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Outside View: BMD dilemmas -- Part One
Moscow (UPI) Sep 2, 2008 An analysis of America's global missile defense system shows that Washington is deploying its elements primarily in Eastern Europe rather than Japan, other Asian countries or Australia. This is probably because Washington does not want to irritate China, which could respond by stepping up the development of its own missile program and increasing the number of intercontinental ballistic ... more Thousands of NKorea children face hardship in China: activists 
Seoul (AFP) Sept 2, 2008A newly formed rights group said Tuesday it would launch a campaign to help thousands of North Korean children forced into begging or prostitution in northeast China. The Seoul-based North Korean Human Rights Campaign Organising Committee said it was concerned about orphan refugees and about "stateless" children born to North Korean refugee women and Chinese men. The number of orphans ... more Taliban admit kidnapping Chinese engineers in Pakistan 
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Pakistani Taliban militants said Tuesday they had kidnapped two Chinese telecoms engineers and their entourage and would soon issue a list of demands. The engineers went missing along with their local driver and a security guard four days ago near the Afghan border where they had been checking an installation. "Our men have kidnapped the two Chinese engineers and they are currently in ... more UN aid chief wants more access to Ethiopia's conflict zone 
Kebri Dehar, Ethiopia (AFP) Sept 2, 2008UN humanitarian chief John Holmes on Tuesday urged Ethiopia to grant aid groups access to conflict zones in the southern Ogaden region where the army is battling a rebel group. Ethiopian military launched a crackdown last year on the region after the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) attacked a Chinese-run oil venture, killing 77 people. Aid workers say the military operation has ... more Taiwan hopes to import water from China 
Taipei (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Taiwan has put forward a plan to import water from China for residents on a heavily-defended island group off the mainland, authorities said Tuesday, in a fresh sign of improving relations. The Water Resources Agency wants to set up pipes linking China's southeast Fujian province to the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen group, the agency said. It said construction -- pending final approval from ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Sept 1, 2008Taiwan's China-friendly government has decided not to deploy missiles capable of hitting Shanghai, in yet another sign of warming ties between the rivals, a report said Monday. Taipei has begun deploying its Hsiung-feng 2E cruise missiles, which have a range of 600 kilometres (360 miles), the Taipei-based China Times said. "The military had planned to further the range to 1,000 kilometre ... more China rushes troops to quake zone as toll rises 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2008China deployed more than 8,000 soldiers and military reservists to help search and rescue efforts in the southwest Monday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that left 40 people dead, state press said. The weekend quake, in a mountainous region spanning the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, destroyed or damaged more than 392,000 homes and injured nearly 675 people, according to the Xinhua news ... more Death penalty for murderer of six Shanghai policemen: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 1, 2008A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a 28-year-old man to death for killing six policemen at their station in Shanghai, state media reported. Yang Jia was convicted of premeditated murder, the Xinhua news agency quoted the Shanghai No. 2 People's Intermediate Court as saying. No other details were immediately available. Yang's trial began on August 26 and was closed to the media. ... more China aiming to make world's fastest rail link: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 1, 2008China is aiming to make a high-speed rail line linking Beijing and Shanghai the world's fastest when it opens in 2012, state media reported Monday. Chinese-designed trains capable of speeds up to 380 kilometres (236 miles) an hour will make the 1,300-kilometre journey in about four hours, the China Daily quoted Zhang Shuguang, the Ministry of Railways' deputy chief engineer, as saying. ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Aug 30, 2008Taiwan plans to scale back its military spending in 2009 amid warming ties with rival China, it was reported Saturday. Military spending will be 315.2 billion Taiwan dollars (10 billion US), a decline of 10.4 billion Taiwan dollars on this year, the United Daily News said, citing a draft budget pending parliament's approval. It will account for 17.2 percent of next year's government ... more Chinese police kill six in Xinjiang clash: reports 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2008Chinese police killed six people and arrested three others during a clash in the restive Muslim northwest region of Xinjiang, state media reported on Saturday. Police carried out an operation late Friday in Kashgar prefecture in the far west of Xinjiang against a group of people suspected of involvement in an attack on August 12 in which three security guards were killed, the Xinhua and ... more Explosion at China fireworks factory kills 15: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2008Fifteen people were killed and six injured when a blast rocked a fireworks factory in northern China, state press reported Sunday. The explosion occurred on Saturday morning in Inner Mongolia's Sijiazi township, destroying 50 workshops at the Xinxin Fireworks Plant, Xinhua news agency said. The blast occurred as workers at the plant were weighing and mixing ingredients for making the ... more China's former richest man gets jail for illegal logging: report 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2008A Chinese businessman once listed as the richest in the country has been jailed for more than ten years for illegal logging, state media said Friday. Luo Zhongfu, 57, chairman of real estate company Fuhai Fuyingshi New Materials Technology Development Co, was found guilty of clearing a forest to make way for a resort development, the Beijing Youth Daily said. A court in Qingzhen city in ... more
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