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China's master problem-solver retires (AP)
Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:31:48 GMT | Yahoo! News
AP - For the past decade, when Chinese leaders had a mission of national importance, they gave it to one woman.
China's Communist Party Congress ends (AFP)
Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:56:08 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - China's Communist Party ended its five-yearly Congress on Sunday after amending its charter to include President Hu Jintao's vision for the nation and endorsing leadership changes.
First US-Chinese tourism summit
Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:58:25 +0000 | China Economic Review Hotel News
For the first time ever, 31 leading Chinese tourism officials met with more than three dozen U.S. state tourism directors during a day long summit in Charlotte, North Carolina, to explore ways for the two countries to increase cooperation on travel-related matters. In 2006, according to the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, China and the [...]
Mid-level hotels face tough decisions
Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:09:07 +0000 | China Economic Review Hotel News
Times look good for the backpacker hotels. There are a lot of backpackers around. Times look even better for the economy hotels especially in China. Offering a clean, well maintained room for the night with Internet access means boom times. Look to see the number of economy hotels expand by at least five times, perhaps more, [...]
Back to the Future: China Gets Beijing and Shanghai Ready for the 2008 Olympics and 2010 Expo
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:29:23 +0000 | Newsvine China
IN AN EFFORT to prepare Beijing and Shanghai for the upcoming 2008 Olympics and 2010 World Expo, China is modernizing both cities.
Japan: Fleet to Hunt Humpback Whales
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:43:47 GMT | New York Times
Japan?s whaling fleet will leave port shortly for the South Pacific with orders to kill up to 50 humpbacks, the first known large-scale hunt for the acrobatic, singing whales since a 1963 moratorium.
World Briefing | Asia: India: Honor Thy Parents, or Else
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:04:21 GMT | New York Times
Indians who neglect parents over the age of 60 face three months in jail under a new law passed by Parliament. The legislation also provides for the state to set up centers that Meira Kumar, the social justice minister, told Parliament should be the ?last resort for the poor and the childless.?
