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Clinton hopes to build on solid Sino-US foundation
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2009Hillary Clinton arrives for her first China visit as US Secretary of State on Friday hoping to take what she has called an essential relationship to a new level. The former First Lady has called for broadened contact beyond the perceived heavy focus on trade under former president George W. Bush's administration that was highlighted by a twice-yearly economic dialogue. While economic tie ... more AIDS now China's deadliest infectious disease: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2009AIDS has become China's deadliest infectious disease for the first time, the government said, with figures showing at least one person died on average every hour in the first nine months of last year. AIDS overtook tuberculosis and rabies as the country's number one disease killer in 2008, the health ministry said in a report released on Tuesday. Although full-year figures were not relea ... more Tibetans arrested after China protests: activist groups 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2009Chinese police have detained more than 20 Tibetans in southwestern China after violently breaking up protests in support of the exiled Dalai Lama, activist groups said on Wednesday. The clashes marked the first reported major outbreak of unrest in the run-up to the highly sensitive 50th anniversary next month of a failed uprising against Chinese rule that sent the spiritual leader into exil ... more China bird flu not pandemic, but be prepared: UN 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2009A recent string of bird flu infections in humans in China posed no pandemic risk as the cases were unrelated, but authorities need to remain alert, UN experts said on Wednesday. "The strain we see now is not a pandemic threat," Hans Troedsson, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) representative in China, told journalists. Troedsson spoke at a press conference in the wake of eight human ... more Walker's World: Who falls faster? 
London (UPI) Feb 18, 2009 For the past month there has been something of a race between East Asia and Eastern Europe to see which is collapsing faster in the global recession. Until this week the catastrophic decline in Asia's export trade appeared to make it the more likely candidate. Taiwan's exports fell 42 percent year on year in December, and its economy shrank by almost 7 percent in the fourth quarter last ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Feb 18, 2009Across China, communist party officials are handing out millions of food, shopping, and cinema coupons in an effort to get people to go out, have a good time and spend, spend spend. Chinese people are among the world's most determined savers, with economists estimating they put away 30 to 40 percent of their disposable income, but a virtue can be an obstacle when trying to jump-start the eco ... more Chinese group targets poor with 40-dollar solar phone 
Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Feb 18, 2009Chinese group ZTE unveiled the world's first low-cost solar-powered mobile phone targeted at the world's poor on Wednesday, which is to go on sale in June for under 40 dollars (32 euros). ZTE has partnered with emerging market network operator Digicel, which is to launch the device in Haiti, Samoa and Papua New Guinea and believes sales in the first year will reach "several hundred thousand. ... more Chinese concerns emerge over US stimulus plan: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2009Concerns are flaring in China that the huge US stimulus plan could hurt dollar-denominated assets, with some observers urging China to cut US Treasury holdings, official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday. Increased borrowing by the United States to fund the 787-billion-dollar stimulus package that President Obama signed into law Tuesday could lead to a record US deficit that hits Chinese-hel ... more China says to support IT and electronics sectors amid downturn 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2009China said on Wednesday it would boost its electronics and computer sectors with trade financing, credit guarantees and continued export-tax rebates to help them weather the global financial crisis. However, a government statement on the decision offered no specifics on policy steps under the plan, one of several announced recently to help domestic industries cope with falling foreign orders ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Feb 17, 2009After a year surrounded by death in Vietnam -- gripping a machine gun between diving for cover from howitzer fire -- Zhou Feng decided to spend the rest of his days protecting life, not ending it. China invaded Vietnam 30 years ago this week, but the event will not be officially marked by Beijing, which refuses to acknowledge the war -- making life even harder for veterans such as Zhou who ... more Food Counterfeiting, Contamination Outpace International Regulatory Systems 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 18, 2009Intentionally contaminated Chinese milk killed several children and sickened 300,000 more, causing concern around an increasingly connected world economy. Demand for inexpensive products virtually guarantees future repeats of food adulteration and counterfeiting from overseas, Michigan State University researchers said, as trade volumes overwhelm regulatory oversight. Nobody can guarantee ... more Hu wraps up Africa tour with Mauritius deals 
Port Louis (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday pledged further aid to Africa, despite his country's economic downturn, as he wrapped up a four-nation visit to the continent. In Mauritius, Hu signed deals worth more than 270 million dollars (215 million euros) to fund infrastructure projects on the Indian Ocean island, home to Africa's largest Chinese diaspora. Despite ... more China defends relations with Khmer Rouge 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 17, 2009China refused to comment Tuesday on the trial of the man known as the torturer-in-chief of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, but defended its "friendly relations" with the genocidal regime. "The trial of the leaders of the Democratic Kampuchea is an internal affair of Cambodia," foreign ministry spokesman Jiang Yu said, referring to the name of the government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979. ... more
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