China border town: gateway to cheap Vietnam resources
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PINGXIANG, China  - At a dusty border crossing on a remote section of the China-Vietnam border, Puzhai looks more like a railway crossing than an entry point into the world's most resource-ravenous economy.
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MAE SOT, Thailand -- This bustling border town has long been a magnet for refugees fleeing Burma's repressive military government and searching for a better life. But many arriving now, on the run from authorities for their role in organizing pro-democracy rallies last month, are not looking to...
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Growing demand for resources in Asia is being served by a group of big Western companies.
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An industrial park offering cheap labor, handy transport links and next door to major Asian markets should be a powerful lure for manufacturers looking for a competitive edge.
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DANZHU PATH, China  - Vast pyramids of logs line the road up the Nu river valley, signaling the turnings towards the Myanmar border like giant trail markers.
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Electronics and gaming trade shows in Ho Chi Minh City attract excited crowds as the communist government increasingly welcomes foreign investment.
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TONG BUJI, China -- Every few weeks, farmer Long Zhu Xiang walks about 30 minutes down the rubble-strewn path that connects her remote impoverished village in Guizhou Province to a county road and then takes a bus ride into the nearest county town to sell the one precious commodity she has -- her blood.
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TALKS on a free trade agreement with China will begin in March, opening a porthole to the world&#39;s biggest market. An Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement, potentially worth more than $190 billion, also looks more likely than ever before.
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The pace of Chinaâs economic development is still strong enough to keep pushing up prices around the world for everything from oil to iron ore to freight shipping.
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LEAL, Sudan -- On this parched and dusty African plain, China's largest energy company is pumping crude oil, sending it 1,000 miles upcountry through a Chinese-made pipeline to the Red Sea, where tankers wait to ferry it to China's industrial cities. Chinese laborers based in a camp of prefabricated sheds work the wells and lay highways across the flats to ...
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GUIYU, China  - Guiyu is a modern day gold rush  town. But instead of panning for gold in babbling streams,  workers shift through piles of broken old computer parts in  acrid smelling shacks, smelting down parts with crude equipment  to extract valuable metals like gold and copper.
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In China, a sprawling lakefront is redeveloped with an eye toward the past.
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GUIYU, China  - Guiyu is a modern day gold rush town. But instead of panning for gold in babbling streams, workers shift through piles of broken old computer parts in acrid smelling shacks, smelting down parts with crude equipment to extract valuable metals like gold and copper.
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In a region where monkey meat and snake-blood wine are hot menu items, the Southeast Asian country serves as a hub for selling and shipping rare&#151;and illegal&#151;delicacies.
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According to fdi.gov.cn: On September 4, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) approved the FDI increment project of Shanghai Donghua Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a wholesaler of oil and oil products.  (c) 2006 Info-Prod Research (Middle East). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems
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Gov. Gary Locke is putting on his salesman&#39;s hat one last time, heading to China next month and hoping to crack the growing Vietnam market.