The current momentum is in stark contrast to the stagnation the industry suffered a year ago, when government policies to curb overinvestment and market fear of overpricing led to sliding prices and shrinking transactions.
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For the past decade, Huang Qing has seen her girth expand at a startling rate.
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Standing before you is a housewife, a six-year-old child, a prostitute and a homosexual lawyer. All of them are HIV positive. Ask yourself, if there were some way you could magically cure one of them, which would you save?
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A stunning photography series marks the 60-year journey of the People's Republic of China.
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The Public Security Bureau in east China's Wenzhou city announced yesterday that a police officer was dismissed from his post after the bureau verified netizens' claims that he had used a police car to walk a dog.
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The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing sector stood at 53.2 percent in June, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said Wednesday.
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China's central bank yesterday released a rule permitting companies in select cities to settle cross-border trades using the yuan, as part of efforts to reduce reliance on the US dollar for international trade.
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The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing sector stood at 53.2 percent in June, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said Wednesday.
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Chinese banks will fund Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) in the $15.2-billion rights issue of Australian mining firm Rio Tinto, media reports said.
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), which leads the country's iron ore pricing negotiations with international mining companies, is reportedly thinking about softening its previously hardline stance on pricing.
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A new international currency regime gained greater credence as an alternative to the current dollar-dominated global monetary system.
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A large number of exporters in China are under rising financial pressure rooted from reduced orders and delayed payment of credit accounts.
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China faces a different and bigger challenge now to sustain its growth, said David Dollar, who is spending his final day today as China director of World Bank.
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Astronomers said Wednesday they had identified an intermediate class of black hole that could explain how supermassive, light-sucking monsters develop in the heart of galaxies.
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Financial turmoil in the United States is taking toll on the global economy as the crisis spreads.
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The Briton who won a competition for the "Best Job in the World" arrived on Australia's idyllic Hamilton Island Wednesday to begin his leisurely six-month posting in the tropical paradise.
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Thousands of US Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with armor and helicopters Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.
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Injury-plagued Houston Rockets all-star center Yao Ming will have to wait a week to see if he again requires surgery on his broken left foot, according to his agent Zhang Mingji.
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Lance Armstrong knows his aging legs are not as strong as they used to be. But he still feels capable of clinching an eighth Tour de France even though - if necessary - he would put his own ambitions on hold if it means helping his teammate Alberto Contador win.
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Brazil and Italy will join Spain in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup if they both maintain their 100 percent records in Group B on Thursday.
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Sport's most enduring sibling rivalry will be played out on US Independence Day after Venus Williams exacted brutal revenge and Serena Williams displayed raw desire to inflict a double defeat on Russia at Wimbledon.
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Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. David Bauman, Artest's agent, told The Associated Press that the Houston Rockets forward has verbally agreed to play for the NBA champions next season.
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Injury-plagued Houston Rockets all-star center Yao Ming will have to wait a week to see if he again requires surgery on his broken left foot, according to his agent Zhang Mingji.
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Michael Jackson's memorial service has been set for Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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Michael Jackson's funeral is being scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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Johnny Depp and his 'Public Enemies' co-star Marion Cotillard would gossip in French so their co-stars and crew members would not know what they were saying.
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After Michael Jackson's death last week, editors scrambled to turn the King of Pop into the king of magazine covers.
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Jessica Simpson is returning to MTV Networks for a VH1 series targeted for a 2010 launch.
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The Terminator movies have always been about humanity - or at least, the battle to preserve it.
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"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson graces the cover of the May issue of 'Interview' magazine.
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Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.
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Models present creations by British designer John Galliano as part of his men's Spring/Summer 2010 fashion collection in Paris June 26, 2009.
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A farmer in Longxian county, Shaanxi province, has a young calf that was born with five legs.
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So, I tried a new baking adventure yesterday. I’ve been craving something yummy and filling for breakfast that I can take on the go. Someone recently recommended that I try quinoa breakfast muffins.
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Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer.
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Despite 39 C heat last weekend the Yunju Buddhist Temple in the southwest of Beijing received a record number of visitors.
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Treatments for erectile dysfunction such as the hugely popular drug Viagra do not appear to pose long-term damage to men's sight, a new study has shown.
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