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China to step up 're-education' of Tibetans
Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2008China warned on Saturday it would step up a controversial "re-education" campaign for Tibetans after a fresh protest showed a huge security crackdown had failed to extinguish nearly one month of unrest. The statement in the state-run Tibet Daily newspaper called for Buddhist monks to become Chinese patriots, but activist groups said the heavy-handed techniques already employed in the campaign ... more Dalai Lama says Tibet protests disprove Chinese 'propaganda' 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) April 6, 2008The Dalai Lama said Sunday that protests in Tibet and nearby provinces had disproven Chinese "propaganda" about unrest in the region, adding the situation could no longer be "neglected". The exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader also repeated his call for an independent international probe into the unrest and subsequent Chinese crackdown, and again rejected Chinese allegations that he was behind ... more China insists torch will go through Tibet 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2008China's top official in Tibet, rejecting a demand of activists around the world, has insisted that the Beijing Olympics torch relay will pass through the Himalayan region as planned. The iconic flame was Sunday carried through London, where demonstrations against the Chinese crackdown in Tibet saw 35 protesters arrested, but the Dalai Lama urged Tibetan exiles not to disrupt events leading ... more China reports fresh Tibetan unrest, police fire warning shots 
Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2008China on Friday reported a fresh outbreak of violence as it sought to contain the biggest challenge to its rule of Tibet in decades, saying police were forced to fire warning shots to quell "rioters." One local official was seriously wounded during the "riot," which took place in a Tibetan-populated area of Sichuan province in southwest China on Thursday evening, the official Xinhua news ... more Taiwan's vice president-elect headed to China: official 
Taipei (AFP) April 6, 2008Taiwan's vice president-elect will head to China this week and could meet with President Hu Jintao, his spokesman said Sunday, amid optimism about improving ties between the cross-strait rivals. Vincent Siew will head on Friday to Hainan island in southern China for the Boao Forum for Asia, a gathering of business people and officials focused on greater trade cooperation in Asia, his ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 4, 2008China has urged the United States to support its position on the Tibet crisis, state media said Thursday, after US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson expressed concern over the Chinese crackdown. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told Paulson to see through Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, and respect "truth" regarding the deadly protests, the Xinhua news agency reported. "China ... more More than 1,000 caught, turn themselves in over Lhasa riot: report 
Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2008More than 1,000 people have either been caught by police or have turned themselves in after deadly unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa last month, state media said Thursday. Lhasa police have seized over 800 "criminals" since the violent March 14 unrest in the city, the Tibet Commerce newspaper reported, citing the deputy chief of the Lhasa communist party, Wang Xiangming. This is nearly ... more No turnaround in China's liquidity problem: state press 
Shanghai (AFP) April 3, 2008A key Chinese government think tank warned that too much money in the financial system continues to pose a danger to the economy, defying government efforts to curb it, state media reported Thursday. "The excessive liquidity has eased but its root cause has yet to be reversed," Chen Daofu, a vice director of research of the finance research department under the Cabinet, told the official ... more Paulson urges China to lift barriers on environmental technology 
Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2008US Treasury chief Henry Paulson urged China Thursday to lift import barriers on environmental technologies, turning the tables on the Chinese, who often blame the Americans for curbing hi-tech trade. The call came as China pressed the United States to lift its own export restrictions that affect China and to reduce trade and investment barriers to boost bilateral trade, Xinhua news agency ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2008China has accused Muslims in the nation's northwest of trying to start a rebellion, following what an exile group said Wednesday were peaceful protests against injustices under Chinese rule. The unrest occurred in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang region last month, after Chinese authorities warned that "terrorists" based there were planning attacks on the Beijing Olympics and had tried to ... more Japan hails thaw with China but worried about military 
Tokyo (AFP) April 1, 2008Japan hailed a thaw in relations with China while urging greater military transparency from its neighbour in an annual diplomatic review published Tuesday. Japan has "further strengthened its alliance with the United States and at the same time moved its Asian diplomacy forward greatly by improving and promoting relations with China and strengthening relations with India," the report said. ... more Defense Focus: Carrier strategy -- Part 5 
Washington, April 1, 2008 Russian and Chinese naval weapons designers know they lack the resources and the technology to match the awesome power of U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups ship for ship and plane for plane. So instead, for decades, they have opted for asymmetrical solutions to the problem of killing U.S. super carriers. And they have come up with some lethal weapons. Russian military systems designer ... more Tibetans rubbish China's 'propaganda' on suicide attacks 
New Delhi (AFP) April 1, 2008Tibetan authorities in India on Tuesday dismissed Chinese allegations that Tibetans were planning suicide attacks ahead of the Olympics and asked Beijing for evidence. The India-based Tibetan government-in-exile labelled the claims propaganda and reiterated the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was not opposed to Beijing hosting the Olympics Games in August. "Instead of making ... more
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