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Beijing's population at nearly 17 mln in 2008: state media
Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2009The population of China's capital Beijing grew last year by more than 600,000 to nearly 17 million people, state media reported on Monday. At the end of 2008, the city had 16.95 million people, an increase of 620,000 from a year earlier, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics. One in four residents in Beijing was a migrant worker, the agency said, ... more China reports fifth bird flu death this year 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2009An 18-year-old man died Monday of bird flu in southwestern China, the government said, bringing to five the number killed since the start of the year and adding to fears of a possible mass outbreak. The man, surnamed Liang, died in the city of Yulin in the Guangxi region after falling ill on January 19, the Health Ministry said in a news release posted on its website. Tests by the Chines ... more Industrialization Of China Increases Fragility Of Global Food Supply 
Leeds, UK (SPX) Jan 27, 2009Global grain markets are facing breaking point according to new research by the University of Leeds into the agricultural stability of China. Experts predict that if China's recent urbanisation trends continue, and the country imports just 5% more of its grain, the entire world's grain export would be swallowed whole. The knock-on effect on the food supply - and on prices - to develo ... more Year of Ox marks first lunar new year for 'black' Chinese SAfricans 
Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 26, 2009South Africa's Chinese community welcomed the Year of the Ox with feisty lion dances and ear-thumping firecrackers, but the 2009 Lunar New Year holds a deeper significance beyond festivities. Monday marks the first new year since Chinese South Africans were classified black in a landmark ruling that recognised they had suffered racial inequality under the country's former white rule. For ... more Panda mania sweeps Taiwan 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 26, 2009Thousands of people flocked to Taiwan's main zoo Monday as a pair of giant pandas given to the island by China in a sign of improving ties between the rivals made their much-anticipated public debut. More than 6,000 visitors braved a cold, drizzly Lunar New Year's Day morning to get a glimpse of four-year-old Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan at the Taipei Zoo, officials there said. A total of 22, ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2009China's finance minister warned Monday the economy faces a "very severe" year in 2009 and indicated government budgets would be strained as taxes were cut to stem the economic slowdown. In a holiday message on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Xuren urged governments at all levels to exercise care in public spending to keep the books balanced. "Our nation's economic and social dev ... more Number of Internet users tops one billion: comScore 
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2009The global number of Internet users has surpassed one billion with China accounting for the largest population of Web surfers, digital research firm comScore Inc. reported on Friday. "Surpassing one billion global users is a significant landmark in the history of the Internet," comScore chief executive Magid Abraham said in a statement. "It is a monument to the increasingly unified ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2009North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had talks with a Chinese envoy in Pyongyang on Friday, state media here said, his first known meeting with a senior foreign visitor since a reported stroke in August. The meeting took place just days after the inauguration of US President Barack Obama, which observers said could be a was significant indication that North Korea wants to deal with the new admini ... more US refuses Chinese demand for Guantanamo prisoner return: official 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2009The United States Friday appeared to reject a demand by China that all Chinese prisoners at Guantanamo Bay be handed back following US President Barack Obama's decision to close the "war on terror" jail. Beijing had called for the return of 17 Chinese prisoners that it said were part of a terror group seeking an independent homeland in the northwest of the country. "These people are memb ... more Britain makes China 'major priority' in global strategy 
London (AFP) Jan 22, 2009Britain said Thursday that building its relationship with China was now a "major priority", adding that it could help the rest of the world tackle the fallout from the credit crunch. In the first government document to spell out a new strategy for dealing with Beijing, Britain said Chinese policies were "enormously significant" for London's approach to issues including the economy. But B ... more Chinese official visits NKorea, prospect of Kim appearance 
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
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