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Air Astana starts new Almaty – Hong Kong flight
Air Astana airlines company is starting new Almaty-Hong Kong-Almaty flights on August 28, 2012.
27 July 2012
Kazakhstan and China increased commodities turnover
Commodities turnover between Kazakhstan and China grew 29.8 percent up in 5 months of 2012.
27 July 2012
Olympics: Chinese doctor reveals state-sponsored doping
Chinese Olympians were subjected to a state-sponsored doping regime in the 1980s and 1990s, a retired chief medical supervisor revealed to Australian media on Friday.
27 July 2012
Beijing to 'strike' at critics after flood disaster
Authorities in Beijing said they would begin to "strike" out at online critics of the government response to recent record flooding, while declining again Thursday to release updated casualty tolls.
27 July 2012
Kazakhstan asking China for quota to supply 1 million tons of grain
Managing Director of Food Contracted Corportation Marat Saissenov made the suggestion at the meeting of sub-commission of Kazakhstan-Chinese Cooperation Commission.
26 July 2012
China's economy to rebound in second half: IMF
China's economy will rebound in the second half of 2012 to achieve annual growth of eight percent as government policies to spur growth take effect.
26 July 2012
Euro inches off multi-year lows in Asian trade
The euro inched higher in Asian trade on Wednesday after hitting new multi-year lows against the dollar and yen amid worries over the European debt crisis.
25 July 2012
Beijing floods caused 'significant losses': official
Weekend floods in Beijing caused "significant losses" and casualty numbers are still being tallied, the head of the worst-hit district has said, as residents of China's capital question the official toll.
25 July 2012
China's 'unwanted' single women feel the pressure
Xu, a pretty woman in her 30s, warily walked into a Beijing singles club in a bid to shed her status as one of China's "Unwanted".
25 July 2012
Scores injured as typhoon lashes Hong Kong
More than 100 people were injured and trees were ripped from the ground as a typhoon lashed Hong Kong packing winds in excess of 140 kilometres (87 miles) an hour.
25 July 2012
China’s investments to Kazakhstan standing at $13 billion
According to China’s statistics, trade turnover last year reached $24.95 billion, 22% up against 2010.
24 July 2012
Asia fuels record elephant, rhino killings: WWF
China, Vietnam and Thailand are among the worst offenders in fuelling a global black market that is seeing record numbers of elephants and rhinos killed in Africa.
24 July 2012
Australia warned mining boom could end in two years
Australia's mining boom will slow more sharply than expected and could be over within two years due to easing demand from China and falling prices.
23 July 2012
Anger in China's capital as record rains kill at least 37
Beijing residents reacted angrily on Monday after the worst rains to hit the Chinese capital in more than 60 years left at least 37 people dead, with another seven still missing.
23 July 2012
Syria rebels seize Iraq border as UN action blocked
Rebels seized control of Syria's border crossings with Iraq on the bloodiest day of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, as China and Russia dismayed the West by blocking UN action against his regime.
20 July 2012
Canada slams China, Russia for UN Syria vetoes
Canada issued a scathing retort on Thursday after Russia and China vetoed another UN resolution to pressure the Syrian regime to rein in its crackdown on a 16-month-old rebellion.
20 July 2012
Annan, Ban call on UN Council to act on Syria
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and international envoy Kofi Annan called on the UN Security Council to take strong action on the Syria conflict ahead of a vote Thursday on a western-backed resolution calling for sanctions.
19 July 2012
China doubles loans to Africa to $20 billion
President Hu Jintao said Thursday China would offer $20 billion in new loans to Africa, as he delivered a speech to a Beijing forum on co-operation with the resource-rich continent.
19 July 2012
HSBC shares dive in Hong Kong after apology
Shares in global banking giant HSBC fell more than two percent in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a top executive resigned over the lender's failure to control money laundering and terrorist financing.
19 July 2012
'Canadian pyscho' victim's mother pained by online video
The mother of the Chinese student victim in the "Canadian Psycho" murder and dismemberment case says her "most unbearable pain" is that the killing is still watched online.
17 July 2012