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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Filed under: Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , China Beijing has been taking real steps to reduce its pollution after last year's Olympic Games brought the issue to a very public stage. There are already some rather complicated rules that drivers need to follow and, starting this year, cars will be required to carry a "yellow label" if they don't meet Euro I emissions standards. These standards...
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Avian Influenza (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wall Street Journal - The woman, who lived on the outskirts of China's capital, succumbed Monday morning to the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123127188802458267.html'mod=googlenews_wsj
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virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Arrived in Beijing last night after a long flight from Boston. Interesting little occurence: United Airlines held the bulk of the passengers on the plane at the Beijing airport while the crew made sure that six deportees got off the plane. “Are you...
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Beijing City (Free subscription) | yesterday
Question: What details can you provide regarding Deputy Secretary Negroponte’s travel to China? Who will he be meeting with? What issues will he discuss? Answer ...
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virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Beijing NewsJanuary 7, 2009 The Beijing News reports that a 19-year-old woman who had been hospitalized since December 27 was pronounced dead on January 5. A postmortem test conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Nikkei (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wednesday, January 7, 2009Checks Begin On Beijing Poultry After Bird Flu DeathBEIJING (Kyodo)--Government officials have begun inspections of slaughterhouses and poultry farms in the Beijing area after a teenage girl living in the Chinese capital died from bird flu, state media reported Wednesday.
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Sneaker Files (Free subscription) | yesterday
The recent pictures of the Nike SB Beijing Dunk Mid Premium have attracted the attention of many sneakerheads worldwide and most agree that this is definitely one of the better Nike SB Dunk Mids to release in a while. Featuring an upper highly inspired by the daily living in Beijing, this pair is very complex [...]
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H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via China Daily: Bird flu claims first victim in almost a year. Excerpt:The Beijing health bureau said 116 people had come in contact with the patient. Fourteen of them are her family members and neighbors, and the rest medical staff...
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The Sports Economist (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Stop me if you have heard this one before... Remember all those claims about the continuing benefits that flow from the lavish sports facilities constructed for mega sporting events for years after the actual event? As example #1, consider the National "Bird's Nest" Stadium in Beijing, host to the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games. There were supposed to be a huge number of events...
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Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
# 2634 In the wake of yesterday's announcement that a 19-year-old woman from Beijing had died from the H5N1 bird flu, state run media is reporting that new, stringent controls are being implemented in Beijing. Other news reports I've seen today indicate that hospitals and doctors are ordered to report any influenza-like illnesses on a daily basis to local health authorities, and to conduct follow up...
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Radar (Free subscription) | yesterday
...remember us to Tiananmen Square? Yes, China has announced its grand ol' plans to create a 'Broadway' in Beijing -- call it Times Square 2. Complete down to the Playbill, the new $700 million theater district will take 5 years to build and ultimately
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PORT☆CITY☆UNDERGROUND (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing issues bird flu alert after woman dies... (First column, 4th story,
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
BEIJING/HONGKONG (Reuters) - A 19-year-old woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing after coming into contact with poultry, health authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong said on Tuesday.
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aardvarkrecords | 18/10/2008
A deal struck earlier this month between IODA , the San Francisco-based global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music and film industry, and R2G , the Beijing-based leading digital music distribution company in China, will make Cornwall-based independent record label and music publishing company Aardvark Music's catalogue available in China for
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kellya | 12/08/2008
One of the most controversial female French athletes, Laure Manadou, is qualified for 3 finals and one semifinal at the Olympics in Beijing. She is having a rough time in and out the pool due to the nude photos and sex tapes rumors. Everyone wondered if she was strong enough to leave all the rumors behind and compete with a clear mind and actually qualify and maybe win a medal at the Olympics. In Dunkrik,
