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    Death of a deal: Billiton's failed bid for Rio Tinto  Nov 25, 2008
    1891: The Broken Hill Proprietary Company makes its first export - selling lead to Fuzhou, China. 1905: Rio Tinto establishes Consolidated Zinc Corporation to treat zinc bearing mine waste at Broken Hill. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    * Peace in the Strait? ORBAT says no  Nov 21, 2008
    Also, despite Beijings longstanding claims that the modernization of its military is in line with its growing global responsibilities rather than directed at Taiwan, the YJ-62As 400km range means that their only use is for a Taiwan contingency, as the distance between Fuzhou and Xianyou, Fujian Province, where most of its DF-11 and DF-15 short-range missiles X and the YJ-62s X are likely deployed, and the closest likely target after Taiwan, namely Okinawa, is between 834km and 903km... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Viewpoints: China and Taiwan deal  Nov 5, 2008
    ZHU ZIMING, 24, FUZHOU, CHINA. My hometown is very close to Taiwan. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    * Death toll rises in China mine blast: official state media  Nov 3, 2008
    It was en route from Yingkou, a port in Liaoning Province, to Fuzhou on the east coast. The report did not explain why it sank. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    China container ship sinks  Nov 2, 2008
    It was enroute from Yingkou, a port in northeast China's Liaoning province, to Fuzhou on the east coast. The report did not explain why it sank. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    Glucose injection banned in E China after kids fall ill  Oct 31, 2008
    FUZHOU, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- East China's Fujian Province has banned a domestically-produced glucose injection after 12 children who received it suffered high fevers, the government and doctors said on Thursday. The children, mostly toddlers and preschoolers, developed a high fever after they were being injected with glucose at a hospital for women and children in the provincial capital Fuzhou on Tuesday afternoon ... The food and drug authority in Fuzhou has recalled 7,000 bottles of the glucose... (Xinhuanet, China)

    China investigates anaesthesia-related deaths  Oct 14, 2008
    FUZHOU, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Health Ministry sent experts Monday to eastern Fujian Province to investigate four deaths caused by anaesthesia at a local hospital. The Sanming City Health Department said Tuesday, four people died at the No. 2 Hospital of Sanming, between Sept. 24 and Oct. 11. (Xinhuanet, China)

    '+weather_current+'°\;F/'+weather_current_celsius+'°\;C  Oct 3, 2008
    Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)

    Industrial Bank could issue A shares  Oct 3, 2008
    The bank, based in Fuzhou, the capital city of East China's Fujian Province, is a joint venture between the Fujian government and several shareholders. It had total equity of 12. (Xinhuanet, China -- Business)

    Typhoon Hagupit nears China's southern coast  Sep 22, 2008
    FUZHOU, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hagupit, the 14th typhoon to affect China this year, is poised for landfall in the southern Guangdong Province early on Wednesday, meteorological stations in Fujian and Guangdong provinces warned on Monday. The eye of the storm was located 480 km southeast of Hengchun City in Taiwan at 5 a.m. Monday, packing up winds of hurricane force at 137 kilometers per hour in the center, said the observatory in Fujian. (Xinhua)

    460,000 evacuated as Sinlaku approaches E China  Sep 15, 2008
    FUZHOU, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- About 460,000 people in east China's Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces have been evacuated as tropical storm Sinlaku, which was weakened from a typhoon on Monday morning, was approaching ... FUZHOU/HANGZHOU, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in east China evacuated about 260,000 people from low-lying coastal regions, as typhoon Sinlaku is approaching, after it pounded Taiwan early Sunday morning ... FUZHOU, Sept.13 (Xinhua) -- China's coastal Fujian and... (Xinhuanet, China)

    Thousands displaced in precaution against Sinlaku  Sep 14, 2008
    FUZHOU, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in east China have evacuated over 170,000 people from low-lying coastal regions, as the typhoon Sinlaku suggested a move towards them, after it pounded Taiwan early Sunday morning. The Fujian provincial meteorological observatory monitored the eye of the storm was in Yilan County, Taiwan, at 5:00 a.m., packing up winds at 45 meters per second. (Xinhuanet, China)

    China coastal provinces brace for upcoming Sinlaku  Sep 14, 2008
    FUZHOU, Sept.13 (Xinhua) -- China's coastal Fujian and Zhejiang provinces issued alerts on Saturday for typhoon Sinlaku, the 13th tropical storm so far this year. Typhoon Sinlaku was expected to hit northeastern Taiwan at Saturday night and land in east China at Sunday morning, bringing downpours and gales, according to Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Observatory. (Xinhuanet, China)

    * Taiwan approves visas for Chinese at frontier  Sep 5, 2008
    Also included in the proposal were measures to normalize the small three links X direct communications, transportation and trade links between Kinmen and Matsu and Fuzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou in Chinas Fujian Province ... In light of recent efforts at cross-strait reconciliation, peace and cooperation, Kinmen, Matsu, Xiamen, Fuzhou and the areas surrounding Fujian will gradually become a common living circle, for which it would be necessary to normalize the small three links, Lai said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Hanabi opens in former Jamies location  Sep 3, 2008
    Wong comes from a family of chefs and was born in Fuzhou, China. In college she worked at a Chinese restaurant in Pembroke, which is now Ninety-Nine, and said she always wanted to open a restaurant in the area. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)

    * Its not time for turning swords into plowshares  Aug 25, 2008
    In 2001, the small three links were set up between Kinmen and Matsu and Xiamen and Fuzhou in China. Fifty years after the beginning of the shelling of Kinmen, local officials are asking for a military withdrawal from the island. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Southeast China provinces brace for typhoon Nuri  Aug 20, 2008
    FUZHOU, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Nuri continued to intensify as it maintained its course towards south China on Wednesday, according to the meteorological station in southeast China's Fujian Province. The eye of Nuri, the twelfth tropical storm this year, was 700 kilometers south of Xiamen City at 8 a.m., packing winds of up to force-13, or 144 kilometers per hour, in the center, said the station. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Cathay Pacific at 14 Times Earnings Excludes 30 Percent China Revaluation  Aug 5, 2008
    He said he prefers Cathay for long-haul flights and its unit to visit the mainland cities of Hangzhou, Qingdao, Fuzhou and Shanghai. Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, which flew to London and Vancouver, halted service on April 9 after 17 months, crippled by jet fuel as well as competition from Cathay Pacific and. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely  Jul 30, 2008
    Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)

    Fung Wong hurts livelihoods of over 450,000  Jul 30, 2008
    FUZHOU, July 29 (Xinhua) -- More than 450,000 people have suffered economic losses and 107 flights have been canceled in eastern China since typhoon Fung Wong, the eighth tropical storm to hit China this year, made landfall late on Monday ... As of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, 97 domestic and 10 international flights had been canceled, according to an official with Changle International Airport in Fuzhou, the provincial capital. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Thousands evacuated in E China as typhoon Fung Wong nears  Jul 29, 2008
    Vehicles splash through a flooded street in Fuzhou City, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 28, 2008 ... Forty-nine flights were cancelled and two were delayed as of 4 p.m. at the Fuzhou International Airport in neighboring Fujian Province, and the airport pledged to provide accommodation and transport for the stranded passengers ... Boats bump on waves along the coast of Changle, Fuzhou City, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 27, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Typhoon Fung Wong makes landfall in Fujian  Jul 29, 2008
    FUZHOU, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Fung Wong, the eighth tropical storm to hit China's coast this year, made landfall in the southeastern Fujian Province on Monday, according to the provincial observatory ... Vehicles splash through a flooded street in Fuzhou City, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 28, 2008 ... Torrential rains were forecast to hit the cities of Ningde, Putian and Quanzhou as well as the provincial capital Fuzhou. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Typhoon Fung Wong weakens into tropical storm  Jul 29, 2008
    FUZHOU, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Fung Wong, the eighth tropical storm hitting China this year, weakened into tropical storm early on Tuesday after making landfall in Fuqing, Fujian Province late on Monday. The storm continued to move northwest on Tuesday. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Taiwan Shuts Exchanges, Businesses and Schools as Typhoon Fung-Wong Hits  Jul 28, 2008
    China is bracing for torrential rainstorms from Fung-Wong in the southeastern cities of Ningde, Fuzhou, Putian and Quanzhou, said Yang Zhiying, head of flood control headquarters in Fujian, Xinhua reported. The continuous heavy rain is likely to trigger flooding or other secondary disasters,'' he said, according to the news agency. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Typhoon Fung Wong heads to E China coast  Jul 28, 2008
    FUZHOU, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Fung Wong, which was lashing Taiwan on Monday morning, continued to strengthen as it headed toward the China coast, according to the observatory of southeastern Fujian Province. The weather service forecast the storm would make landfall near Xiamen City in the province before midnight. (Xinhuanet, China)

    More than 270,000 people evacuated as Typhoon approaches  Jul 28, 2008
    Vessels are seen anchored at a harbor in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 27, 2008 ... FUZHOU, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A total of 274,300 people had been evacuated by Sunday afternoon in southeast China's Fujian Province as a strong typhoon was approaching, said the provincial flood control headquarters ... Frontier guards fasten a vessel at a harbor in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 27, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Strong typhoon Fung Wong makes landfall in Taiwan  Jul 28, 2008
    FUZHOU, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Fung Wong, which was lashing Taiwan on Monday morning, continued to strengthen as it headed toward the China coast, according to the observatory of southeastern Fujian Province. FUZHOU, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Ferry service linking China's mainland with Taiwan was suspended with the arrival of a powerful typhoon that hit Taiwan early on Monday morning and was heading to east China's Fujian Province for another landfall ... FUZHOU, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A total of... (Xinhuanet, China)

    China braces for Kalmaegi, 360,000 evacuated  Jul 19, 2008
    FUZHOU, July 18 (Xinhua) -- China's eastern coastal Fujian and Zhejiang provinces have evacuated 360,000 people and called 61,000 fishing vessels back to harbor to brace for the weakening tropical storm Kalmaegi, which has killed at least six people in Taiwan ... FUZHOU, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Severe tropical storm Kalmaegi made landfall in the coastal area of Fujian Province on Friday evening, the provincial meteorological station said. (Xinhuanet, China)

    East China coast cities on alert for Kalmaegi  Jul 18, 2008
    FUZHOU, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Coast cities in east China's FujianProvince are on 24-hour alert for Typhoon Kalmaegi, the provincial maritime bureau said on Thursday. The storm is expected to bring heavy rain in the next two days to Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou in Fujian, Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province and Shanghai city. (Xinhuanet, China)

    King of stones  Jul 2, 2008
    The source of this multi-coloured rock (agalmatolite) is none other than Fujian provinces Shoushan village, less than an hour north of the provincial capital Fuzhou ... In view of the importance of the 2008 Olympics to the nation, this is perhaps one of the highest honours conferred upon this revered rock from Fuzhou. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    East China braces for severe tropical storm Fengshen  Jun 24, 2008
    FUZHOU, June 24 (Xinhua) -- East China is bracing for the arrival of severe tropical storm Fengshen, which is forecast to make a possible landfall in the coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong on Wednesday. The Fujian provincial meteorological observatory issued a warning at 6:33 a.m. on Tuesday, saying strong winds would hit the southern coastal area and the Taiwan Strait in the next 24 hours. (Xinhuanet, China)

    TYPHOON FENGSHEN  Jun 23, 2008
    It will likely bring heavy rain and winds to Taiwan and Zhangzhou and Fuzhou in China in the next few days according to storm tracker website www. tropicalstormrisk. (AlertNet)

    * Official asks for Kinmen withdrawal  Jun 20, 2008
    He said the withdrawal could also serve as a bargaining chip in cross-strait negotiations, adding that the government should demand China also turn cities on its southeast coast, such as Xiamen and Fuzhou, into non-military zones. He also proposed holding a referendum in Kinmen for residents there to decide on the issue. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Treasure house  Jun 18, 2008
    Fuzhous Fujian Museum is both a window into the provinces past and a showcase for the prodigious skills of its craftsmen ... The extensive Fujian Museum in Fuzhou ... Given my impressions of the province, I was astonished to find the Fujian Museum an extensive complex right in the heart of the provincial capital Fuzhou. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Here comes the billionaire jet set  Jun 18, 2008
    Residing on the 24th floor of M1NT Tower on Fuzhou Road just back from the Bund, M1NT Shanghai will occupy a massive 1,858 square meters of floor space and offer spectacular views of the Bund, Pudong, the city center, People's Square and beyond. But it's what is on the inside that has Paton and his team buzzing like schoolkids. (Xinhuanet, China)

    * Cross-strait delegation arrives in Beijing  Jun 12, 2008
    Liu said the Cabinet was scheduled to approve a proposal next Thursday to open the small three links X the direct transportation between Kinmen and Matsu and the Chinese port cities of Xiamen and Fuzhou X to all Taiwanese. Meanwhile, the Ministry of National Defense announced yesterday that it had indefinitely postponed a live-fire exercise scheduled for tomorrow on Kinmen, after holding one on Monday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    * Lai defends SEF chief from China payment claim  Jun 12, 2008
    The article said officials in Chinas Fujian Province helped Kao sell a property in Fuzhou City after they learned that he would be appointed to his present position. The property in question had been on the market for a long time. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    * Small three links to be opened for all: Vanessa Shih  Jun 8, 2008
    The small three links, which opened in January 2001, allows limited direct transportation between Kinmen and Matsu islands and the southern Chinese port cities of Xiamen and Fuzhou. The scheme provides a faster and cheaper way to travel to China as people in Taiwan proper must make stopovers in third territories such as Hong Kong and Macau before traveling on to China. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    1st day-off for Duanwu revives tradition  Jun 8, 2008
    People practice paddling before a dragon boat race for the Dragon Boat Festival on the West Lake of Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province June 4, 2008. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)

    From China to Bourne: BHS grad crosses cultural divide  Jun 7, 2008
    Chenyang Zheng graduated from Bourne High School Saturday planning to fly halfway around the world to visit his mom in Fuzhou, a small city on China s southeast coast. When he returns, he enters Massachusetts Maritime Academy in August where so-called Hell Week awaits. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)

    * Head of Farglory urges hastening of deregulation  Jun 5, 2008
    In China, the group plans to launch residential projects in Qing-dao, Nanjing and Fuzhou cities, in addition to its current projects in metropolitan Beijing and Shanghai, Chao said. He added that he also planned to visit the Middle East this month to explore opportunities there. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Courageous spirit  Jun 4, 2008
    Another taxi operator, a Mr. Chen of Fuqing city, who one day drove me to Fuzhou said: When our country is faced with difficulties it is naturally our duty as Chinese citizens to do what we can. He too had donated over 2,000 yuan and intended to give more. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)

    Quanzhou Olympic torch relay  May 12, 2008
    Torchbearer Zheng Meizhu runs with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, on May 11, 2008 ... FUZHOU, Southeast China, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Fuzhou, the capital city of southeastern China's Fujian province, kicked off at 9:39 a.m. local time on Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Olympic torch relay in Fuzhou starts  May 11, 2008
    Cheering people watch the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, on May 11, 2008 ... FUZHOU, Southeast China, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Fuzhou, the capital city of southeastern China's Fujian province, kicked off at 9:39 a.m. local time on Sunday ... The 28-kilometer Fuzhou relay started on the Wuyi square in the center of the city, set to pass local landmarks and historic sites, including Three Hills and Two Pagodas,... (Xinhuanet, China)

    Olympic flame to go through Fuzhou via sea  May 10, 2008
    Olympic flame to go through Fuzhou, gateway of silk road via sea_English_Xinhua. Olympic flame to go through Fuzhou, gateway of silk road via sea ... FUZHOU, Southeast China, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The sacred Olypmic flame will tour the city of Fuzhou, the capital of southeastern China's Fujian province and the gateway of "the silk road via the sea", on Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Anti-French Boycott Falters in China  May 2, 2008
    A demonstration in Fuzhou drew 400 people, according to Xinhua, the official news agency, with students carrying Chinese flags and banners saying Oppose Tibet Independence and Love China. The authorities quickly dispersed the crowds and hauled away those who refused to yield, Xinhua said. (New York Times)

    Carrefour shoppers choose bargains over boycotts in China  May 2, 2008
    A demonstration in Fuzhou reportedly drew 1,000 people, according to Xinhua, the official news agency, with students carrying Chinese flags and banners saying "Oppose Tibet Independence" and "Love China." The authorities quickly dispersed the crowds and hauled away those who refused to yield, the agency said. Here in Beijing, which has nine Carrefour outlets, store clerks said the crowds were noticeably thinner, especially for a holiday. (International Herald Tribune)

    Carrefour protests erupt  May 2, 2008
    The protesters also expressed support for the Beijing Olympics outside the Carrefour stores in Changsha, capital of the central province of Hunan, Fuzhou in the southeast, Shenyang in the northeast, and Chongqing in the southwest ... In Fuzhou, around 400 people gathered on a square in front of a Carrefour store, Xinhua said, and local officials and around 40 police also arrived to maintain order. (iAfrica.com)

    New anti-French rallies in China  May 2, 2008
    But placard-waving protesters gathered outside Carrefour stores in south-eastern city of Fuzhou, Shenyang in the north-east, and Changsha, capital of the central province of Hunan. The BBC's Dan Griffiths, in Beijing, says a handful of protesters have been detained outside one store in the capital. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    China develops ways to prevent drug residue in eel  Apr 20, 2008
    FUZHOU, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts said they had developed technology to quickly detect illness of eel, facilitating timely treatment and thus reducing or exempting the use of drug. The technology, featuring molecular biology technology, has passed evaluation by a team of experts with China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Daimler China Venture May Export Mercedes Vans Next Year, Partner Says  Apr 18, 2008
    The venture, based in the southern city of Fuzhou, will primarily make vehicles for the local market, , Daimler's Beijing-based spokesman, said in an e-mail yesterday. However, we will look for potential export opportunities in Asia if there is a good business case,'' he added. (Bloomberg -- Germany)

    China's Great Migration  Apr 11, 2008
    The operation ended up being so successful that Shengmei is the most completely deserted village I have visited anywhere around Fuzhou ... No one was telling migrants from Fuzhou that they would be working as models or waitresses upon their arrival, and incidents of snakeheads forcing migrants into sex slavery, while not unheard of, are exceedingly rare ... The cost of the journey has also grown prohibitively high: Snakeheads now charge $70,000 for the trip from Fuzhou to New York. (Slate)

    Chinese mark 1st "official" Qingming  Apr 5, 2008
    Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province in east China, unveiled a monument ln honor of the thousands of firefighters died on duty since 1949. It is the first such monument in the country. (Xinhuanet, China)

    * Executive Yuan passes three links amendment  Mar 20, 2008
    However, the "small three links" route, opened in January 2001, allows limited direct transportation between Kinmen and Matsu islands and the southern Chinese port cities of Xiamen and Fuzhou. Under the Cabinet's plan, a travel agency in Kinmen or Matsu would be granted a quota of Taiwanese tourists it could take to China, equal to the number of Chinese tourists it has traveling through the "links" to visit Penghu. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    * INTERVIEW: Taiwanese banks should prepare for China: Wong  Mar 17, 2008
    Think about places such as Xiamen or Fuzhou, where even the dialects are similar. TT: Following Wednesday's Cabinet decision, Fubon Financial Holding Co (I) will mostly likely become the nation's first bank to enter China, using its Hong Kong subsidiary as a stepping stone -- a strategy that many local rivals such as Cathay Financial Holding Co () and Chinatrust Financial Holding Co (H) may have regretted not taking. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)

    Former construction company chairman sentenced to death in S.E China  Mar 4, 2008
    FUZHOU, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese court has given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve to Yue Shengli, former board chairman of Fujian Construction Engineering Group Company for taking bribes, a court statement said on Tuesday. When Wang was head of the Fujian Provincial Road Administration Bureau and board chairman of Fujian Construction Engineering Group Company from 1996 to 2006, he had taken bribes worth 9. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Fireworks blast injures two people in east China train station  Mar 1, 2008
    FUZHOU, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Exploding fireworks injured two passengers slightly on Saturday in a ticket office in a train station in east China's Fujian Province. The ticket office was closed after the blast at 12:15 p.m. at Fuzhou railway station, in the capital of Fujian province, police said. (Xinhuanet, China)

    * China repatriates fugitive Wang  Feb 29, 2008
    GROUP LOT: The former Chung Shing Bank general manager was one of 25 criminals repatriated by ferry via the Matsu islands from Fuzhou City yesterday STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA Friday, Feb 29, 2008, Page 4 ... Wang Hsuan-jen (), a former general manager of the Kaohsiung-based bank who fled to China in May last year, was repatriated from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, to Matsu aboard the Chinese ferry The Strait. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    MARTIN YAN'S CAN-DO ATTITUDE  Feb 21, 2008
    " Since then, Yan has done close to 3,000 shows, primarily for PBS. The shows have ranged from cooking demonstrations in Yan's kitchen to travelogues covering various Chinatowns and other locales around the world. His latest series, "Martin Yan's China," is devoted to the four schools of Chinese cuisine - Cantonese in the South, Szechuan and Hunan in the West, Shanghai and Fuzhou in the East, and Beijing and the Mongol flavors of the North. "This is the China century, whether you like it or... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Ten missing after fishing boat sinks off east China  Feb 18, 2008
    FUZHOU, Feb.18 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were missing at sea after a fishing boat sank off east China on Sunday, according to the maritime bureau of Fujian Province. The "Minlianyu 1917" was reported to have sunk at 5:40 p.m. in the East China Sea at about 120 degrees east and 26 degrees north. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Asia's small-business chiefssee healthy outlook  Feb 12, 2008
    Hsu, who is also chairman of the Taiwan Merchant Association in Fuzhou, in east Chinas Fujian province, said in a telephone interview that Taiwans economic growth mainly depended on its relationship with mainland China ... Hsus Fuzhou textile factory has about 800 people, while his spa and health clubs, including restaurants, employ about 1,300 workers in total. (Asia Times Online)

    Chinese editor released from prison after 4 years  Feb 10, 2008
    Yu was the third prominent journalist detained in China to gain release this month, following Li Changqing, the former editor of Fuzhou Daily, and Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based correspondent for Singapore's The Straits Times newspaper. Reporters Without Borders said the releases showed Beijing was responding to pressure and urged campaigners to step-up efforts ahead of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in August. (International Herald Tribune)

    Hu spends holiday in disaster-hit area  Feb 9, 2008
    On Wednesday afternoon, Wen hastened to the eastern province of Jiangxi where he visited the city of Fuzhou, which has been in the dark for more than 20 days. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing on Monday that China is confident and capable in achieving the final victory in combating disasters incurred by low temperature, ice and heavy snow. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Chinese look to New Year as country recovers from weather chaos  Feb 8, 2008
    Migrant workers stranded by the freezing weather toast at a free evening dinner on the Lunar New Year's Eve in Fuzhou, east China's Fujian Province, Feb. 6, 2008. Local government provided a free evening dinner for stranded migrant workers on the Lunar New Year's Eve, an occasion which all Chinese cherish as the time for festive gatherings. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Snow-hit China welcomes New Year  Feb 7, 2008
    President Hu Jintao visited Guangxi in the south, while Premier Wen Jiabao met residents in Jiangxi province's Fuzhou City, where power has been out for 20 days. "We lost much in the weather disaster... but we also got many things, such as courage, will and the ability to overcome difficulties," the official Xinhua news agency quoted Mr Wen as saying. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    Fast Facts: China  Feb 1, 2008
    Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry). Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90. (CBS News -- World)

    Trade grows 33.4% between SE China province and Africa  Jan 18, 2008
    FUZHOU, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The two-way trade between southeast China's Fujian Province and Africa countries rose 33 ... 8 percent from a year earlier, chiefly machinery and electronic products and garments, statistics with the Fuzhou Customs show. (Xinhuanet, China)

    China starts construction on railway linking special economic zones  Jan 6, 2008
    Currently, two railway lines, one links Wenzhou of Zhejiang Province with Fuzhou, capital of Fujian, and the other links Fuzhou and Xiamen, are under construction. Xiamen and Shenzhen are among the first four special economic zones designated by the state council in 1980. (Xinhuanet, China)

    China's Soueast Motor wins deal to export 5,700 minibuses to Iran  Jan 4, 2008
    FUZHOU, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's Soueast Motor Co. Ltd. has clinched a deal with an Iranian company to sell 5,700 minibuses this year after exporting 8,000 of the vehicles to the country last year, the company said on Friday. The vehicle manufacturer, based in Fuzhou, capital of the eastern Fujian Province, planned to ship Delica minibuses to the Iranian Mehreghan Co. in the near future, a company spokesman said. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Hour-by-hour forecast  Jan 3, 2008
    Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)

    Microsoft's piracy fight sees wins in China  Dec 22, 2007
    Fuzhou Road in the former British concession near the Bund, an area famous for bookstores and art boutiques, is also locally renowned as a place to buy pirate PCs and software. The small alleyways running off Fuzhou Road host dozens of pirate PC shops, which usually have no signs. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    /C O R R E C T I O N -- Linktone Ltd./  Dec 22, 2007
    The meeting will be held at Linktone's principal executive offices at 12th Floor, Cross Tower, 318 Fuzhou Road, Huang Pu District, Shanghai, P.R.C.. About Linktone Ltd.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    NetDragon and Central Motion Picture Corp. Join Hands to Create New Era for Film-Based Online Games in China  Dec 8, 2007
    FUZHOU, China, Dec. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The first domestic online game (Warlords Online) based on the film of the same name, which is jointly produced by NetDragon (NetDragon Websoft Inc. (SEHK GEM 8288) and Central Motion Picture Corp., will be tested officially for the first time on December 13. China's traditional recreational industry and emerging digital recreational industry will greet the first annual show of a landmark work, and it will become another important milestone... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Complete weather forecast  Dec 7, 2007
    Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Chinese bidder wins Myanmar natural gas rights  Dec 6, 2007
    The company, based in Fuzhou in southeastern China, is 12. 6 percent owned by funds run by Tiger Global Management. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)

    Arrow and Telit to Host Technical Seminar on Machine-to-Machine Communications Modules in Southern China  Nov 30, 2007
    HONG KONG, Nov. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc., announced that it will host a technical seminar in Fuzhou, China, on Dec. 5, with Telit Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd, the Korean-based "machine-to-machine" (m2m) mobile technology arm of Telit Communications. (Logo: ) Telit is a global leader in m2m communications. (PR Newswire)

    * Taiwan's SMEs face loan squeeze  Nov 29, 2007
    Taipei Times - archives. Enter your search terms. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    New rail lines to link China's coastal, inland areas  Nov 24, 2007
    6-km railway linking Nanchang, capital of the central Jiangxi Province, with Fujian Province, with terminals in both Fuzhou and Putian. The 51. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Hock Chew specialities  Oct 28, 2007
    When in Sitiawan, do not miss out on the opportunity to feast on Hock Chew food and biscuits (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)

    Profile: Xi Jinping  Oct 26, 2007
    He was vice mayor of Xiamem and chairman of the standing committee of the Fuzhou People's Congress. 2003-3007 Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang provincial committee and chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress standing committee. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)

    * Business Briefs  Oct 24, 2007
    The plant in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, will make Mercedes Viano and Vito multi-purpose vehicles and the Sprinter van, with the first model set to roll off the production line in mid 2009, the company said in a statement. With annual capacity of 40,000 units, the venture will be "Daimler's south China pillar," said Ulrich Walker, chairman and chief executive of Daimler's Northeast Asia operations. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Asian Bamboo AG plant Brsengang im Prime Standard fr November 2007  Oct 22, 2007
    Um hiervon zu profitieren, plant die Asian Bamboo AG die Erweiterung ihres Vertriebsnetzes in China und hat in einem ersten Schritt bereits einen Vertrag mit der Fuzhou Yonghui Supermarket Co., Ltd. geschlossen, einem f. hrenden chinesischen Einzelh. (BusinessWire)

    Asian Bamboo AG Planning IPO on Prime Standard in November 2007  Oct 22, 2007
    As a first step, the company has already signed a contract with Fuzhou Yonghui Supermarket Co., Ltd., one of China s leading fresh agricultural food retailers with 160 outlets in Fujian province and Chongqing. Mr. Zuojun Lin, CEO of Asian Bamboo AG, comments: The IPO is a key step for us to achieve our ambitious growth objectives. (BusinessWire)

    UC Davis Entomologist to Lead Team of U.S. Scientists to China Davis, Oct. 16  Oct 17, 2007
    He will participate in seminars on "Research, Education and Extension of IPM in China and the United States" at the China Agricultural University, Beijing, and at the Fujian Provincial Academy of Agricultural Science, Fuzhou. In addition, Zalom will confer with Chinese scientists on quarantine and invasive pest control issues; tour the National Quarantine Research Institute; and view IPM projects in all four regions, including the Beijing IPM Extension Station. (University of California Newswire, CA)

    China Leisure Sports Administrative Center and World Poker Tour(TM) China Kick off Inaugural Season of WPT China National Traktor(TM) Poker Tour  Oct 16, 2007
    Fuzhou, Fujian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 11 Dec. 21, 2007 (Fri. - Dec. 23, 2007(Sun. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

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