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China defiant on product safety record
Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2008China on Tuesday laid part of the blame for poor product safety on foreign companies whose designs were flawed, as millions of parents around the world prepared to buy Chinese-made toys for Christmas. In a defiant response to a reporter's question on toy safety, foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China took product safety seriously but toy producers in the country should also be ... more China to build second rail line into Xinjiang: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2008China will spend more than 17 billion dollars building a second rail line into its Muslim-populated and resource-rich far northwest Xinjiang region, state press reported Tuesday. Work on the railway further linking Xinjiang with the rest of China will begin next year with the new line to run alongside the existing 1,892-kilometre (1,173-mile) one, Xinhua news agency said. Xinjiang is ... more Greece, China seal huge port deal with Hu on hand 
Athens (AFP) Nov 25, 2008Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday oversaw the signing of a long-awaited deal putting Chinese container giant Cosco in charge of cargo facilities at the key Mediterranean port of Piraeus. Hu and Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis attended a signing ceremony for the 4.35-billion-euro (5.5-billion-dollar) deal which will give Cosco control of Piraeus' main container terminal ... more Japan struggles under shadow of China's vigorous diplomacy 
Lima (AFP) Nov 24, 2008Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday saw progress in talks with key countries at a summit here, but he struggled to maintain Tokyo's presence on the international stage as China flexes its diplomatic muscle. Aso wound up his visit Sunday to Peru for an annual summit of Asia-Pacific leaders led by outgoing US President George W. Bush, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese ... more China's high prices boost Bangladesh garment exports 
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 24, 2008Bangladesh's garment industry is growing rapidly despite the global economic turmoil as China loses orders due to high prices and worldwide demand for cheap clothing soars. Nearly 5,000 apparel makers here initially sought government help when some top US and European buyers postponed and cut orders in the wake of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s Great Depression. But clothing ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2008 As panic gripped the world markets again last week after U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson decided to sit on his remaining $350 billion war chest and not buy any toxic mortgage assets, the only sign of relief came from China. The Beijing government's decision to pump $586 billion into new infrastructure investment appeared like manna from Keynesian heaven, a promise that ... more Over 100 taxi drivers protest in south China: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 24, 2008More than 100 taxi drivers protested in south China over what they claimed was the beating of a cabbie by officials, state media reported on Monday, in the latest in a series of cases of unrest across the country. A man surnamed Zhen driving a car clashed with a taxi driver late on Sunday evening in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, after the two argued over who would go through ... more Hu's LatAm trip expands China's profile in US backyard 
Lima (AFP) Nov 24, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao has left Latin America with one free trade agreement in hand, another in the works and a deeper Chinese footprint in a region long seen as the US backyard. Hu, who left the region Sunday, received a hero's welcome at every stop in his swing through Costa Rica, Cuba, and Peru in the latest clear sign of the giant Asian economy's growing clout in the developing ... more Fund to help Chinese small businesses 
Shanghai (AFP) Nov 24, 2008A Chinese industry association for small and medium-sized businesses said Monday it plans to establish a three-billion-yuan (440 million dollars) venture capital fund for its members. The fund is part of efforts to help small businesses weather the financial crisis along with establishing a bank dedicated to small and medium-sized businesses, the association said in a statement. The ... more |
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Aboard Air Force One (AFP) Nov 23, 2008The next meeting of the six-party talks seeking agreement on North Korea's nuclear disarmament will be held next month in China, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters Sunday. En route from the Asia-Pacific Cooperation summit in Lima, Rice said the meeting would be held December 8 in China. "The goal is to get agreement ... on North Korea's nuclear disarmament," she said. ... more House of leading Chinese rights activist demolished 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 21, 2008Beijing authorities destroyed the home of leading rights activist Ni Yulan on Friday as her distraught husband pleaded with the government to release her from jail. Up to 200 police surrounded the home of the activist lawyer Ni and her husband Dong Jiqin as a bulldozer demolished the rest of the central Beijing courtyard home that Dong's parents purchased in 1951. Authorities had already ... more Dalai Lama warns of 'great danger' facing Tibetans 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Nov 23, 2008The Dalai Lama warned Sunday of the "great danger" facing the Tibetan people as he addressed leading exiles who vowed continued support for his policy of seeking greater autonomy from China. "My trust in Chinese officials has become thinner and thinner," the Tibetan spiritual leader told nearly 600 delegates after a week-long review of the Dalai Lama's strategy towards Beijing. "In the ... more China has only identified 19,000 victims of earthquake: official 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 21, 2008Only 19,000 victims of the devastating earthquake that struck China's southwest six months ago have been identified, fewer than a quarter of the total dead or missing, a top official said Friday. Sichuan Vice Governor Wei Hong told journalists efforts to tabulate the names, addresses and circumstances of the dead and missing victims of the May 12 earthquake was a very complex process and had ... more
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