http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn fdibeijing.org.cn Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:45:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beijing reported 501 new HIV/AIDS cases in the first five months this year, an 21.9 percent increase over the same period last year, local health officials said Thursday. Among the new cases, 44 percent were male homosexuals, said Deng Ying, director of the Beijing Disease Control and Prevention Center. As a group, ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/07/10/new-hivaids-cases-surge-in-beijing/ Municipal transit authorities in Beijing Wednesday issued the service timetable for the newly completed subway Line 4, which is scheduled to go into operation in September, the Beijing News reported. According to the timetable, trains on Line 4 will be running from 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. daily. The longer operating ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/07/10/beijing-issues-timetable-for-subway-line-4/ July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. may be more likely to get indigestion than a boost in earnings if it buys General Motors Corp.’s Opel unit. The Chinese company would face the challenge of running an overseas arm about twice the size of its domestic operations. It would ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/07/10/opel-deal-may-leave-beijing-auto-with-%e2%80%98decades%e2%80%99-of-indigestion/ BEIJING, July 9, 2009 (AFP) - Chinese authorities arrested a university economics professor in Beijing after he posted reports about the riots in Xinjiang on his website, an international media watchdog said. Ilham Tohti, an ethnic Uighur, was arrested after Xinjiang authorities named his blog "Uighur Online" on national television, calling ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/07/10/beijing-professor-held-for-urumqi-blog-watchdog/ July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Ikea, the world’s largest home- furnishings retailer, is seeking a suitable site to open a second store in Beijing to meet rising demand as household spending increases in the world’s most populous nation. The retailer is still drafting plans for the project and a final decision on ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/07/10/ikea-plans-to-open-second-beijing-store-on-demand-seeks-site/ A group of 29 Beijing companies bought up all the farm produce on offer from central Taiwan at an exhibit Sunday, valued at 700,000 yuan ($102,447). The companies, including supermarkets, chain restaurants and online sellers, also agreed with the exhibitors to hold Taiwan fruit festivals, tea sales and food festivals in ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/06/30/beijing-firms-buy-taiwan-farm-produce-for-700000-yuan/ According to the statement published on the ministry's web site, the United States Department of Commerce launched three dual investigations, namely anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations, in ten days into China-made wire trays, steel grating, and stranded steel wire on June 26, June 19 and June 17. The Chinese steel industry is ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/06/30/us-double-checks-on-steel-concern-beijing/ Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang returned to Beijing Monday evening after his official visit to Turkmenistan, Finland and Uzbekistan. Li made the week-long visit at the invitation of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and the governments of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Source:Xinhua http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2009-06/30/content_285322.htm http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/06/30/chinese-vice-premier-back-in-beijing-upon-three-nation-visit/ Spartanburg High School Orchestra students and faculty share their American spirit in Beijing, following a once-in-a-lifetime performance on The Great Wall on June 16. http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/06/30/shs-orchestra-students-faculty-perform-in-beijing/ When Beijing announced its $586 billion economic stimulus plan earlier this year, optimists hoped it might help the U.S. address a nagging problem: its staggering trade deficit with China. With the Chinese economy growing more briskly once more, the reasoning went, mainland companies would suck in lots of U.S. machinery ... http://www.fdibeijing.org.cn/2009/06/30/beijing-bolsters-the-barriers/