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A Kinetic Response To Managing The Stans
Washington (UPI) May 19, 2008 Buried by a 24/7 deluge of soundbites and analyses of soundbites from three U.S. presidential candidates and their handlers, the media packaged the rest of the world into two huge natural disasters -- Myanmar and China. The man-made geopolitical disaster in the making in both Pakistan and Afghanistan got lost in the shuffle. A new deal negotiated by Pakistan's new coalition government ... more US giving China satellite images of quake damage: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) May 19, 2008The United States is providing China with satellite imagery of reservoirs, roads and bridges damaged in the earthquake that devastated southwestern Sichuan province, the Pentagon said. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is expected to provide the first of the unclassified imagery on Monday if weather permits, in what officials believed to be an unprecedented step. "They have ask ... more Rescuers find more survivors in China quake rubble 
Beijing (AFP) May 19, 2008Three more people were pulled out of the rubble of China's earthquake on Monday after surviving a week trapped under the debris, state media said, but one of them later died. An unidentified man in his 80s was dug out of the remains of his collapsed house in Beishan district on Monday morning after surviving more than 160 hours, state television reported. "The quake happened so long ... more As China Mourns Thousands Pour Back Onto Streets Fearing Aftershock 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 19, 2008Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Chengdu in southwest China amid rumours late Monday of an imminent major aftershock following last week's massive quake. Residents said there was a report on television warning of an aftershock with a magnitude of between 6.0 and 7.0 on the Richter scale some time during the night between Monday and Tuesday. "I plan to sleep outside in my ... more Cambodia plans to open nine hydropower dams by 2019 
Phnom Penh (AFP) May 19, 2008Cambodia will construct controversial Chinese-funded dams as part of a plan to feed its electricity-starved economy, according to government documents obtained Monday by AFP. The Southeast Asian country will open nine dams of various sizes between 2010 and 2019 to generate 1,942 megawatts of power, according to a government report to parliament obtained by AFP. At least four of the dams will ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) May 16, 2008 China's air force has substantially reinforced its air defense posture in Jiangxi province in the past year. There are indications that China has completed its second-line air defense operational deployment against Taiwan centered on Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. This has greatly expanded the depth of China's air defense coverage. The People's Liberation Army Air Force has taken a number ... more US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2008The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday. He said he conveyed the concerns personally to Chinese officials during his visit to Beijing this week. "Just the other day, Monday, when I was in Beijing, this ... more World powers work out details of new offer to Iran 
Washington (AFP) May 16, 2008Six world powers have completed the details of a "refreshed" offer they will present to Iran in an effort to persuade it to halt its controversial nuclear activities, a US official said Friday. The United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China agreed earlier this month to make a new offer to Iran, but a date has yet to be set for it to be delivered to the Islamic republic. ... more Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 3 
Washington (UPI) May 15, 2008 Russia's landmark sale of transport helicopter assembly kits to be assembled in China could point the way to a vastly larger transformation in global arms production. As we reported Tuesday, the Russian Helicopter Co., which is now run by Oboronprom, has concluded a deal to sell assembly kits to build M1-171 military transport helicopters to China's Lantian Helicopter Co., which is loca ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 17, 2008An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas. Robert Litwak, 55, a member of the World Wildlife Fund, was stranded for nearly three days near the famous Wolong giant panda breeding ground in southwestern Sichuan province. When the 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck ... more Quake shows China's regional economic gaps: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2008With its terrible human cost but limited economic impact, China's earthquake has thrown a spotlight on the regional disparities in development in the rapidly growing country. Factories in the boomtowns of the east coast have fuelled China's double-digit economic growth and won the country a reputation for being the world's factory's floor. But the earthquake in the southwestern Sichuan ... more China factory workers lived and died together 
Yinghua, China (AFP) May 18, 2008Like a band of brothers, the workers at this sprawling factory complex in the heart of southwestern China's devastated quake zone lived and worked together. Many of them also died together. The 3,000 mostly male employees at Yingfeng Industrial factory may have only made chemical fertiliser, but they were united in their cause like a family, Liu Fangyong, 36, sitting amid the ruins of a mill ... more US military planes deliver aid to quake-hit China 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 18, 2008Two US military planes carrying aid flew Sunday into southwestern China, the first time Beijing has accepted help from foreign troops since the earthquake struck, officials said. The C-17 aircraft carrying food, electricity generators, blankets and other goods flew into Chengdu, the capital of worst-hit Sichuan province. One arrived in the morning and a second was expected to arrive in ... more
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