.1 in February from...
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This map shows how the rest of the world doesn't even come close to the US'...
The US continues to hold the indisputable top spot in defense spending, designating more than the combined expenditures of the top 15 nations according to an annual report from the International...
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A fireball seen in the skies over the western US was likely a Chinese rocket
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A fireball spotted streaking across the night sky late on Monday in the western United States was almost certainly the body of a rocket used by China in December to launch a...
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China drops Apple and other leading tech brands from approved state purchase...
China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists, while approving thousands more locally made products, in what some say is a response to...
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China sent a new year's message from the deck of its one aircraft carrier
Lining up 1,400 Chinese sailors and aircrew members on the country’s first aircraft carrier offers a bit of perspective on the Chinese carrier’s massive scale.The sailors and air crew lined up on the...
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Fisker is back, with a new owner — and new name, 'Elux'
Chinese maker Wanxiang, which bought the defunct Fisker Automotive out of bankruptcy, will rename the carmaker Elux, according to a Reuters report this morning.The company has also pushed back the...
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CHINESE TYCOON: The West is to blame for my son's love of sex, money and...
The tycoon Wang Jianlin has publicly defended his son who caused a furore on social media after he said his top criteria for choosing a girlfriend was that she be buxom.Wang, one of the richest men in...
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China's getting ready for a relapse
China is about to have a relapse.Despite a government directive to stop intervening in the economy, policymakers are getting ready to take measures to boost its ailing housing market.A former engine of...
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This chart shows how China, India, and Japan are competing to develop their...
Aircraft carriers are one of the ultimate symbols of a nation's military strength and ability to project force beyond its borders. An aircraft carrier group is only fully operational when it has a...
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The Chinese government is encouraging Alibaba's rivals
A Chinese government push to promote e-commerce has created a host of online retail rivals for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Amazon.com Inc catering to shoppers' fears about the quality and safety of...
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How one man's stolen iPhone made him an internet celebrity in China
When Matt Stopera looked at his phone in January he noticed something was off. While searching for a photo to Instagram, he discovered that his supposedly private photo stream had been inundated with...
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China's top court says no to the 'erroneous' Western model of judicial...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top court has urged officials from the ruling Communist Party to shun Western-style judicial independence and reject "erroneous Western thought", state media said on...
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