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  1. USOC considering placing a bid for Youth Olympics

    Yahoo! News - Olympics Search &bull Yesterday

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. a The U.S. Olympic Committee is considering a bid for the Youth Olympics, with Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Lake Placid, N.Y., possible contenders for the event that drew 3,500 athletes from 205 countries to Singapore last month at… Full Story »

  2. A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop: movie review

    Yahoo News &bull Yesterday

    Set in the desert, 'A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop' is the tale of double and triple crosses as an old miser discovers his wife is having an affair and hires an assassin. The Chinese director Zhang Yimou… Full Story »

  3. Kitajima leads Japan contingent for Asian Games

    Yahoo News &bull Yesterday

    The Japan Swimming Federation said on Friday that Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima is among a handful of top athletes chosen to take part in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, this November. Kitajima, who completed a golden double in… Full Story »

  4. Reign of Assassins -- Film Review

    Yahoo News &bull Yesterday

    "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" relocate to ancient China in the dazzling martial-arts epic "Reign of Assassins," in which Asian superstars Michelle Yeoh and Jung Woo-Sung play an ordinary married couple, each unaware the spouse is a world-class assassin. Full Story »

  5. Why Settling Trade In Yuan Matters

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Yesterday

    China's central bank shed some light on the benefits of letting companies in China settle bills with their business partners abroad in yuan. Full Story »

  6. US faces a navigable road at basketball worlds

    Yahoo News &bull Yesterday

    ISTANBUL (AP)-All around them, the Americans find compelling matchups for the round of 16: a rematch of the 2006 title game; a coach facing a home country he led to an Olympic gold medal; two bitter rivals to get it all started. Elimination games at the world… Full Story »

  7. Chinese food contains cancer causing chemicals

    Beijing 2008 Olympics News on Silobreaker &bull Yesterday

    Food safety monitors in Hunan province found high levels of the carcinogen 'benzoapyrene' in 42 tons of Camellia oil - an expensive, nutrition-rich oil used for cooking in China but suppressed the news to maintain social stability. Authorities in central… Full Story »

  8. Sony Ericsson Doesn't Fear Chinese Knock-off Phones

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Yesterday

    Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson doesn't think knock-off Chinese phones are harming its market share, but Chinese handset makers will be "serious" competitors long-term, the company's chief executive said in Beijing this week. Full Story »

  9. Fiddling, stepdancing contest rite of passage

    Yahoo News &bull Yesterday

    As the many competitors in the various fiddling and stepdancing categories file in to the Pembroke Memorial Centre today to begin competing in the 35th annual Pembroke Old Time Fiddling and Stepdancing Championships, it is worth considering what this event… Full Story »


  10. SWIMNEWS: Kitajima Heads Japan's Asian Games Squad

    Gold Medal Mel &bull Yesterday

    Quadruple Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will head a 29-strong Japanese team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, November 12-27. After a double triumph at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships last month, Kitajima heads to his second big international… Full Story »

  11. Chinese consider rival Potash bid

    Olympics News on RocketNews.com &bull Yesterday

    Potash is mined in Canada and used in fertiliser production Chinese investors have approached a Canadian pension fund about a possible rival bid for the fertiliser giant Potash Corporation. Alberta Investment Management said it was not interested in a rival… Full Story »

  12. China Sweeps Gold in Day Two of FINA World Junior Diving Championships

    Yahoo News &bull Yesterday

    TUCSON, Arizona, September 3. TEAM USA won a pair of medals Thursday at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships to lift its two-day total to four, doubling its medal count from the 2008 meet with four days of competition still to come. Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif.) and Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass.) won the… Full Story »

  13. Growing confidence shows the real China

    Beijing 2008 Olympics News on Silobreaker &bull Yesterday

    The latest high-level dialogue between China and the European Union was held not in Beijing or Shanghai, but in Guiyang, the capital city of China's poorest province Guizhou. Industry body calls for improved regulatory environment in ChinaBEIJING - China has made several good initiatives recently… Full Story »

  14. China warships end Burma visit

    Olympics News on RocketNews.com &bull Yesterday

    The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties. Start you search now to find the right program at the right school. Search by… Full Story »

  15. Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation (Reuters)

    Olympics News on RocketNews.com &bull Yesterday

    Reuters - China on Friday offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could face depreciation risks. Full Story »


  16. Tropical hotspot

    Olympics News on RocketNews.com &bull Yesterday

    Or the arrest by China's navy of hundreds, not just dozens, of Vietnamese fishermen in disputed waters, sparking US voices to support Hanoi against Beijing - or the other way around. But the impact of a conflict over a storm-tossed and otherwise unremarkable stretch of water south of China and bordered by most South East Asian states would be far-reaching. The shipping of Middle Eastern oil to Japan would be at risk, north-east Asian economies could stall, trade… Full Story »

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  17. China's Food Safety Challenges

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Yesterday

    Sino-American cooperation to increase product safety is increasing, but this does not relieve concern about the safety of food and other Chinese exports to the U.S., Stanley Lubman writes. Full Story »

  18. A Shan by Any Other Name

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Sep 2, 2010

    What's in a name? If you live in the Shan family village in Shandong province, a Chinese character so rare that computer systems used to issue official documents can't render it. Full Story »

  19. Ford says August China, India sales up (AP)

    Olympics News on RocketNews.com &bull Sep 2, 2010

    AP - Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that its August sales in China and India rose 37 percent, reflecting the rapid growth in those regions for the U.S. automaker. Full Story »

  20. Inter-Continental Cup winner to play in World Cup

    Yahoo News &bull Sep 2, 2010

    KUALA LUMPUR: For the first time, the Volkswagen women's table tennis World Cup will see a qualifying group being held to select one of the player for the main draw. The International Table Tennis Federation are introducing the Inter-Continental Cup… Full Story »

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