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China balks at US calls for Zimbabwe arms embargo
Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Sunday it is time for strong international action to stop political violence in Zimbabwe but China balked at US calls for a UN arms embargo. Rice and her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi met in Beijing to discuss US plans to introduce measures this week at the UN Security Council, including both an arms embargo and a travel ban on President ... more Tropical storm Fengshen kills nine in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2008Tropical storm Fengshen killed nine people as it tore across China's south, pounding the densely populated area with torrential rains, state media said Saturday. Fengshen, which means "God of Wind", made rivers swell in most parts of Guangdong province, China's industrial powerhouse, after it made landfall in the middle of the week, Xinhua news agency said. The strong rain affected about ... more Cooling global economy makes Chinese exporters hedge their bets 
Shanghai (AFP) June 29, 2008Feeling the chill from the US subprime crisis, Chinese exporters such as Zhejiang New Oriental Fastener Company no longer take it for granted that their customers will pay them. The company, whose 600 staff produce screws, nuts and bolts by the millions, has found that in an age of uncertainty it has to rethink the nuts and bolts of global trade. "With the subprime crisis, each of our ... more Chinese-funded hydro-dams bring hope and fear to Cambodia 
Phnom Penh (AFP) June 29, 2008Hydropower is held up as the beacon of hope for millions of electricity-starved Cambodians, with ten planned hydro-dams set to power up their homes for the first time. But flicking the switch comes at a price as critics say the controversial deals made with mostly Chinese companies to build the dams will create further hardship for Cambodia's poor and ruin the environment. For window ... more China's Hu says 'time is limited' in curbing climate change 
Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao urged renewed efforts to curb global warming on Saturday, stressing "time is limited" in finding efficient solutions to the problem, state media reported. "How we cope with climate change is related to the country's economic development and people's practical benefits. It's in line with the country's basic interests," Hu said according to the official Xinhua news ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2008North Korea handed over details of its nuclear programmes Thursday, paving the way for its removal from the US terrorism blacklist amid years of efforts to persuade the North to abandon the atom bomb. Six months behind schedule, officials delivered the dossier to China -- the host country for the six-nation talks since 2003 that have worked to entice the North to exchange nuclear weapons for ... more Australia hedges on Chinese mining investment 
Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2008Australia welcomed foreign investment from China but would protect its national interest, the government said Thursday amid speculation that it planned to curb takeovers by state-owned firms. The comments by Treasurer Wayne Swan followed a report in The Australian newspaper that the government planned to limit sovereign funds -- investment bodies owned by foreign governments -- to 49.9 ... more IT waste a 'major challenge' to human health, says UNEP chief 
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) June 26, 2008Millions of discarded mobile phones and computers are posing a "major challenge" to human health, the chief of the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday. Achim Steiner told a UN conference on waste management on the Indonesian resort island of Bali that 20 million mobile phones were thrown away each year in China. Meanwhile, the global number of personal computers was expect ... more HK's clothing industry aims to trim greenhouse emissions 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 26, 2008German and Japanese machines whir endlessly in one of Hong Kong's few remaining spinning mills as the droning sound of raw US cotton being spun into thread for clothing made in China hums 24 hours a day. The mill is one of only two remaining in the city where more than 30 thrived just 20 years ago. This one has only been able to survive the exodus towards cheaper labour over Hong Kong's ... more |
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Washington (AFP) June 24, 2008US and Albanian authorities announced probes Tuesday into allegations that the US ambassador to Albania concealed the Chinese origins of ammunition sent to supply Afghan security forces. The US State Department said its inspector general would conduct a "thorough, fair and transparent" internal investigation of the matter. Department spokesman Tom Casey said the ambassador, John Withers, ... more Olympics: China deploys missiles to guard Games 
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2008China has deployed surface-to-air missile batteries near its main Beijing Olympic venues as an apparent defence against airborne terror attacks on the Games. An AFP reporter on Wednesday saw a pair of missile batteries in clear view under camouflage netting in a grassy area in northern Beijing about one kilometre (half a mile) south of the newly built National Stadium. The stadium, known ... more China not cracking down on firms violating UN sanctions: US 
Washington (AFP) June 25, 2008Beijing is reluctant to launch a full crackdown on Chinese firms conducting business in violation of UN Security Council sanctions, the Pentagon's Asia chief said Wednesday. "The US government has asked Beijing to halt commercial transactions by Chinese firms that violate UN sanctions, nonproliferation norms, and PRC (China's) law but our efforts are met with mixed results," said James Shinn ... more Tropical storm soaks flood-weary southern China 
Zhongshan, China (AFP) June 25, 2008Tropical storm Fengshen struck China's southeastern coast Wednesday, bringing torrential downpours to a region reeling from heavy rains and deadly flooding since early June. The storm, which also packed high winds, made landfall in Guangdong province early in the morning, closing schools and disrupting air traffic across the region and in neighbouring Macau and Hong Kong, Xinhua news agency ... more
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