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Intel gains a new ally in China's chip wars: Beijing
2014-10-14 01:38:17| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Intel's investment of up to $1.5 billion in two fast-growing Chinese mobile chipmakers has effectively aligned the U.S. giant with a third party - a Beijing government intent on producing a viable domestic challenger to the likes of Qualcomm and Samsung. For more than a decade, China has targeted semiconductor design and manufacture as a major focus of its industrial policy.
Beijing residents use humour as defence against smog
2014-10-13 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As air pollution levels soared once again in Beijing and other parts of northern China last week to lung-choking levels, some residents vented their frustration through humour. On social media outlets some Beijing residents made jokes about the lack of visibility as a thick layer of smog blanketed the city. I think I am blind once I pull back the curtain, joked a user on the Weibo microblogging website. Another said it was like flying an airplane instead of his electric scooter because I...
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Beijing Raises Smog Alert as Pollution Envelops North China
2014-10-10 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Beijing raised its air pollution alert to orange, the second-highest level, triggering limits on some industrial production as smog enveloped northern China for a second day. The concentration of PM2.5, fine particulates that pose the greatest risk to human health, was 445 micrograms per cubic meter at 5 p.m. near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center said on its website. The WHO recommends 24-hour exposure to PM2.5 at concentrations no higher than 25....
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BEIJING: China's big believer in real estate now a skeptic due to sluggish sales
2014-10-07 07:21:03| Real Estate - Topix.net
When the economy slows, housing sector slackens too, tycoon says Real estate tycoon Ren Zhiqiang never seems to be afraid to air his views, often in strong terms, and when he airs them, a lot of people sit up and take notice. But one of Ren's recent prognostications has drawn more interest than usual because he seems to have had a complete change of heart on where the Chinese property market is heading.
Dallas 5 Phoenix 0: American Airlines wants DFW to Beijing flight
2014-09-26 03:27:29| Airlines - Topix.net
American Airlines announced today it wants a new nonstopp flight between Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport and Beijing. The Texas-based airline - which merged with Tempe-based US Airways - has put in the application for the route with the U.S. government.
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