Obviously, the ban would take some time to phase in, but the goal is to have no smoke and no smoking-related advertising in any public area in China by 2020.
Beijing's Tsinghua University and the local government are developing the site, located in a desert area in north-western China, Xinhua says.
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.
In May 1979, Chinese officials brought a group of visiting American businessmen to an undeveloped area in China near Hong Kong.
That seems unlikely, given that one of the experiments with a positive result was conducted in a remote area of China while another that had a negative result took place in Belgium, one of the most crowded parts of the planet.
Chongqing is the fourth largest metropolitan area in China.
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This initiative marks the beginning of a new partnership: it is the first time UNESCO has received financial support in this area from China.
Recognising that much of the innovation is now in the mobile computing area, Lenovo has been building a strong position in China's smartphone and tablet market, and is now moving into other territories.
And that goes not just in the economic area, but also in a conversation we've been having about the South China Sea and the necessity of having any disputes there really settled peaceably -- peacefully -- and in accord with international norms and rules.
Police later seized control of the area, which is in southern China's manufacturing heartland and is home to migrants working in a number of textile factories.
U.S. retail sales data, industrial output in China and the euro area, the ongoing Spanish banking crisis and possible further monetary policy easing in Japan will all be overshadowed by the Greek elections, said Nomura Securities analysts in a 16 page report on Friday.
This country now has the world's largest mobile phone network, and it is investing in the new forms of energy that can both sustain growth and combat climate change -- and I'm looking forward to deepening the partnership between the United States and China in this critical area tomorrow.
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But America should start paying more attention to what China is doing in this area.
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Just 12% of China's total area was arable in 2011, according to the World Bank, compared to 17.5% in the U.S. and 34% in Germany.
China is a top area for growth in aluminum output and use, but another region that is seeing growth in aluminum production is the Middle East, he said.
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China is miles ahead of my country in this area, but they have slightly different reasons (quick and mass production of products etc.).
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For years, the regional government has been planning redevelopment of the area, in an apparent effort to emulate the likes of Shanghai, which China transformed into a skyscraper metropolis during the economic boom of the 1990s.
On Wednesday, figures from data provider China Real Estate Information Corporation showed that in terms of floor area, housing sales in the final week of May rose 39.6% from a week earlier to 107, 200 square meters in Shenzhen, and 27.1% over the previous week to 185, 400 square meters in Shanghai.
However, China has never shown any inclination to bow to pressure in any area.
Under Agassi, Better Place launched operations in Australia, Canada, China, Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The only area of growth for platinum is possible growth in the heavy-duty diesel sector in China, he said, while the only caveats for palladium is any move to smaller engines and the outlook for electric vehicles.
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China Mobile is in need of a flagship smartphone that it can actively market in order to promote its 3G network, an area where it has lagged its competitors. (see China Mobile Needs To Step Up As 3G Growth Slows) It is pursuing an Apple iPhone deal, but government concerns over the high subsidies associated with the iPhone is a big deterrent.
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On Thursday China said that it granted its border patrol police the power to board and search ships in the area.
The increase, equal to more than 150, 000 square miles, or an area almost three times larger than New York state, would be based on China's forest cover in 2005.
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