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BEA China opens new branch in Tianjin (Banking Business Review)The Bank of East Asia China has opened its new branch in Tianjin, bringing its total branches on the mainland to 16.

China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city to be set up (People's Daily)The China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city is scheduled to break ground this July and due to complete within 10 to 15 years, of which a pilot area of three square kilometers will be completed within three to five years, according to xinhuanet. ...

China, Singapore build eco-city in Tianjin (China Daily)A 30-square kilometer eco-city project in the northern port city of Tianjin, which is jointly planned by China and Singapore, is expected to break ground in July and be completed in 10 to 15 years.

ACG Announces Panel Topics for the Second Annual China International Private Equity Forum (CIPEF) June 9-12, 2008 in ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) The Association for Corporate Growth, the Tianjin Municipal People's Government and the All China Federation of Industry & Commerce are pleased to announce panel topics focusing on all aspects of investing in China for the second annual China International Private Equity Forum, to be held June 9-12, 2008, in Tianjin, China. ACG, the premier authority on corporate growth, corporate development, ...

China 3G System to Grow After Olympics (PC World via Yahoo! News) China's 3G (third generation telephony) system will expand service to 10 cities after August's Olympic Games, the nation's...

Yanlord Land says Q1 net profit jumped to S$9.3m (Channel NewsAsia)SINGAPORE: Property developer Yanlord Land on Friday said its first quarter net profit more than tripled on year to S$9.3 million. This was due mainly to a sustained growth in demand and higher average selling prices for its high-end residential units in the quarter.

HFMD cases almost 25,000 (China Daily)The number of cases of hand-foot-mouth disease has now reached almost 25,000 in China. Thirty-two people have so far died from the enterovirus 71 or EV71 with the worst hit area in Fuyang, Anhui Province.

General Steel Holdings, Inc. to Present at Brean Murray Carret & Co. All-Cap All-China Conference in New York May 19, ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) General Steel Holdings, Inc. , , , one of China's leading non-state owned steel product producers, announced today it will present at the Brean Murray Carret & Co. All-Cap All-China Conference on May 19, 2008, at 4:15 p.m.

Efforts made to control infectious disease (China Daily)A child has her mouth disinfected in prevention against a kind of intestinal virus, identified as enterovirus 71 or EV71, at a kindergarten in Tianjin municipality, May 7, 2008. A prominent Chinese doctor said the deadly hand, foot and mouth outbreak will not become another epidemic on the scale of the SARS virus, even as the numbers of reported cases mounted on Wednesday.

CHINA CHECKS DRUG MAKERS TO ENSURE SAFE SUPPLY FOR OLYMPICS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)BEIJING, May 8 (Bernama) -- China's top drug regulator will begin an inspection of drug makers and retailers next week in cities hosting Olympic events to ensure drugs supplied for Games athletes do not contain anabolic agents or growth hormones.