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1 hour 32 minutes ago
U.S. Films Win China Access as Xi Wraps Tour With Import Vow
U.S. filmmakers won improved access to China’s $2.1 billion box-office market in an agreement that resolves a five-year dispute between the two countries at the World Trade Organization.
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2 hours 57 minutes ago
Syria Allies Reject Calls for Pressure on Assad
China, Russia and Iran all made declarations of support for the Syrian government, reaffirming their alliances in the face of broad international lobbying for unity against President Bashar al-Assad.
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Jean-Jacques Annaud's Arabian frights | Film
| on Tue, Feb 21, 4:31 PM
Jean-Jacques Annaud was making a film about oil wars in the desert. Then the Arab spring started, his crew were evacuated, and he had to explain why he had 300 gunsOne day in 2010, over tea in Barcelona, Antonio Banderas took...
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on Tue Feb 21 10:17 AM
As Tibet marks new year, self immolations mean there will be no celebrations
For Tibetan Buddhists, tomorrow is Losar, the start of the year 2139; an occasion that the Dalai Lama will mark in the main temple in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala.
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on Tue Feb 21 8:56 AM
China Curbing Overcapacity Helps GM Plan Double Deliveries: Cars
China is clamping down on overcapacity in the world’s biggest automobile market, benefiting companies with entrenched production and sales, such as General Motors Co., while hurting newcomers to the market.
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on Tue Feb 21 8:53 AM
Gucci Using Python as Rich Drive Profit Margin Above 30%: Retail
For Gucci Chief Executive Officer Patrizio Di Marco, attracting the wealthiest clientele comes at a higher price.
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on Tue Feb 21 8:00 AM
China's high-speed rail project runs out of steam
China's high-speed rail project, one of the most impressive feats of engineering in the world, has run out of money.
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on Tue Feb 21 7:48 AM
Lessons of the 40 years since Nixon went to China
Pretty much everything has changed in US-China relations since Richard Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai signed the Shanghai Communiqué forty years ago on February 21, 1972, says Kenneth Lieberthal
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on Tue Feb 21 6:31 AM
'Underground palace' roils Hong Kong leadership race
HONG KONG — Just a month before Hong Kong selects a new leader, the former British colony is experiencing something that Britain never allowed and that China, in charge here since 1997, certainly doesn’t want, either: a contest for the top job...
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on Tue Feb 21 4:16 AM
Tang Ignores Calls to Quit Hong Kong Chief Executive Contest
Henry Tang, embroiled in a scandal over an illegal basement built at his wife’s property, submitted a formal bid to run for Hong Kong’s top leadership post today, ignoring sinking poll ratings and calls to drop out.
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