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Moscow (AFP) Feb 19, 2009Russian border guards repeatedly fired on a cargo ship that hit trouble off its Far Eastern coast at the weekend with the loss off several crew members, prosecutors were quoted as saying Thursday. Officials said the ship, the Sierra Leone-flagged New Star with 10 Chinese crew and six Indonesians on board, was in Russian waters illegally and repeatedly ignored warnings to stop. "The inves ... more Uighurs denied release in US: court ruling 
Washington (AFP) Feb 19, 2009A US court refused to release 17 ethnic Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay into the United States, spelling more legal limbo for the men and prompting Beijing Thursday to renew its call for their to return to China. The Uighurs - members of a Muslim, Turkic-speaking minority - were captured in Afghanistan and have since been cleared by Washington of "war on terror" allegations, but they fe ... more US, China consider naval pact: report 
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 19, 2009The US commander in the Pacific said China and the United States have started work on an agreement designed to avoid an accidental confrontation at sea, according to a report here Thursday. Admiral Timothy Keating, asked about a potential accord with China similar to a Cold War agreement between Washington and Moscow, told reporters in Hong Kong there were "nascent initiatives" already under ... more China says willing to work with US on climate change 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2009China said Thursday it was willing to work with the United States on addressing climate change, saying such efforts were vital to fighting global warming. "Strengthening cooperation on climate change is in the interest of the two countries and conducive to our two nations contributing to international climate change cooperation," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said. "We would like ... more China issues call to crush Tibetan 'separatists' 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2009China has ordered government and security forces in Tibet to crush any signs of support for the Dalai Lama, state media said Thursday, as the tense 50th anniversary of an anti-Chinese uprising nears. A conference of Tibetan leaders ordered authorities to "mobilise and fully deploy" to maintain stability, the Tibet Daily said, in a possible indication China fears unrest ahead of the March 10 ... more |
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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 |
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New York NY (SPX) Feb 19, 2009Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have developed a two-armed nanorobotic device that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. The device is described in the latest issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology. "The aim of nanotechnology is to put specific atomic and molecular species where we want them and when we want them there," said NYU ... more Chinese leaders: Spend, spend, spend! 
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
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