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Snow to fall as holiday approaches
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48624.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:35
2013-02-04 11:35 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
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The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau predicted Sunday that the city will experience a sharp drop in temperature Thursday, and maybe even a little snow in the run-up to the Spring Festival holiday.
The temperature will fall below zero in downtown Shanghai and drop to about -2 C in the city's outskirts, said Zhang Ruiyi, a senior weather official.
"There will be rain before the snow starts Thursday night. The snow will continue on Friday, but stop on Saturday," Zhang told the Global Times.
Saturday is the last day of the Chinese lunar calendar, making it the eve of the Chinese New Year.
Zhang said that Saturday and Sunday will be cold and wet, and the snowy weather may cause trouble for people heading back to their hometowns. "Because the entire Yangzte River Delta is expecting snow, the roads will be slippery in Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces," she told the Global Times.
The weather bureau predicted the temperature will drop from a high of 12 C on Monday.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Impossible immunization
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Impossible immunization
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48626.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:37
2013-02-04 11:37 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
comment
As World Cancer Day is celebrated on February 4, it is a sad reality that potentially life-saving cervical vaccines are being kept from the Chinese mainland due to tight import restrictions and testing requirements.
Over 30 percent of cancer cases can be prevented "by a healthy lifestyle or by immunization against cancer-causing infections," while others can be detected early and then treated, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Among those, cervical cancer is currently the only type of cancer that can be prevented with vaccination and scientists are hoping to eliminate it completely.
Despite declining rates of cancer and of mortality, 200,000 deaths a year are attributed to cervical cancer worldwide with Chinese cases on the rise, especially among younger women. And seven years since the first vaccine for preventing cervical cancer was sold in the world, it is still not available in the mainland.
Vaccine options
Given the particularity of cervical cancer and the potential to vaccinate against it, inoculations currently rely on two types of vaccines that target the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, which scientists determined decades ago as the main cause of cervical cancer.
For his work in this field, German virologist Harald zur Hausen was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2008.
In 2006 the first HPV vaccine, Gardasil, produced by Merck & Co., was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In early 2007, FDA approved another vaccine, Cervarix made by British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
Gardasil is designed to prevent infections from HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18, and Cervarix targets types 16 and 18. There are over 200 types of HPV and HPV types 16 and 18 are responsible for about 70 percent of cervical cancer cases.
HPV vaccines have been available in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan since late 2006. But for vaccines, or any new imported drugs, to be sold in the mainland, new clinical trials have to be performed on mainland residents. Then the drugs are re-evaluated and reviewed by the State Food and Drug Administration before they can be imported, according to regulations.
Some women who are aware of the vaccines and have the means to do so choose to get inoculated in Hong Kong. There are also many agencies that help mainland women book appointments in Hong Kong hospitals. Such procedures usually come in at around HK$3,000.
Both Gardasil and Cervarix are given in a series of three shots over the span of six months, which means women have to travel back and forth. They could also take the other two shots back home and get injected at a local clinic, but strictly speaking this is illegal since the vaccines are not yet approved for the mainland.
Zhou Zijun, professor with the School of Public Health of Peking University, said the purpose of such barriers is to protect the Chinese people while noting that every country has its own set of standards and procedures when approving imported drugs. This also serves to protect domestic pharmaceutical companies.
But many doctors argue that these regulations are too stringent and may be keeping some good medicines out. The tests done in Hong Kong and Taiwan should have been sufficient, said Gong Xiaoming, a gynecologist at Beijing Union Medical College Hospital.
He gave another example of an overseas pharmaceutical company that estimated it would cost around 100 million yuan ($16 million) to do all the clinical trials and evaluations to introduce a drug for ovarian cancer to the mainland, ultimately deciding it wasn't worth it and shelving the launch.
"We should have standards when importing new drugs, but right now it seems the threshold is too high and is preventing us from using some good drugs," said Gong.
The two vaccines started clinical trials in China around 2007. The first two stages of clinical trials have been concluded and have proven the safety of the vaccine. The third stage has been going since 2009, aiming to test the efficacy of the vaccines. But it could still take years, experts say.
In the meantime, Chinese pharmaceutical companies have also started clinical trials for domestically-produced HPV vaccines. But it is unclear when any of these will start to be sold on the mainland.
Major killer
HPV infection doesn't necessarily lead to cancer, as the human body's immune system is able to clear up some of the infections. Furthermore, vaccination doesn't guarantee that a person will not develop cancer. But studies have shown that vaccines can effectively prevent most HPV infections and about 70 percent of cervical cancer cases.
It is advised that women be vaccinated before they become sexually active. In the US, the HPV vaccination is recommended for girls between 9 and 26. In some areas, the vaccines are recommended for women up to 45 years old as well as for teenage boys.
So far the two vaccines are used in over 160 countries and regions, while students and young people in some countries get free vaccinations.
Cervical cancer ranks as the eighth most frequent cancer among women in China, and the second most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age, according to a WHO report from September 2010.
Statistics from the Ministry of Health in 2011 showed over 130,000 new cases of cervical cancer in China each year, accounting for about one-fifth of all new cases worldwide. This translates to about 30,000 women in China dying of cervical cancer each year.
In China, cervical cancer usually occurs among women over 35 years old, especially between the ages of 45 and 49, according to research carried out by Qiao Youlin, a leading oncologist and a professor at the Cancer Institute and Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
Worryingly, recent years have seen reports indicating that the disease is becoming increasingly prevalent among women in their 20s.
Most cervical cancer cases occur in central and western areas such as Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hunan, and more so in rural areas than in cities, according to a report released by the Center for Cancer Registry in January. Multiple sex partners, poor hygiene and smoking are all contributing factors to cervical cancer.
Besides vaccination, regular screenings are crucial for the early detection and treatment of cervical cancer. However, the biggest problem at the moment is that the general public, especially those in rural or poverty-stricken areas, lack awareness about the disease and the importance of getting regularly tested, said Gong.
Awareness rush
Chinese authorities have also been trying to raise awareness of breast and cervical cancer and have launched programs to promote screening.
Between 2009 and 2011, China invested over 350 million yuan to screen for breast cancer and cervical cancer among women aged between 35 and 59 in rural areas. Over 11 million rural women were tested for cervical cancer and the country aimed to screen another 10 million in 2012. Whether this program was successful remains unknown.
Despite the government's effort to promote screening, not enough is being done to ensure that the hundreds of millions of women who need the test are all able to receive it.
The commonly used screening technique, the pap smear test, detects pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervical canal. It requires skilled doctors and is therefore more suited to developed countries where medical staff have decades of experience.
It takes over 10 years to train a doctor qualified to diagnose the disease from the test, but China lacks both the training system and qualified doctors, according to Qiao.
In 2008, Qiao and scientists from other countries announced in a paper published in The Lancet Oncology that they had developed a new test, named careHPV, to detect 14 high-risk types of HPV in about 2.5 hours.
It took the team five years to develop the new test, which is considerably cheaper and faster than the currently used pap smear or HPV DNA tests. It is also much easier for medical workers to master. The new test, based on the Hybrid Capture 2 technology, is designed for low-resource areas and works in environments that lack water, electricity or modern equipment.
Qiao said that the new test has just been approved by the State Food and Drug Administration last year and will enter mass production soon.
In 2011, the Cancer Foundation of China launched a research program that aims to prevent cervical cancer in ethnic minority areas. An ethnic minority county would be chosen respectively from Inner Mongolia, Yunnan and Sichuan where about 6,000 girls between 13 and 15 years of age would be inoculated with HPV vaccines.
Qiao is hoping that the medical community in China could push for the vaccines to get approved as early as possible. "We are already seven years late. Who knows how many people have been affected during that time?" said Qiao.
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Impossible immunization
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48626.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:37
2013-02-04 11:37 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
comment
As World Cancer Day is celebrated on February 4, it is a sad reality that potentially life-saving cervical vaccines are being kept from the Chinese mainland due to tight import restrictions and testing requirements.
Over 30 percent of cancer cases can be prevented "by a healthy lifestyle or by immunization against cancer-causing infections," while others can be detected early and then treated, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Among those, cervical cancer is currently the only type of cancer that can be prevented with vaccination and scientists are hoping to eliminate it completely.
Despite declining rates of cancer and of mortality, 200,000 deaths a year are attributed to cervical cancer worldwide with Chinese cases on the rise, especially among younger women. And seven years since the first vaccine for preventing cervical cancer was sold in the world, it is still not available in the mainland.
Vaccine options
Given the particularity of cervical cancer and the potential to vaccinate against it, inoculations currently rely on two types of vaccines that target the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, which scientists determined decades ago as the main cause of cervical cancer.
For his work in this field, German virologist Harald zur Hausen was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2008.
In 2006 the first HPV vaccine, Gardasil, produced by Merck & Co., was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In early 2007, FDA approved another vaccine, Cervarix made by British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
Gardasil is designed to prevent infections from HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18, and Cervarix targets types 16 and 18. There are over 200 types of HPV and HPV types 16 and 18 are responsible for about 70 percent of cervical cancer cases.
HPV vaccines have been available in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan since late 2006. But for vaccines, or any new imported drugs, to be sold in the mainland, new clinical trials have to be performed on mainland residents. Then the drugs are re-evaluated and reviewed by the State Food and Drug Administration before they can be imported, according to regulations.
Some women who are aware of the vaccines and have the means to do so choose to get inoculated in Hong Kong. There are also many agencies that help mainland women book appointments in Hong Kong hospitals. Such procedures usually come in at around HK$3,000.
Both Gardasil and Cervarix are given in a series of three shots over the span of six months, which means women have to travel back and forth. They could also take the other two shots back home and get injected at a local clinic, but strictly speaking this is illegal since the vaccines are not yet approved for the mainland.
Zhou Zijun, professor with the School of Public Health of Peking University, said the purpose of such barriers is to protect the Chinese people while noting that every country has its own set of standards and procedures when approving imported drugs. This also serves to protect domestic pharmaceutical companies.
But many doctors argue that these regulations are too stringent and may be keeping some good medicines out. The tests done in Hong Kong and Taiwan should have been sufficient, said Gong Xiaoming, a gynecologist at Beijing Union Medical College Hospital.
He gave another example of an overseas pharmaceutical company that estimated it would cost around 100 million yuan ($16 million) to do all the clinical trials and evaluations to introduce a drug for ovarian cancer to the mainland, ultimately deciding it wasn't worth it and shelving the launch.
"We should have standards when importing new drugs, but right now it seems the threshold is too high and is preventing us from using some good drugs," said Gong.
The two vaccines started clinical trials in China around 2007. The first two stages of clinical trials have been concluded and have proven the safety of the vaccine. The third stage has been going since 2009, aiming to test the efficacy of the vaccines. But it could still take years, experts say.
In the meantime, Chinese pharmaceutical companies have also started clinical trials for domestically-produced HPV vaccines. But it is unclear when any of these will start to be sold on the mainland.
Major killer
HPV infection doesn't necessarily lead to cancer, as the human body's immune system is able to clear up some of the infections. Furthermore, vaccination doesn't guarantee that a person will not develop cancer. But studies have shown that vaccines can effectively prevent most HPV infections and about 70 percent of cervical cancer cases.
It is advised that women be vaccinated before they become sexually active. In the US, the HPV vaccination is recommended for girls between 9 and 26. In some areas, the vaccines are recommended for women up to 45 years old as well as for teenage boys.
So far the two vaccines are used in over 160 countries and regions, while students and young people in some countries get free vaccinations.
Cervical cancer ranks as the eighth most frequent cancer among women in China, and the second most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age, according to a WHO report from September 2010.
Statistics from the Ministry of Health in 2011 showed over 130,000 new cases of cervical cancer in China each year, accounting for about one-fifth of all new cases worldwide. This translates to about 30,000 women in China dying of cervical cancer each year.
In China, cervical cancer usually occurs among women over 35 years old, especially between the ages of 45 and 49, according to research carried out by Qiao Youlin, a leading oncologist and a professor at the Cancer Institute and Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
Worryingly, recent years have seen reports indicating that the disease is becoming increasingly prevalent among women in their 20s.
Most cervical cancer cases occur in central and western areas such as Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hunan, and more so in rural areas than in cities, according to a report released by the Center for Cancer Registry in January. Multiple sex partners, poor hygiene and smoking are all contributing factors to cervical cancer.
Besides vaccination, regular screenings are crucial for the early detection and treatment of cervical cancer. However, the biggest problem at the moment is that the general public, especially those in rural or poverty-stricken areas, lack awareness about the disease and the importance of getting regularly tested, said Gong.
Awareness rush
Chinese authorities have also been trying to raise awareness of breast and cervical cancer and have launched programs to promote screening.
Between 2009 and 2011, China invested over 350 million yuan to screen for breast cancer and cervical cancer among women aged between 35 and 59 in rural areas. Over 11 million rural women were tested for cervical cancer and the country aimed to screen another 10 million in 2012. Whether this program was successful remains unknown.
Despite the government's effort to promote screening, not enough is being done to ensure that the hundreds of millions of women who need the test are all able to receive it.
The commonly used screening technique, the pap smear test, detects pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervical canal. It requires skilled doctors and is therefore more suited to developed countries where medical staff have decades of experience.
It takes over 10 years to train a doctor qualified to diagnose the disease from the test, but China lacks both the training system and qualified doctors, according to Qiao.
In 2008, Qiao and scientists from other countries announced in a paper published in The Lancet Oncology that they had developed a new test, named careHPV, to detect 14 high-risk types of HPV in about 2.5 hours.
It took the team five years to develop the new test, which is considerably cheaper and faster than the currently used pap smear or HPV DNA tests. It is also much easier for medical workers to master. The new test, based on the Hybrid Capture 2 technology, is designed for low-resource areas and works in environments that lack water, electricity or modern equipment.
Qiao said that the new test has just been approved by the State Food and Drug Administration last year and will enter mass production soon.
In 2011, the Cancer Foundation of China launched a research program that aims to prevent cervical cancer in ethnic minority areas. An ethnic minority county would be chosen respectively from Inner Mongolia, Yunnan and Sichuan where about 6,000 girls between 13 and 15 years of age would be inoculated with HPV vaccines.
Qiao is hoping that the medical community in China could push for the vaccines to get approved as early as possible. "We are already seven years late. Who knows how many people have been affected during that time?" said Qiao.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Seniors to get free cancer screenings
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Seniors to get free cancer screenings
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48625.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:36
2013-02-04 11:36 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Local community health centers will begin offering elderly residents free screenings for colorectal cancer this year, the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sunday.
The screenings, which were announced a day ahead of the annual World Cancer Day, aim to curb the rapidly increasing incidence rate of one of the city's most prevalent and dangerous forms of cancer.
Under the program, senior citizens can go to their local community health centers to receive a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) at no cost. Those found with a higher risk of developing the disease will then receive a colonoscopy, said Leng Guangming, a senior director at the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Leng did not disclose how old a resident has to be to qualify for the free test. However, the program will cover a wide range of residents, said Zheng Yin, a senior employee with the center's cancer prevention department.
The number of colorectal cancer cases in Shanghai has been growing by about 4 percent each year since the 1970s, according to the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau. Currently, the disease strikes about 56 residents per 100,000. It is one of the five most prevalent cancers in the city, along with lung, breast, liver and stomach cancer. About 50,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in Shanghai, which has a higher cancer rate than most other cities in China. There are currently more than 250,000 cancer patients in Shanghai, including 40,000 with breast cancer and 40,000 with colorectal cancer.
About 43 percent of colorectal cancer patients in Shanghai survive for five years after discovering the disease, some 10 to 15 percentage points lower than patients in Western countries, according to the center.
The problem is that most local patients discover the disease too late. According to the center, only 11.8 percent of patients discover colorectal cancer at an early stage, when it is most treatable. No more than 5 percent of locals have taken an FOBT, and only 3 percent have ever had a colonoscopy.
The center's program is designed to detect colorectal cancer early, Zheng said.
Still, she also advised senior citizens to see their doctors for regular annual check-ups. "We suggest that residents take the FOBT once a year after they hit age 50, and undergo a colonoscopy once every five years," she told the Global Times.
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Seniors to get free cancer screenings
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48625.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:36
2013-02-04 11:36 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
comment
Local community health centers will begin offering elderly residents free screenings for colorectal cancer this year, the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sunday.
The screenings, which were announced a day ahead of the annual World Cancer Day, aim to curb the rapidly increasing incidence rate of one of the city's most prevalent and dangerous forms of cancer.
Under the program, senior citizens can go to their local community health centers to receive a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) at no cost. Those found with a higher risk of developing the disease will then receive a colonoscopy, said Leng Guangming, a senior director at the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Leng did not disclose how old a resident has to be to qualify for the free test. However, the program will cover a wide range of residents, said Zheng Yin, a senior employee with the center's cancer prevention department.
The number of colorectal cancer cases in Shanghai has been growing by about 4 percent each year since the 1970s, according to the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau. Currently, the disease strikes about 56 residents per 100,000. It is one of the five most prevalent cancers in the city, along with lung, breast, liver and stomach cancer. About 50,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in Shanghai, which has a higher cancer rate than most other cities in China. There are currently more than 250,000 cancer patients in Shanghai, including 40,000 with breast cancer and 40,000 with colorectal cancer.
About 43 percent of colorectal cancer patients in Shanghai survive for five years after discovering the disease, some 10 to 15 percentage points lower than patients in Western countries, according to the center.
The problem is that most local patients discover the disease too late. According to the center, only 11.8 percent of patients discover colorectal cancer at an early stage, when it is most treatable. No more than 5 percent of locals have taken an FOBT, and only 3 percent have ever had a colonoscopy.
The center's program is designed to detect colorectal cancer early, Zheng said.
Still, she also advised senior citizens to see their doctors for regular annual check-ups. "We suggest that residents take the FOBT once a year after they hit age 50, and undergo a colonoscopy once every five years," she told the Global Times.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Shop blast kills 5 in Zhejiang province
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Shop blast kills 5 in Zhejiang province
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48622.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:34
2013-02-04 11:34 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
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Five people were killed and six others injured after a suspected boiler explosion in a noodle shop in east China's Zhejiang province on Sunday, according to local fire department.
The accident occurred at 11:20 a.m. Sunday in Cixi city, initially leaving two people dead, six injured and three missing.
Rescuers found the three missing people who were confirmed dead at about 2:30 a.m. Monday.
The three-floor building partially collapsed.
A further investigation is underway.
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Shop blast kills 5 in Zhejiang province
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2013-02-04 11:34 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
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Five people were killed and six others injured after a suspected boiler explosion in a noodle shop in east China's Zhejiang province on Sunday, according to local fire department.
The accident occurred at 11:20 a.m. Sunday in Cixi city, initially leaving two people dead, six injured and three missing.
Rescuers found the three missing people who were confirmed dead at about 2:30 a.m. Monday.
The three-floor building partially collapsed.
A further investigation is underway.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Migrant loses 15,000 yuan on way to bank
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Migrant loses 15,000 yuan on way to bank
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48623.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:35
2013-02-04 11:35 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
comment
A migrant worker lost about 15,000 yuan ($2,407) in Changning district Sunday afternoon after he fell off his moped on the way to the bank to deposit his pay for the year, local police said.
The 18,000 yuan in cash slipped out of the man's back pocket when he fell off the vehicle near the intersection of Jianhe and Beidi roads, police said. Passersby rushed over to grab the bills as they scattered in the wind.
"It only took a few seconds for people, including pedestrians and moped drivers, to grab all of the money," a witness surnamed Yu told Shanghai Television Station.
The worker sank to his knees and begged the people to return the money, but only two people bothered, returning 700 yuan in total, according to Shanghai TV station.
The worker was able to recover about 3,000 yuan by the time police arrived.
The case remains under investigation.
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Migrant loses 15,000 yuan on way to bank
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-04/48623.shtml
Feb 4th 2013, 02:35
2013-02-04 11:35 Global Times Web Editor: Liu Xian
comment
A migrant worker lost about 15,000 yuan ($2,407) in Changning district Sunday afternoon after he fell off his moped on the way to the bank to deposit his pay for the year, local police said.
The 18,000 yuan in cash slipped out of the man's back pocket when he fell off the vehicle near the intersection of Jianhe and Beidi roads, police said. Passersby rushed over to grab the bills as they scattered in the wind.
"It only took a few seconds for people, including pedestrians and moped drivers, to grab all of the money," a witness surnamed Yu told Shanghai Television Station.
The worker sank to his knees and begged the people to return the money, but only two people bothered, returning 700 yuan in total, according to Shanghai TV station.
The worker was able to recover about 3,000 yuan by the time police arrived.
The case remains under investigation.
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Wang Meng wins women's 500m in short-track World Cup
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Wang Meng wins women's 500m in short-track World Cup
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-03/48549.shtml
Feb 3rd 2013, 02:26
2013-02-03 11:26 Xinhua Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Four-time Olymic champion Wang Meng claimed her fifth World Cup win coming back from a ban when she won the 500 meters short track speedskating here on Saturday.
The Chinese 28-year-old took the title in 43.231 seconds ahead of Ariana Fontana of Italy and fellow teammate Liu Qiuhong at the Iceberg arena, which will host the short-track and figure skating events during the Sochi Olympics next year.
Wang was banned for 13 months in 2011 as she broke the team curfew and drunkenly punched team manager in the following brawl. Her ban was lifted in September last year.
In other events, Shim Suk-hee of South Korea continued her domination in the women's 1,500m, claiming her fifth victory of the season with a time of 2:26.338. Li Jianrou of China clocked 2:26.518 for second and Elise Christie of Britain came third in 2:26.696.
Double Olympic champion Charles Hamelin claimed his second short-track speedskating World Cup victory of the season by winning a men's 500m race.
The Canadian won in 41.092 and Wu Daijing of China clocked 41.095 for second, while Russia's Vladimir Grigorev was third in 41.165.
Noh Jinkyu led a South Korean sweep of the podium in the men's 1,500m, recording 2:17.482 for his fourth win of the season. Kim Yun-Jae was second and Kwak Yoon-Gy third.
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Wang Meng wins women's 500m in short-track World Cup
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/02-03/48549.shtml
Feb 3rd 2013, 02:26
2013-02-03 11:26 Xinhua Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Four-time Olymic champion Wang Meng claimed her fifth World Cup win coming back from a ban when she won the 500 meters short track speedskating here on Saturday.
The Chinese 28-year-old took the title in 43.231 seconds ahead of Ariana Fontana of Italy and fellow teammate Liu Qiuhong at the Iceberg arena, which will host the short-track and figure skating events during the Sochi Olympics next year.
Wang was banned for 13 months in 2011 as she broke the team curfew and drunkenly punched team manager in the following brawl. Her ban was lifted in September last year.
In other events, Shim Suk-hee of South Korea continued her domination in the women's 1,500m, claiming her fifth victory of the season with a time of 2:26.338. Li Jianrou of China clocked 2:26.518 for second and Elise Christie of Britain came third in 2:26.696.
Double Olympic champion Charles Hamelin claimed his second short-track speedskating World Cup victory of the season by winning a men's 500m race.
The Canadian won in 41.092 and Wu Daijing of China clocked 41.095 for second, while Russia's Vladimir Grigorev was third in 41.165.
Noh Jinkyu led a South Korean sweep of the podium in the men's 1,500m, recording 2:17.482 for his fourth win of the season. Kim Yun-Jae was second and Kwak Yoon-Gy third.
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ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Jia's visit will cement China-Malaysia ties
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Jia's visit will cement China-Malaysia ties
http://www.ecns.cn/voices/2013/02-03/48547.shtml
Feb 3rd 2013, 02:13
2013-02-03 11:13 Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Malaysia and China's relationship would be taken to a new height when Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin visits Malaysia on February 4 to sign a series of cooperative agreements and open a joint industrial park in the east coast Pahang state, Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Chai Xi has said.
Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is scheduled to launch the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park, a 7-kilometer square development area as a 'sister park' to the China-Malaysia Qingzhou Industrial Park in Shandong province.
He is also expected to sign a number of documents related to, among others, the setup of Xiamen University's first foreign branch in Malaysia and an expansion of a seaport near the Kuantan industrial park.
China hopes Jia's visit would deepen bilateral education cooperation so as to make China-Malaysia traditional friendship last forever... "further reinforce our coordination and communication on regional and global issues for the sake of regional peace, stability and common development", Chai said.
The forthcoming visit underscores the "good momentum in strategic cooperation" China and the Southeast Asian nation had been keeping in recent years, Chai said.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo visited Malaysia one after another last year while Malaysian Premier Najib Razak, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Senate Speaker also paid visits to China.
Jia will head a 60-member delegation to visit Malaysia on Feb. 4-7. During his stay, Jia will pay a courtesy call to Malaysian King Abdul Halim and Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Several firms in the steel, aluminum and palm oil producing industry sectors have pledged to invest in the Kuantan industrial park, which entices investors with a 10-year tax break, cheaper land and convenient infrastructure, Chai said.
China-Malaysia trade grew 5.3 percent on an annual basis last year to reach 94.8 billion U.S. dollars.
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Jia's visit will cement China-Malaysia ties
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Feb 3rd 2013, 02:13
2013-02-03 11:13 Web Editor: Liu Xian
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Malaysia and China's relationship would be taken to a new height when Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin visits Malaysia on February 4 to sign a series of cooperative agreements and open a joint industrial park in the east coast Pahang state, Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Chai Xi has said.
Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is scheduled to launch the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park, a 7-kilometer square development area as a 'sister park' to the China-Malaysia Qingzhou Industrial Park in Shandong province.
He is also expected to sign a number of documents related to, among others, the setup of Xiamen University's first foreign branch in Malaysia and an expansion of a seaport near the Kuantan industrial park.
China hopes Jia's visit would deepen bilateral education cooperation so as to make China-Malaysia traditional friendship last forever... "further reinforce our coordination and communication on regional and global issues for the sake of regional peace, stability and common development", Chai said.
The forthcoming visit underscores the "good momentum in strategic cooperation" China and the Southeast Asian nation had been keeping in recent years, Chai said.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo visited Malaysia one after another last year while Malaysian Premier Najib Razak, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Senate Speaker also paid visits to China.
Jia will head a 60-member delegation to visit Malaysia on Feb. 4-7. During his stay, Jia will pay a courtesy call to Malaysian King Abdul Halim and Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Several firms in the steel, aluminum and palm oil producing industry sectors have pledged to invest in the Kuantan industrial park, which entices investors with a 10-year tax break, cheaper land and convenient infrastructure, Chai said.
China-Malaysia trade grew 5.3 percent on an annual basis last year to reach 94.8 billion U.S. dollars.
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