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  • "In 2011, we expect to spend over $1 billion in raw material, marine freight, operational and capital goods in China," says Scott Singer, Rio Tinto's global head of procurement, at a signing ceremony with the State-owned Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Corporation, one of the first lucky customers on the receiving end of a big order from Rio Tinto.

    Forbes.com: News Kenneth Rapoza 2011

  • Total new orders rose, including the supply of gas turbines for a GS Electric power plant in South Korea , a rolling mill for Chinese steelmaker Xiangtan Iron, a wellhead compression solution for Russia 's Technogarant and transmission technology for power grids in Brazil and

    Emerging markets power Q1 profit surge at Siemens - Yahoo! Singapore Finance 2011

  • A former philosophy student, he left his job in the human resources department of his alma mater, Xiangtan University, in 1992.

    NYT > Home Page By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW 2011

  • Total new orders rose, including the supply of gas turbines for a GS Electric power plant in South Korea , a rolling mill for Chinese steelmaker Xiangtan Iron, a wellhead compression solution for Russia 's Technogarant and transmission technology for power grids in Brazil and

    Emerging markets power Q1 profit surge at Siemens - Yahoo! India Finance 2011

  • Tang Jieqing, the vice director of the Xiangtan Stomatological Hospital, who has studied the area's binglang habits for more than 10 years, believes that rates of mouth diseases like oral submucous fibrosis are higher in Xiangtan than elsewhere in China, and he wants the government to publicize binglang's health risks.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • "Binglang has helped Xiangtan make a name for itself," said Li Lihua, 60, a veteran chewer of 40 years who sells bags of binglang for 75 cents each.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • "So whenever I come back to Xiangtan I chew as much as I can."

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Tea house owner Xia Yu, 37, hopes to travel from the port of Xiangtan in Hunan province to

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • China's economic reforms of the early 1980s, Xiangtan began turning the pastime into profit, and these days processes more than 700 tons each year, according to the Hunan Binglang

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Local medical experts have long been nudging the Xiangtan government to make binglang safer.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

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