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Physicist admits sending China technical US space data
Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2008A Chinese-born physicist Monday pleaded guilty before a US court to illegally exporting American military space know-how to China, US officials said. Naturalized US citizen Shu Quan-Sheng, admitted handing over to Beijing information on the design and development of a fueling system for space launch vehicles between 2003 and 2007, the Justice Department said. Shu, 68, pleaded guilty to ... more China says not sending troops to Afghanistan: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2008China has no intention of sending troops to Afghanistan, state media said Monday, downplaying recent reports quoting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as saying Beijing could do so. "Except the United Nations peacekeeping operations approved by the UN Security Council, China never sends troops abroad," the official Xinhua news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang as saying in ... more Death toll from China subway collapse rises to seven: state press 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2008The death toll from a subway tunnel collapse in eastern China rose to seven on Monday, with authorities warning 14 other people trapped underground were likely dead, state press said. Rescuers found the bodies of four more victims late Sunday and Monday following intense searching in the wreckage of the tunnel that was under construction in Hangzhou city, state radio reported. Most of ... more Tibetan exiles rethink struggle against Chinese rule 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Nov 17, 2008Leading Tibetan exiles kicked off a week-long meeting in northern India Monday that could usher in a more radical approach to their long struggle against Chinese rule in Tibet. The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, called the gathering after admitting that his attempts to secure greater autonomy for the region through negotiation with the Chinese government had failed. Before the ... more EU-China sign deal to boost 'Made in China' product safety 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 17, 2008The EU and China on Monday signed a deal to improve consumer safety amid continuing health fears over Chinese products imported into Europe. Chinese toys, which have been a particular area of concern in recent years, are still not always up to the highest safety standards, EU Consumer Affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva said after a meeting with Chinese and US officials on product safety. ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Nov 17, 2008Australia and China have agreed to speed up work on a free trade agreement following discussions on the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. Rudd, who met China's President Hu Jintao in Washington following G20 talks on tackling the financial meltdown, said no deadline for an agreement had yet been set. "We've agreed to adopt a fresh approach to speeding up the conclu ... more China's Hu launches free trade talks in Costa Rica 
San Jose (AFP) Nov 17, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao launched free trade talks with Costa Rica Monday on his first visit here, just over a year after the Central American country gave up six decades of ties with Taiwan. Hu began a Latin America tour in Costa Rica Sunday, after attending a G20 summit in Washington, which will include Cuba and an Asia-Pacific summit in Peru. China has increased diplomacy and inves ... more Russia wants 'strategic partnership' with US: Medvedev 
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2008Russia has a "strategic partnership" with China and wants to have the same with the United States, hopefully with president-elect Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday. Speaking at a public forum in Washington, Medvedev described Russia's relations with China as a "strategic partnership" that is "a very good, full-fledged, friendly exchange." "Of course I want to ... more Three dead, 18 missing in China tunnel collapse: media
Beijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2008Three people have been confirmed dead in China after a partially built subway tunnel collapsed and the survival chances for 18 others still missing is slim, state media said on Sunday. The accident happened Saturday in the east Chinese city of Hangzhou, trapping construction workers underground while the tunnel was swiftly flooded with water from a nearby river, the Xinhua news agency report ... more |
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Dharamshala, India (AFP) Nov 16, 2008Leading Tibetan exiles gathered in India on Sunday ahead of a week of discussions that could transform how the movement pursues its decades-old struggle against Chinese rule in Tibet. The meeting was called by Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who has recently admitted that his efforts to secure greater autonomy for the region through negotiation with the Chinese government have fail ... more Tibet envoys say China talks a failure 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Nov 16, 2008Envoys of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, said on Sunday that their most recent talks with China had failed, as the Tibet movement gathered in north India to assess its future. The talks had confirmed "the failure on the part of the Chinese government to seriously respond to the efforts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama over decades," Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, one of the envoys ... more Chinese family wins asylum in SKorea after anti-Beijing protests 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 14, 2008South Korea's Supreme Court has ordered the government to grant asylum to a Chinese family who fear persecution after the father protested at Beijing's rights abuses, court records showed Friday. It was the first time Seoul has made such a decision for Chinese nationals. Yuan Wenrui, 54, his wife and son "belong to a category of people who 'have a well-founded fear of being persecuted' a ... more China's power consumption falls: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2008China's power consumption fell in October from the same month a year ago, the first decline since 1999, state media reported Sunday, underlining the hit the nation has taken from the global economic woes. The world's fourth largest economy used 269.9 billion kilowatt hours last month, down 3.7 percent from October 2007, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the China Electricity Council. ... more
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