| Fri 3 Sep 2010 |
Hazel Ying Lee (1912 - 1944)
The Examiner | Hazel Ying Lee was one of the first female pilots employed by the United States military, at a time when less than 1% of the pilots in the United States were women. Hazel was born in Portland, Oregon on August 24, 1912, and after taking her first a... |
Beware Jackie Chan's seal of approval
Star Tribune | Judging from billboards and TV commercials in China, film star Jackie Chan has never met a product he won't endorse. Travel the country, and you'll see the Hong Kong native's handsome visage hawking electric bikes, anti-virus software, even frozen ... |
China orders state firms to explore Potash bid
Mining Weekly | HONG KONG/MELBOURNE - Chinese officials have ordered state-owned companies to meet with investment bankers to explore potential options to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Canada's Potash Corp, according to a source with direct knowledge of... |
UN reveals global disparity in broadband access
Joy Online The global disparity in fixed broadband access and cost has been revealed by UN figures. | The Central African Republic is the most expensive place to get a fixed broadband connection, costing nearly 40 times the average monthly income there. | Macao... |
Mass murderer Mao killed 45 million Chinese during 'Great Leap Forward'
Newstrack India | London, Sep.3 (ANI): China's communist ruler Mao Tse Tung killed 45 million of his people between 1958 and 1961 during what was dubbed as the world's biggest man-made famine. | According to a historian, Chinese propaganda posters of the late ... |
Manita strikes gold for Nepal in Korea
The Himalayan | Added At: 2010-09-03 8:13 PM | Last Updated At: 2010-09-03 8:13 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) | To View your saved article(s)please | Close --> | THT Online/File | Medal winners... |
Himfr Analyzes Price Trends in China's Car Market
PR Newswire | , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Himfr.com, one of leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, analyzes car market. | The price of passenger vehicles in the first half of 2010 has mainly dropped. After Mar... |
China Orders State Firms to Explore Potash Bid
ABC News | By Joseph Chaney and Victoria Thieberger | September 3, 2010 | HONG KONG/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chinese officials have ordered state-owned companies to meet with investment bankers to explore potential options to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid... |
Global human trafficking roundup (September 3, 2010)
The Examiner | NORTH AMERICA | Hawaii: FBI arrested six people for trafficking more than 400 Thai migrants for labor exploitation on the farms. Some of the victims were sent to the mainland according to the report. Global Horizon manpower, Inc. promised a job wit... |
China orders state firms to explore Potash bid
The Guardian * Officials directed state firms to talk to banks -source * Sinochem-CIC tie-up one option under discussion -source * Blocking stake, rather than buyout, most likely strategy * Chinese, others sound out major Canadian fund on Potash (Updates with sou... |
Hong Kong activist cleared of assault during anti-China protest
m&c | Hong Kong - A prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was cleared Friday of assaulting a police officer at an anti-China demonstration. | The arrest of Christina Chan, 22, for her part in a demonstration outside the Beijing Liaison Office was wi... |
Softball: Olympic gold-winning pitcher Ueno returns to nat'l team+
Breitbart TOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Yukiko Ueno, who led Japan to its first Olympic softball gold in Beijing two years ago, is on a list of 15 players released Friday by the Japan Softball Association for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, this Nove... |
Zhongpin to Present at the Rodman & Renshaw Conference on September 13, 2010
Stockhouse BEIJING and CHANGGE, China, Sept 03, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- | Zhongpin Inc. ("Zhongpin", Nasdaq: HOGS), a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it will mak... |
Family values deep-rooted in Chinese consumers' minds
China Daily 2010-09-03 17:47:54.0Song JingliFamily values deep-rooted in Chinese consumers' mindsfamily values,family needs,,Media Atlas China11022421Web Exclusive2@webnews/enpproperty--> | Most Chinese think of the needs of their families when buying things, a ... |
Olympic champion Liu to miss Asian Games
The Guardian BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) - China's Olympic swimming champion Liu Zige will skip November's Asian Games to concentrate on next year's world championships, Chinese swimming officials said. Liu had been suffering from fatigue since winning the 200 metr... |
Kitajima to spearhead Japan's Asian Games team
The Guardian TOKYO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Japan's multiple Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitajima will head his country's Asian Games swimming team at the November event, Japanese officials said on Friday. World backstroke champion Junya Koga and Ryosuke Irie were a... |
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