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  • Oliver tops 110m hurdles at World Challenge Beijing

    With the absence of Chinese star Liu Xiang, American David Oliver topped the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing here, while China's Li Jinzhe continued his good form and grabbed a second win in the men's long jump. Oliver, bronze medallist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Games, held off the challenge of London Olympic runner-up Jason Richardson and Jamaica's ...

  • `China-Pakistan have all-weather strategic ties

    Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's premier. Xinhua described the Islamabad-Beijing ties as an "all-weather strategic partnership". It is worth noting that Li is the first foreign leader to visit Pakistan in the wake of the country's general elections, Xinhua said in a commentary. The two "firsts" testified to the "all-weather ...

  • Hang Seng Shanghai close lower

    (1 min ago) Stocks in Hong Kong closed down 0.45 percent despite a strong lead from Wall Street, as dealers awaited testimony by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on the economic outlook. The benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 105.29 points to 23,261 on turnover of HK$52.41 billion. Trading began in the city todat at 1pm after a delay over a severe rainstorm warning. Stocks in Shanghai ...

  • The Bund opened little changed

    technical factors to guide trading. So both the Bund and the US Treasuries went South in early US trading, approaching the recent, sell-off lows. However, no break occurred and helped ...

  • Man commits suicide after killing wife son in Jiangsus Wuxi

    A family quarrel escalated into a violent attack when a man killed his wife, one-year-old son and himself on Tuesday in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, local media reported today. The couple started quarrelling around noon and soon began to fight each other. Both were highly agitated and locked the door to fill their apartment with coal gas, neighbors said. Around 2:30pm, the wife was seen ...


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Amarcord [DVD]

Amarcord [DVD]

Federico Fellinis Amarcord opens and closes with the arrival of the puffballs, which signals the beginning of spring. At various points in the film, other elements--rain, snow, intense sunlight--pour from the sky, signaling the changing seasons and the quick progression of time. It give ... ...

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  • Eastday-Shanghai workers cash in despite slow economy

    Feng said China was aging rapidly due to its one-child policy and has begun to lose its demographic dividend, resulting in labor shortage and insufficient young workers.To some extent, their salary expectations are lower than locals and migrant workers are more hardworking as they want to survive in the city," Feng ...

  • Profit-taking weighs on Shanghai

    (49 mins ago) Stocks in Shanghai were down slightly in early trade due to profit-taking, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.13 percent, or 3.05 points, to ...

  • Op-Ed Contributor Chinas Brutal One-Child Policy

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  • Extensive gold reserves discovered in northwest China

    Geologists in China say they've found gold reserves in a northwestern province that could be worth $32 billion to the country's economy. The discovery was made in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. The gold deposit in Xinyuan County in the Ili Valley is estimated to contain at least 53 tons, Zeng Xiaogang, ...

  • Freed boat to continue fishing in Yellow Sea

    The private Chinese fishing boat freed by Pyongyang this morning after 12 days of detention will continue its operations in China's waters off the Yellow Sea, its owner said on Tuesday. Yu Xuejun, who was not on board, said that all the fishermen are safe and are returning without ransom having been paid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The boat's captain called Yu ...

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