Tuesday, July 26, 2005

News

Beijing Makes Good Time with 2008 Preparations: The huge digital clock on Beijing's Tiananmen Square shows there are still some 1,100 days until the start of the 2008 Olympics. The Chinese capital, however, is already well on its way toward being ready.

Wal-Mart Ratchets Up China Battle: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hopes to post double-digit sales growth in China this year and to double outlets by the end of 2006 as it aims to narrow a gap with Carrefour and others that dominate the $240 billion market.

Mystery China bug toll reaches 17: A mystery illness that has killed 17 farmers in western China is neither bird flu nor Sars, officials have said.

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