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Would Chinese consumers 'go green' -- if given the choice?updated: Tue May 04 2010 06:09:00

In Qingdao city on the eastern coast of China, Tsingtao beer is the pride of the people.

China consumer changeupdated: Tue May 04 2010 06:09:00

CNN's Emily Chang visits the Tsingtao brewery and looks at the likelihood that Chinese consumers will go green.

Learning to drink like a local in Qingdaoupdated: Sat Oct 24 2009 11:40:00

Another round of toasts and exclamations of "hajiu" sounded out around me. I took a sip and set down my small glass of Tsingtao beer as my new friends downed theirs and refilled. Our seafood dinner, perched on the single cluttered table of a tiny antique shop, was punctuated regularly by such moments.

Learning to drink like a local in Qingdao, Chinaupdated: Fri Oct 16 2009 10:32:00

Another round of toasts and exclamations of "hajiu" sounded out around me. I took a sip and set down my small glass of Tsingtao beer as my new friends downed theirs and refilled. Our seafood dinner, perched on the single cluttered table of a tiny antique shop, was punctuated regularly by such moments.

Inside a round-the-world racing yachtupdated: Wed Apr 22 2009 09:43:00

Imagine living inside a cramped, rolling and swaying 70 foot yacht for 40 days non-stop.

Volco ocean raceupdated: Wed Apr 22 2009 09:43:00

Shirley Robertson chats with Ken Read, Skipper - Puma Ocean Racing via a live stream whilst he is sailing.

Chinese mistress contest takes tragic turnupdated: Tue Feb 17 2009 05:15:00

A married Chinese businessman who could no longer afford five mistresses held a competition to decide which one to keep.

Time.com: A Green Threat to the Olympicsupdated: Tue Jul 01 2008 13:10:00

A massive algae bloom off Qingdao threatens to spoil the Beijing Games' water sports

Time.com: Algae Nuisance in Olympic Cityupdated: Mon Jun 30 2008 16:25:00

A forest of blue-green algae is choking the coastal waters near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, causing problems and threatening Olympic events scheduled there

Train collision kills 43 in Chinaupdated: Mon Apr 28 2008 00:49:00

A pre-dawn collision Monday between two passenger trains in eastern China killed at least 43 people and injured 247, a state news agency reported.

Gitana 13 sets North Pacific recordupdated: Fri Apr 11 2008 07:28:00

Maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has set the fastest time for a North Pacific crossing, adding to its growing list of records.

British pair win 470 world championshipupdated: Wed Jan 30 2008 07:38:00

British pair Nic Asher and Elliott Willis scored a superb victory in the 470 world championship but will not be able to complete a golden double at the Beijing Olympics later this year.

Robertson denied Olympic hat-trickupdated: Thu Sep 20 2007 09:38:00

Two-time Olympic champion Shirley Robertson has been denied a chance to make it a hat-trick of golds at the Beijing Games next year.

Olympic sailors face a unique testupdated: Fri Aug 24 2007 07:45:00

The world's top sailors are rethinking their preparations for next year's Olympics after drifting in the Yellow Sea currents with barely a gust of wind during a pre-Games test event here.

Shirley Robertson on Olympic trailupdated: Fri May 11 2007 12:15:00

This month I was back on the Olympic campaign trail, combining both my jobs, because the Mainsail production team followed me to a regatta in Hyeres, France. I worked the filming around my preparations for racing!

CNNMoney: Dubai Ports said to win China dealupdated: Mon Jan 29 2007 12:51:00

Dubai Ports World, which sparked political controversy in 2006 when it tried to buy major U.S. port assets, has won approval for a new $448 million container terminal in northern China, according to a news report Monday.

China at a glanceupdated: Thu Apr 21 2005 02:40:00

Following are essential facts and figures on the People's Republic of China.

Fortune: Fred Smith Delivers The Goodsupdated: Mon Aug 23 2004 00:01:00

Most CEOs couldn't find Qingdao on a map, but the coastal city in China's northern Shandong province has been in Fred Smith's cross hairs for some time. Smith, founder and CEO of express-delivery k...

France joins China navy drillsupdated: Tue Mar 16 2004 00:52:00

Chinese naval vessels and a visiting French fleet are taking part in joint military exercises described as its biggest ever with a foreign power, China's state-run media has reported.

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