Ericsson lands contracts worth $1.8 bln in China (AFP)

Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 6:31 am  
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Swedish telecom giant Ericsson said it had won contracts to provide equipment to two of China's largest operators, China Mobile and China Unicom, to the tune of 1.8 billion dollars(AFP/File/Sven Nackstrand)AFP – Swedish telecom giant Ericsson said Monday it had won contracts to provide equipment to two of China’s largest operators, China Mobile and China Unicom, to the tune of 1.8 billion dollars (1.3 billion euros).


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China slaps Rio employees with up to 14 years jail (AP)

Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 3:47 am  
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Factfile on the trial of four Rio Tinto employees in China, accused of bribery and industrial espionage. A Chinese court convicted four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto including an Australian national on bribery and trade secrets charges, handing down jail terms ranging from seven to 14 years.(AFP/Martin Megino/Gal)AP – A Chinese court slapped four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto with jail terms of seven to 14 years on bribery and commercial secrets charges, unexpectedly harsh sentences that included a decade of imprisonment for Australian Stern Hu.


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Verdict due after China trial of Rio Tinto workers (AP)

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at 7:47 pm  
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A employee is seen at Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office in Shanghai January 12, 2010.REUTERS/Aly SongAP – A Shanghai court is due to rule Monday on bribery and commercial secrets charges against four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto — a case seen as a barometer of China’s treatment of foreign business in a time of rising trade friction.


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China making anime push as Japan hits slump (AP)

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at 7:45 pm  
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Giant figures of Anpanman, left, and Top Detective Conan, right in the air, popular Japanese anime cartoon series characters, greet visitors during the business day of the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2010 in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, March 25, 2010. More than 200 anime-related companies and organizations gathered in this annual event that opens to public on March 27 and 28. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – Yoko Komazawa had been at the Tokyo International Anime Fair for nearly six hours when she fell in love with a brown-and-white stuffed panda — a character in one of the fair’s featured cartoons.


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Flood traps 153 coal miners in northern China (AP)

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at 7:31 pm  
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File photo shows miners entering a coal mine in China. At least 152 workers have been trapped when a vast coal mine being built in northern China flooded, in the latest accident to hit the country's notoriously dangerous mining industry.(AFP/File)AP – Rescuers were scrambling Monday to save 153 workers trapped after a flood swept through a coal mine in northern China, the country’s work safety agency said.


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