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Chinese military chief vows nuclear, conventional build-up
Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2009China will accelerate the build-up of its nuclear and conventional arsenal to form a credible deterrent, the general in charge of the country's strategic missile force said. "We will accelerate the building of our nuclear and conventional combat strength," said Jing Zhiyuan, the commander of the Second Artillery Corp, in an article he co-wrote for the authoritative journal Qiushi published ... more Six-party security meeting set for this month: Seoul 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 2, 2009North Korea and its five negotiating partners will meet as scheduled this month to discuss regional security even though their broader nuclear disarmament talks are stalled, South Korea said Monday. A foreign ministry statement said the working group meeting would be held in Moscow on February 19-20. The talks group the two Koreas, the United States, Russia, China and Japan. The last ful ... more Protester throws shoe at Chinese PM in Britain 
Cambridge, England (AFP) Feb 2, 2009A young protester hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he gave a speech at Britain's Cambridge University on Monday, in a dramatic end to a five-nation tour of Europe. In a clear echo of the Iraqi journalist who threw his footwear at then US president George W. Bush in Baghdad in December, the Western-looking man shouted "This is a scandal" as he interrupted Wen from the back of ... more Chinese dissident to stand trial over quake campaign 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2009A Chinese dissident who was arrested after campaigning for the parents of children killed in the Sichuan earthquake will stand trial on state secret charges, his wife and lawyer said. The abrupt announcement that Huang Qi, 45, would be tried came nearly eight months after he was detained as authorities silenced growing criticism about fragile school buildings that collapsed on children in ... more Walker's World: China's debts mount up 
Washington (UPI) Feb 2, 2009 Partly because so much of China's bad economic news emerged while Premier Wen Jiabao was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the gloom about China's collapsing exports and rising unemployment and unrest has become intense. Nonetheless, China's war chest of American Treasury bonds and securities and its hard currency holdings still total $2 trillion, which may be the large ... more |
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London (AFP) Feb 2, 2009Britain wants to double its exports to China within 18 months, taking advantage of Beijing's efforts to boost its own economy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. Speaking after talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Brown said exports to China last year added up to nearly five billion pounds (5.5 billion euros, 7.0 billion dollars) and he wanted this figure to reach 10 billion pounds ... more World powers to hold first Iran meeting of Obama presidency 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 30, 2009Senior diplomats from six world powers trying to convince Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions will meet next week in Germany for their first meeting since US President Barack Obama took office, a German official said Friday. Political directors from the UN Security Council permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany will meet Wednesday near the ... more Ballistic Missile Proliferation Part Four 
Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 The spread of ballistic-missile technology has followed a classic proliferation pattern. Russia shared relevant technologies with the People's Republic of China, which then shared them with North Korea, which in turn shared them with Pakistan and Iran. Russia, China and North Korea remain contributors to the ballistic-missile efforts of more recent acquirers. Because the regional powers ... more China Finds Milplex Opportunities In Africa Aplenty Part Two 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 The Angolan army is in contact with Chinese defense manufacturer Norinco, seeking to buy heavy artillery, armored vehicles and ammunition. China already has been supplying an extensive range of light weapons and ammunition to Zimbabwe and Angola. African military sources told United Press International that Norinco recently exported a number of 155mm howitzers to North African ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2009Seventeen people were killed and 20 injured in a blaze set off by fireworks inside a bar in southeast China, state media reported Sunday. The accident happened late Saturday evening, towards the end of the Lunar New Year festival, in the city of Changle when a group celebrating a birthday set off fireworks at their table inside the bar, the Xinhua news agency said. This set the ceiling ... more Jailed China dairy boss appeals life sentence: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2009The former boss of the dairy firm at the heart of China's contaminated milk scandal Sunday formally appealed a court decision to jail her for life, her lawyer told the official Xinhua news agency. A court last month convicted former Sanlu Group chief Tian Wenhua, 66, of "manufacturing and selling fake or substandard products" in connection with the scandal, which led to at least six deaths ... more Woman diagnosed with bird flu in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 31, 2009A 21-year-old woman has been diagnosed with the H5N1 form of bird flu in central China, state media reported Saturday. The woman, a farmer from Hunan Province was hospitalised on January 26, three days after falling ill, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, adding that her condition had since improved. The report said China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed it ... more Rising bond market tensions bode ill for Obama 
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2009Bond market tensions have been rising since the inauguration of President Barack Obama, highlighting worries about the new administration's plans for massive debt issuance and a tough stand on trade with China. An unusual jump in bond yields could mean the US government will be forced to pay higher rates on the trillions of dollars in new bonds to finance economic rescue efforts, or worse ... more
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