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Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2008The Pentagon has revised a directive on detainee interrogations to specifically prohibit the use of techniques developed for a pilot survival training program from Chinese torture methods, officials said Wednesday. Critics charge that the so-called SERE techniques served as the basis for coercive interrogation practices that spread after the September 11 attacks to military detention centers ... more China says 5,824 children in hospital after milk scandal: report 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2008China Thursday announced that 5,824 children are still receiving hospital treatment for kidney diseases caused by a contaminated milk scandal, state news agency Xinhua said. The figure was down to almost half that reported a week ago when 11,000 children across the country were said to be in hospital after drinking milk products laced with the toxic industrial chemical melamine. Six of ... more China broadens dairy product recall amid health scandal 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2008China on Wednesday pulled all dairy products more than a month old from shops across the country in one of the biggest steps taken by authorities to end a deadly scandal over contaminated milk. All dairy products made before September 14 will be tested for a chemical blamed for killing four babies and leaving more than 53,000 others sick, according to a notice posted on the product-safety ... more Brussels shoots for 'mutual understanding' with China on Africa 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 15, 2008The European Commission proposed Wednesday a raft of measures to boost "mutual understanding" with China on Africa, where Beijing's growing economic clout has caused unease in Europe. "As both the EU and China are important trading partners and donors for Africa, this proposal suggests Africa, the EU and China should join forces in areas of shared interests rather than to focus on difference ... more Recession stalks US, EU, but China offers hope: economists 
London (AFP) Oct 15, 2008The United States and Europe are heading for a "nasty recession" despite efforts to shore up the banking system, but Chinese growth could limit the damage to the world economy, economists said Wednesday. In a dark analysis of the financial crisis, British think tank Chatham House said leaders of developed countries must go beyond recent banking bail outs and come up with some "extraordinary ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Russia ended a decades-old border dispute with China on Tuesday by giving it a stretch of river island territory in a ceremony symbolising the Cold War rivals' warming ties. Chinese and Russian flags were raised and new border markers erected as part of the handover at China's far northeastern tip near the Russian city of Khabarovsk, Interfax news agency reported. A Russian border guard ... more Pakistani president arrives in China to seek financial help 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in China Tuesday for a trip that was expected to see him seek help for his country's embattled economy and the expansion of its nuclear energy industry. Zardari, on his first state trip since taking office in September, landed in Beijing after making clear in an interview with China's official Xinhua news agency that building economic ties would ... more China will play 'positive role' in financial crisis, Wen says 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2008China will continue to play a "positive role" in efforts to contain the global financial crisis, Premier Wen Jiabao told his British counterpart Gordon Brown on Tuesday, an official statement said. "In responding to this crisis, the international community must strengthen cooperation," Wen told Brown during telephone talks, according to a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry. ... more Half of China toymakers go bust in 2008: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2008More than half of China's toy exporters have gone bust in 2008, hit by rising production costs, the stronger yuan and tightened safety standards in export markets, state media reported on Tuesday. A total of 3,631 enterprises that made toys for export, or 52.7 percent of all such businesses, have gone out of business in the first seven months of the year, Xinhua news agency reported. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2008China's defence minister Monday told a leading United States Congressman the US must immediately abolish weapon sales to Taiwan to protect Sino-US ties, state press reported. "The US arms sale plan, regardless of China's repeated opposition, has undoubtedly damaged relations between the two countries and two armed forces seriously," Xinhua news agency quoted Liang Guanglie as saying. The ... more Chinese steel prices plummet amid global turmoil: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2008Steel prices in China recorded their largest weekly decline in eight years last week as the global financial crisis bit into the domestic industry, state media reported on Monday. Domestic steel prices plunged by an average 12 percent last week, with analysts attributing the fall to the economic woes around the world that were expected to hurt Chinese exporters, Xinhua news agency reported. ... more ASEAN expects China, India to keep mining afloat amid recession 
Manila (AFP) Oct 13, 2008Mineral exporters in Southeast Asia expect China and India to sustain demand amid a looming recession in developed countries, officials and industry executives said Monday. "The world will not stop operations," Filipino Natural Resources Secretary Joselito Atienza told reporters. "The present crisis in the world could be an opportunity for ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) ... more China posts another record trade surplus despite global slowdown 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2008China said Monday its trade surplus hit a monthly all-time high of 29.3 billion dollars in September despite slowing global demand brought on by the financial crisis. Exports in September reached 136.4 billion dollars, up 21.5 percent over the same month last year, while imports during the period were 107.1 billion dollars, up by 21.3 percent, the General Administration of Customs said. ... more
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