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Kleinmond, South Africa (AFP) Jan 16, 2009South Africa's Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Friday assured her Chinese counterpart that general elections were unlikely to change her country's political scene. "New parties have emerged but still we think at the end of elections nothing will change much," Dlamini told Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaking of the general elections expected in the second quarter of the ... more Kenya khat traders eye Chinese market 
Nairobi (AFP) Jan 16, 2009Kenya's khat farmers and traders are seeking to expand beyond their traditional Somali chewing markets to make a foray into China, they said in a statement Friday. Khat - or "miraa" as it is sometimes referred to - is a mild narcotic leaf chewed by millions in Somalia but a controlled substance in many countries. "Our aim is to diversify from the traditional export markets for miraa of ... more Chinese brace for scaled-down Lunar New Year 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 18, 2009The Lunar New Year has become a time for spending on an epic scale in China, as 1.3 billion people are let loose with their annual bonuses and cash gifts from relatives stuffed into red envelopes. But, from luxury hotels that are scaling down their packages to parents being forced to buy their children second hand gifts, Chinese society is bracing for muted Year of the Ox celebrations amid t ... more China slams sactions against Zimbabwe's Mugabe 
Kleinmond, South Africa (AFP) Jan 16, 2009Increasing sanctions against the administration of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is not the answer to the country's crises, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiachi said Friday. "We do believe that this issue fundamentally has to be solved by the various elements in Zimbabwe and we believe that the stand taken by the AU, by SADC, are vitally important," said Yang at the end of the last leg ... more China reports second bird flu death this month 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2009A woman has died of bird flu in east China's Shandong province, state media said Sunday, reporting the nation's second death from the disease this month. The 27-year-old, surnamed Zhang, fell ill on January 5 and died Saturday evening, Xinhua news agency said, citing the Shandong provincial health department. The national disease prevention and control centre on Sunday confirmed that she ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Jan 18, 2009Taiwan's pivotal memory chip industry is facing tough times as international demand for high-tech products plunges in the midst of the deepening downturn gripping the global economy. Long regarded as one of the island's two major information technology pillars, the island's manufacturers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips recently reached out to the government for bailout funds. ... more China calls on World Bank to provide evidence of graft 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2009China has called on the World Bank to provide evidence of graft by four Chinese construction firms banned from bank projects due to alleged corruption in a Philippine tendering process. The World Bank on Thursday said it found evidence of collusion among four Chinese and three Filipino construction firms in the bidding for a road project in the Philippines. The bank subsequently cancelle ... more More than 80 pct of China's coastal waters polluted: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2009Raw sewage and pollution from agricultural run-off polluted 83 percent of China's coastal waters in 2008, state media said Saturday. China's coastal waters last year witnessed 68 red tides, or algae blooms, which feed off nutrients found in excess pollution and sap water of oxygen, killing off large amounts of sea life, Xinhua news agency said. The State Oceanic Administration was cited ... more Over 91,000 killed in China in accidents in 2008: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2009Over 91,000 people were killed in traffic and work-related accidents in China in 2008, a 10.2 percent decline from the previous year, state media reported Friday. It was the first year since 1995 that traffic and work-related fatalities were below 100,000 deaths, Xinhua news agency reported, attributing this to an improvement in both road and work conditions. According to police statisti ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2009China is casting an increasingly wary eye over the Internet and its 50 million bloggers amid a year of sensitive anniversaries and job losses that could trigger unrest, analysts and rights groups said. Amnesty International said this week its website had been blocked in China, and the BBC's Chinese language Internet page was shut down in December, after both sites were re-opened during last ... more China says Somali mission signals no change in military policy 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2009The Chinese navy's historic mission to fend off pirates in Africa signals no change to the nation's defensive military posture, a senior defence official said in comments published on Friday. A convoy began patrolling in the Gulf of Aden on January 6, part of a United Nations effort to protect commercial vessels from pirates working from Somalia, marking China's first potential combat missio ... more China pledges more support for impoverished Malawi 
Lilongwe (AFP) Jan 16, 2009China has pledged more support for its new African ally Malawi, which last year switched its diplomatic allegiance from Taipei to Beijing. China's foreign minister Yang Jiechi told journalists late Thursday that cooperation would increase between the two states, and appealed to other developed countries not to abandon Africa due to global credit woes. "China, like everyone else, has been ... more China couple first to take milk payout: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2009The parents of a child killed by tainted milk powder in China became the first to accept compensation and give up the right to sue the company at the heart of the scandal, state press said Friday. The unnamed couple have accepted 200,000 yuan (29,250 dollars) from the Sanlu Group over the death of their five-month-old son last year, Xinhua news agency said. He is believed to be the first ... more
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