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Paris (AFP) March 22, 2008US Internet giant Yahoo! denied Saturday posting on its websites pictures of 19 people wanted by the Chinese authorities for protesting in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. "Contrary to media reports, Yahoo! Inc. is not displaying images on its web sites of individuals wanted by Chinese authorities in connection with the recent unrest in Tibet," it said in a statement sent to AFP in Paris. ... more Analysis: Elite PLA units enter Lhasa 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 21, 2008 Elite ground force units of the People's Liberation Army were involved in China's recent crackdown on Tibetan protesters in Lhasa. A substantial number of images show that the new T-90 armored personnel carrier and T-92 wheeled armored vehicles belonging to the elite ground forces appeared on the streets of Lhasa the same day the crackdown began. China has denied the participation ... more Defiant China rejects dialogue, vows to smash Tibetan protests 
Beijing (AFP) March 22, 2008China turned its back Saturday on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll from recent unrest had risen to 19. A day after Beijing launched a manhunt for monks and others it blamed for violence in Tibet, an editorial in the People's Daily, mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist party, said opposition to Chinese rule in ... more China's Yellow River floods town: report 
Beijing (AFP) March 21, 2008Yellow River floodwaters inundated an entire town in northern China on Friday amid frantic efforts to repair breaches to embankments caused by unexpected high water levels, state media reported. At least 10,000 residents of Duguitala in the Inner Mongolia region have been evacuated to a nearby desert area since water began pouring into the town on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency quoted a local ... more Opposition's Ma Wins Taiwan Presidential Landslide; Extends Hand To China 
Taipei (AFP) March 23, 2008Taiwan's president-elect Ma Ying-jeou extended his hand Sunday to big neighbour China, vowing to help pave the way for a century of mutual peace and prosperity in the region. Buoyed by a landslide election victory on Saturday, Ma said he wanted a "non-denial" agreement that would allow Taiwan and China - which claims sovereignty over the island - to exist side by side. ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) March 23, 2008India is wooing oil and mineral-rich Africa, seeking to match the clout enjoyed by China, as it seeks to fuel its energy-hungry economy and boost its global profile, analysts say. India's overtures to the continent include a business meeting in New Delhi last week where Indian businessmen mingled with delegates from 33 African nations to discuss potential deals worth 10 billion dollars. ... more Analysis: Iran and Turkmen gas 
Since the death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006, foreign companies have been falling over themselves to acquire a piece of the country's vast natural gas reserves, estimated during the Soviet era to be between 10 trillion and 14 trillion cubic meters. Among Ashgabat's most ardent suitors are Russia, China, the United States and Iran. Fifteen months later, ... more Kenya turns to China, domestic market to rebuild tourism 
Nairobi (AFP) March 20, 2008Kenya's tourism will turn to China and seek to develop its domestic market to inject new life in a sector battered by recent post-election violence, tourism officials said Thursday. "China is an important market, a new market and a growing one," said Rebecca Nabutola, permanent secretary at the ministry of tourism and wildlife. More than 18,700 Chinese tourists visited the East African n ... more China's crackdown on Tibet seen hitting tourism
Chengdu, China (AFP) March 20, 2008Chinese travel companies specialising in tours to Tibet say they expect the security lockdown of the Himalayan region to keep foreign travellers out for up to three months. Chinese tourism authorities have ordered travel companies not to apply for permits for people wishing to travel to Tibet, and many foreigners have been diverted elsewhere or had their payments refunded, travel agents told ... more |
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Dharamshala, India (AFP) March 21, 2008US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Chinese "oppression" in Tibet on Friday as thousands of Tibetan exiles cheered her arrival in this Indian hill town to meet the Dalai Lama. In a trip that angered Chinese officials, she flew into Dharamshala, seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, to pay the first high-level call on the spiritual icon after anti-Chinese riots erupted in Tibet nearly ... more China says 19 killed in Lhasa unrest 
Beijing (AFP) March 22, 2008China said Saturday that Tibetan rioters killed 18 "innocent" civilians and one police officer during protests against Chinese rule in the region's capital Lhasa, updating a previous official toll. "Eighteen civilians and one police officer were confirmed dead by Friday night in the unrest that rocked Lhasa last week," reported Xinhua, the state news agency, citing the Tibet regional governm ... more Behind the chants, Tibet monks bristle at China
Kumbum Monastery, China (AFP) March 21, 2008Nestled on a hillside not far from where the Dalai Lama was born, the Kumbum monastery, with its chanting monks, Tibetan pilgrims and burning incense, appears a picture of Buddhist harmony. It is an image that China's atheist Communist rulers are keen to promote as proof of the religious freedom they say is granted to minority groups. But monks here simmer with resentment at Chinese cont ... more Cross-cultural relationship thrives amid disapproval, repression
Chengdu, China (AFP) March 22, 2008As a Tibetan living in China, even with a Chinese girlfriend, 28-year-old Abon feels trapped and claustrophobic, as every attempt to try and improve his life is blocked by the authorities. He wants to travel to Europe, he says, to do business, but the Chinese government refuses him a permit to leave. He wants to practise his Buddhist faith and follow the teachings of the monk he refers t ... more
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