The Chinese consulate in New York also issued a statement of condolence.

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Also, the Chinese New Year Holidays, which last about two to three weeks during the first quarter, will be over.

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It also wins the Chinese new friends--and their votes it needs in international forums like the United Nations and World Trade Organization as it takes an ever larger role on the world stage.

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Chinese social media users also commented on The New York Times story using implicit metaphors.

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Though Barclays Capital said last week that any rise in inflation would be temporary, also due in part to the Chinese New Year in February.

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DangDang, another Chinese stock that had its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange today, also saw its shares rise a bubble-like 87% today.

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But it could also be that the move towards open mobile presents new opportunities for Chinese companies to exert the control over innovation they crave.

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Overseas media companies including Forbes Media, the New York Times, Pearson and News Corp. also compete in the market for Chinese-language news and analysis, though face restrictions.

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That skyline also attests to Hong Kong's rapacious appetite for the new: Few examples of traditional Chinese or more recent colonial architecture stand outside of museums, while contemporary works by Norman Foster and I.

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