When China Met Africa [SEP] production company
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When China Met Africa


When China Met Africa is a 2010 documentary film by Nick Francis and Marc Francis. Set on the front line of Chinaʼs foray into Africa, it follows the lives of a Chinese farmer, a road builder, and the Zambian trade minister. "When China Met Africa" was an international co-production involving BBC Storyville, Arte France, VPRO, the Sundance Institute, CNC and the Media Fund, and produced by Speakit Films and Zeta Productions. The film played at international film festivals including Rotterdam Film Festival, Munich,
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these interviews three main characters were chosen to be in the film. One of the main difficulties that was raised during the production was the multitude of dialects spoken by people appearing in the film, which made understanding problematic. The crew often did not know what their characters were saying until reading the transcripts upon their return to the UK. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's 2007 MeetMarket. "When China Met Africa" was theatrically released in the UK in October 2011 after being screened at multiple international festivals. The
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Speakit Films


Speakit Films is a British film production company established in 2004 by writer, director and producer team Nick Francis and Marc J. Francis. The company is best known for the award-winning 2006 Sundance hit "Black Gold" and the acclaimed BBC, ARTE and VPRO co-production "When China Met Africa". Their work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation, the UK Film Council, CNC and EU Media Fund. Speakit's films have been released in cinemas and on television
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to complete the road on time intensifies when funds from the Zambian government start running out. Meanwhile, Zambia's Trade Minister is en route to China to secure millions of dollars of investment. Through the intimate portrayal of these characters, the expanding footprint of a rising global power is laid bare - pointing to a radically different future, not just for Africa, but also for the world. During the production of "Black Gold", Marc Francis and Nick Francis encountered a group of Chinese workers building a road in southern Ethiopia
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Goteburg and at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York, where it won best film. It was released in cinemas in the UK in 2011 and was seen on television around the world. "When China Met Africa" was characterised by The Guardian as 'An eye-opening documentary that puts into concrete images that truism of the geo-political commentariat: that China is a new economic superpower' and The Times summarised it as 'A rare, grass-roots view into one of the most important economic developments of
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Africa–China economic relations


of European decolonization process in the African continent. Even as early as the 1980s, trade between China and Africa was minuscule. Trade between China and Africa largely grew exponentially following China's joining of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the opening up of China to emigration (of Chinese people to Africa) and the free movement of companies, peoples, and products both to and from the African continent starting from the early 2000 onwards. For years, business in Africa was hampered by poor transportation between countries and regions.
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added the fight toward progress in a world unfairly dominated by western powers. It is worth noting that in Africa today, strongly government-backed Chinese companies are equally or more successful than many western companies. International relations analyst Parag Khanna states that by making massive trade and investment deals with Latin America and Africa, China established its presence as a superpower along with the European Union and the United States. China's rise is demonstrated by its ballooning share of trade in its gross domestic product. Khanna believes that China's consultative style
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Huan Yue Interactive


province, China. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007 with the price of HK$1.7 per share. Its board approved the name change of the company in Sep 2016 from Xingye Copper International Group Limited to Huan Yue Interactive Holdings Limited. In 2016, Xingye Copper acquired Internet and Mobile Gaming products development company Funnytime Limited and its subsidiaries for roughly HK$186 million. Subsequently, in order to better reflect its activities in various industries and sectors, the company considered changing its English name from “Xingye Copper International Group Limited
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Pharmaceutical industry in China


certificates from SFDA by June 30, 2004 to be licensed to sell their drug products in China. About 3000 of the companies met the deadline; companies in the process of obtaining certification may subcontract secondary production to a certified company until June 30, 2005. In 2005, SFDA launched a regulation on drug research and supervision management aimed at enforcing GLP to investigative drugs, traditional Chinese medicine injections and biotechnology products. The regulation aims to help China's drug research and development gain international recognition. China quickly advanced its pharmaceutical-related
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When China Met Africa


premiere took place at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square and was followed by a Q&A with the film directors hosted by Channel 4's Jon Snow. It was broadcast on television channels around the world from June 2010, at BBC, VPRO YLE TV1, TSR, ARTE, SVT, NRK and Al Jazeera. "When China Met Africa" was released on DVD internationally in October 2011 The film continues to be screened around the world and has played at major institutions as part of events dealing with Sino-African relations,
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CGTN (TV channel)


Television, and Mike Walter from USA Today, to helm Biz Asia America and The Heat, respectively, when the Washington bureau opened in 2012. The weather on CGTN is hosted by a rotating cast of presenters, so the staff changes on a frequent basis, partially because these updates are produced by an outside company which supplies content for several English-language media outlets around China. CCTV Africa is China Central Television's news productions center which was launched in Kenya on 11 January 2012. CGTN Africa focuses on African news and
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Mak 'Kusare


Asia and Africa, under the auspices of the festival of 3 continents. He returned to Nigeria graduating with a Bachelors degree in Industrial Design and Graphics/ Motion Picture Production. 'Kusare attended the Cannes film festival, as a part of the Producers Network, seeking funds for his movie "90- Degrees" when he met South African filmmaker, Ramadan Suleman, who inspired him to simply get started. He is the President and Creative Director of his privately owned production company Avehil Media Company, specialising in film and video productions for Cinema
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Nixon in China


spirit. Reviewing the 2008 Portland Opera production (the basis of the 2011 Canadian Opera Company presentation in Toronto), critic Patrick J. Smith concluded that "Nixon in China is a great American Opera. I suspected that it was a significant work when I saw it in 1987; I was ever more convinced of its stature when I heard it subsequently, on stage and on disc, and today I am certain that it is one of the small handful of operas that will survive." At the Met premiere in February 2011
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Axe manufacturing in Pennsylvania


unsuccessful. Another fire at the Lewistown plant occurred on Jan 23, 1910. Two days after the fire, the board voted to remove Joseph as President and terminate A.C. Robert Jr. was appointed as general sales manager, but he would die on a business trip in Sep 1910 at age 44. By 1920, the remaining Manns were no longer with the company that carried their family name. Along with various ownership and management changes, MET continued to produce axes in Lewistown until 2003, when the company was sold to Truper,
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Neglected tropical disease research and development


Wellcome Trust. Growing NTD research and development capacity in middle income countries is an area of policy interest. A 2009 study of biotechnology companies in India, China, Brazil, and South Africa revealed sixty-two NTD products in development and on the market out of approximately five hundred products offered (~14%). When products to fight HIV, malaria, and TB were included in the analysis, the number increased to one hundred twenty-three products, approximately 25% of the total products offered. Researchers have argued that
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Cissy Fitzgerald


married to Oliver Mark Tucker in Great Britain and travel the world to celebrate their marriage. Cissy and her new husband visited India, Africa, Australia, China before the start of World War I when Fitzgerald came back to the United States to relaunch her career in film. Fitzgerald took a break from acting in films from 1916 until the beginning of 1921. Later in 1921, Cissy was featured in five comedies she produced in her own production company called "Cissy Fitzgerald Productions". Her small company was on the West Coast
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Vitamin C


of a general shutdown of polluting industry in China over the period of the Olympic games. Production resumed after the Olympics, but then five Chinese manufacturers met in 2010, among them Northeast Pharmaceutical Group and North China Pharmaceutical Group, and agreed to temporarily stop production in order to maintain prices. In 2011 an American suit was filed against four Chinese companies that allegedly colluded to limit production and fix prices of vitamin C in the United States. The companies did not deny the accusation but say in their defense that the Chinese government compelled
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Enza Zaden


include basil, celery cut, chervil, chive, Chinese chive, coriander, dill, parsley, and rucola; and brassicas, including cauliflower, kohlrabi, and broccoli. Enza Zaden has a seed production company in Tanzania, Africa. There, and at other production locations, the company grows for sale. It has subsidiary locations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa,
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Lois Wheeler Snow


Girl" (1944). She acted in the touring company of "Dear Ruth" as well as in its Broadway production. She appeared on film in "My Foolish Heart" (1949). On television, she portrayed nurse Janet Jackson on "The Guiding Light" from 1954 to 1958. In 2011, Snow began an essay with the statement, "China became part of my life when I met and married Edgar Snow." She first visited China in 1970 with her husband. The couple received a welcome
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John Browning


Church) in Georgia beginning on March 28, 1887. He married Rachel Theresa Child (14 Sep 1860 – 30 Sep 1934) on April 10, 1879 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, and the couple had 10 children, two of whom died in infancy. Production examples of the Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle caught the attention of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who dispatched a representative to evaluate the competition. Winchester bought the design for $8,000 and moved production to their Connecticut factory. From 1883, Browning
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Creative Group


. The company produces and sells both unbranded products to large industrial buyers and branded products for the retail segment (brands include Sonola, Delikon, Dyvne, Kum and Maslovyya). The company sells its products throughout Ukraine and exports to over 25 countries, including countries in Northern Africa, the CIS, India, and Asian region (Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia). The group has representative offices in China and the UAE. Around 70% of the company's products are exported. The company ranks among top 3 Ukraine's
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Jidong Cement


Tangshan Jidong Cement Co., Ltd. is a Chinese cement manufacturing company, ranked the 6th largest manufacturer of cement in the world by Global Cement Magazine based on 2011 data. The cement maker is part of the Jidong Development Group, a holding company with interests in machinery, real estate, and production of other construction materials. Jidong expanded outside of China for the first time in 2010 when it entered into a deal to build a new cement plant in Limpopo, South Africa. The 221 million USD investment was funded by a consortium
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Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited


Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited () is an aeronautics company based in Chengdu in Sichuan province, China. It is a joint venture between Russia's Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and China's Lantian Helicopter Company Limited. Founded in 2007, the company's production facility is the 5701 Factory. SLHCL is a licensee of the Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter starting in 2008 for 20 kits sold by Mil. The Mi-17 are being marketed to countries in Africa and Asia (Pakistan) with direct completion with the original Russian model. In future all
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When China Met Africa


the age'. The film was also covered by media outlets including CNN, The Economist and The Atlantic. A historic gathering of over 50 African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. Mr Liu is one of thousands of Chinese entrepreneurs who have settled across the continent in search of new opportunities. He has just bought his fourth farm and business is booming. In northern Zambia, Mr Li, a project manager for a multinational Chinese company is upgrading Zambia's longest road. Pressure
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Africa–China economic relations


is precisely what China provideds when no one else is willing to do so. And thusly, Angola has become China's leading energy supplier. China also plan to establish five special economic zones in Africa, zones where "the Chinese government will create the enabling environment into which Chinese companies can follow". The Exim Bank of China (Eximbank) is a government bank under direct leadership of the State Council, acting both in China and overseas. For its oversea actions, EximBank has hundreds of offices across the world, with
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Nina Yang Bongiovi


of her career working in both the United States and Hong Kong film industries. During this time, she was involved in productions including "China Strike Force" (2000, Hong Kong), "Mail Order Wife" (2004, U.S.), "Confessions of an Action Star" (2005, U.S.), and "The Children of Huang Shi" (2008, China). In 2009, she met actor Forest Whitaker and they partnered to form Significant Productions, a production company that produces films, documentaries,
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Origins (cosmetics)


; and emerging markets, excluding China, led by Turkey, Brazil, and South Africa to rise nearly 30%. At the end of the 2014 fiscal year, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa represented 38% of net sales and 51% of operating income, and Asia and the Pacific region represented 20% of net sales and 19% of operating income. Beginning July 1, 2015, Estée Lauder Companies is set to lower prices on many of its most popular products in China, affecting all skincare and
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Wednesday Theatre


production, by Ron Callanderbr 35. "Almost a Honeymoon" (aired 31 Aug. 1966). Previously aired in the UKbr 36. "The Stag "(aired 7 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 37. "The Interior Decorator" (aired 14 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 38. "A Crack in the Ice" (aired 21 Sep. 1966). By Ronald Eyrebr 39. "Hamlet" (aired 28 Sep. 1966) British production, starring Laurence Olivier.br 40. "Flight into
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Rich Products


, India, China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company sells more than 2,000 products in 112 countries. Rich's currently ranks number 116 on "Forbes" list of America's Largest Private Companies. In addition to Farm Rich, the company mostly sells products under other brands it has acquired, such as SeaPak; French Meadow, Casa Di Bertacchi; Byron's Barbecue; Carvel, f'real and Jon Donaire. CoffeeRich is one of the
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California Steel Industries


China, and South Africa, as well as domestic purchases, and produced about 2 million tons of finished product annually. Lower demand for steel during the Great Recession caused the company's production to decrease to a low of 800,000 tons in 2009 before it began to recover the following year. In 2010, the company made a profit of $25 million on revenue of $1.1 billion. In 2012, California Steel began construction of a new pipe mill, completion of which in 2014 increased the company's annual production capacity to
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Bitzer SE


to 56 countries. In 1961, graduate engineer Ulrich Schaufler took over the Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau GmbH company. He remained as its head until his death in 1979, when he was succeeded by his son, Peter Schaufler. The company had 270 employees and earned sales of 30 million German marks (DM). In the following years, Peter Schaufler founded over 40 subsidiaries on all five continents, including production locations in Germany, Portugal, China, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Indonesia and the United States. Bitzer is active
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Addax Petroleum


Addax Petroleum was established in 1994 and since August 2009 has been a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, one of the largest oil and gas producers in China, the biggest oil refiner in Asia and the third largest worldwide. Addax Petroleum was an international gas and oil production and exploration company mainly focused on the Middle East, the North Sea and Africa. Since 1994, the company become one of the largest oil producers in West Africa. Addax Petroleum was originally part of the Addax & Oryx Group of Companies (AOG) which
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USS Hanover (APA-116)


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South African Class 21E


Company, a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR), China's leading train manufacturer. The roll-out ceremony of the first locomotive, no. , took place at the factory on 16 September 2014. The remaining sixty locomotives of the order were built in South Africa. According to the project plan, the agreement also included the joint production of more electric locomotives, electric multiple units, suburban rail vehicles and rail transportation equipment for South Africa and the African region. The first two locomotives
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The Farmer Boys


The Farmer Boys were an American country music duo consisting of Bobby Adamson (b. Sep. 20, 1933) and Woodie Wayne Murray (b. Sep. 29, 1933 - d. Aug 14, 2002). Adamson and Murray were both natives of Arkansas who met in California when they sang a song together around a jukebox. In 1952 they started working together, singing at local dances with Adamson on lead vocals and Murray on harmony and guitar. Herb Henson gave them a spot on his television show, which broadcast out of Bakersfield,
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Kids II, Inc.


Kids II, Inc., doing business online as Kids2, is an infant and toddler toy and product manufacturer based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company designs, manufactures and markets Bright Starts, Baby Einstein, and Ingenuity brand products. Kids II has international affiliate operation locations in Australia, Canada, Europe, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico and South Africa. In 2013, Kids II had more than 400 products under its brands. Ryan Gunnigle is the company's founder and CEO. The company was originally named Pansy
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China Forestry Group Corporation


China Forestry Group Corporation is a forestry company in China, established directly under State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China in February 1984 to plant and manage forests in China and internationally, as well as to produce, process, import and export forest products China Forestry Group Corporation has its headquarter in Beijing and runs business operations in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Myanmar, India, Singapore, Russia, France, Uruguay, Brazil , South Africa and Mozambique. As a wholly owned subsidiary of
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Africa–China economic relations


have worked in an uncommonly close partnership to increase overseas production of oil and gas. Together, they gained access to projects of strategic importance in African nations like Sudan and Nigeria in the 1990s, while leaving smaller opportunities to the companies alone. Chinese actions in these areas have not always been successful: The 2006 agreement in Rwanda proved unproductive, while Guinean oil technologies were not familiar to Chinese companies. The expansion has also been limited: all together, Chinese oil companies produced 257,000 bd in Africa in 2005—just one third of the
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International Ferro Metals


an equity interests of approximately 26.1% of the enlarged share capital of the company. Construction on the production facility at Buffelsfontein in South Africa started in 2005 and it went into full production in 2007. It transferred to the full list of the London Stock Exchange in 2007. During the year of 2008 as a result of booming commodity market and appetite for ferrochromes worldwide especially in China IFL recognized a net profit after tax of ZAR578.2 million and the company declared its maiden dividend of 1 pence per share. The company was two facilities
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Rebecca Hair Products


over 20 countries in Africa. The African market is particularly important for the company and accounts for about half of the company's overall revenue; in 2017 African revenue reached 884 million yuan (138.1 million U.S. dollars). Nigeria is the focal point of African operations but there are smaller subsidiaries in Ghana, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Kenya. The company has factories in China, Nigeria and Ghana. Manufacturing of synthetic hair products requiring use of machinery with constant power supply
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Largest gold companies


gold producers, in order of total production were China (420 tons +17), Australia (250 tons +5), US (227 tons -8), Russia (218 tons +2), South Africa (145 tons -15). In 2011, all of the world's 14 major producing countries recorded growth in output except for Peru, Indonesia and Brazil (global primary production up 5.5%); list was led by China (355 tons), Australia (270 tons), USA (237 tons), Russia
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CNOOC Limited


East China Sea. Internationally, it has oil and gas assets in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania. As of December 31, 2011, the CNOOC Limited owned net proven reserves of approximately 3.19 billion barrel of oil equivalent (BOE), and its average daily net production was 909,000 BOE. CNOOC Ltd's parent, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), is the third largest of the "Big Three" Chinese oil companies, and traditionally specialised in offshore upstream exploration and production,
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Paragon China


trading until 1919, and using "Paragon" as a trade name from about 1900. In 1919, after Aynsley's retirement the company name was changed to Paragon China Company Limited. Irving's two sons subsequently became managing directors of the business. In its early history the firm manufactured tea and breakfast wares, exporting to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. However, in the 1930s, Paragon expanded both its market, to include the Americas, and its range of products to include dinnerware. Also at this time,
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Cold Steel


Cold Steel is an American corporation and seller of knives, swords and other edged weapons and tools based in Ventura, California. Often mistaken for being manufacturers they have other knife companies often overseas manufacture their products. Cold Steel products are manufactured worldwide, including in the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Italy, and South Africa. The company's products include fixed blade knives, folding knives, swords, machetes, tomahawks, kukris, blowguns, walking sticks, and other martial arts items and training equipment
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Economy of Zimbabwe


and growing Chinese demand. International tobacco companies, such as British American Tobacco and China Tobacco, supplied farmers with agricultural inputs, equipment, and loans, and supervised them in growing tobacco. By 2014, tobacco production had recovered to 217 million kg, the third largest crop on record. Instead of large white-owned farms selling mostly to European and American companies, Zimbabwe's tobacco sector now consists of small black-owned farms exporting over half of the crop to China. Land reform has found considerable support in Africa and
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China–South Africa relations


from South Africa reaching US$14.8 billion. Cross country investment had grown to US$7 billion in the same year. Most South African exports to China in 2010 were primary products. Two-way trade between China and South Africa reached US$60.3 billion by 2014. In December 2010, South Africa was invited to join China in BRICS group of emerging economies. With the invitation, it was expected that South Africa would expand its trade relations with other BRIC countries, including China. Some see the BRICS relationship as potentially competing with
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Rentrak


and the HDNet networks, purchased 120,000 more Rentrak shares on Aug 22, 2011 and holds an 8.7 percent ownership stake in the company as of Sep 22, 2011. He has been accumulating Rentrak stock since 2004. Total company revenue increased 32 percent to $28.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, up from $21.6 million for the same period last year. The company's TV Everywhere product line grew 64%, its Movies Everywhere product line improved 10% on a constant currency basis, and its OnDemand Everywhere
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Samsung v. Huawei


In 2011, Huawei and Samsung began negotiating cross-licenses for their patent portfolios, which includes SEPs. Because both parties are SEP holders, they had mutual obligations to offer each other FRAND licenses. However, they failed to reach an agreement after years of negotiating. Having reached a deadlock, Huawei filed lawsuits against Samsung in the US on 24 May 2016 and China on 25 May 2016. In retaliation, Samsung filed lawsuits against Huawei in the US and China, along with various counterclaims and requests for patent invalidations. As
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Expand Networks


sales in the United States and Europe, New Jersey, Australia, China, Singapore, and South Africa. The company manufactured accelerators in physical, virtual and mobile deployment options. In mid October 2011, following the requests of Plenus, one of the company's lenders, an Israeli court appointed a liquidator - Paz Rimer. The liquidator gradually terminated the company's employees and eventually, on 11 January 2012 sold most of the assets of the company to Riverbed Technology, which immediately terminated all the company's products and ceased support
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Neutrogena


newer markets including India, South Africa, and China. Priced at a premium, Neutrogena products are distributed in over 70 countries. The company has major subsidiaries in Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea and India. Neutrogena carries a wide range of products for the skin (face and body) and hair, including specific product lines for acne, anti-aging and sun protection. Product lines include: Neutrogena is well known for its commercials, both in print and on television, that feature various spokesmodels. These spokespeople are
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KSB Company


in Frankenthal is its largest in Europe, ahead of the production sites in Pegnitz (Bavaria) and Halle (Saxony-Anhalt) in Germany, and La Roche-Chalais in France. The second-largest market for KSB products is the Region Asia, followed by the Region Americas/Oceania and the Region Middle East/Africa. Outside Europe, KSB’s biggest manufacturing plants are in Brazil, China, India and the USA. KSB manufactures products and components in a total of 16 countries; they are sold through the
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South African Class 20E


, a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR), China's leading train manufacturer. The roll-out ceremony of the first locomotive, no. 20-001, took place at the factory in Changsha in central China's Hunan Province on 20 August 2013. The contract marked Zhuzhou’s largest single foreign order of electric locomotives to date and made provision for the company to export electric locomotive manufacturing technologies to South Africa to enable a local production ratio of more than 60 percent. The first two
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Alexander Ferguson MacLaren


the judges at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and was the sole judge for the dairy products at the Toronto and Ottawa fairs. He was also President of the Ontario Dairymen's Association. MacLaren's company established offices in Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, London (England), Mexico, China, Japan and Africa. He was also president of the Imperial Wood Fibre Plaster Company, president of the Imperial Veneer Company and served on the board of directors of a number of other companies. In 1895
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List of Jeeves characters


the weather and Seppings's lumbago. On one occasion, Bertie calls him "Pop Seppings" in a familiar manner. He is employed alongside the supreme chef Anatole. Like many others, Seppings highly esteems Anatole's cooking. In "Right Ho, Jeeves", Bertie describes Seppings when recalling Tuppy pushing away Anatole's cooking at dinner, stating that "Seppings, Aunt Dahlia's butler, a cold, unemotional man, had gasped and practically reeled when Tuppy waved aside those "nonnettes de poulet Agnès Sorel"".
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EDITED (company)


gain competitive insights. Some key components of the software are its ability to display product metrics for apparel products currently on the market, including items’ pricing and sell out rates. In addition, EDITED software lets its users evaluate competitor assortment and industry-wide trend trajectories. Data can help retailers decide which items to discount. Along with its clients in the US and UK, EDITED works with companies in Europe, South Africa, Australia, China, Russia, South America and Asia. EDITED was founded by Geoff Watts and
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Africa–China relations


the year 2012. Imports from Africa were up 25.5% to $49.6 billion during these first five months of 2012 and exports of Chinese-made products, such as machinery, electrical and consumer goods and clothing/footwear increased 17.5% to reach $30.9 billion. China remained Africa's largest trading partner during 2011 for the fourth consecutive year (starting in 2008). The need to protect China's increased investments in Africa have driven a shift away from China's traditional non-interference in the internal matters of other countries
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CipherLab


CipherLab is a company that designs, manufactures and markets automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) products and systems. The company's mobile computers and barcode scanners are integrated into the networks of government and logistics installations worldwide, as well as grocery, manufacturing, retail, distribution, agricultural and healthcare companies. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan with North American headquarters in Plano, Texas, and operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the Americas, Asia-Pacific and China, CipherLab is publicly traded on
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Jacky Morkel


the Springboks, as well as Jacky Morkel, both Sep Ledger and Tommy Thompson were also killed in action. In the First World War, Jacky Morkel served as a scout with the 1st South African Mounted Brigade, under the command of Brigadier-General Jacob van Deventer in German East Africa. When Jan Smuts took command of the British Forces in East Africa on 12 February 1916, Morkel's brigade was with the 1st Division at Longido, following the unsuccessful assault on the German position at Salaita Hill. The brigade was transferred
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Africa–China economic relations


Chinese-African associations have worked towards ending this unproductive situation. China provides infrastructure funding and workforce in exchange for immediate preferential relations including lower resource prices or shares of African resources. As a secondary effect, this infrastructure allows Africa to increase its production and exports, improve the quality of life and increase the condition of millions of Africans, who will one day become as many millions of potential buyers of Chinese goods. The recent Sino-Angolan association is illustrative. When a petroleum-rich area called for investment and rebuilding,
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Bigfoot Entertainment


, United States. Bigfoot Entertainment was founded in 2002 by German entrepreneur Michael Gleissner to finance and develop feature films, documentaries, and reality TV shows. Productions have been filmed at the company's Bigfoot Studios in the Philippines as well as on location in the United States, Hong Kong, China, Africa, Europe, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The studio facilities includes six sound stages and a post-production site. It was initially constructed in 2004 to serve as a production facility for Bigfoot Entertainment and Bigfoot Films.
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Burger King


Africa and the Middle East, and Brazil, the company plan is focusing on the three largest markets – India, China, and Japan. The company plans to add over 250 stores in these Asian territories, as well as other places such as Macau, by the end of 2012. Its expansion into the Indian market has the company at a competitive disadvantage with other fast food restaurants such as KFC because of the aversion of the country's large Hindu majority to beef. BK hopes to use their non-beef products,
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SindoPower


SindoPower is the first business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce business owned by a manufacturer of power semiconductor components. Other manufacturers rely on representatives or independent distributors. SindoPower's parent company, The German-based holding company Semikron, employs 3,600 people worldwide. SEMIKRON comprises a global network of 35 companies with 10 production sites. Power electronics are produced in Germany, France, Italy, Slovakia, South Africa, Brazil, USA, China, India and South Korea. The company has a 37% share of the worldwide
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Independent Online (South Africa)


Independent Online, or IOL is a news and information website based in South Africa. It was owned by the Independent News & Media organisation, which is the largest publisher of print material in South Africa but was bought out by Sekunjalo Investments in 2013 who now own the company. Sekunjalo Independent Media owns 55% of the company, the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa owns 25%, and two Chinese State Owned Enterprises (China International Television Corporation and the China Africa Development Fund) own the remaining 20% of the newspaper
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China–South Africa relations


South Africa's relations with the IBSA Dialogue Forum. In July 2010, the South African publication "Business Day" reported that 45% of SABMiller's growth would come from its China operations by 2014. The anomalous growth of South African media company Naspers in 2009 was largely owed to its stake in the Chinese company Tencent. In December 2015 the two countries signed twenty-five agreements worth a combined value of US$16.5 billion at an event at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Business Forum held in South
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BRICS


BRICS is the acronym coined for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the first four were grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs"), before the induction of South Africa in 2010. The BRICS members are known for their significant influence on regional affairs; all are members of G20. Since 2009, the BRICS nations have met annually at formal summits. China hosted the 9th BRICS summit in Xiamen on September 2017, while South Africa
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Chef (company)


Disney, and General Electric. The company was founded as Opscode in 2008 by current Chief Technology Officer Adam Jacob, Jesse Robbins, Barry Steinglass, and Nathan Haneysmith. Chef is based in Seattle, with regional offices in Berlin, London, and San Francisco. Chef is a venture funded company, as of Sep 2015 Chef is valued at $360 million after a $40 million funding round. In November 2015, the company acquired a German security startup, VulcanoSec. Chef offers a single commercial product, Chef Automate,
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Handspring Puppet Company


The Handspring Puppet Company is a puppetry performance and design company established in 1981 by Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones, situated in Cape Town, South Africa. Thys Stander is the company's chief puppet maker. Jones and Kohler met at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. At first, they designed puppets for children-targeted productions, which Jones initially disliked. Kohler "introduced him [Jones] to the west African tradition of puppetry for adults," working with Malcolm Purkey and Barney Simon, among others.
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Katherine Dunham


the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. This was the beginning of more than 20 years during which Dunham performed with her company almost exclusively outside the United States. During these years, the Dunham company appeared in some 33 countries in Europe, North Africa, South America, Australia, and East Asia. Dunham continued to develop dozens of new productions during this period, and the company met with enthusiastic audiences in every city. Despite these successes, the company frequently ran into periods of financial difficulties, as Dunham was required
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Marc James Francis


) Directed and produced with his brother Nick Francis. The film follows the efforts of an Ethiopian Coffee Union manager as he travels the world to obtain a better price for his workers' coffee beans. When China Met Africa (2010) Directed and produced with his brother Nick Francis. Set on the front line of Chinaʼs foray into Africa, the film follows the lives of a Chinese farmer, a road builder, and the Zambian trade minister. Walk With Me (2017) Directed and produced with Max Pugh the Benedict Cumberbatch
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China-Africa Development Fund


The China-Africa Development Fund, more commonly known as CAD Fund, is a Chinese private equity fund solely funded by China Development Bank, a Chinese government policy bank. The aim of the fund is to stimulate investment in Africa by Chinese companies in power generation, transportation infrastructure, natural resources, manufacturing, and other sectors. The creation of CAD Fund was announced as one of the "Eight Measures" for Sino-African relations at the Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) by President
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Female condom


applied at point of use. PATH licensed manufacturing and distribution of the Woman's Condom to the Shanghai Dahua Medical Apparatus Company in 2008. Dahua has received the South Africa Bureau of Standards (SABS) certification marking (2013), Shanghai Food and Drug Administration Approval (2011), and the CE Mark approval (2010) for the Woman's Condom, which allows for marketing and distribution of the product in South Africa, China and Europe, respectively. The Woman's Condom is currently under review by the WHO/United
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Yangkai Airfield


Yangkai Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in the People’s Republic of China. Its current status is undetermined. The airfield, located approximately 33 miles northeast of Kunming, was the home of the B-24 Liberators of 373rd Bombardment Squadron (308th Bombardment Group), from 20 Mar 43 to Sep 44, when it moved to Luliang, China. The 373rd participated in attacks on airfields, coalyards, docks and warehouses, oil refineries and fuel dumps; as well as attacking shipping in the East
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Interprint


The Interprint Group is one of the leading decor printers in the world. Interprint has eight production locations worldwide - in Germany, Poland, Russia (2), Malaysia, China, Brazil and the USA - and six sales offices - in Italy, Spain, South Africa, Russia, China and Turkey. Interprint is also represented around the world by sales agencies. The Interprint Group is wholly owned by Wrede Industrieholding based in Arnsberg, Germany. Wrede Industrieholding is a traditional, family-run company with more than 125 years
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Valpadana


the company manufactured its first lawn mower. In 1959, it opened a new production plant. The first tractor was produced in 1960. In 1966, the company created the SEP division. The division focused on the commercialization of motor mowers. It produced its first reverse drive tractor with the driving position on a rotating platform in 1988. In 1995, the company was purchased by Argo SpA, owned by the Morra family. That same year Landini, a division of Argo, acquired in 1994, took over Valpadana. After
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Husab Mine


. Swakop Uranium head office is located in Swakopmund. Taurus is a subsidiary of the China General Nuclear Power Company (CGNPC), Uranium Resources Co. Ltd. and the China-Africa Development Fund. Taurus owns ninety percent of Swakop Uranium. The remaining 10% is owned by Epangelo Mining Company, the Namibian state-owned mining company. CGNPC's investment in Swakop Uranium is one of the biggest investments in Namibia since its independence, and by far the single biggest investment by China in Africa. More than US$100-million (in
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China Overseas Engineering Group


China Overseas Engineering Group Co., Ltd. known as COVEC is a Chinese construction and engineering company that is subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited, which is organized as a large collection of engineering and design firms. The company premiered in South Africa in 2006 when it won a 425-million rand public tender held by Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority, the state agency responsible for bulk water infrastructure. The selection of COVEC was described by a local trade publication as unsettling to the other short listed bidders, two local construction consortia. One consisted of
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Sathima Bea Benjamin


Arthur Klugman's travelling show, "Coloured Jazz and Variety", on a tour of South Africa. When the production failed, she found herself stranded in Mozambique, where she met South African saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi. In 1959, she returned to Cape Town's now thriving jazz scene, where she met pianist Dollar Brand (later known as Abdullah Ibrahim), whom she would marry in 1965. In that same year she recorded what would have been the first jazz LP in South Africa's history. Entitled "My Songs
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Peggy Yu


largest online bookstore in China. Yu is the chairwoman of Dangdang. The idea for the company came during her stay in the United States, during which time her favorite hobby after work was going to nearby bookstores. Yu had also paid careful attention to the establishment and development of Amazon.com since early 1995 when she was working on Wall Street. When she met her husband, she had the idea to start a similar online company in China. As the executive, Yu considers business issues from both an investor's and manager's
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Africa–China economic relations


market saturation, like their Western counterparts. Thus, in Africa, China finds not only an ample supply of potential new customers but far less competition from other nations. A few examples of the products imported by China in African countries in 2014 : Benin bought $411m worth of wigs and fake bears from China, 88% of South Africa's imported male underpants were from China, Mauritius spent $438,929 on Chinese soy sauce, Kenya spent $8,197,499 on plastic toilet seats, Nigeria spent $9,372,920 on Chinese toothbrushes,
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Heraeus


the company was sold in 2002, as were the group's shares in Kendro Laboratory Products. At the same time, W. C. Heraeus intensified its involvement in industrial precious metals by expanding its activities in the field of thin film materials. The company's wire bonding operations in China were also expanded, and the company entered into a joint venture in South Africa which soon evolved into a fully-fledged subsidiary. Heraeus also expanded its activities in medical technology with the acquisition of the Swiss company Metalor Medical Division. After Heraeus Dental
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Tug Yourgrau


Tuggelin (Tug) Yourgrau is an American playwright and TV producer. He is the President of Powderhouse Productions in Somerville, Massachusetts. Yourgrau was born in South Africa and moved to America at the age of 10. He graduated from Denver South High School, then from Swarthmore College with a degree in philosophy, and received a master's in history from Boston University. After periods of odd jobs, he became a producer at WGBH-TV where he met Joel Olicker. Together they formed their TV production company, Powderhouse Productions
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LZ 104 (L 59)


Hugo Eckener, the airship arrived at Yambol (Jamboli) in Bulgaria, the last available airbase before flying over two thousand miles across the Mediterranean and "Entente"-held Africa. At Jamboli "Kapitänleutnant" [Lieutenant Commander] Ludwig Bockholt, a regular German naval officer, met the zeppelin. He would be commander for the mission, code named "China-Sache", loosely translated as "China Show" or "China Matter." Because it would be impossible to resupply the airship with hydrogen gas upon its arrival in Africa
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SEP-363856


SEP-363856 (also known as SEP-856 for short) is an investigational antipsychotic that is undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease psychosis. The medication is being developed by the pharmaceutical companies Sunovion Pharmaceuticals and PsychoGenics Inc. The adverse effect profile of SEP-363856 differs from that of other antipsychotics because its mechanism of action does not involve antagonism of dopamine receptors in the brain, which is responsible for the drug-induced movement disorders (like akathisia) that may occur with those agents. Some adverse events reported in preliminary clinical trials
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O. Mustad & Son


(China), and has production facilities in Norway, China, Singapore, Portugal, and Malaysia. Mustad’s products are present in more than 160 countries. The company was run by the 6th generation Mustad until the end of 2011, when Mustad was sold to the Norwegian-based investment company, NLI Utvikling (now ARD Group AS). In 2017, a majority of shares were then sold to Verdane Capital, another investment company. Mustad can trace its roots back to 1832 in Vardal. Hans Schikkelstad (1789–1843
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PCH International


PCH is an global custom design manufacturing company that works with companies to design engineer, develop, manufacture, pack out, fulfill and distribute products as well as manage supply chains. The company was founded in Ireland in 1996 by entrepreneur Liam Casey. PCH's corporate headquarters are located in Cork, Ireland with operational headquarters in Shenzhen, China and U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, California. PCH has additional offices in Cape Town, South Africa; Hong Kong; New York; and Pune, India. PCH employs 604 people.
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UTStarcom


UTStarcom is a global telecom infrastructure provider headquartered in Hong Kong. The company develops and supplies a broad range of telecommunication devices to communications service providers and network operators including fixed and mobile network operators, as well as to enterprises. Historically, the company has focused on selling to China but also sell to Africa, India, Central and Latin America and the Middle East. The Company's products are designed to work with existing telecommunications infrastructure to provide low-cost voice and data services for access to both wireless (Wi-Fi
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When China Met Africa


. This meeting sparked questions about China's role as a growing rising superpower. A few years later, the crew arrived in Zambia in the midst of Presidential elections, where the Zambian opposition leader was campaigning on an anti-Chinese platform. Filming became increasingly difficult during this time, but over the next few months, the film crew had extensive meetings with more than a hundred Chinese people living and working in Zambia including construction managers, restaurant owners, farmers, travel agents, labourers, CEO’s and government officials. From
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Foreign relations of China


. Chinese role in Africa has sparked much criticism, including accusations of neocolonialism and racial discrimination. As a response to such criticism, China issued the "Nine Principles to Encourage and Standardise Enterprises' Overseas Investment", a charter and guide of conduct to Chinese companies operating abroad. Other criticism include the flooding of the African markets with low-cost Chinese-made products, thus harming the growth and the survival of local industries and businesses. Recent years have seen Beijing's growing economic and political influence in South America and the
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Robert Seppings


Sir Robert Seppings, FRS (11 December 176725 April 1840) was an English naval architect. Seppings was born to Robert and Lydia Seppings at Fakenham, Norfolk, on 11 December 1767 and baptised three days later. In 1782 he was apprenticed in HMNB Devonport, Plymouth. In 1800, when he had risen to be master shipwright assistant in the yard, he invented a device which greatly reduced the time required to repair the lower portions of ships in dry dock when compared with the laborious process of lifting then in vogue.
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Tannery of the Year


followed by Africa and then the fifth of the regions, Asia excluding China, at the start of 2013. Finalists for China were PrimeAsia Leather Corporation, Huangjiang, Guangdong province, and Xuzhou Nanhai Leather Factory Company Limited, Suining County, Jiangsu province. Owing to an unsettled situation in important tanning regions, particularly in North Africa, in 2012 and 2013, there was only one finalist for Africa in the third programme, Seton AutoLeather, South Africa. For Asia excluding China, the finalists were Midori Hokuyo, Japan, and
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Volkswagen Jetta


lowered the car when the speed surpassed . Besides the Volkswagen production base in Germany, this generation was produced in a number of other countries, including Brazil, China, Nigeria, Mexico, South Africa, USA, and the former Yugoslavia. In China, after a few facelifts throughout the years, the Jetta evolved into an independent model called the Jetta Night and the new model exclusive to China was developed based on the same platform as the Skoda Rapid and the new Volkswagen Santana. For the third generation, the Jetta name
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Sekunjalo Investments


. Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium is a privately owned and separately controlled segment company that is not directly related to the publicly listed African Equity Empowerment Investments segment of the Sekunjalo Investments parent company. Sekunjalo holds 55% ownership of Cape Town-based Independent News and Media South Africa (INMSA) with the remaining ownership made up of Chinese and Public Investment Corporation of South Africa (a South African government owned company). Two Chinese State Owned Enterprises (China International Television Corporation and the China Africa Development Fund) invested R400 million in the
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List of Jeeves characters


In the same novel, Bertie mentions that Seppings is fond of dances, and Bertie later has trouble getting his attention while Seppings is engrossed in dancing. Seppings makes a brief appearance in "The Code of the Woosters", working at the Travers family's town house. In "Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit", Seppings discovers a missing pearl necklace in Jeeves's room, and draws this to Jeeves's attention before reporting it to anyone else. After he does report this, both Seppings and Aunt Dahlia are offended when
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Mambilla Plateau


(Vakude), Mbar, Kara, Mang, Dembe, Nge (Leme), Mbun (Kakara) (Which is home to Mambilla Beverages Company Ltd, the only Tea Production Company in West Africa), Furu (Yerrmaru), Yirrum, Ngumbun, Kuma, Kerke (Titong), Mbungnu (Nguroje), New Ndaga (Mayo Ndaga), Benene (Maisamari), and Mamal (Hainare). According to Percival (1938), the Germans met some 200 villages on the Mambilla Plateau,all being
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Homer Laughlin China Company


seven years later the two would incorporate. Homer would sell his interest to Wells shortly thereafter. The firm experienced rapid growth and opened a facility in Newell, West Virginia in 1903. By the late 1920s all production was centered at the West Virginia factory and the Ohio site was abandoned.. "Peak production for the company was in 1948 when they produced 10,129,449 dishes." In 2010, Homer Laughlin purchased The Hall China Company in East Liverpool, and under the new HLC, Inc. moniker the two brands are the sole potteries
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Africa–China relations


between Africa and China increased a staggering 33% from the previous year to US $166 billion. This included Chinese imports from Africa equalling US $93 billion, consisting largely of mineral ores, petroleum, and agricultural products and Chinese exports to Africa totalling $93 billion, consisting largely of manufactured goods. Outlining the rapidly expanding trade between the African continent and China, trade between these two areas of the world increased further by over 22% year-over-year to US $80.5 billion during the first five months of
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Peninsula Engineering Group, Inc.


Wireless Communications" and in 1995 again changed names to "Repeater Technologies." PEGI's clients included telephone companies, mobile phone companies, utilities, governments, and other agencies around the world. The company was based in the San Francisco Bay Area and had an office in Beijing, China. Peninsula Engineering Group started in 1983. The GTE Lenkurt facility in San Carlos, California, was going to be closed. Product Planner (soon to be PEGI President) Barry Leff met with Microwave Engineering Manager (soon to be PEGI
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Scramble for Africa


Mary Gilmartin notes that “material and symbolic appropriation of space [is] central to imperial expansion and control”; nations in the globalization era who invest in controlling land internationally are engaging in neo-imperialism. Chinese (and other Asian countries) state oil companies have entered Africa’s highly competitive oil sector. China National Petroleum Corporation purchased 40% of Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company. Furthermore, Sudan exports 50–60% of its domestically produced oil to China, making up 7% of China’s imports. China has also been
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Rand Merchant Investment Holdings


Rand Merchant Investment Holdings, also referred to as RMI Holdings, is a listed financial services investment holding company that holds a diversified portfolio of premier insurance brands in South Africa, Australia, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. RMI Holdings is listed on the JSE and insurance and investment products and services to retail, commercial, corporate and public sector customers. The group has its headquarters in Sandton, South Africa. RMI Holdings was incorporated and registered
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Oorja Fuel Cells


fuel cells cost less than hydrogen batteries because methanol is easier to transport and handle than hydrogen, this will hope to cut down on energy costs in Toyota's home nation of Japan. Oorja started focusing mainly in material handling and logistics sector but is now moving to a more global market such as in the telecom, mining and oil and gas industries. Oorja has sales offices in China and South Africa, and have established distribution agreements in South Africa and Mexico. The company’s OorjaPac fuel cell product operates as an on-
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