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China hits out at Indian Foreign Minister's border comments
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008China objected strongly on Tuesday to comments by India's foreign minister in which he rejected Chinese claims over a border region long disputed by the two giants. "We express deep regret over India's public remarks that ignore historic facts," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said during a regular news briefing. Qin was responding to comments Sunday by Indian External ... more Six months after deadly China quake, jobs are key to recovery 
Wenchuan, China (AFP) Nov 11, 2008When the Sichuan earthquake struck southwest China on May 12, Zeng Shanjun and his wife saw their home collapse and the factory where they worked destroyed. Their world fell apart. Six months later, the pair are unemployed and have no idea what the future holds for them in their devastated home town of Yingxiu, which sits at the epicentre of the 8.0-magnitude quake here in Wenchuan county. ... more Ancient village at heart of China's quake tourism plans 
Taoping, China (AFP) Nov 11, 2008Zeng Yuyin points up to a narrow crack that runs from the fourth to the sixth storey of a 1,000 year-old stone fortress in Taoping village, home to China's ethnic Qiang minority. "That damage was caused by the earthquake," she said of the May 12 disaster in Southwest China's mountainous Sichuan province that left up to 88,000 people dead or missing. Although some of the walls in this ... more China defends responses to UN anti-torture panel 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008China on Tuesday defended its responses to a UN committee on torture following accusations by the panel's chief that Beijing was being evasive on its record. "We have had constructive dialogue with the anti-torture committee and have had candid exchanges and answered their questions," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. "It is China's consistent stance that we oppose ... more Five killed in China factory accident: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008Five factory workers died and one was critically injured when a structure they were building in northwestern China collapsed, state media reported on Tuesday. The report by Xinhua news agency revised an earlier dispatch that blamed the collapse and resulting deaths on a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck Qinghai province on Monday. The accident occurred Monday afternoon at a cement ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008More than 1,300 companies shut down, suspended operations or moved out of south China's Pearl River Delta in the first nine months of the year due to the global downturn, state press said Tuesday. The number is from the cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan only and the overall figure for all of Guangdong province, just north of Hong Kong, could be much larger, the China Daily said. About 30 ... more China's inflation hits 17-month low 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008China's inflation rate hit a 17-month low of 4.0 percent in October, down from 4.6 percent the previous month, the government said on Tuesday. The figure is the lowest since May last year, confirming a trend for weakening inflation in the world's fourth-largest economy, as growth creation becomes more of a policy concern. The consumer price data from the National Bureau of Statistics ... more China posts another record trade surplus despite global turmoil 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008China said Tuesday its trade surplus hit a monthly all-time high of 35.2 billion dollars in October, as exports remained strong despite the global economic turmoil. The surplus, up 29.9 percent from a year ago, reflected demand for China's exports outside the United States and Europe, but it was also the result of a marked slowdown in imports. Experts said China's trade would soon show ... more Taiwan ruling party worried about future China visits 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 10, 2008Taiwan's ruling party expressed concern Monday amid reports that Chinese officials could cancel planned trips to the island following recent violent protests against the visits of two Beijing envoys. President Ma Ying-jeou's Kuomintang (KMT) said it feared Chinese officials would be reluctant to visit Taiwan, after the clashes and scuffles surrounding trips by China's top two negotiators on ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2008More than 200 taxi drivers in southern China smashed cars and besieged a government office in the country's second such strike in a week, an official and state media said on Monday. The cabbies gathered at the government headquarters in the city of Sanya on Hainan island early Monday to protest contract terms and competition from unlicensed cab drivers, a city official told AFP by phone. ... more UN panel criticises Chinese secrecy over torture questions
Geneva (AFP) Nov 10, 2008A UN panel investigating torture allegations criticised China on Monday for its secrecy and lack of transparency on the issue. Felice Gaer, the UN Committee Against Torture's rapporteur on China, said she was frustrated at a lack of information, details or statistics on individual cases of rights abuses. She said she was "concerned not so much about an absence of statistics, but an ... more China envoy ends historic Taiwan visit amid violent protests 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 7, 2008A top Chinese envoy left Taiwan Friday after a historic visit that paved the way for closer cooperation between the former bitter rivals, but which was marred by huge protests that left scores injured. Chen Yunlin - the most senior Chinese official to visit the island since it split from China at the end of a civil war in 1949 - made history on Thursday when he met Taiwanese President Ma Y ... more Strong quake hits northwest China 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2008A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck northwest China's Qinghai province Monday, shaking buildings hundreds of miles (kilometres) away and sending people into the streets, officials said. It hit at 9:22 am (0122 GMT) about 150 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of the major Qinghai city of Goldmud, the US Geological Survey said. China's official Xinhua news agency said there were no i ... more
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