BEIJING — It was a political gaffe for Chinese short track speedskater Zhou Yang — failing to thank her country and its government after winning two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics.
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A river of liquor, a robotic version of a famous emperor and Shaolin monks — China’s provinces are going all-out to woo tourists and investors at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 file photo, China’s gold medal winner Zhou Yang, left, kisses her medal next to Korea’s bronze medalist Park Seung-hi during the medal ceremony for the women’s short track speed skating 1500-meter race at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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China curling skip Wang Fengchun’s sacking following his failure at the Vancouver Olympics was compounded by the fact he wore a U.S. team cap on the plane home.
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It was a political gaffe for Chinese short track speedskater Zhou Yang — failing to thank her country and its government after winning two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics. But the 18-year-old is winning widespread support for her honesty and naivete, after being criticized by a top sports official this week for mentioning her parents in a post-win interview but failing to express …
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A Whitehaven woman has started a mammoth fundraising task to raise cash for her charity trek along the Great Wall of China.
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China Mass Media Corp. , a leading media company in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.
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March 8 (Bloomberg) — The Australian dollar is being overtaken by the Canadian dollar among commodity currencies as the safety of Canada’s banking system and ties with the U.S. economy spur investors to buy the loonie.
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Tyler Christopher knew exactly where he was two years ago, on top of the world over 400 metres, and where he was going, to the Olympics in China.
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China says it expects new attacks by separatists seeking independence for the traditionally Turkic Muslim region of Xinjiang after deadly ethnic violence there last year.
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