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Top Chinese official criticizes rich countries over crisis
Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2008A top Chinese official criticized rich nations for the problems in the global financial system on Saturday and called on them to "shoulder the responsibility" of preventing more fallout. Yi Gang, number two in China's central bank, also urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase its surveillance of developed nations where he said "weak financial policy discipline" was the cause ... more China announces biggest bust in milk scandal 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2008Chinese authorities have arrested a man who made 600 tonnes of melamine-laced powder that was destined for the nation's milk supply, in the biggest bust of its kind, state press reported on Friday. Melamine has been at the centre of an enormous health scandal in China over the past month after it emerged the industrial chemical had been illegally put into watered-down milk to give dairy ... more China's communists approve key land reforms 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 12, 2008China's ruling Communist Party approved a major economic reform plan Sunday that will allow farmers to trade and mortgage their land rights and help bolster the nation's food security. The move is part of a wider package of reforms aimed at reducing a gaping rural-urban income gap that has expanded during 30 years of capitalist market policies. The package was approved at an annual ... more China warns Obama, McCain to toe line on Taiwan 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2008China warned the two American presidential candidates Thursday against supporting the independence of Taiwan, saying such moves will strain China-US relations. The warning came after China learnt Barack Obama and John McCain supported a proposed 6.5 billion dollar arms package to Taiwan. "The Taiwan issue is the core issue in China-US relations," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told ... more Six dead in China landslide: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2008Six people died in a landslide early on Thursday in north China's Shanxi Province, state media reported. The slide occurred at about 8:00am (0000 GMT) at a farm in Zaolin Village, Liulin County, burying the six people, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the county government. Rescuers pulled the victims from the rubble and sent them to hospital, but all died despite doctors' efforts, the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2008China's ruling Communist Party opened an annual meeting Thursday with the nation's political elite expected to approve economic policy focused on rural reform and the global financial crisis, state press said. Chinese President Hu Jintao was to chair the closed door meeting which will include up to 500 members of the ruling party's central and disciplinary committees and other top officials ... more Six powers to discuss Iran in a few days: US 
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008The six powers trying to scale back Iran's nuclear ambitions will consult soon via telephone about the "next steps" to take at the United Nations, a State Department official said Wednesday. Top State Department and foreign ministry officials from the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will debate further UN Security Council action to halt Iran's sensitive nuclear ... more Disasters kill more in 2008 than in tsunami: UN 
Geneva (AFP) Oct 8, 2008More people died from natural disasters in the first six months of 2008 than in the Asian tsunami of 2004 due mainly to the earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar, the United Nations said Wednesday. "2008 is a terrible year. There have already been more victims than in the tsunami," said Salvator Briceno, head of the UN's disaster management agency (ISDR). More than 230,000 people ... more China's currency 'substantially undervalued': IMF 
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008China's currency remains "substantially undervalued", the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday, arguing that greater exchange rate flexibility would benefit the Asian giant. In its half-yearly World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said a more flexible yuan, or renminbi, would help China shift growth momentum towards domestic sources and make its monetary policy more effective. ... more |
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Dhaka (AFP) Oct 8, 2008Bangladesh's leading garment-making group said Wednesday that exports would more than double to around 25 billion dollars over the next five years, as buyers turn away from rising labour costs in China. Garment exports rose by nearly 17 percent to a record 10.7 billion dollars in the financial year to June 2008, and in July alone rose a year-on-year 75 percent, according to figures from the ... more Analysis: Venezuela seeks military power 
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Oct 8, 2008 Venezuela will have Latin America's largest armed forces in terms of firepower by 2013, if the country's oil revenues remain high in coming years. President Hugo Chavez has purchased and placed firm orders for close to $6 billion in Russian weapons since 2005, but he is also shopping for weapons in China, Belarus, Spain, France and Iran. The Venezuelan Defense Ministry's ... more Outer Solar System Not So Crowded 
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 08, 2008When a treasure hunt comes up empty-handed, the hunters are understandably disappointed. But when astronomers don't find what they are looking for, the defeat can provide as much information as a successful search. The search in question, the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS), spent two years periodically photographing portions of the sky to look for small chunks of rock and ... more Chinese Scientists Start Studying Samples From Shenzhou-7 
Lanzhou, China (XNA) Oct 08, 2008Chinese scientists on Monday unsealed a box of solid lubricant samples that were aboard the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. They will study the material for the next six months. "Two types of solid lubricant samples, after being exposed to outer space during the Shenzhou-7 mission, had shown obvious changes," said Liu Weimin, head of the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy ... more
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