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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 Patriot Power Key To ABM Successes To Date Part Two 
Washington, April 29, 2008 The latest Patriot missile purchases and upgrade deals by Taiwan and South Korea point to a widespread expectation of growing tensions and expectations of eventual war on Asia's Pacific Rim. Last week alone, Raytheon announced more than $320 million in combined sales of Patriot support and upgrade systems to both countries. Raytheon said April 23 that it had won a $79 million ... more Three Chinese banks in world's top four: study 
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2008Three Chinese institutions were among the world's top four banks at the end of 2007 at a time when the market capitalisation of Western banks was suffering from a global financial crisis, a study showed Wednesday. The number one spot in the rankings, compiled by the Boston Consulting Group, was occupied by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, with market capitalisation of nearly 340 ... more CIA chief says China's rapid military buildup troubling 
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2008CIA chief Michael Hayden charged Wednesday that China was beefing up its military with "remarkable speed and scope," calling the buildup "troubling." The Chinese, he said, had fully absorbed the lessons of both Gulf wars, developing and integrating advanced weaponry into a modern military force. Hayden said while Beijing's new capabilities could pose a risk to US forces and interests in ... more |
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Washington (AFP) April 30, 2008The United States said Wednesday it was "concerned" about reports that China has sentenced 30 people to between three years and life in prison for their role over last month's Tibetan unrest. "We have seen the reports. We are concerned. We don't think that anyone should break the law, but we also believe in freedom of expression and assembly," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. ... more Washington to keep supplying arms to Taiwan: US envoy 
Taipei (AFP) April 29, 2008Washington will continue to back Taiwan militarily while it pushes for peace talks with China, the de facto US envoy here assured incoming president Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday. Stephen Young, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), said the United States would continue to supply weapons to Taipei. "We also expect our traditional close security cooperation to continue, as we are ... more Outside View: Iran nuke deadlock -- Part 2 
Moscow, April 29, 2008 The Russian Foreign Ministry said before the six-nation meeting in Shanghai on the Iranian nuclear issue between Russia, China, the United States, Britain, Germany and France that the talks should focus on developing new "positive" proposals for Iran this time. Moscow must have remembered that the latest U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran was accompanied by a statement of the six ... more Defense Focus: C21 sub threat -- Part 2 
Washington, April 28, 2008 Anyone who has watched any World War II movies or History Channel documentaries knows what a wolf pack was: It was the massed attack carried out by Nazi submarines against British and American convoys of merchant ships in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. China is looking at a modern, 21st century of wolf pack tactics for any future war it might have to fight against the United ... 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 looks abroad amid global grain shortage: report 
Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2008China is looking at farms in places like Russia and South America as it seeks new ways to feed the world's largest population amid a global grain supply shortage, state media said Tuesday. Chinese companies exploring overseas agricultural resources that are in short supply will help balance domestic demand and supply, the Beijing Morning Post reported, citing the agriculture ministry. ... more Heparin contamination appears deliberate: Baxter CEO 
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2008US drug-maker Baxter International said Tuesday its blood thinner heparin, which is produced in China and has been linked to dozens of deaths, appears to have been deliberately contaminated. "We're alarmed that one of our products was used in what appears to have been a deliberate scheme to adulterate a life-saving medication, and that people have suffered as a result," Baxter chief executive ... more
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