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China Starts Lunar New Year of the Dragon

Voice of America - Jan 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 China Starts Lunar New Year of the Dragon VOA News This week millions of Chinese travel back to their family homes to celebrate the New Year holiday. Although the time is traditionally celebrated as a time of happy homecomings, ...

Recommended: China celebrates new year -- with a little help from Warren Buffett

msnbc.com - Jan 23, 2012
New Year is an important holiday in China, and Buffett is a well-known figure in the country because of his business success. His company Berkshire Hathaway is also part-owner of BYD, a Chinese company that makes electric vehicles.

Deadly New Violence Reported in Restive Tibetan Area of Western China

New York Times - Jan 23, 2012
HONG KONG — Police officers opened fire on Tibetan protesters in western China on Monday, injuring at least 32 people and killing at least one of them in the largest violent confrontation in ethnic Tibetan areas of China since 2008, two Tibetan rights ...

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***30-story building built in 15 days*** Construction time lapse *View Fullscreen*

What can you accomplish in 360 hours? The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in 2011. You may ask why in a hurry, and is it safe? The statistics in the video can put you in good faith. Prefabricated modular buildings has many advantages over conventional buildings. Higher precision in fabrication (+/- 0.2mm). More coordinated on-site construction management. Shorter construction time span. Lower construction waste. Also many other health and energy features are included in Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB) The building was built over last Christmas time and finished before New Years Eve of 2012. ///////// An Introduction to BROAD SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CO., LTD Jan.11, 2012 Established in March, 2009, BROAD SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CO., LTD is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BROAD Group, solely operates the magnitude-9 earthquake resistant, 5x more energy efficient, 20x purer air, 90% factory-built, and 1% construction waste Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB). BSB headquarter and its R&D Center are situated in the Xiangyin County of Hunan Province in Southern China, with 80000sqm workshops, 900 employees in 2011. In 2012 with 220000sqm workshops, 12000 employees, and in 2013 with 360000sqm workshops and 19000 employees, reaching an annual production and installation capacity of 10 million sqms. BSB's central goal is ...

 

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Pressure Point: US wants China to choke Iranian oil flow

America is piling the pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme and new uranium enrichment facility by seeking global support for its anti-Tehran sanctions. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants China - the largest consumer of Iranian oil - on their side, and is pushing it to buy less from Tehran. Investment manager Francis Lun believes the US should stop pressuring other countries to do their will. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

 

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iCrazy: Egg-bomb rage in China over iPhone 4S sales delay

Apple Inc. has postponed sales of its iPhone 4S in the company's mainland China stores on Friday. The move followed the angry reaction of customers and scalpers who threw eggs at the flagship Beijing store after it failed to open on schedule at 7am. Hundreds of people had waited overnight in freezing weather at the store on Beijing's east side. According to the company, it canceled the opening due to safety concerns, AP reports. To protect the safety of customers and employees, Apple will sell the hi-end smartphone online and through its local carrier for the time being. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

 

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Raw Video: Stolen Car in China Hits 13 Vehicles

The driver of a stolen car in China hit 13 other vehicles while trying to evade police. Chinese State CCTV reports that the driver was arrested and charged with endangering public safety. (Jan. 13)

 

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'US intervention in Iran will drag China & Russia into war'

Iran is accusing the EU of waging an economic war. It's in response to Europe considering banning Iranian oil imports in the coming weeks. There's already a verbal standoff over sanctions imposed by the US at the end of last year, aimed at pressing Iran into abandoning its nuclear programme. Tehran threatened to block a key maritime trade route in the Persian Gulf, and later backed off, but is still warning US ships against sailing in the area. Iran will reportedly hold another naval drill next month. But anti-war activist John Rees sees Western worries over Iran's supposed nuclear ambitions, as an excuse to curtail Iranian influence in the region. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com