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  • Obama begins China visit with full agenda 15 Nov 2009 19:31 GMT
    ... Barack Obama kicks off his visit to China with a town-hall meeting Monday in Shanghai, ... in Shanghai, a rare chance for the Chinese people — university students in the audience ... hall meeting, he is to fly to Beijing, where he has dinners, meetings and tours ...

  • Visa Launches First Global Olympic Marketing Campaign 15 Nov 2009 18:54 GMT
    ... Announcement Follows Recent Sponsorship Renewal Through 2020 Olympic Games ), a Worldwide Olympic Games Sponsor ... successfully in the United States during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games" said Antonio Lucio, Chief Marketing ... be localized in Canada, Russia, Japan, Korea, China and Latin America to strengthen the campaign's relevance ...

  • Can Obama Get Around China's 'Great Firewall'? 15 Nov 2009 18:31 GMT
    ... officials were holding out hope that the Chinese would allow for live nationwide broadcast of ... On Nov. 12, the U.S. embassy in Beijing invited a dozen prominent bloggers to a ... to a briefing on American policy toward China, both in person and via live Web ...

  • China leads medals at 18th Asian athletics championships 15 Nov 2009 02:52 GMT
    ... the host country topping the medals table. China won 18 of the 44 titles on ... championships, which was his first outing in Chinese national colors after the unfortunate pull-out from the Beijing Olympics with an injury. More than 30,000 ...

  • Canadian pair withdraws after Duhamel's hard fall; China's Shen-Zhao win pairs 15 Nov 2009 00:36 GMT
    ... Canadian pair withdraws after Duhamel's hard fall; China's Shen-Zhao win pairs Canadian pair Meagan Duhamel ... checked further by the medical staff. Two-time Olympic bronze medallists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo ... with a victory in the pair. The Chinese skaters were nowhere near as clean or impressive ...

  • Report: Olympics ticket monopoly freezes out fans 15 Nov 2009 18:51 GMT
    ... ) - Heather Bailey gave up. After a year spent ... pursuing tickets to February's Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics through official sources, the Expedia employee from ... to tens of millions at last year's Beijing Games. Dizdarevic's companies have a dual role for ...

  • China's Shen-Zhao win Skate America pairs 15 Nov 2009 01:27 GMT
    ... Shen Xue (L) and Zhao Hongbo of China wave following their gold medal win of the ... other than to her leg. Earlier, 2006 Olympic silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto ...

  • Triple champion skater Timmer out of Winter Olympics 15 Nov 2009 14:40 GMT
    ... has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games after ... on Friday when she collided with falling Chinese competitor Jing Yu on the last turn of ... lots of training last summer," said Orie. Olympic champion over 1000m and 1500m in Nagano ...

  • Brit Wins Memory Olympics 15 Nov 2009 02:53 GMT
    ... the top ten. But she's got her eye on fierce and growing competition from China which fielded a big team this year - the only ones with matching tracksuits. "They ...

  • Duhamel's fall forces Canadian pair to withdraw 15 Nov 2009 00:33 GMT
    ... Duhamel's fall forces Canadian pair to withdraw Chinese pair win Skate America pairs event Last Updated: ... staff. The pairs competition was won by China's two-time Olympic silver medallists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo. ...

  • Fourth varsity ties up with Zhejiang University 15 Nov 2009 14:52 GMT
    ... with Zhejiang University By Peh Shing Huei, China Bureau Chief & Lin Zhaowei ZHEJIANG University, ... prowess and research strength, will be the Chinese partner of Singapore's fourth university. The collaboration ... in China, regularly ranked third nationally, after Beijing University and Qinghua University. Established in 1897 ...

  • Bicker on border, bond over brides 15 Nov 2009 17:14 GMT
    ... on border, bond over brides India and China constantly bicker over the border and bilateral ... looks and the requirements rarely spark outrage. Chinese girls matter-of-factly describe being rejected as receptionists ... above the ‘average age for marriage’ in Beijing, said China Radio International. I encounter more ...

  • Confucius in the eyes of Westerners 15 Nov 2009 02:34 GMT
    ... chanted at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, though, the Chinese ancient wise man was definitely one of ... who settled down in Liaocheng of east China's Shandong province, was a fan of Confucius ...

  • Sports news briefs: 11/15/09 (Today) 15 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
    ... very big step forward since Cup of China," Lysacek said, referring to finishing second to ... referring to finishing second to Japan's in Beijing two weeks ago. "I had no technical ... toward Vancouver in their comeback when the Chinese pair won. They did it well enough ...

  • Sports news briefs: 11/15/09 15 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
    ... very big step forward since Cup of China," Lysacek said, referring to finishing second to ... referring to finishing second to Japan's in Beijing two weeks ago. "I had no technical ... toward Vancouver in their comeback when the Chinese pair won. They did it well enough ...


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Exchange Rates:

Chinese Renminbi:
USD 1 = CNY 6.8263
EUR 1 = CNY 10.1730

Hong Kong Dollar:
USD 1 = HKD 7.7502
EUR 1 = HKD 11.5499

Macau Pataca:
USD 1 = MOP 7.9786
EUR 1 = MOP 11.8903

Taiwan Dollar:
USD 1 = TWD 32.1990
EUR 1 = TWD 47.9852

USD 1 = EUR 0.6710
EUR 1 = USD 1.4903

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