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Hu Jintao pledges open China amid 30-year celebration
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged Thursday that China would never turn back on its path of opening to the world, as he led celebrations for the nation's 30 years of spectacular economic reforms. In a long speech to thousands of faithful from the ruling Communist Party in Beijing, Hu hailed China's rise from deep poverty to the world's fourth largest economy and a political power as a ... more Malaysian warship, chopper scared off Somali pirates: watchdog 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 18, 2008A Malaysian warship was the vessel that helped Chinese sailors repel Somali pirates who had boarded their ship in a dramatic high-seas battle, a maritime watchdog said Thursday. "A Malaysian military helicopter fired warning shots at the pirates' boat. This forced the sea raiders to abandon their operation to hijack the ship," said Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Board's ... more China rights activist jailed for two years: husband 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2008Leading Chinese rights defender Ni Yulan was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday for harming public property, after she tried to stop authorities from tearing down her house, her husband said. "The Beijing Xicheng court sentenced her to two years in prison this morning," husband Dong Jiqin told AFP. "They... refused to accept the evidence and arguments that I had prepared." ... more China preparing to send navy to Somalia to fight piracy: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2008China is preparing to send warships to fight rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia, the government said Thursday, a day after one of its commercial vessels foiled an attack near the African state. "We are preparing and making arrangements to send naval ships to the Gulf of Aden to protect the sea lanes there," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told journalists. "We will make a ... more China dissident has prison visits cancelled after EU award: wife 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2008China has banned jailed dissident Hu Jia from receiving family visitors as punishment for winning the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize, his wife said on Thursday. Zeng Jinyan told AFP that authorities informed her on Thursday she would not be allowed her monthly visit to Hu, a day after the European Parliament awarded him the prize in absentia. She said ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 16, 2008 Russia, India and China will be building aircraft carriers for their navies almost simultaneously over the next five years or so, using many of the same design concepts, technologies and equipment. This is unprecedented in the history of shipbuilding. The three countries currently are enjoying healthy political relations, smoothing the way for Russia's continued military cooperation ... more Chinese sailors fend off Somali pirates amid fresh attacks 
Mogadishu (AFP) Dec 17, 2008Chinese sailors fought off Somali pirates trying to hijack their ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday in a new wave of attacks that saw three other vessels captured. The high-seas drama heightened after the UN authorised land operations against the sea bandits who are currently demanding ransoms for a Saudi super-tanker, an arms-laden Ukrainian freighter and other ships. China said it ... more Three human traffickers sentenced to death in China: state press 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2008A court in southwest China has sentenced three leading members of a trafficking ring to death for kidnapping and selling 88 women and a child, state press said Wednesday. The 29-member ring kidnapped the women with the lure of jobs on a tea plantation, before selling them as brides to impoverished areas in the provinces of Shanxi, Fujian and Zhejiang, the Xinhua news agency said. ... more China dismisses EU concern over activist arrests: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2008China Wednesday dismissed EU concerns over the recent arrest of rights campaigners including leading activist Liu Xiaobo, state media reported. "China is a country under the rule of law and handles relevant issues strictly in accordance with laws," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. "We oppose foreign countries interfering in China's ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2008The presidents of China and Angola signed a series of agreements Wednesday as the oil rich African nation sought greater Chinese participation in its energy and infrastructure development. "I would like to thank the Chinese side for aid and help," Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said at the beginning of talks with his Chinese host President Hu Jintao. "In modern history the ... more UN ministerial meeting on Iranian nuclear program 
United Nations (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Ministers from the six nations involved in talks on Iran's nuclear program prepared to meet Tuesday to assure several Arab countries they will maintain pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The so-called P5-plus-1 -- Germany and permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- will join Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Gulf Cooperation Council ... more NKorea to remove 'paper companies' from economic zone 
Seoul (AFP) Dec 16, 2008North Korea is set to remove inoperative foreign companies from a faltering special economic zone, officials said Tuesday, following a report that some Chinese firms have already been told to leave. South Korea's unification ministry said the North in October conducted a probe into companies that exist only on paper but do not invest in the Rajin-Sonbong zone. The zone was created in ... more China defends censoring websites that break rules 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008China defended Tuesday the blocking of websites it said violated Chinese law and urged Internet companies to respect its legal system. "The Chinese government conducts necessary management over the Internet. It is the same with other nations," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told journalists. "You cannot deny, some websites actually contain content that violates China's laws." ... more
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