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• Feds: Bath salt shipping hub operated from Nyack hotel; Strak Babikyan, Haider Rabeh Al-Khafaji arrested

  Two men face federal charges after allegedly using a Nyack hotel room as a shipping hub to forward so-called "bath salts" from senders in China to addresses in California, federal authorities said in a criminal complaint.Police and the FBI got wind of th   Read more »

• Woman: China police ask to ax White House petition

  (AP) -- Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that Chinese are using to air their complaints: she posted a petition on the White House's website. Then, Chinese police asked her to take it d   Read more »

• Arctic states open council to China, India, Korea

  (AP) -- Arctic states have agreed to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council.The decision Wednesday by the Arctic Council boosts rising superpowers China, India and Korea that seek to mi   Read more »

• Discover Shanghai, China's free gems

  China 's biggest city and financial hub is known for designer boutiques and fine dining. Yet wallet-draining Shanghai also offers activities that cost nothing, from walking on the riverfront Bund to sculpture parks and historic sites. Here are five of th   Read more »

• China-based company promotes North Korea day trip

  (AP) -- A Western tour company in China says it has obtained permission from North Korea for Westerners to make day trips into the country from the Chinese border.Gareth Johnson of Young Pioneer Tours said Tuesday his company had received Pyongyang's app   Read more »

Around the web

• Drawing-room sensation

  any Chinese publisher at that time. Then there was the marketing challenge: The four classic novels were already so familiar in China, what parent would pay several hundred yuan to buy them as picture books for their children? The kids already knew the stories. 28 m ago from China Daily Read more »

• Global and China Molybdenum Industry Share, Size, Trends, Market Analysis Report 2012-2015 - Now Available at MarketResearchReports

  production. To Read the Complete Report with TOC Visit: http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/analysis-details/global-and-china-molybdenum-industry-report-2012-2015 China is a large producer and consumer of molybdenum in the world, and the global increment 35 m ago from PRWeb Read more »

• China Housing Bubble Cools, But Prices Still Higher

  housing prices continued to rise in April. China’s property market cooled a bit in April, but home prices are still on the rise, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday. Of the 70 major Chinese cities tracked by NBS, 67 saw home prices increase in 44 m ago from Forbes Read more »

• Inhuman conditions

  disasters that have plagued garment manufacturing in Bangladesh, the world's second-largest exporter of clothing, behind only China. It's not even the most recent preventable disaster: Since the cataclysmic building collapse, several fires have swept other 57 m ago from Pittsburgh Entertainment Read more »

• Thousands bid for bargains, for hidden treasures at Butler auction house

  Tarbert has been a regular at the Auction Barn of Cranberry ever since he bought a dining room table, four chairs and a China closet for $200. “Where else could you get that kind of a deal? You can do really well here. It all depends on who's here, what they 57 m ago from Pittsburgh Entertainment Read more »