He is one of the country's biggest stars and is credited with boosting China's interest in the NBA. During his nine seasons with the Houston Rockets, his games were broadcast on national television in China, and he was selected to carry China's flag during the opening ceremonies at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Flag carrier Air China said yesterday first-half profit plunged 74% amid rising costs and slower international business.
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The Boeing planes are intended for flag carrier Air China, China Eastern and China Southern which last month said it intended to acquire 20 Boeing 737-800s pending government approval.
The founding partners of the Sequoia Capital China team broke up in China in early 2009, as one prominent example, with Neil Shen carrying the flag forward with a record number of IPOs from China deals.
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The flag of the People's Republic of China is red with four small yellow stars surrounding one larger star on the upper corner near the flag pole.
Walking along Liberty Plaza in lower Manhattan is a guy in a knit hat carrying a large Chinese flag and a handful of China Daily newspapers.
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Some Chinese officers want to fly the flag ever farther afield as a demonstration of China's rise.
Two large backhoes scraped and pulled at the house Monday afternoon, with one gently removing possessions including a flag, a jacket, family photographs, a bicycle and a china cabinet.
Washington wanted to see the ship carry the flag around the globe, and to forge new ties with nations like China.
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" Adds Liu Bo, a former Microsoft business director in China who jumped ship to run a competing software firm, Beijing-based Red Flag Software: "Windows is a good product.
For China, the deployment in the Gulf of Aden is as much about flying the flag and showing solidarity with a multinational effort as it is about making a real difference to the security of Chinese shipping in the region.
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