Four Tar Heels Named To 2008 Olympic Team Jun 24, 2008
The USA will then face Japan on Aug. 9, also in Qinhuangdao, before finishing Group G play against New Zealand on Aug. 12 in Shenyang. After taking over the U.S. team at the end of 2007, Sundhage evaluated 46 players in training camp environments during the past seven months and capped 26 players across 18 international matches before selecting the final roster. (Tarheelblue.com)
China says it took, buried US POW Jun 20, 2008
Desautels's reported burial site - the city of Shenyang, formerly known as Mukden - is interesting because it is far from the North Korean border and was often cited in declassified US intelligence reports as the site of one or more prisons holding hundreds of American POWs from Korea. Desautels was an 18-year-old corporal, a member of A Company, 2d Engineer Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, when his unit encountered a swarming Chinese assault near Kunu-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 1, 1950. (Boston Globe)
China to crack down on illegal use of the Olympics logo Jun 20, 2008
Co-host cities and regions include Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao and Hong Kong. Editor: Gao Ying. (Xinhuanet, China)
Feature: "Third-line" factory suffers post-quake pains Jun 18, 2008
For this very regard, a huge number of technicians and skillful workers were transferred from big cities like Shanghai, Harbin and Shenyang to the southwest China. As to prepare for war and guarantee logistics support in the interior areas (or third-line) in the event of war, the Chinese leadership decided to build new factories in the southwestern regions, mainly Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Synthetic Times in real world Jun 17, 2008
"It's great fun strolling through the museum and literally meeting the exhibits. I was really impressed with the incongruous-looking walking robot, talking prosthetic head, interactive videos and the airship that attacks visitors in dark clothing," says Li, from Shenyang, northeastern Liaoning province. Vortex, LED installation by German artist Christoph Hildebrand. (Xinhuanet, China)
In the name of the father Jun 16, 2008
" In complete shock, the boy opened the bottle, but threw it to the floor. He then told his father what he did that afternoon: playing piano for the choir. The desperate father hugged his son and cried. They say that behind every successful man there is a woman. But for world famous pianist Lang Lang, his father has always been the driving force behind the pianist's achievements. Born in 1954 into a worker's family in Shenyang, Liaoning province, Lang senior showed great interest in music when... (Xinhuanet, China)
Overcome the hurdles of visiting Beijing Jun 11, 2008
Quinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin: Football. Please note that flights to Qingdao will probably cost you more, as you have to fly through Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong. (MSNBC -- Travel)
* Fisherman heads to S Korea after 30 years in the north Jun 10, 2008
He said he had crossed the border river alone and entered the South Korean consulate in the city of Shenyang on May 20. Yoon said he had been forced to live as a farming machine manager in Kaechon, 70km north of Pyongyang since he was kidnapped. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Man abducted in 1975 escapes North Korea Jun 10, 2008
Yoon fled the North in May and entered the South Korean consulate in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang later that month, said Choi Sung-yong, head of a group of relatives of South Koreans allegedly kidnapped by the North. However, Yoon's North Korean wife and daughter were arrested and under investigation, said Choi. (CNN -- World)
Man flees N Korea after 33 years Jun 10, 2008
Mr Yun is said to have escaped from North Korea into China in May, taking refuge at the South Korean consulate in the Chinese city of Shenyang. He is now awaiting passage back to South Korea, said Mr Choi. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Kim's `Crossing' Shows Deadly Trail of North Korea Defectors Through China Jun 5, 2008
He joins a group of North Koreans who storm the German embassy in Shenyang, fighting their way through the Chinese guards. Yong Soo defects to South Korea and works as a mechanic at a small factory, saving his wages and government relocation money for his family. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Shenyang Imperial Palace to undergo overhaul Jun 5, 2008
Shenyang Imperial Palace, the second largest royal complex in China after Beijing's Forbidden City, is undergoing full-scale renovation ... BEIJING, June 5 -- Shenyang Imperial Palace, the second largest royal complex in China after Beijing's Forbidden City, is undergoing full-scale renovation ... Lu Yingchao, director of Shenyang Imperial Palace Renovation Project, said, "We'll go through strict procedures in restoring the complex. All materials will be drawn from their original sources, and... (Xinhuanet, China)
China makes final preparations for Olympics Jun 3, 2008
"The Olympics will use 37 venues in Beijing or other co-host cities -- Qingdao, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang and Hong Kong. The National Stadium and the National Aquatics Center or the Water Cubic have won praise and admiration from around the world for their innovative design and advanced construction techniques," he said. "Ninety percent of the Beijing Olympic Green project has been finished.". (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Sports)
BMW launches compact car in China Jun 2, 2008
BMW competes with Volkswagen's Audi among others in China and currently makes 3 series and 5 series cars in a facility in the northeastern city of Shenyang. Its car sales in mainland China jumped 43. (India Times)
EU makers of fasteners press for anti-dumping duties on China May 31, 2008
Workers transport steel wires at a steel market in Shenyang. European steelmakers asked the European Commission last October to impose anti-dumping duties on imported steel from China. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Trauma counseling for quake survivors in full swing May 20, 2008
"We plan to recruit more professionals and train volunteers to help the team," said Su Jiasheng, chief of a cyberspace volunteers association based in Shenyang, the provincial capital. In Hubei Province, more than 60 psychological instructors attended a training program at Huazhong Normal University on Monday afternoon in preparation for helping students whose hometowns are in quake-hit regions. (Xinhuanet, China)
Quake survivor returns to N.E. May 18, 2008
He worked in the city of Shenyang for a day before flying to Beijing, then on to Chicago and into Manchester. Back in China, thousands of earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter yesterday, fearing floods from rivers blocked by landslides. (Boston Globe)
Tickets for domestic customers sold out May 8, 2008
Only tickets for Olympic football matches at Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao were still available to domestic buyers in the sales period ending on June 9. Beijing had allocated around 75 per cent of the seven million tickets in total to its vast domestic audience, with the rest made available overseas through each country's national Olympic committee. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
China Olympics tickets sold out May 8, 2008
Tickets for the soccer tournament in co-host cities Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao, as well as tickets for equestrian events in Hong Kong, are still available, Xinhua news agency said. Online sales ran into problems on Monday, despite guarantees that the system had been repaired after earlier glitches led to the dismissal of the ticket centre's director last year. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China-bashing is a blind man's game May 7, 2008
In August, Beijing, and also Qingdao, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao and Hong Kong, will organize what could be one of the most successful Summer Games. They will manage to do so not because the Chinese people will be forced to stage a propagandistic display but because they will take great pride and pleasure in contributing to the success of a global event. (Asia Times Online)
Third round of Olympic tickets for Beijing venue sold out May 7, 2008
Tickets for the soccer tournament in co-host cities Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao, as well as tickets for equestrian in Hong Kong are still available. A total of 1. (Xinhuanet, China)
China intensifies war against splittism May 2, 2008
During a confrontation between protestors and police in Dalian, Shenyang Province on Sunday, April 20, several young demonstrators were arrested. The nationalists' ire was focused at the French government's alleged failure to provide adequate protection to bearers of the. (Asia Times Online)
Anti-French Boycott Falters in China May 2, 2008
Still, a few protests drew hundreds of people to Carrefour stores in Xian, Chongqing, Shenyang and Changsha, although the police made sure the rallies were brief. 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. (New York Times)
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 Shenyang, a local police officer said he had heard about a protest at a Carrefour store in Shenhe district. (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)
Marubeni, Tokyu Land Eyeing Property Development in China Apr 22, 2008
and Tokyu Land Corp. said Monday the two Japanese firms and their Hong Kong partner have acquired shares in a special purpose company for a building complex development project in China. Marubeni has obtained a 25-pct stake in the SPC, Tokyo Land a 5-pct stake, and the partner, Sun Wah Group, the rest. (JCN Network, Japan)
Olyroos face Argentina test Apr 21, 2008
The top two in each group progress to the quarter-finals of the August 6-23 tournament that will be played in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao. The women's competition, which features full-strength international squads, will be the biggest in history following a two-team increase to the field. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Chinese football teams hopes to make most of lucky draws Apr 21, 2008
Twenty-eight teams including 16 men's teams and 12 women's teams will be competing in the Beijing Olympics football tournaments, to be held in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao on Aug. 6-23. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Mitsubishi Motors Plans to Boost Engine Manufacturing in China by 80% Apr 20, 2008
The company, which now makes engines in Shenyang and Harbin, China, is also developing a less-polluting diesel engine for use in the country, Masuko said. He is also considering production of an inexpensive, small car, which is now being developed for the country. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
North Korea's quirky Air Koryo survives and, increasingly, appears to thrive Apr 18, 2008
It flies roundtrip three times a week between Pyongyang and Beijing and twice a week to the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, an important source of trade for North Korea. The other is return service once a week to Vladivostok. (International Herald Tribune)
/R E P E A T -- Cooperative agreement signed between Technoparc Montréal and China's Shenyang Aviation Economic Zone/ Apr 11, 2008
R E P E A T -- Cooperative agreement signed between Technoparc Montr;al and China's Shenyang Aviation Economic Zone. MONTREAL, April 10 /CNW Telbec/ - Alan DeSousa, Member of the Ville de Montr;al Executive Committee Responsible for Sustainable Development, Economic Development and Montr;al 2025 and Mayor of the Borough of Saint-Laurent, is pleased to announce the signing of a five-year cooperative agreement between Technoparc Montr;al and the Shenyang Aviation Economic Zone (SAEZ) ... "This new... (Canada Newswire)
BMW's Sales in China Surge by 39% as Growth Boosts Demand for Luxury Cars Apr 9, 2008
BMW makes 3-Series and 5-Series sedans in China with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. in northeastern China's Shenyang. BMW's sport-utility vehicles and Mini-brand are imported models. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Injury will not keep China's Li out of the Olympics Apr 1, 2008
The world number 29's injury has kept her off court since February's Antwerp Open and she will be out for at least another three weeks, CTA deputy director Gao Shenyang told Tuesday's China Daily. "The injury won't hamper her participation in the Beijing Games in August, but I think we should take it seriously," he told the paper. (International Herald Tribune)
Report: China plans 3G commercial trials Mar 29, 2008
The eight cities chosen for the trials are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Qinhuangdao. Official broadcaster CCTV said earlier this month that the homegrown 3G standard looked ready for commercial use at the Beijing Olympics after network trials went off without a hitch. (MSNBC -- Technology)
BMW to Increase Parts Purchases in China This Year, Shanghai Daily Reports Mar 19, 2008
BMW Brilliance Automotive, based in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, is BMW's venture with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.. To contact the reporter on this story: in Shanghai at. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
BCHB takes 20% stake in Bank of Yingkou Mar 18, 2008
North-eastern China is one of the fastest growing regions in the country while Shenyang, the Liaoning provincial capital, has expressed intention to be the centre for Islamic finance in China, he said. Nazir said the group would take an active management role in the bank and was exploring options on listing the bank. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Chinese, Japanese youth celebrate debut of youth exchange year Mar 16, 2008
Breaking into small groups, they respectively visited such cities as Shanghai and Hangzhou in the east, Chongqing and Chengduin the west, Guangzhou in the south, Dalian and Shenyang in the northeast and held get-togethers with their Chinese peers before their arrival in Beijing on Friday. The China-Japan Friendly Exchange Year of the Youth was created last year by Wen and Fukuda when the two met over lunch in Singapore at the Asian Summit in November. (Xinhuanet, China)
Beijing hotel rooms prices rise 400-1000% for Olympics Mar 7, 2008
com also found the hotel price in Beijing Olympics' co-host cities, such as Qingdao and Shenyang would rise by 30-40 percent during the event. The east China coast city of Qingdao, which is also a popular beachside resort city in summer, will see price rises of 50-100 percent higher than normal days during the Games. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's cartoon police not amused Mar 4, 2008
Liu Bo from Shenyang Hippo Animation Company, believed another challenge for the country's animation industry is the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). Citing his work 100 Love Magic as an example, he said once the cartoon was put on the market pirated copies immediately came out. (Asia Times Online)
China vows full protection of IPR Mar 4, 2008
Custom officers put allegedly unauthorized Olympic coins and other items that they seized on display in Shenyang, Liaoning province, late last month. The government has declared a special crackdown on manufacture and sale of fake Beijing Olympics and Shanghai World Expo related items. (Xinhuanet, China)
Texas Ballet Theater Selected for Historic Performance at China Shanghai International Arts Festival Mar 1, 2008
He is the only foreigner to have been made Honorary Faculty Member of the Beijing Dance Academy and the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and it was under his direction that the Houston Ballet performed at the festival in 1995. In addition, Mr. Stevenson took two Texas Ballet Theater company dancers, Andre Silva and Lonnie Weeks, to China in August 2007 for the Shanghai International Ballet Competition. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Across a nation, Olympic fervor Feb 29, 2008
SHENYANG, China - Chen Guangbing's horizon is largely confined to Zhong Jie, a crowded pedestrian street cutting through central where he hawks peanuts, pistachios and cashews from a rickety wooden table. But Chen, 28, feels something big and life-expanding is about to happen here, broadening the world of his little nut stand, running the length of Zhong Jie, embracing Shenyang and illuminating the whole of ... Shi Chunyuan, an official in the sports bureau in Shenyang, 400 miles northeast of... (MSNBC -- International)
Scoring a deal for the Beijing Olympics Feb 27, 2008
A special lantern park opened last week in Shenyang to attract tourists to the city, which is one of the Olympic sites. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) |Print| Text size + By Michelle Higgins New York Times News Service / February 27, 2008. (Boston Globe)
* CAA probes FAT finances Feb 14, 2008
It has also worked with China Eastern Airlines and China Airlines to offer connecting flights from Jeju to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang in China. Problems could arise should FAT passengers need to take connecting flights to China from Jeju. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Music on mobiles found to be a favorite in China Feb 11, 2008
It surveyed 5,163 Chinese mobile subscribers aged 13-54 via telephone in seven major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Chengdu, Wuhan and Xi'an. Compared with users in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumers use their phones much less to check on their email or to send photos and videos. (Scientific American)
Chinese cellphone users tune into music Feb 11, 2008
It surveyed 5,163 Chinese cellphone subscribers, aged 13 to 54, in seven major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Chengdu, Wuhan and Xian. Today in Business with Reuters. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* FEATURE: Domestic airlines struggle to make ends meet Feb 10, 2008
Chang said that although FAT's fast-growing service that transfers passengers through South Korea's Cheju Island to cities in the eastern and northern parts of China, including Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian and Shenyang, has helped to narrow losses, "nothing compares to direct flights when talking about a real boost in business.". Uni Air said even if direct flights could not be implemented in the short term, turning cross-strait charter flights into a regular service during weekends would... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China cuts online video a little slack Feb 6, 2008
A man uses computers at an Internet cafe in Shenyang in China's Liaoning province on January 23, 2008. Any new video-sharing companies must comply with the rules, which took effect last Thursday, the government said Tuesday. (CNN -- Tech)
China's commercial aviationin take-off mode Feb 5, 2008
The major civil facilities include Shanghai Aircraft Industry, Xian Aircraft Industry Corporation, Shenyang Aircraft Industry Corporation and Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation ... The operation of Xian Aircraft Industry Corporation will be reorganized as a listed business that will later become the core of a civil manufacturing group encompassing the civil facilities at the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Corporation ... On August 28, 2007, Lin Zuoming,... (Asia Times Online)
Elusive Web site offers N. Korean goods Feb 4, 2008
A man who answered the phone in the office of the Web site's administrator in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, said it was North Korean and run in cooperation with a company in China, though he would not give the name of the firm ... Andrei Lankov, a Russian expert on the country, said that the Web site being located in Shenyang, a city of 7 million people, is significant as it is the "de facto foreign trade capital of North Korea.". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
BMW's Sales Rise 42% in China in 2007 as More Consumers Can Afford Cars Feb 1, 2008
Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. in Shenyang makes 3-Series and 5-Series sedans in northeastern China. To contact the reporter on this story: Irene Shen in Shanghai at. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
BMW says to lift China plant capacity by 45 percent Jan 31, 2008
BMW has teamed up with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd to make BMW 3 and 5 Series cars in the northern city of Shenyang, with a current annual capacity of 30,000 units. Chinese media have said the venture is building a second plant capable of making 20,000 cars per year. (ABC News -- Wire)
BMW to expand production in China Jan 31, 2008
BMW has teamed up with Brilliance China Automotive to make BMW 3- and 5-series cars in the northern city of Shenyang, with a current annual capacity of 30,000 units. Chinese media have said the venture is building a second plant capable of making 20,000 cars per year. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Vegetable prices rise in China as snow continues Jan 30, 2008
The government of Shenyang, capital of the northeastern Liaoning Province, has given an 80 yuan to 150 yuan subsidy per ton to more than half of the major vegetable wholesalers in the city. Heavy snow since mid-January, the worst in 50 years in southern, central and eastern areas, will continue over the next three days the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said at a news conference on Wednesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
China tightens Net video control Jan 30, 2008
A computer user is silhouetted at an Internet cafe in Shenyang, northern China's Liaoning province. China is tightening control of the Internet with rules that limit online video-sharing to state companies. (USA Today -- Tech)
IBFIM to give Islamic banking help in China Jan 30, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: The Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) will help Shenyang Province Authority form an Islamic financial community on a 120ha site in the Chinese region. It planned to submit a proposal for the project in the third quarter this year, IBFIM managing director Datuk Dr Adnan Alias said after the signing of a memorandum of collaboration between IBFIM, Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall and Shenyang Province Authority yesterday ... Under the partnership, IBFIM via... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Case Study: To Adapt, ITT Lets Go of Unpopular Ratings Jan 24, 2008
And in one of ITT's plants in Shenyang, China, the new system has helped to halve the plant's attrition rate. The only place that hasn't fully cottoned to the changes is the U.S., where a few metrics-loving engineers in the defense business remain attached to the old rankings. (BusinessWeek)
Efforts to rejuvenate northeastern rust belt pay off Jan 13, 2008
SHENYANG, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- China's efforts to rejuvenate its northeastern rust belt have yielded positive results as Liaoning Province's gross domestic product (GDP) exceeded one trillion yuan in 2007. Liaoning's GDP is estimated to have grown by a record high of 14. (Xinhuanet, China)
Ants and pyramids: China scams abound Jan 12, 2008
Wang was arrested last month, but the charge against him is not fraud; rather, he is being held for "instigating social unrest" after thousands of out-of-pocket investors, demanding compensation for their losses, stormed the provincial government offices in the capital of Shenyang last November ... This allowed him to move back to Liaoning and found Shenyang Dingxi Technology, the starting point for his ant-breeding scheme. (Asia Times Online)
Ooi confident of GPlus shareholders support Jan 12, 2008
He wanted to expand his business from Shenyang to Shanghai and The Royal Garden fitted well into his investment strategy. It makes a lot of sense to expand into Shanghai and The Royal Garden is an impressive development, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Oz Open: Asians have a point to prove Jan 9, 2008
However, according to Gao Shenyang, vice-director of the Tennis Administrative Center, tennis's governing body in China, she has successfully come through surgery and is raring to go. As well as Li and Zheng, Yan Zi will be one to watch. (India Times, India)
Snow World Park attracts tourists in NE China Jan 9, 2008
Workers clean up the giant snow sculpture "Athens--Beijing" at the Snow World Park in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning province, Jan. 7, 2008. The park has prepared snow of 500,000 steres for the upcoming Snow Festival, which kicks off on Jan. 11. (Xinhuanet, China)
A sports event may draw a record billion live viewers Jan 7, 2008
University students making Olympic rings in Shenyang, China. Marketers are primarily interested in the live sports audience. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
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)
China's futures market turnover soared to historic 40 tln yuan in 2007 Dec 29, 2007
SHENYANG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The futures market witnessed breakneck growth in 2007, with total turnover surpassing gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time. The combined turnover of China's three domestic futures exchanges hit40. (Xinhuanet, China)
