People reported feeling tremors in the provincial capital of Chengdu, 70 miles to the northeast.
Similarly, Intel moved its manufacturing and testing plants from Shanghai to Chengdu in 2009.
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In Chengdu, the Vice President will give a speech on U.S.-China relations at Sichuan University.
The trip begins with four days in China, Beijing, and the southwestern city of Chengdu.
In the same year, it opened its iPad plant in Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan.
Most recently, on June 3rd, Huang Qi was arrested in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province.
Recently, I visited a second tier city in Western China, called Chengdu, with about 5 million population.
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More arrests were made in December, including two leading officials from the Chengdu Blades club, Xinhua said.
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He points to NBC's coverage of the earthquake in Chengdu and of the pollution clouding the games.
But in June, about 100 workers went on a rampage at a Chengdu plant in southwestern China.
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White House officials said Mr. Obama wasn't briefed immediately upon Mr. Wang's arrival at the Chengdu consulate.
From Wuhan to Chongqing, Chengdu to Hangzhou, second tier cities are emerging as hubs for both international and domestic executives.
Last week, Chinese authorities arrested Huang Qi, the operator of a Web site in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
International and state media are on the ground in Chengdu documenting the natural disaster and the government's response.
When the reporters arrived, on flights via Chengdu in Sichuan province, Chinese officials initially tried a gentle approach.
The 2011 Global Automotive Forum (GAF 2011), the second in a series, was held in Chengdu last week.
The earthquake crashed telephone networks in Chengdu and plunged parts of the city of 11 million into darkness.
By March 1990, Hope's monthly sales in Chengdu had risen to 4, 500 tons -- three times that of CP.
In Dujiangyan, 45 miles north of Chengdu, a hospital collapsed with an estimated 100 people, NPR's Robert Siegel reported.
Train and air services into Chengdu and surrounding areas have been badly disrupted.
But let me just give you the headlines from our three days in Beijing and one day in Chengdu.
In 2007, it bought a 43% stake in white-spirit producer Sichuan Chengdu Qianxing, which it later hiked to 49%.
His arrival in Chengdu, the financial and trade center for southwest China, was front-page news in the Chengdu Economic Daily.
At the GAF 2011, the moderator of the sustainable mobility panel asked the panelists whether Chengdu should adopt similar measures.
Users in Beijing and many other major Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, reported the same problem.
In effect, Chongqing and Chengdu have created a new class of urban residents who enjoy the best of both worlds.
Once inside their enclosure, the pandas were driven by lorry to Chengdu airport where they were inspected by wildlife authorities.
Later this year (specific date unknown), the Chengdu facility will produce 400, 000 iPads a day and over 12 million a month.
Hope Group's root had sprouted in the stony soil of Xinjin, near the company's current headquarters on the outskirts of Chengdu.
For example, Foxconn announced it was expanding operations to inland areas near Chengdu, Wuhan, and Zhengzhou, away from its coastal base.
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