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US 'profited' from Chinese buying The United States has reaped "fat profits" from China's robust purchasing power and its comparatively low labor cost, even amid the financial crisis, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday. Google to exit next month, report says Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday. Comment: Google in wrong game Drought lingers, 51 million affected Severe drought has affected 51 million Chinese and left more than 16 million people and 11 million livestock with drinking water shortages, China's State Commission of Disaster Relief said Friday.

China's elections won't be Western-style

The latest revision to the country's Electoral Law shows China will adhere to its own mode of development instead of adopting Western-style elections, a top legislator has said.

India unexpectedly hikes rates a quarter point

China seizes 27.7 tons of drugs in 2009: report

Severe sandstorm blasts Beijing

Vice-minister to visit US on trade relations

China calls for global support to Afghanistan

Hijackings of ships to increase

Chongqing launches online check

Former chief took bribes of 5m in art, property

China doesn't need a politicized Google

Scenic sites form association to promote tourism

Nobel economist: Yuan is not the crux

A peek into Google's global farce

China’s e-tablet market to outstrip US by 2015

Shanghai to open 42 Expo bus routes

Chongqing police want real ID on and off Internet

10,854 die in accidents in Jan-Feb

Senior commerce official admits graft in court

Agency rushes to stop unhealthy practices

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The Week March 19, 2010

"2010: The Year of Decision" Lecture by Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to China

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The World celebrates St. Patrick's Day

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Central China province denies GM rice accusation

Central China's Hunan province said on Saturday rice on sale at its supermarkets was not genetically modified and refuted environmental group Greenpeace's accusation.

Hijackings of ships to increase

More pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia is a possibility in the coming months, China's water transport authority warned on Friday.

Minimum wages going up across the country

Authorities in Guangdong province will raise the minimum wage by 21.1 percent on average for both corporate employees and part-time workers beginning May 1 after the province reported a shortage of workers early this year.

New species of dinosaur found in N China

Drought drives up flower prices in SW China

China to keep inflation under control

Sandstorm likely to spread to Yangtze basin

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Hunan refutes GM rice accusation

Central China's Hunan province said on Saturday rice on sale at its supermarkets was not genetically modified and refuted environmental group Greenpeace's accusation.
GM rice already on shelves: Greenpeace
Govt 'has an open mind' on GM food

Six brokerages get nod for margin trading

China's securities regulator announced Friday it approved six securities companies to pilot margin trading business.

Overseas realty proves safer bet

More wealthy Chinese are buying overseas properties for better investment returns as skyrocketing property prices in the country makes domestic home purchases more risky.

Krugman's 'getting tough on China' policy spells disaster

Top Chinese tourist cities form alliance for marketing

Tourism boosts Hainan's service industry

China to enhance trade ties with 4 EU nations

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World

Army, drug gangs battle in Mexico amid blockades

A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads in the city for the second day, in a bold attempt to impede security patrols.

F-35 fighter succeeds in 1st vertical landing test

US weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin said Thursday the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter succeeded in vertical landing test for the first time earlier in the day, a rare piece of good news for the problem prone program.

Multimillion-dollar UN corruption case uncovered

The deal looked simple enough: US military equipment suppliers bribed an African defense minister's salesmen to secure part of a $15 million gig to outfit a presidential guard.

Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video

Protesters begin weekend march around Bangkok

Doha trade talks not at their expected stage-India

US vital in pan-Asian institutions

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Sports

Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger Woods texts

A former porn actress released sexually graphic text messages Thursday that she says prove her affair with Tiger Woods, and she said she may reveal more potentially embarrassing information about the golfer as he prepares to return to competition next month.

Short track team's 'mother' wants to stay

Li Yan missed her daughter so much that she 'adopted' a team to help fill the void.

Golf world rejoices in Tiger's comeback

Tiger Woods' announcement on Tuesday that he will return to competitive golf at the Masters next month touched off joy around the golf world that the world's top-ranked player will be back.

Asiad opening ceremony will 'surprise'

IGF: China will have top golfers, Games medalists

Agassi drug inquiries dropped

Tiger's aura gone, but what about skills?

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Opinion

Good start to Sino-UK ties

Putting aside the talks about China's growing economic interdependence with the rest of the world, Miliband's statement could be seen as a declaration that London now sees Beijing as a partner and is willing to expand cooperation.

Six advantages of China's political system

The great achievements of the China Model will undoubtedly lead to a global study of it, but all of these studies have one flaw in common: evading the great importance of China's political system.

Google should obey china's laws, netizens say

Pressing China on the yuan won't work

The basic principle

Hedge fund: China in "greatest bubble in history"

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Huang Xiangyang

Who will lose if Google leaves?

If Google really withdraw from Chinese market, every part will be a loser: users, advertisers, Google itself and the Chinese government.

Snatch food from a tiger's mouth

Think Tank

Zhang Pei

How to meet a challenge called EU

The EU action was not restricted to its tough stance on trade and global issues. It criticized China's legal system, human rights record and the way it handled the Tibet issue, too, all of which are the country's internal matters that no foreign power has the right to interfere with.

China is good news for Latin America

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How to stop future mining accidents?

Can China have an independent commission against corruption?

Does China Become tough and arrogant?

Stop violence to children

Regional

Families dig for victory over severe drought

Deng Fenxian and her husband are busy digging a hole these days to build a water cellar to fight a severe drought in the southwest of the country.

Chongqing revamps police bureau

At least 3,000 police officials in Chongqing are facing a major job reshuffle to clean up the police force tainted by its protection of several organized gangs.

High-speed railway loan misused

Waiting for a miracle called rain

Shelters part of long-term civil defense plan

Lightening up on smokers

Life

'My kind of town'

Shanghai is not only home to transsexual dancer Jin Xing, but also to a host of other independent minded and experimental artists.

Exclusive interview with Zhang Ziyi: Clearing her name

Zhang Ziyi has been criticized for not replying to accusations of charity fraud leveled against her, but in an exclusive interview with Raymond Zhou she tells all.

Celebs at the Paris Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada March 18, 2010.