China's rich spend big to celebrate Valentine's Day
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Once considered a symbol of the decadent West, Valentine's Day is becoming big business in newly affluent China.
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Valentines Day in South Korea means  chocolates, romantic dinners and a high-tech mobile phone  device that can secretly check the passion in the voice of a  lover.
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The amount people are spending on secret affairs is rising rapidly, with Britons collectively lavishing Â£189m on liaisons in the past three months, research showed today.
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China&#39;s month-long celebration of the birth centenary of its late leader Deng Xiaoping, chief architect of the country&#39;s reform and opening up drive, reached its climax Sunday
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Cheap Chinese products, which are flooding Asia, are met with deep appreciation by the regionâs poorest people.
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Chinese movie "Tuya's Marriage", which explores the environmental and human cost of the country's rapid economic growth through the lives of Mongolian herders, won the Berlin film festival's top honor on Saturday.
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By Jia Hepeng  Ten scientists have won the top award, of 5 million yuan ($649,350)  4.5 million yuan ($584,400) for research and 500,000 yuan ($64,900) as personal reward for their efforts, since China started giving the National Supreme Scientific and Technological Award since 1999.
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Millions are travelling home for Chinese New Year in what is called the world's biggest human migration.
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China has punished three policemen for detaining and fining two young lovers 5,000 yuan (329 pounds) for hugging in public on the Chinese version of Valentine&#39;s Day.
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Spending by contestants and supporters in the U.S. elections this year will be nearly &#36;4 billion, the highest ever, a study released on Thursday said.
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A new study shows that giving can make you wealthier.
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China's economic growth reaches its highest level in 13 years, with growth of 11.4% in 2007.
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Growing consumer spending levels in China have helped boost sales at two of the world's leading drinks groups.
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Asia's superrich are grappling with an enviable new challenge: how to give away their billions
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China dramatically stepped up the appreciation of its currency, allowing it to push through an important level against the dollar for the first time.
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Tourist spending jumped nearly 5 percent last year, pumping an estimated $5 billion into the District's economy and cementing tourism as one of the key economic drivers in the city, according to a survey released yesterday.
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CHENZHOU, China  - Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as parts of the country suffered their coldest winter in a century.