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Asian, US police meet on tackling wildlife crime
Bangkok (AFP) Jan 7, 2009Police investigators from Southeast Asia, China and the United States met in Bangkok Wednesday to share strategies for tackling the illegal international trade in tigers, leopards and pangolins. Big cats prized for their skin and body parts and pangolins, or scaly anteaters, which are used in cooking, are under particular threat from organised trafficking gangs in Asia. Investigators fro ... more China steps up checks after bird flu death 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2009Chinese authorities said Wednesday they had ordered stepped-up health checks for bird flu across the country and heavier monitoring at some poultry markets after a woman died of the virus in Beijing. The death on Monday of the 19-year-old was China's first in nearly a year, highlighting the increased risk of the H5N1 virus during winter. Authorities in Beijing's neighbouring Hebei provin ... more Chinese navy begins landmark Somali piracy patrols: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2009A Chinese naval convoy arrived Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden on a landmark mission to protect the country's shipping from Somali pirates and escorted its first four vessels, state media reported. The four ships escorted were Chinese merchant vessels, including one from Hong Kong, Xinhua news agency said in a dispatch filed from aboard the destroyer Wuhan. The naval task force, deploying t ... more Beshir warrant 'disastrous' for Darfur: Chinese envoy 
Khartoum (AFP) Jan 7, 2009China's special envoy to Darfur on Wednesday warned of "disastrous consequences" if an arrest warrant is issued by the world court for the Sudanese head of state for alleged war crimes. "We are at a critical moment, we are in a crossroads," said Liu Guijin, following talks with Sudanese foreign ministry officials. "An indictment... would have disastrous consequences on the Darfur issue." ... more Japan, China to discuss disputed gas field: official 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 6, 2009Japan and China will hold talks this week on a row over Beijing's development of a disputed gas field in the East China Sea, officials said Tuesday. Japan's Vice Foreign Minster Mitoji Yabunaka and Chinese counterpart Wang Guangya will meet Friday in Tokyo to "discuss a range of key issues including the disputes over development of gas fields," said a foreign ministry official in charge of ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2009The accompanying satellite of Shenzhou-7 orbital module has accomplished its preset mission after 100 days in space, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said on Sunday. This achievement marks China's "preliminary mastery of satellite monitor technology," the center said. Since there are still some extra fuel left, the satellite will continue its flight for more scientific experimen ... more Taiwan not impressed by reported Chinese plan to withdraw missiles 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 4, 2009Taiwan said Sunday it would continue its arms build-up despite reports that China may cut the number of missiles it has targeting the island, in another sign of improving ties between the rivals. The Hong Kong-based weekly Yazhou Zhoukan said in its latest issue that the Chinese authorities may reduce the number of ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan although there were protests from the mili ... more Gaza crisis forces Rice to cancel China trip 
Washington (AFP) Jan 4, 2009US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has canceled a planned trip to China this week to deal with Israel's military offensive in Gaza, the State Department said Sunday. "Due to events in the Middle East, Secretary Rice will not be able to travel to Beijing, China, as she had expected," State Department spokesman Fred Lash said in a statement. He said Rice's deputy John Negroponte will t ... more China's preparing Tiananmen Square military parade: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2009China will mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic with a military parade showcasing the nation's latest weapons, state press said Sunday. General Chen Bingde, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army, has been put in charge of the October 1 parade -- which was last held on the 50th anniversary a decade ago, the People's Daily said on its website. "The National Day milit ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2009China has launched a campaign to attract three million tourists to Tibet this year, after deadly unrest saw a huge drop-off in visitors in 2008, state media reported on Monday. The government's target is up from the 2.2 million tourists who visited the remote Himalayan region last year, but is still well down on the more than four million who travelled there in 2007, according to the Xinhua ... more Blasts at China fireworks factories kill 14: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2009Fourteen people were killed in two explosions at illegal fireworks factories in China, state media reported on Sunday. Thirteen people were killed in one blast Saturday afternoon at an abandoned brick kiln that had been illegally transformed into a fireworks factory in Weifang city in the eastern province of Shandong, Xinhua news agency said. Local officials initially only reported thre ... more Alstom boss says world should not buy Chinese trains: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2009Alstom Transport, the world's second-largest train-maker, is calling on nations not to buy Chinese-made trains, accusing the country of shutting foreign firms out of domestic bids, a report said Friday. Alstom chief executive Philippe Mellier told the Financial Times that China is also exporting trains with some foreign technology that was supplied on condition that it not be used outside Chine ... more Hong Kong air pollution worst since records began: official data 
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 2, 2009Air pollution across large swathes of Hong Kong last year reached its highest level since records began, despite government efforts to improve the environment, official figures showed Friday. Hong Kong suffers high air pollution, caused partly by huge numbers of factories over the border in southern China, and there have been fears the problem could compromise its position as an internationa ... more
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