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Pakistan airstrikes kill 60 militants, hostage escapes: officials
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 18, 2008Airstrikes by Pakistani jets killed 60 pro-Taliban fighters in the restive northwest while a Chinese engineer seized seven weeks ago escaped from his kidnappers, security officials said Friday. "Security forces destroyed a training camp and hideouts of militants in Peochar in Swat valley, killing 60 of them and injuring scores of others," a senior security official told AFP. Another secu ... more Analysis: Anti-Taiwan buildup -- Part 1 
Hong Kong (UPI) Oct 17, 2008 Despite the apparent easing of cross-strait relations between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan since Ma Ying-jeou assumed the presidency in Taipei, China's armed forces are not lightening up in their preparations for a military struggle against the island. On the contrary, preparations are moving ahead at an accelerated pace. Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Militar ... more 'Distinct' risk if Uighurs released on US soil: Bush administration 
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2008The Bush administration believes the 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp should not be released into the United States because they pose a "risk distinct to this nation," according to court documents obtained by AFP on Friday. The potential risks, said the US Justice Department, were compounded by the fact "that petitioners were detained for six years by the ... more China's Wen says government partly to blame for milk scandal 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2008China's Premier Wen Jiabao said his government was partly to blame for the tainted milk scandal that has killed four infants and sickened 53,000 throughout the country. In an interview with a US magazine, Wen said although contamination of milk had occurred at dairy companies in China, the government was responsible for monitoring the industry at the heart of the crisis. "We feel that al ... more China quake rumour-monger jailed for four years: court 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2008A 19-year-old man who hacked into a government website just after southwest China's devastating earthquake and warned of another huge tremor has been jailed for four years, a court said Friday. The court in Nanning, capital of the southern Guangxi region, convicted Chen Zhifeng of deliberately spreading false and terrifying news. Chen hacked into the website of Guangxi's seismological bu ... more |
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Sao Paulo (AFP) Oct 16, 2008Hopes that China will emerge as the world's economic savior in the global crisis are overblown and ignore that country's dependence on the US market, a US economist in Beijing told the Brazilian newspaper Valor Thursday. "A significant slowdown in US growth will hit emerging markets in general, and China in particular," Michael Pettis, professor of finance at the University of Beijing, said. ... more Chinese to invest millions in Guinea Bissau phones 
Bissau (AFP) Oct 16, 2008China is investing 36 million euros (48.5 million dollars) in modernising Guinea Bissau's obsolete fixed telephone network and another three million euros in the mobile phone network, a government minister said Thursday. "It only remains to launch the operation in 90 days," Transport and Communication Minister Vicente Blute told AFP. The work will be carried out by the Huawei group. ... more China dairy companies blame middle men for milk scandal 
Hohhot, China (AFP) Oct 16, 2008China's biggest dairy companies blamed middle men on Thursday for the nation's tainted milk scandal, as they guaranteed their produce was now safe. Milk products made by Yili and Mengniu, along with those of many other leading Chinese brands, were last month found to contain melamine, an industrial chemical normally used to make plastics. "The milk stations that had problems were the one ... more Pakistani, Chinese presidents meet in Beijing 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2008Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Wednesday as he looked to Islamabad's loyal ally for crucial financial and nuclear energy investments. Zardari, on his first state trip since taking office in September, was greeted by Hu at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, the seat of power in China. Hu extended an effusive welcome, stressing close bilateral ... more |
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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 China sovereign fund says it withdrew from failed US fund 
Shanghai (AFP) Oct 15, 2008The China Investment Corp. sovereign wealth fund said Wednesday it does not expect losses from its investment in a failed US money market fund. The CIC rejected reports that it may have more than five billion dollars frozen in the Reserve Primary Fund, saying it asked to withdraw its investment before the fund was suspended last month, according to a statement. "The fund (Reserve Primary ... more Polluting factories in central China sicken farmers: state press 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2008Illegal factories pumping arsenic and other chemicals into rivers have left farmers in a heavily populated area of central China with skin problems and failing crops, state press reported on Wednesday. Thirteen illegal alloy smelting plants in Hubei that defied government efforts to close them down two years ago were finally shut this week, the China Daily reported. "We removed the plant ... more
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