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A tale of two museums unfolds as Taiwan-China rivalry thaws
Taipei (AFP) Jan 11, 2009The major museums of long-term rivals Taiwan and China are planning unprecedented exchange visits and could hold a joint exhibition as the once-bitter distance between them narrows. In February, director Chou Kung-hsin of the National Palace Museum in Taipei plans to visit the museum's counterpart in Beijing - or, precisely speaking, its predecessor from where most of the popular Taipei mus ... more China aims to increase coal production 30 pct by 2015: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2009China is aiming to increase its coal production by about 30 percent by 2015 to meet its energy needs, the government has announced, in a move likely to fuel concerns over global warming. Beijing plans to increase annual output to more than 3.3 billion tonnes by 2015, said Hu Cunzhi, chief planner of the land and resources ministry, said on Wednesday. That is up from the 2.54 billion tonn ... more China denies closing rail industry to foreign manufacturers 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 10, 2009China Saturday denied allegations that it wanted to close its rail industry to foreign manufacturers and that it had profited from stealing their technology. It was responding to comments made by Philippe Mellier, chief executive of French firm Alstom Transport, in a recent interview in the Financial Times newspaper. Mellier called for a boycott of Chinese-made trains, claiming China ... more China moves to bail out aviation industry amid global crisis 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2009China announced Friday a huge loan package for its main aircraft maker and tax breaks for its airlines, as further evidence emerged of the industry's troubles amid the global economic crisis. China Aviation Industry Corporation, the main state-owned aircraft maker, said it had secured a pledge of up to 176 billion yuan (25.7 billion dollars) in domestic bank loans. "The credit quota show ... more India Inc in damage-control mode after billion-dollar fraud scandal 
Mumbai (AFP) Jan 11, 2009A billion-dollar accounting scandal at one of India's top outsourcing firms has left the government and financial regulators scrabbling to control the damage. Besides huge losses for investors, the scandal has seriously dented India Inc.'s reputation for strong corporate governance, often viewed as being a notch above its other Asian rival, China. "The admission of fraud in financial aff ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2009Top Chinese and US diplomats applauded 30 years of formal ties on Wednesday and expressed hope that one of the world's key bilateral relationships will stay on an even keel in the years ahead. Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the comments during a high-profile Beijing visit by Negroponte to mark three decades of diplomatic re ... more US, Iran have shared interest in Afghanistan: Petraeus 
Washington (AFP) Jan 8, 2009Iran could become involved in a regional strategy to the conflict in Afghanistan, as Tehran shares common interests with the United States there, suggested Thursday General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command. A resolution to the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan requires "a regional approach ... that includes Pakistan, India the Central Asian states and even China and Russia, along wit ... more 600,000 workers leave south China's industrial heartland: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2009About 600,000 migrant workers left south China's industrial heartland last year as the economic crisis caused exports to shrink and forced factories to close, a senior official said Thursday. The number of migrants departing Guangdong province, one of the world's top makers of toys and electronic appliances, accelerated through 2008 as the global situation worsened, said provincial deputy go ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2009Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will soon pay an official visit to Africa, the government said Thursday, in what has become a New Year ritual amid China's courtship of the continent. "At the beginning of every year China's foreign minister pays a visit to Africa. This a good tradition and there will be no exception this year," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. "For ... more China reassures over bird flu, says no outbreak 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2009China said Thursday there was no outbreak of the deadly bird flu disease in Beijing and neighbouring areas after a woman died of the virus in the capital. The death Monday of 19-year-old Huang Yanqing was China's first in nearly a year, highlighting the increased risk of the H5N1 virus during winter. The Agriculture Ministry said in an online statement that, after monitoring and investig ... more China has arrested 60 over tainted milk scandal: police 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2009China said Friday it had arrested a total of 60 people in the tainted milk scandal that led to the deaths of at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others. Police had arrested them for "producing or selling toxic and harmful food products," China's Ministry of Public Security said on its website, as it summarised actions taken since the scandal erupted in September last year. ... 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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