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World powers hold first Obama-era talks on Iran
Berlin (AFP) Feb 4, 2009Senior diplomats from six world powers met Wednesday for the first time under the new US administration to discuss Iran's nuclear ambitions, two days after Tehran launched its first satellite. Political directors from the UN Security Council permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany met in Wiesbaden near the western German city of Frankfurt ... more China worried about jobless migrants, Tibetans: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2009Millions of unemployed rural migrants and Tibetans fighting Beijing's rule will be the biggest worries for China's police and public security forces this year, state media reported Wednesday. The report in the People's Daily, the Communist Party's mouthpiece newspaper, came two days after China said about 20 million rural migrants were jobless due to the global economic slowdown, raising ... more Learning Science Facts Doesn't Boost Science Reasoning 
Columbus OH (SPX) Feb 05, 2009A study of college freshmen in the United States and in China found that Chinese students know more science facts than their American counterparts - but both groups are nearly identical when it comes to their ability to do scientific reasoning. Neither group is especially skilled at reasoning, however, and the study suggests that educators must go beyond teaching science facts if they hope ... more Bird flu poultry outbreaks in China possible: UN 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2009China may have experienced outbreaks of bird flu among poultry recently, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said Wednesday, even though the government had yet to report any cases this year. The FAO's comments come after eight people contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus in China this year -- five of whom died -- compared with just three cases in all of 2008. "There must have been so ... more EU envoy says China won't get out of climate crunch for free 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2009The European Union's envoy to Washington told skeptical US lawmakers Wednesday that China will not escape making firm commitments at global climate change talks set for December. Questioned by a leading US critic of China's actions on climate, Republican Representative James Sensenbrenner, Ambassador John Bruton agreed that US and EU populations would likely reject any treaty that does not ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2009China plans to nearly double its target for nuclear energy by 2020, state media said Wednesday, a move likely to reaffirm the nation's position as a prime market for the global atomic industry. The new objective is for nuclear power plants to reach a capacity of 70 gigawatts in 11 years, the China Daily reported, enough to power 70 cities the size of San Francisco. The objective, if ... more Chinese firms survey shows recovery signs 
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 4, 2009China's manufacturing activity showed signs of recovering in January, data indicated Wednesday, in a rare piece of optimistic news for the world's third-largest economy. Some economists said the data could signal that China's manufacturers had overcome the worst of the economic crisis, with companies exhausting their old stock and placing new orders. "Manufacturing in China is still ... more China increases submarine patrols - report 
Washington (AFP) Feb 3, 2009China nearly doubled the number of patrols by its fleet of attack submarines last year, surpassing Russia but still far behind the United States, the Federation of American Scientists reported Tuesday. The report, based on declassified information provided by US naval intelligence, said Chinese attack submarines conducted 12 patrols in 2008, compared to seven in 2007, two in 2006 and none in ... more China upset over shoe protest, but no harm to UK ties: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2009China said Tuesday it had expressed its strong dissatisfaction to the British government over a protester throwing a shoe at Premier Wen Jiabao, but emphasised that bilateral ties would not be harmed. The government appeared to want to play down the embarrassing incident domestically, with the state-run press either censoring or ignoring the event and Internet chatter about it restricted to ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 3, 2009The United States and China agreed on the need to continue high-level talks on economic issues, officials said Tuesday after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner spoke with Vice Premier Wang Qishan. Both officials in their telephone conversation late Monday also emphasized the need to maintain close consultations "during this difficult period for the global economy," a US Treasury statement said. ... more Chinalco says no deal yet with Rio Tinto: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2009Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco confirmed Tuesday it was in talks with Rio Tinto over increasing its stake in the global mining company but denied a deal had been reached, state media reported. On Monday, the Anglo-Australian giant -- which is trying to reduce its massive debts -- said it had held talks with the state-owned Chinese firm about "acquiring minority interests in various operati ... more China Eastern may take three years to be profitable: chairman 
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 3, 2009The new chairman of China Eastern warned Tuesday the struggling airline, the country's third-largest, may take up to three years to become profitable again. Chairman Liu Shaoyong would not confirm reports of possible merger talks with Shanghai Airlines but told reporters that they were "not a bad thing" and that his company was "open to tie-ups and mergers." Liu said the airline was like ... more East Asia Builds World's Largest Radio Telescope Network 
Shanghai, China (XNA) Feb 03, 2009East Asian astronomers are building the world's largest radio telescope array to see the deep into the galaxy and black holes and more accurately determine the orbits of lunar probes such as China's Chang'e-1. The array, called the East Asia Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) consortium, consists of 19 radio telescopes from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) that cover an a ... more
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