A new direct flight connected the central Chinese city of Wuhan with Rome on Thursday morning. The outbound flight departs from Wuhan of Hubei Province every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 12:45 a.m. and arrives in Rome at 6:15 a.m. ...
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China once again urged the United States to ratify the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s 2010 quota and governance reform plan, which will grant emerging countries greater say in the institution, as soon as possible. According to media ...
On Dec 10, Chinese musician couple Wang Jianxin and Li Fengyun gave a lecture to 600 students and teachers at Sekolah Harapan Bangsa School in Indonesia. [Photo by Liu Fang / Chinaculture.org] A series of lectures on Chinese classical ...
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The price of Australian alumina continued to drift sideways Thursday, leaving Platts daily assessment unchanged at $200/mt FOB, despite a slight slippage of Yuan 15/mt ($2.30) in Chinese domestic prices in Shanxi province. The Australian ...
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The European Commission has cleared commodities trading group Trafigura's minority holding in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar. In November, Trafigura told the EC its minority 20.02% stake in Nyrstar -- held through its ...
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The US vinyl acetate monomer market is seeing a tightening of supply that will likely push pricing higher through the first quarter of 2016 despite falling feedstock prices and a weaker energy sector, sources said. US VAM increased $20/mt ...
New Orleans bunker fuel remained in short supply Thursday, which has caused high-sulfur product prices in that port to spike relative to the nearby and competing Houston market. New Orleans IFO 380 3.5%S was assessed at $205/mt ex-wharf ...
Coal shipment volumes originated on US railroads were relatively flat week on week, Association of American Railroads data showed Wednesday. For the week that ended Saturday, the AAR said a total of 92,934 coal carloads traveled US ...
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Crude futures settled Thursday at multi-year lows on a stronger US dollar and persistent concerns about oversupply. NYMEX January crude settled down 57 cents at $34.95/b, lowest front-month settle since February 2009. ICE February Brent ...
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Volunteers of the second World Internet Conference are shown wearing Chinese style blue coats while debuting at Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province. These volunteers will serve the conference from December 16-18. [Photo: Imagine China] ...
The natinal flags of the People's Republic of China and Republic of Korea. [File Photo: CFP] The first round of talks between China and South Korea over their overlapping claims on exclusive economic zones in the Yellow Sea is due to get ...
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The Minack open-air theatre in Cornwall, built on a craggy cliff overlooking the sea at Porthcurno, is the last place you would expect to see SGM’s award-winning G-Spot strutting its stuff. Situated just four miles from Land’s ...
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The 2016 Times Square Ball numerals debuted in New York City earlier this week. (All Photo Courtesy of Philips) They are big. They are bright. They made their way down Broadway yesterday for their first appearance of the year. It’s ...
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China Southern Airlines Wednesday became the first airline to operate a year-round direct link between the Chinese mainland and New Zealand's South Island. The new three-times-a-week service officially opened when a Boeing 787 Dreamliner ...
The just-concluded 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) prime ministers' meeting has once again drawn global attention to China's endeavor to export its surplus industry capacity to meet demand in other countries. A statement ...