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China says more talks set with India on border row
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008Chinese and Indian officials will meet in Beijing this week for the latest round of talks on their decades-old Himalayan border dispute, an official here said on Tuesday. Chinese diplomat Dai Bingguo will hold talks with Indian national security adviser M.K. Narayanan on Thursday and Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. India says China occupies 38,000 square ... more Taiwan typhoon death toll rises to 11 
Taipei (AFP) Sept 16, 2008Rescuers on Tuesday continued search operations after Typhoon Sinlaku pounded Taiwan over the weekend, leaving at least 11 people dead, officials said. Another 11 people remained missing in central Taiwan, where floods and mudslides triggered by up to 160 centimetres (62 inches) of rain caused bridges, hotels and houses to collapse, the National Fire Agency said. At least 20 people were ... more China finds more brands of tainted baby milk: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2008Chinese officials have found 22 companies produced baby milk tainted with a toxic chemical, state media said Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of a scandal that has left two infants dead. Milk powder contaminated with a chemical used to make plastics has sickened more than 1,200 infants in a health scare that erupted last week and prompted a nationwide investigation into the extent of the ... more China landslide death toll raised to 259: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 259 on Tuesday with the discovery of five more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said. State media last week had quoted Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun saying "several hundred" people were thought still buried in the mud that swamped the town of Taoshi after a mining waste reservoir burst its banks on September ... more ADB warns hot money could turn China into 'next Vietnam' 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008The Asian Development Bank warned Tuesday that China could risk becoming the "next Vietnam", suffering a sudden outflow of short-term speculative funds when the current global turmoil subsides. "One of the big factors is movement in international capital. Many are concerned that China will become the next Vietnam," said Jian Zhuang, a senior economist with the ADB. "Hot money will rush ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008The former head of a Chinese investment bank has lost his appeal against a two-year suspended death sentence for his part in one of China's biggest financial corruption scandals, state press said Tuesday. Shi Xue, who headed the Hainan Huayin International Trust and Investment Company, was sentenced in January, and his appeal was turned down by the high court in Hainan, southern China, in ... more Chang'e-1 Sends Back Verbal Wishes 
Beijing (XNA) Sep 16, 2008China's first moon probe satellite Chang'e-1 sent back greetings to earth on Sunday, China's Mid-Autumn Festival. "Let's (all Chinese compatriots) enjoy together the bright moonlight and look forward to our reunion," the verbal wishes said, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. The traditional festival, which falls on the full-moon ... more China evacuates a half million for tropical storm: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 15, 2008China evacuated nearly half a million people from coastal areas as tropical storm Sinlaku bore down, but officials said the mainland was expected to escape the worst, state media reported Monday. Authorities also ordered 30,000 fishing boats to return to harbour in the eastern province of Zhejiang as heavy rains hit, indicating Sinlaku was moving closer, Xinhua news agency said. ... more At least four dead after Typhoon Sinlaku pounds Taiwan 
Taipei (AFP) Sept 15, 2008Four people have been confirmed dead and 11 others are missing after Typhoon Sinlaku pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and torrential rain, rescuers said Monday. One man drowned and five people are still missing after a bridge in central Taiwan collapsed under the force of the rising waters, sending cars plunging into the river below, the National Fire Agency said. Another man drowned ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Sept 14, 2008The European Union on Monday proposed updating a World Trade Organisation agreement on high-technology products to include new models and neutralise a complaint from the United States, Japan and Taiwan. "We need an ITA (Information Technology Agreement) for the 21st century that will continue to benefit our consumers and businesses," EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said in a statement. ... more Chinese firms try to block Coke's juice company takeover: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 15, 2008A group of Chinese drinks makers are to submit plans to the government they hope will block Coca-Cola's takeover of China Huiyuan Juice Group, state media reported Monday. A consortium has prepared three plans and handed them to the Ministry of Commerce to keep the Huiyuan brand in Chinese hands, the Beijing Morning Post reported, citing an unidentified official at one of the companies. ... more China appeals WTO car parts ruling: spokeswoman 
Geneva (AFP) Sept 15, 2008China has appealed at the World Trade Organisation against a ruling that its tariffs on car part imports were "inconsistent" with established rules, a WTO spokeswomman said on Monday. "China has appealed," a WTO spokeswoman said just hours before the organisation's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) was due to meet to formally adopt the ruling on its car imports. Beijing had already signalled ... more China To Launch Third Manned Space Flight Sep 25 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2008China will launch its Shenzhou 7 manned spacecraft at 13:10 GMT on September 25, weather permitting, the Sohu news service reported Friday. For the launch of the Long March IIF rocket to go ahead there must be no rain forecast, wind velocity of less than eight meters per second, and ground visibility of more than 20 kilometers. In a first for China, one of the three astronauts on ... more
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