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Taiwan official expects smooth times with ChinaWashington (AFP) Feb 1, 2012 A Taiwanese official predicted Wednesday that China would maintain a conciliatory stance with Taipei, saying that likely next leader Xi Jinping has experience dealing with the self-ruling island. John Chiang, the vice chairman of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's Kuomintang party, said that Chinese President Hu Jintao has been the chief force behind a policy of "emphasizing carrots over sticks" with the self-ruling island. "I think these kinds of policies will continue to be there for wooing the s ... read more |
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  India's air the worst, says study India has the worst air quality in the world, beating even its neighbour China, according to an annual survey based at Yale and Columbia universities in the United States. ... more | .. |
  India, Russia, US, China plan anti-carbon tax talks India, Russia, the United States, China and other countries will meet in Moscow this month to decide whether to retaliate against the EU's decision to impose a carbon tax on air travel, a report says. ... more | .. |
  UN says 30,000 fled recent Sudan fighting About 30,000 people have fled recent fighting in Sudan's South Kordofan state, the UN said on Friday after rebels captured 29 Chinese workers in the same area. ... more | .. |
 Megaupload boss' bail appeal rejected in N.Z: reports Abductions highlight danger to China's workers abroad Facebook's popularity also brings lawsuits PetroChina buys stake in Canada shale gas project What's the State of America's Biofuel Industry? Arizona's Buckeye Union HSD Dedicates Solar Generation Project US DoC Finds Massive Surge of Chinese Solar Imports |
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 EU climate chief sees 'unpleasant' talks ahead EU climate chief Connie Hedegaard acknowledged Friday that "difficult and unpleasant" negotiations lay ahead with countries like India and China to agree a global framework to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. ... more | .. |
  China considers Google Maps request Chinese authorities say an application by Google for an online maps license, required for operating such services in China, is under official examination. ... more | .. |
  China police stop rights lawyer meeting Merkel A rights lawyer who has defended some of China's most prominent dissidents said Friday police prevented him from meeting the visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong 'locust' ad angers mainland netizens Chinese netizens voiced anger Thursday over a Hong Kong advert portraying mainlanders as "locusts", sparking a call for calm in a state newspaper after an increasingly bitter exchange of words. ... more |
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 Russia to build space defense missiles NATO agrees on long-delayed drone programme Iran launches observation satellite: media F-35 problems force US to upgrade old fighter jets Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile: TV Dassault tops EADS for Indian jet deal Thales bids for $3B Saudi missile deal Panetta says Israel could strike Iran in spring: report Europe has 'nothing to fear' from US focus on Asia: Germany Taliban modernizing, says former anti-vice enforcer US Army approves WikiLeaks suspect's court martial Anonymous posts audio of FBI, Scotland Yard call NATO to tighten measures against Taliban infiltrators Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel bases in north Iraq: army | .. |
 South African court throws out Dalai Lama visa challenge A South African court on Friday dismissed a case brought by two opposition parties challenging the government's failure to grant the Dalai Lama a visa last year. ... more | .. |
  Wen says China has no intention to 'buy Europe' China's Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday the Asian giant had neither the ability nor the intention to "buy Europe", amid concerns over growing Chinese investment in debt-stricken eurozone economies. ... more | .. |
 Merkel wraps up China visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday wrapped up a visit to China where she tried to reassure her hosts on the strength of the euro and Europe's ability to overcome its debt crisis. ... more | .. |
  Death toll rises to 13 in China coal mine blast The death toll from a gas explosion in a southwest China coal mine rose to 13, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, in the latest accident to hit the nation's dangerous mining industry. ... more |
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  Tullow Oil, Uganda sign asset sale deal Uganda on Friday signed production agreements with Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, allowing the company to finalise a long-delayed $2.9 billion asset sale to France's Total and China's CNOOC. ... more | .. |
'Urgent' need to solve Europe debt crisis: China China's premier warned of an "urgent" need to solve the European debt crisis Thursday and said Beijing was looking at ways it could contribute to bailout funds, after talks with Germany's chancellor. ... more | .. |
  Portugal sells 40% of electric grid to China, Oman firms Bailed out Portugal said Thursday it will sell a 40 percent stake in the national electricity grid for 592 million euros ($775 million) to Chinese and Omani groups as part of its austerity programme. ... more | .. |
 PetroChina buys stake in Canada shale gas project State-owned PetroChina said it has agreed to take a 20 percent stake in a Canadian shale gas project owned by Royal Dutch Shell, China's latest acquisition of North American natural resources. ... more |
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 Abductions highlight danger to China's workers abroad Abductions in Sudan and Egypt highlight the dangers facing China's workers abroad and led Beijing to reassess a long-stated policy of non-interference as its foreign interests grow, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  US DoC Finds Massive Surge of Chinese Solar Imports The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), led by SolarWorld and supported by more than 150 U.S. employers of more than 11,000 workers, has recognized the U.S. Department of Commerce for ... more | .. |
 Germany's Merkel holds talks with China's Hu German Chancellor Angela Merkel met China's president on Friday as she seeks to lift Beijing's confidence in Europe where the sovereign debt crisis threatens to tip the region into recession. ... more | .. |
  Bird flu claims second victim this year in Vietnam A woman in southern Vietnam has died after contracting the bird flu virus, health authorities said Thursday, in the country's second human death from the virulent disease in less than a month. ... more |
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  Western diplomats press Russia, China over Syria The UN Security Council met Wednesday amid tense negotiations aimed at persuading Russia to back a tough resolution condemning violence in Syria. ... more | .. |
 Eight executives detained in China pollution case China has detained another company official, bringing the total to eight, over a massive river pollution case in the country's south, the government and state media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Merkel seeks to ease eurozone fears in China German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to reassure Beijing over the crisis in the eurozone and urged China to press Tehran on its nuclear programme as she began an official visit on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Norway blocking China's access to Arctic China's efforts to tap the natural resources and transportation routes of the arctic will continue to be frustrated by Norway, a diplomatic source says. ... more |
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 New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star Capsule failure delays ISS crew mission U.K. study: Mars surface too dry for life Armadillo rocket flys high New Horizons Aims to Put Its Stamp on History NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps Scientists help define structure of exoplanets Russia to Start Own Search for Extrasolar Planets Eight more Galileo navsats agreed Space Radiation Blamed for Phobos-Grunt Crash Final Call to Register and Win Suborbital Research Flight Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station | .. |
 Monk who self-immolated 'called for Dalai Lama return' A senior Tibetan monk who self-immolated last month urged Tibetans to unite and called for the return of the Dalai Lama in a message recorded before his death, advocacy groups said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea restricts Chinese currency in markets: reports North Korea has banned the use of China's yuan and other foreign currency in its markets, saying this was part of the last instructions of late leader Kim Jong-Il, according to a Seoul-based aid group. ... more | .. |
  Brazil minister heads to India to improve defense ties Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim is to travel to India this week for talks on boosting bilateral military cooperation, his office announced. ... more | .. |
  Putin declines to host China's future premier: report Vladimir Putin has refused to host a top Chinese official tipped to become China's next prime minister due to his busy agenda ahead of polls putting a strain on bilateral ties, a newspaper said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Outside View: Revolutions ahoy? Alas poor Marx, Engels and Lenin. After being entirely discredited and disproved by the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist ideology and repudiated by China's embrace of market capitalism, perhaps they weren't necessarily wrong. Instead, perhaps they were simply a century too early in their revolutionary aspirations! ... more | .. |
 Unwilling to upset China, West holds back on Tibet The international community is treading warily on the Tibetan issue, reluctant to antagonise an increasingly powerful China with whom it has growing economic and diplomatic ties, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 'Trained separatists' behind Tibetan unrest: China China has blamed "trained separatists" for a wave of unrest in Tibetan-inhabited areas last week that left at least two people dead and dozens injured, state press reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Hong Kong paper runs ad insulting mainland 'locusts' A group of Hong Kongers published a newspaper ad Wednesday insulting mainland Chinese as "locusts", amid seething resentment over rising mainland influence in the southern city. ... more |
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