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US warns China of 'technological isolation'
Washington (AFP) May 8, 2008The United States warned China Thursday that it risked "technological isolation" for developing unique technical standards of its own that also are shutting out foreign competition. Despite widely accepted international standards, China developed standards mandated by government regulations amid a lack of transparency and due process, said Under Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla. ... more Japan to allow military use of space: lawmakers 
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2008Japanese lawmakers voted Friday to allow the military use of space, breaking a decades-old taboo in the officially pacifist country which has an increasingly ambitious space program. The move came during a rare fence-mending visit to Japan by President Hu Jintao of China, which alarmed Japan last year by conducting a test to shoot down a satellite. A lower house committee voted to reve ... more Taipei says China defence build-up to deter US intervention 
Taipei (AFP) May 12, 2008China is building up its military defences to deter US intervention in case of war with Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said Monday. Beijing is focusing on developing long-range missiles "to strike at American bases and battle carrier groups stationed in the Asia-Pacific... so as to block the United States from coming to the rescue of Taiwan should war break out in the Taiwan Strait," ... more China says foreign aid offers 'welcome' 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008China said Tuesday it "welcomed" the offers of aid that have come in from around the world following a devastating earthquake that has caused nearly 10,000 confirmed deaths so far. "After the earthquake, the international community offered its support and sympathy to China. China and its people express their thanks and their welcome toward that," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said. ... more Breakdown of casualties in China quake 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008The following is a detailed list of locations in China where tens of thousands have been reported killed, missing or trapped under rubble since Monday's devastating earthquake in the southwest: ICHUAN PROVINCE -- Nearly 9,000 people have been confirmed dead, but China's official media have reported many more buried or missing. It is also not clear what figures from the following areas in Si ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008Transport and communication networks around China were thrown into chaos Monday after a powerful earthquake struck the country's southwest, killing more than 8,700 people, witnesses and media said. The 7.8-magnitude quake jolted Wenchuan, a mountainous region in Sichuan province, just before 2.30pm (0630 GMT) on Monday. The death toll in Sichuan alone came to 8,533 people, according to s ... more 'Thousands' dead or buried in China factory town: Xinhua 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 13, 2008"Several thousand" people were killed or buried in a southwestern China town where a major factory collapsed after a powerful earthquake, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. The report, which gave few other specifics on the casualty numbers, said the disaster occurred when a steam turbine factory collapsed Monday in the town of Hanwang in Mianzhu city. "The earthquake has kille ... more Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008China was reeling Tuesday from its worst earthquake in three decades which left tens of thousands of people dead, missing or trapped under crushed houses, schools and factories. Rescuers were struggling to reach towns and villages devastated by Monday's huge 7.8 magnitude quake in southwestern Sichuan province, which is still being pummeled by wave after wave of terrifying aftershocks. ... more Japan says China quake to cause economic damage 
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2008A Japanese minister on Tuesday expected an economic blow from China's major earthquake, which shut operations of Toyota Motor Corp. and other Japanese companies. "It is unavoidable for the earthquake to have an impact on the Chinese economy," said Hiroko Ota, minister for state for economic and fiscal policy. "It is fully possible that this will affect local operations by Japanese firms, ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) May 12, 2008When his office building started to shake, Richard Morgan-Sanjurjo had only one thought in his head: get out. As the powerful 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, he and others in the tower block raced for the stairs. "I heard the vents ruffling and then started to feel the building shake and a couple of bits of the ceiling fell," he told AFP by telephone. ... more Powerful quake kills thousands in southwest China 
Chongqing, China (AFP) May 13, 2008A huge earthquake rocked southwest China on Monday, killing nearly 8,700 people and flattening schools, homes and factories in a powerful tremor felt across a swathe of southeast Asia. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, struck close to densely populated areas of Sichuan province in what Premier Wen Jiabao called a "major disaster." China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported 8,533 con ... more China did not detect deadly quake: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008Chinese authorities did not detect any warning signs ahead of Monday's earthquake that killed more than 8,600 people, state media reported. "Monitoring before the earthquake did not detect any macroscopic abnormalities, and did not catch any relevant information," said Deng Changwen, deputy head of Sichuan province's earthquake department. But Deng, quoted by the Chengdu Business Newspap ... more Tibetan tectonics trigger China quake: geologists 
Paris (AFP) May 12, 2008The violent quake that shook China's Sichuan province on Monday is linked to a shift of the Tibetan plateau to the north and east, specialists at the Paris Institute of Earth Physics told AFP. "There will certainly be many aftershocks," commented Paul Tapponnier, an expert on tectonics in the region that is prone to earthquakes. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, struck close to densely ... more
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