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China supports Pakistan stability measures: Hu
Boao, China (AFP) April 11, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday told his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf he supported measures taken by the South Asian government to maintain stability, Chinese state media reported. "China respects, understands and supports all measures taken by the Pakistani government to maintain domestic peace and stability, and promote economic development," Hu said, according to Xinhua ... more Analysis: China continues nuke buildup 
Hong Kong, April 11, 2008 China's stockpile of intermediate-range ballistic missile nuclear warheads should by no means be ignored. The People's Liberation Army's strategy of keeping a balance between its nuclear and conventional capabilities, or focusing on nuclear capability, as a matter of fact refers to these IRBMs and some short-range ballistic missiles. It can be generally believed that the implementation ... more Philippines calls for Asia food meet as China rebuffs bid to buy wheat 
Manila (AFP) April 11, 2008The Philippines has urged Asian governments to hold talks on the sharply escalating cost of food, officials said Friday as China rebuffed a bid by Manila to buy wheat. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap wants a ministerial-level meeting of Asian governments to discuss means to raise food production and provide interim food aid, the International Rice Research Institute said. "We must ... more Indonesian police arrest three officers over illegal logging 
Jakarta (AFP) April 11, 2008Three Indonesian police officers have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in illegal logging on Borneo island, the national police chief said Friday. The arrests followed a series of raids on illegal logging operations on Borneo in which police confiscated around 24 million dollars' worth of logs bound for China, Japan and Taiwan. "Three police officials of Ketapang city in West Ka ... more China rejects human-to-human bird flu report 
Beijing (AFP) April 12, 2008China has rejected a study which found a probable case of human-to-human bird flu transmission in the country, state media reported. The study, published in British medical magazine The Lancet this week, said a 24-year-old man was likely to have infected his father with H5N1 before dying, raising the spectre of a feared flu pandemic. But health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said there ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2008China on Thursday revised up its economic growth figure for last year to 11.9 percent from 11.4 percent, putting it closer to overtaking Germany as having the world's third biggest economy. Based on the new calculations, China's economy was last year worth 25.0 trillion yuan, the National Bureau of Statistics said, or about 3.6 trillion dollars (about 2.27 trillion euros) based on current ... 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 Qatar signs deals to provide LNG to China 
Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2008China and Qatar on Thursday signed deals for the purchase of five million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year from the oil-rich Gulf state, the two sides said. PetroChina, the listed arm of China's largest oil and gas producer, signed a deal in Beijing with Qatargas and Shell under which the Chinese firm would buy three million tonnes of Qatari LNG per year for 25 years, according ... more China, Australia to restart free trade talks: Rudd 
Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2008China and Australia agreed Thursday to restart stalled negotiations on a free trade pact, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Rudd, on a four-day trip to China, met with Premier Wen Jiabao to discuss a wide range of issues including trade, environment, human rights and other issues, he told journalists following the talks. "We agreed to unfreeze what has been the frozen bilateral n ... more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 09, 2008In just a few months, China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft will lift off on a mission to perform China's first spacewalk. The mission is exciting, but the media silence is deafening. We know almost nothing about the spacesuit, or how the astronaut will be connected to his spacecraft. Trying to work out what's happening behind closed doors requires a bit of deductive reasoning. In my previous 2008 ... more China Goes Berserk In Russian Arms Bazaar Up Part Two 
Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Apr 09, 2008 The lack of significant new arms orders for Russia from China could be caused by its efforts to further develop its own arms industry, dissatisfaction with delays on outstanding orders, or disappointment with the quality of Russian weapons delivered in recent years. Despite this, China is still rumored to be interested in the Russian offer of Su-33 and Su-35 combat aircraft for use on ... more Tibetan task force seeks talks with Beijing 
New Delhi (AFP) April 9, 2008A Tibetan exile group set up by the Dalai Lama to push for greater autonomy for the Himalayan region on Wednesday offered to travel to Beijing to resume a dialogue about their homeland's future. "We want to reopen the talks to resolve the Tibetan issue through the process of dialogue and whenever it is convenient for the Chinese authorities, our special envoys could travel to Beijing," said ... more US House calls China to end Tibet crackdown 
Washington (AFP) April 9, 2008The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a resolution asking China to end its crackdown on protests in Tibet and to enter into a dialogue directly with the Dalai Lama. The resolution, proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, also called for independent monitors, journalists and medical personnel to be allowed into Tibet, and the release of all Tibetans held for non-violently ... more
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