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NKorea's Kim wants nuclear-free peninsula: Chinese state media
Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2009North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il said Friday he wanted a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, declaring his willingness to work with China to push forward the six-party process, Chinese state media reported. "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is committed to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, and hopes to live in peace with all other sides," Kim was quoted as saying by the ... more Sixth person infected with bird flu in China: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2009China said Sunday a 29-year-old man had been infected with bird flu, the country's sixth case in just three weeks, sparking fears of an outbreak as the nation celebrated the Lunar New Year. The patient, surnamed Zhou, fell ill on January 15 in the southwestern province of Guizhou, the country's Ministry of Health said in an online statement. He tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain ... more One dead in China blast: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2009One person was killed Sunday in a blast near a police post in China's financial hub Shanghai, the state news agency Xinhua reported. The incident took place at about midday (0400 GMT) near the gate of the municipal public security bureau office on Wuning South Road, the brief report said, adding that no one else had been injured in the explosion. The person killed was not immediately ide ... more China provides incentives for job-seeking graduates: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2009China has announced a raft of measures to help university graduates find jobs, state media reported Sunday, in a bid to fight unemployment amid the global economic crisis. The nation's State Council, or cabinet, said it would help train one million unemployed graduates in the next three years to boost their qualifications, the official Xinhua news agency said. The government would also g ... more Beijing relaxes rules on foreigners buying property: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 24, 2009Restrictions on foreigners buying property in the Chinese capital have been relaxed for 2009, state media reported Saturday, as Beijing moves to stimulate a sluggish housing market. Limits were introduced in 2007 in response to rocketing property prices in the densely crowded capital, which meant only expatriates who had been in Beijing for more than a year were allowed to buy a home and no ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Jan 22, 2009A senior Chinese official is visiting North Korea, state media said, raising the prospect of Kim Jong-Il making his first appearance before foreign media since reportedly suffering a stroke. The visit by Wang Jiarui, who has met the North Korean leader on all his recent trips to Pyongyang, coincides with the inauguration of the new US administration. "Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Cent ... more France seeks constructive dialogue with China 
Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2009France wants a constructive dialogue with China and a calm relationship, the foreign ministry said Thursday, after Beijing offered to mend ties that have been strained over Tibet. But Paris did not say whether it was willing to make a special gesture towards Beijing in response to Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo's call for France to make the first step. Ties between France a ... more White House 'can't imagine' returning Uighurs to China 
Washington (AFP) Jan 22, 2009President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday it could not imagine returning Muslim Uighurs held in Guantanamo Bay to China and said no inmate would be sent to a nation where they may face persecution. "I cannot imagine that we would support transferring the Uighurs back to China," said a senior administration official on condition of anonymity. "We are not going to transfer deta ... more Myanmar cyclone and China quake dominate 2008 toll 
Geneva (AFP) Jan 22, 2009More than 90 percent of the 235,816 people killed worldwide in natural disasters last year succumbed during the cyclone in Myanmar or the earthquake in China's Sichuan province, the UN said Thursday. The annual figures released by a United Nations think tank on disaster reduction showed that the global death toll from natural disasters last year was three times more than the average of the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 24, 2009China on Saturday announced the death of a 31-year-old woman from bird flu, its fourth human victim this year, sparking fears of an outbreak during the country's main festive season. The woman fell ill on January 10 after visiting a poultry market and died early on Friday in northwest China's Xinjiang region, the state Xinhua news agency said, citing local health authorities. Tests confi ... more Liberia signs billion dollar mining deal with China Union 
Monrovia (AFP) Jan 22, 2009Liberia signed Thursday a 2.6 billion dollar agreement with Chinese conglomerate China Union to develop its main iron ore mine, the biggest ever investment in the West African nation. A government statement said President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed a mineral development agreement with officials from the Chinese mining company to develop the Bong Mines. Sirleaf invited other Chinese ... more China ignores questions about Obama speech censorship 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2009China Thursday brushed aside queries about why it censored the translation of US President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, which deleted his references to communism and regimes that quash dissent. "I'm not aware of the issue you mentioned, but I think the Chinese media have their own editing rights," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. State-run China Central ... more China ready to mend ties with France 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2009China said Thursday it was ready to mend ties with France following a deep row over Tibet, in its first conciliatory move since tensions flared last year. But it said it was up to France to take the first step after a meeting between the French president and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama damaged relations between the two nations. "We are ready to work with France to improve our ... more
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