Possibly the sensibilities of Chinese investors had been hardened by revelations contained in the prospectus of an earlier Chinese initial offering, that of China Construction Bank.
An ethnically Chinese sales manager, who spoke English with a distinct French accent, greeted me.
He even quoted an old Chinese proverb about building a "golden bridge" for your opponent.
The Bush administration knows, as an official Chinese government report confirms, that no such caps are forthcoming.
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In December Chrysler revealed plans to farm out production of a new model to Chery, an independent Chinese carmaker.
The Sky Greens produce costs around 40% more than an imported Chinese equivalent.
Even the cheapest PCs can cost an average Chinese city-dweller several months' wages.
Neo's character, an unpolished Chinese-educated executive, speaks Mandarin with his wife, inadequate English in the office and Hokkien with his coffee-shop buddies.
With much of the world increasingly worried about inflation, questions arise about what an overheating Chinese economy could do to global prices.
An Italian group has leased the biggest chrome mine, and a Turkish outfit has started processing scrap metal at an elderly Chinese-built steel plant.
An old Chinese proverb says that the best time to plant a tree was twenty-five years ago, but the second best time is now.
Sina Corp. is an online Chinese media company listed on Nasdaq.
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Known to mate for life, cranes are an ancient Chinese symbol of fidelity, a concept the artists here emphasized by including two tottering fledglings in each composition.
Now we just need two things: First, an unlicensed Chinese Star Wars theme park, and second, for the Minecraft community to replicate this park block by block.
Mr Maloney started a new campaign at the end of last month in the car park of an abandoned Chinese restaurant in Waterbury, a struggling blue-collar city.
Also at the meeting were China's new finance minister Lou Jiwei, U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, an assistant Chinese foreign minister Cui Tiankai, and other officials of both governments.
Zhang Lan leads South Beauty, an upmarket Chinese-style restaurant chain.
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Acupuncture: An ancient Chinese art based on the theory that Qi energy flows along meridians in the body, and can be stimulated by inserting fine needles at specific points.
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He recently coordinated the release of an abridged Chinese version of the Encyclopedia Judaica, a 900-page volume that took three years and the work of 40 scholars to complete.
The crew of the International Space Station is on alert this weekend thanks to a piece of space debris from an old Chinese satellite, which has the potential to hit the station.
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The ornate plaster ceiling of a room, designed to look like the interior of an imperial Chinese palace, was covered by multiple coats of paint, forming a deposit more than a centimeter thick.
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Those are tiny numbers compared with the four million students studying Spanish in this country, but Mandarin's appeal is growing, both because of economic prospects and because of an expanding Chinese immigrant population here.
The fact that an average Chinese consumer is able to afford Starbucks comes with a feel-good factor as a few years ago he or she might not have been in the position to do so.
Further, an improving Chinese economy could mean higher commodities generally and also prompt China to become more aggressive in relaxing the peg of its currency against the dollar, which would be supportive for gold, he added.
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Coca-Cola 's ( KO - news - people ) recent failed bid to take control of Huiyuan Juice received a lot of coverage in the press because it was a high-profile example of an international brand trying to buy an important Chinese company and getting rejected.
By converting a five-storey "tong lau" -- an old Chinese building -- with solar panels, a turfed roof and energy efficient appliances, Khan also is keen to emphasize that his eco-friendly flat is as much about preserving the old and a sense of heritage as it is about being green.
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