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Shoe's next? Flying footwear is becoming a trend
London (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Eggs, custard pies and rotten tomatoes used to be the missile of choice for pelting a politician -- but it seems shoes are fast catching on as the new weapon of humiliation. After a battered sports shoe was hurled at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Britain last week, some politicians around the world must surely be thinking: am I next? A 27-year-old German national, Martin Jahnke, has been ... more Chinese boats avoid Korea sea border: official 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Chinese fishing boats are avoiding the waters near a volatile sea border between South and North Korea amid growing tensions on the Korean peninsula, military authorities said Tuesday. Their absence was noticed after North Korea late last month announced it was scrapping peace accords with the South, including a 1991 pact in which it recognised their Yellow Sea border as an interim frontier. ... more Student denies charge over Chinese PM shoe protest 
Cambridge, England (AFP) Feb 10, 2009A German student accused of hurling a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at an elite English university pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a public order offence. Martin Jahnke, a 27-year-old pathology postgraduate student at Cambridge University, spoke only to confirm his name and address, and to enter his plea at the eastern city's Magistrates' Courts. His case was adjourned Tuesday, at the ... more Investigators blame China's state TV station for fire tragedy 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Investigators Tuesday blamed China's state TV station for a huge blaze at its new headquarters that engulfed a hotel, saying fireworks it illegally set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year caused the fire. One firefighter died after inhaling toxic fumes while battling the fire at the Mandarin Oriental's nearly finished flagship hotel inside the CCTV complex that began on Monday night and rage ... more Dalai Lama's Rome citizenship award irks China 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2009China warned of possible damage to ties with Italy on Tuesday after the city of Rome granted honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama. "We express strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. "We hope the Italian side takes seriously China's concerns and takes effective measures immediately to eliminate the negative impact and safeguard ... more |
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Riyadh (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Securing long-term energy supplies for the giant Chinese economic machine dominated the agenda on Tuesday as China's President Hu Jintao made his second visit to oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia. Travelling with a large entourage of Chinese officials and executives, Hu was greeted at Riyadh airport by Saudi King Abdullah for a three-day visit which underscores the growing importance of the ... more India 'open to talks' with China on toy ban 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 10, 2009India said Tuesday it was open to talks with China over New Delhi's decision to ban Chinese toy imports but added Beijing was welcome to challenge the move before the WTO, a report said Tuesday. "We are open to discussing the matter with China," Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said in the Indian capital, according to the United News of India news agency. Nath's comments came a ... more Deflation alarm as prices weaken further in China 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Chinese inflation slowed further in January as activity in the world's third-largest economy weakened, government data showed Tuesday, prompting economists to warn deflation was imminent. The consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, was 1.0 percent in January, down from 1.2 percent in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. "We're definitely seeing China moving ... more Satellite Malfunction Halts Chinese TV Programs 
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 10, 2009Transmission of 150 satellite TV channels in China was interrupted Monday morning by satellite problems, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said. A 47-minute malfunction of the Zhongxing 6B satellite began at 10:59 a.m., affecting TV channels of the China Central Television (CCTV), China Education Television and 23 provincial satellite TVs, SARFT said. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2009A senior Chinese official said Monday that Beijing will not implement a "Buy China" policy similar to the "Buy America" clause in a stimulus package making its way through the US legislature. "We won't practise a 'Buy China' policy," Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei told a press conference in Beijing. "We'll treat domestic and foreign products the same way as long as they are needed. ... more Half of Chinese toy makers wiped out in crisis: report
Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Nearly half of China's toy makers closed last year due to shrinking exports brought about by the global financial crisis, Chinese media reported Monday. At the start of 2008, China had 8,610 companies that produced and exported toys, but by the end of the year, that number had declined by 49 percent to 4,388, the Beijing Times said, citing customs data. Chinese toy exports grew marginally ... more Culture shock: Getting a Chinese driver's licence 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2009If someone's intestines are protruding from an open abdominal wound, should you: A. Put them back in place; B. Do nothing; or, C. Cover them with some kind of container and fasten it around the body? The above is not from a first-year medical school exam, but is one of the 100 questions that locals and foreigners alike could find on China's written driver's licence exam. (The answer, by the ... more China expresses 'serious concern' over toy ban, other India moves 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2009China on Monday voiced "serious concern" over India's decision to impose a ban on imports of toys and other measures and said the moves threaten to severely affect bilateral trade relations. "The Chinese government expresses serious concern that the Indian side has imposed... import restrictions in such a short time period," the ministry of commerce said in a statement on its website. ... more
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