When we were in China last month, we had a chance to fire Chinese-made M-16s and AK-47s.
In January, a Chinese naval vessel fixed its fire-control radar on a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces ship.
And it can be rivalrous: the week before they died, someone set fire to the Chinese workers' catch.
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After bounding through a tough Year of the Rabbit, we anticipate the Year of the Dragon will breathe fire back into Chinese markets in 2012.
But the tragedy in Shanghai has prompted public warnings about the need for fire prevention, as Chinese cities continue to build high-rise structures to accommodate the burgeoning city population.
This pressure on foreign companies only mounted as the financial crisis caused several companies to rethink their global operations only to discover it is now much harder to fire workers in their Chinese subsidiaries.
Earlier this week, both Russian and Chinese officials have called for a cease fire in Libya.
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But now, if public discourse on China is all hell-fire, fear and anger, Chinese companies will think twice about investing in the U.S., and Chinese shoppers will think twice about spending their money there.
The fire highlighted the lax safety standards at many Chinese workplaces, despite efforts to compel improvements through regular inspections and fines.
The Chinese Defence Ministry, in its statement, said that in each incident, the Chinese vessel "kept normal observation and alert, and fire control radar was not used".
The Chinese community, always a target in tough times, has come under fire.
Three-quarters of the top 100 made their money in property or at the head of sprawling conglomerates, reflecting the fact that the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs used their government connections to grab state-owned assets at fire-sale prices.
Under a ferocious assault from Chinese communists at Unsan, Korea in November 1950, Kapaun repeatedly dodged enemy fire to pull comrades to safety, and to tend to their injuries.
When Chinese Communist Forces viciously attacked friendly elements, Chaplain Kapaun calmly walked through withering enemy fire in order to provide comfort and medical aid to his comrades.
And earlier in the year Apple was lambasted for its use of Foxconn, a supplier under fire from labour activists for failings such as excessive working hours at its Chinese facilities.
On February 19th a crowd reportedly set fire to police vehicles in Nagqu after a fight between a Tibetan and a Han Chinese taxi driver.
People tore down traffic lights, wrecked cash machines, turned over vehicles, set fire to shopping malls, threw stones through office windows, robbed the homes of ethnic Chinese.
The fire at the facility in Jilin province came as American regulators and consumers begin to scrutinize a bid by Chinese food company Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. to buy U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc.
The fire sale, first reported by David Baker of the San Francisco Chronicle, shows that even as the Chinese solar industry struggles with its own severe financial problems China is poised to scoop up U.S. technology on the cheap.
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