Canton china with its blue and white decoration has been a popular collectible for many years, but few can distinguish it from the other early or modern Chinese blue and white china. It has been popular for centuries partly because cobalt blue coloring was safe to use when […]
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Blue and white Canton china has been popular for centuries
Canton china with its blue and white decoration has been a popular collectible for many years, but few can distinguish it from the other early or modern Chinese blue and white china. It has been popular for centuries partly because cobalt blue coloring was safe to use when decorating dishes. […]
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China discounts possibility of harm from falling rocket stage
BEIJING — China’s space agency says a core segment of its rocket has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean near the Maldive Islands early Sunday. Officials say the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up […]
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China discounts possibility of harm from falling rocket
Associated Press Published 10:53 p.m. ET May 7, 2021 Beijing — China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on the ground. Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]
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Best of Treasures: Attractive china cabinet adds to charms of Early English set
(Editor’s note: This column was originally published Feb. 8, 2016.) Dear Helaine and Joe: My grandmother bought this set of furniture secondhand in the 1930s. It is apparently from France and includes a dining table, matching chairs, buffet and china cabinet. Any information about the history and value of this […]
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Eating Our Lunch: Biden Points to China in Development Push | Political News
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing Americans’ eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to quickly overtake the United States in […]
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Biden points to China in development push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing Americans’ eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to quickly overtake the United States in global clout and capacity. It’s a national security […]
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China Teaches Kids Its Own Version of the Climate Change Story
For most of her young life, nine-year-old Gao Ximan dreamed of becoming a policewoman. But after attending an eight-week online workshop about climate change this summer, she decided being a conservationist was a more important ambition. “Siberian tigers and snow leopards are so cute, but they are dying out,” said […]
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China blocks UN condemnation as protest grows
Aung Sand Suu Kyi remains detained by the military China has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the military coup in Myanmar. The military took power in the South East Asian nation on Monday after arresting political leader Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of other lawmakers. The coup […]
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Is an alleged drug kingpin from China investing millions in a port in Laos?
What they weren’t told is this: According to the United States, Zhao is one of the world’s most notorious narcotics traffickers. Hong Kong corporate records show Zhao is the majority shareholder of Kings Romans. Both Zhao and Kings Romans were sanctioned by the US government in 2018 for their purported […]
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Her #MeToo trial’s making history in China and sparking rare solidarity
Zhou Xiaoxuan, center, speaks to supporters holding banners as she arrives at a courthouse in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2020. Zhou filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against a TV host. (Andy Wong / Associated Press) Most of them came alone: on their lunch breaks, after class, into the December cold, […]
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Her #MeToo trial takes on TV star, part of breakthrough moment in China
Most of them came alone: on their lunch breaks, after class, into the December cold, to support a young woman they’d read about for two years but never met. She’d dared to speak of her alleged sexual assault by a famous TV host while working as an intern at state […]
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Can coronavirus really survive on frozen food, as China claims?
Following China’s announcement that it came across active COVID-19 viral particles on packages of imported frozen foods, questions regarding how the virus can spread have resurfaced. Speaking to The Associated Press, experts have noted that while the virus can survive on items like plastic and cardboard containers, exactly how risky […]
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Nuclear’s future hinges on funding, China and new technology
But the RAB model is not without problems. It effectively shifts the risks from the developers to the taxpayer, who helps pay towards the project in advance through utility bills. And history has shown that nuclear power plants are rarely constructed on time and on budget. The best solution might be a combination […]
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Jack Ma faces Ant Group overhaul after China regulators halt IPO
HONG KONG — Jack Ma’s Ant Group is being forced by Beijing into a comprehensive overhaul after a significant tightening of regulations around China’s top online financial platform halted plans for the world’s largest initial public offering. Ant, which was set to raise up to $39.6 billion this week in Shanghai and Hong […]
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Alibaba is spending more than $3 billion to dominate online groceries in China
Alibaba is spending 28 billion Hong Kong dollars ($3.6 billion) to up its stake in Sun Art Retail Group from 36% to 72%, the company said in a statement Monday. The company will then make a general offer to shareholders to buy out the rest of the the retail company. […]
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Surrogate Cares for Baby Months After Giving Birth as COVID-19 Keeps Parents in China
An Idaho woman agreed to serve as a surrogate for a couple, but the coronavirus pandemic has left her caring for the baby for close to half a year. Two months before Emily Chrislip was scheduled to give birth, COVID-19 turned into a global pandemic, putting a halt to almost […]
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‘All girls, buy it!’ In China, Perfect Diary gives cosmetics world a makeover with live streams, low prices
By Sophie Yu and Scott Murdoch BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – With chat groups, video streams and low prices for foundation, China’s Perfect Diary has emerged from nowhere four years ago to become a cosmetics giant for the digital age, trailing only L’Oreal and LVMH in the world’s no. 2 market […]
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How an L.A. auto legend’s China venture crashed
An S1 sports car is parked at the entrance to the Jiangsu Saleen auto plant in Rugao, China. (Saleen Automotive Inc.) Last July, Steve Saleen, the Southern California designer of souped-up Ford Mustangs and eponymous supercars, walked onto a strobe-lit stage at Beijing National Stadium to launch a new line […]
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Trump’s TikTok and WeChat Ban Could Backfire Inside China
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast/Getty HONG KONG—As Donald Trump moves to ban transactions with WeChat and ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, people in China are wondering if they’ll need to ditch their iPhones to keep their favorite app, and noting that the White House’s splinternet rhetoric is […]