However, the big test for Haier's future will be its ability to detach itself from the local government of Qingdao and Shandong province.

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Malaysia announced the ban Friday, but it was effective as of April 23 after the first case of human infection with the H7N9 virus was reported in the coastal province of Shandong, a major chicken-processing area in China.

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The deal includes Unilever's Skippy manufacturing facilities in Little Rock, Arkansas and in the Shandong province of China.

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Born in the eastern coastal province of Shandong in 1950, Wang Yong started his business from a small flour mill in Xiwang village.

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The creator of the original poster was Yang Liezhang, who hails from Shandong Province just to the southeast of Beijing.

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Visibility in Shandong province south of Beijing was just 50m (164ft).

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The populous province of eastern Shandong trails second with 175 deputies.

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It has risen fairly rapidly since then as details of the Hangzhou deal come out, and also as a result of a much bigger deal in Shandong province announced in late July, as well as prospects for a 100, 000 vehicle EV Hangzhou rental program in addition to the 20, 000 vehicle leasing program discussed above.

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Rescue work was continuing at the site of the mid-morning explosion in Shandong province's Caofan township, the Xinhua News Agency said.

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Experts from Shandong, a province in the north-east of China, were asked to produce a feasibility study, and the government now proposes to start work.

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