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Myanmar troubles expose limits of China's power: analysts Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2008 
China's response to the suffering of cyclone survivors in Myanmar has exposed the limits of its ability -- and arguably its willingness -- to press even close allies to change set habits, analysts say. With the junta in Myamnar refusing to admit foreign aid workers and curbing distribution of emergency supplies, UN and other agencies warn the death toll could rise far higher than the officia ... read more |
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China officials hike wages, threatening boost to inflation: economists
Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2008South China's Guangdong province is the latest area in the nation to unveil plans to raise wages, state media said Wednesday, a move economists worry runs counter to efforts to rein in inflation. Guangdong provincial labour authorities said in a 2008 plan that they aimed to establish a regular salary increase system and raise wages of all employees in the region by 12 percent or more this ye ... more China tells firms to brace for tough times: report 
Shanghai (AFP) May 5, 2008A Chinese government watchdog has warned major state-owned enterprises to brace for tough times given the likelihood of a worsening global economic slowdown, state media reported Monday. Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) must pay more attention to their financial position to avoid a potential capital crunch, the Economic Observer reported, citing Li Rongrong, director of the State-owned ... more 'Time to blow whistle' on China: Clinton 
Gastonia, North Carolina (AFP) May 3, 2008Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton warned Saturday it was time to "blow the whistle" on China, accusing it of unfair trade practices. She stood close to a parade of closed shops and pawnbrokers in North Carolina as she vowed to turn the US economy around, despite fears of recession, and promised action to reverse a tide of industrial jobs moving abroad. "We do have to get to ... more China opens one of world's largest bridges: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 2, 2008China Thursday inaugurated one of the world's longest bridges, which will provide an important new route into Shanghai, state press said. Presented as the "world's longest sea bridge", the 36-kilometre (22-mile) structure connects Jiaxing city near Shanghai to the port city of Ningbo in the eastern province of Zhejiang. It is slightly shorter than the 38.4-kilometre Lake Pontchartrain ... more China inspects 3,600 factories in child labour scandal: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 1, 2008Chinese authorities inspected more than 3,600 businesses in a major export city at the centre of a child labour scandal, state press reported Thursday, after children were found working in factories. The children, aged from nine to 16, worked long hours in factories in the city of Dongguan for about 35 cents an hour, reports said on Wednesday, in echoes of a brick kiln slavery ring that ... more |
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Kathmandu (AFP) April 29, 2008Some 114 pro-Tibet demonstrators were detained in Nepal's capital Tuesday as they tried to protest outside a Chinese embassy building, police said. Police held the Tibetan exiles, including around 50 monks and nuns, as soon as they arrived in the area close to the embassy's heavily guarded visa and trade section. "We have 114 Tibetans currently in detention," senior police officer ... more Tibet govt-in-exile says 203 dead in Tibetan unrest 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) April 29, 2008The number of people killed in a Chinese crackdown on protests and unrest in Tibet has risen by around 50 to 203, the Tibetan government-in-exile said Tuesday. Some 1,000 people had been hurt and 5,715 arrested since the demonstrations began on March 10, according to figures which the government based in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala said had been extensively cross-checked. ... more China warns of housing price spikes in second quarter 
Shanghai (AFP) April 23, 2008China's top economic planning agency has warned that a range of economic factors were likely to push up domestic property prices in the second quarter. The National Development and Reform Commission said in a quarterly report on China's real estate sector released on Tuesday that upward pressure on housing prices was mounting again after a slight slowdown in the first three months. ... more Tibet an 'international issue,' Japan PM tells China 
Tokyo (AFP) April 18, 2008Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda bluntly told China Friday that Tibetan unrest had become an international issue, contradicting Beijing's official line, and hinted it could hit the Olympics. Yasuo Fukuda made the remarks to visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who is paving the way for President Hu Jintao's much-anticipated trip here next month. "Prime Minister Fukuda stated ... more US: We want Tibet situation to improve 
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2008The United States on Friday declined to echo ally Japan's warning to China that Tibet's unrest was now an international issue, but said Washington wants conditions there to improve. "I don't think we try to characterize it as a national issue or an international issue. I don't think that's the point of it," White House spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters. "The point of it is that there ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2008China on Tuesday denounced comments by a CNN analyst who called China a "bunch of goons and thugs" and demanded an apology for what it called "vile" remarks. "We are shocked by and strongly condemn the malicious attacks on the Chinese people by CNN's (analyst Jack) Cafferty," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. "We demand CNN and Cafferty himself take back his vile ... more Dalai Lama wraps up Seattle visit, prepares for US talks 
Seattle, Washington (AFP) April 15, 2008The Dalai Lama wrapped up a five-day visit to Seattle here Tuesday ahead of talks with a US envoy next week on the situation in the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's homeland. The saffron-robed leader completed his involvement in the "Seeds of Compassion" conference with a talk at the University of Washington, where he appeared with fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. ... more China conducting 'cultural genocide' in Tibet: Dalai Lama 
Washington (AFP) April 14, 2008Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama maintained Monday that Beijing was carrying out "cultural genocide" in the Himalayan territory despite denial of the charge by the Chinese leadership. In an interview with NPR, the US public radio network, the exiled 72-year-old leader currently on a US visit also expressed confidence he would eventually return to his homeland. The Dalai Lama, who ... more China uncovers thousands of illegal land grabs: report 
Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2008Chinese authorities uncovered 31,700 cases of illegal land grabs in four months in a crackdown on one of the major factors behind rising social unrest across the country, state media reported on Monday. The unlawful land grabs were discovered between September 15 last year and January 15, and led to 2,864 people being punished, Xinhua news agency quoted Zhang Pu of the Ministry of Land and ... more China's foreign direct investment up 39.6 percent in March: govt 
Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2008Foreign direct investment into China continued to rise in March, up 39.6 percent from a year ago to 9.3 billion dollars, the government said Thursday. In the first three months of the year, foreign enterprises invested 27.4 billion dollars in China, jumping 61.3 percent from the same period in 2007, the commerce ministry said in a statement on its website. The sharp growth this year has ... more
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