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Breaking News Sun, 20 May 2012
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Mongolia Sets Plan to Cap Investments
Wall Street Journal
By JAMES T. AREDDY | Mongolia's parliament approved a new investment law Thursday that caps future foreign participation in certain strategic industries, reflecting a growing public push to keep profits from the mineral-rich nation's industries inside the country. | When it goes into effect, the law...
China state-run businesses to invest 350 billion yuan in Chongqing
Daily Press
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan ($55.3 billion) with the southwestern municipality Chongqing, Chinese media reported on Sunday, in a sign of Beijing's determina...
China state-run businesses to invest 350 billion yuan in Chongqing
Hartford Courant
| (Reuters) - Thirty of biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan ($55.3 billion) with the southwestern municipality , Chinese media reported on Sunday, in a sign of Beijing's determination to bolster confidenc...
China state-run businesses to invest 350 billion yuan in Chongqing
Reuters
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan ($55.3 billion) with the southwestern municipality Chongqing, Chinese media reported on Sunday, in a sign of Beijing's determina...
China state-run businesses to invest 350 billion yuan in Chongqing
Chicago Tribune
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan ($55.3 billion) with the southwestern municipality Chongqing, Chinese media reported on Sunday, in a sign of Beijing's determina...
>Potala Travel Offers Ganden-Samye Monastery Trekking
Seattle Post
| Potala Travel, a Tibetan-run tour organization, announces a 12-day trek between two of Tibet’s most important monasteries. Crossing over two 5000-meter mountain passes, this demanding trek is also the most popular route in Central Tibet. | Lhasa,...
Wei East on HSN: does Wrinkle Away really make skin younger-looking?
The Examiner
| If you haven't heard of Wei East, you're most likely not on HSN too often, or you're not a skin care junkie. But Wei East is a skin care and makeup company founded by Wei Brian, an entrepreneur who hails from China (she originally came to the US to...
>Tibetan Village Project Establishes Thangka Training Center and School for Children
Seattle Post
| Non-profit organization Tibetan Village Project (TVP) has established a Thangka painting training center and school in Tagong city. The Tagong Thangka Center provides a home and school for 48 orphans and disadvantaged children from the Tagong area ...
Hong Kong in art bonanza - but will it last?
Reuters
| HONG KONG May 18 (Reuters) - The eyes of the global art world are fixed on Hong Kong - for now. | Hong Kong's art scene has been expanding for the past few years, but this week's flurry of high profile international gallery openings alongside the c...
Mongolia Passes Watered-Down Foreign Investment Law
Jakarta Globe
Ulan Bator. Mongolia’s parliament passed a controversial law aimed at capping foreign ownership in “strategic” industries like mining on Thursday, but investors expressed relief that the legislation was weaker than first anticipated.  | Th...
Mongolia passes watered-down foreign investment law
Reuters
| ULAN BATOR May 18 (Reuters) - Mongolia's parliament passed a controversial law aimed at capping foreign ownership in "strategic" industries like mining on Thursday, but investors expressed relief that the legislation was weaker than first anticipat...
New nuclear projects ready to power ahead
China Daily
A dome is hoisted onto a reactor at a nuclear power plant in Fangchenggang, a city in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. China is scheduled to begin approving new nuclear power plants next month after it conducted national safety inspection of the...
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HK stocks set for weak open; 9th straight loss in sight
Reuters
| HONG KONG May 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares are set to extend falls on Tuesday, with the benchmark stock index poised to register its worst losing streak in nearly two decades as fears of a Greece exit from Europe and weak Chinese growth keep investors on the backfoot. | The Hang Seng index closed down 1.2 percent on Monday, falling below its 2...



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