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China closes Tibet to foreign tourists: agencies, hotel
Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2009China has closed Tibet to foreign tourists ahead of next month's highly sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, tour agencies and other industry people told AFP Tuesday. The ban comes amid deep tensions in the Himalayan region, with a reported increase in security forces and a call by the Dalai Lama for a boycott of Tibetan New Year celebrations on Wednesday, in ... more China says 'relics for rights' offer ridiculous 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2009China said Tuesday an offer to exchange two imperial bronzes looted 150 years ago by foreign troops for human rights was "ridiculous," as it called once more for the return of the relics. The 18th-century Qing dynasty bronzes are to go under the hammer on Wednesday in Paris, and owner Pierre Berge told French radio on Friday that he would give them back to China in return for human rights in ... more US milk company denies China products unsafe 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2009US company Wyeth said it had received complaints that children who had been fed its baby milk powder in China had developed kidney stones, but denied its products were unsafe. The statement posted on Wyeth's China website on Monday was the latest in a rash of reports of sick babies that is raising new concerns long after a tainted baby formula scandal was declared over by Chinese authorities ... more Japan's Takashimaya to open Shanghai department store 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Japan's third biggest department store operator Takashimaya Co. said Tuesday it plans to open a flagship store in Shanghai in 2012, hoping strong demand there will offset bleak sales at home. The company plans to invest four billion yen (42.56 million dollars) to build the 40,000 square-metre (430,400 square-feet) eight-storey store -- its first in China's commercial hub, a statement said. ... more China buying mission leaves for Europe spree: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming left for crisis-hit Europe Tuesday at the head of a 300-strong team charged with spending billions of dollars on European products, the government said. The high-powered procurement team will visit Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Britain, according to a statement from the commerce ministry. The widely anticipated mission could end up spending 15 ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 23, 2009President Barack Obama's troubled search for a Commerce Secretary may soon be over, as Gary Locke, the US' first Chinese-American governor is tipped to take the post. Locke, a two-time governor of Washington State -- on America's pacific north west -- has been described by a senior US official as the "likely" candidate for the job. The Obama administration will hope it is third time ... more How To See Comet Lulin As It Passes Earth 
Center Harbor NH (SPX) Feb 24, 2009This week a greenish, double-tailed smudgeball, named Comet Lulin for the Taiwanese observatory where it was discovered in July 2007, is passing its closest by Earth. You can spot it with a pair of binoculars. "For the last several weeks the comet has been getting widespread attention as it has grown nearer and brighter. It should be at its best from about February 23 through 28," says Sky ... more Walker's World: Beijing and Obama 
Mexico City (UPI) Feb 23, 2009 We now know two important and useful items of good news about the forthcoming summit of the Group of 20 nations in London in April. This meeting is likely to be critical for the prospects of economic recovery in the future. The first reason for this is that President Barack Obama's attendance is now confirmed, and the second reason, almost as important, is that China has made it ... more Pentagon urges resolving fate of Guantanamo Uighurs 
Washington (AFP) Feb 23, 2009A Pentagon report on Monday said the US government needed to move quickly to help arrange the transfer of Chinese Uighurs held at Guantanamo prison who have been cleared of wrongdoing. The group of 17 Uighurs face uncertainty about when they will leave the detention camp for terror suspects and their case has "increased tension and anxiety within the detainee population," the Defense ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 23, 2009President Barack Obama will "likely" name Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor in US history as his pick for commerce secretary, a senior administration official said Monday. Locke, former governor of Washington state, would be Obama's third selection for the post following the withdrawals of the two previous candidates, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Republican Senator ... more China to heed Clinton's call on buying US bonds: economists 
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 23, 2009China has little choice but to follow Hillary Clinton's call and continue buying US Treasuries, as reversing course would lead to the value of its investments plunging, economists said Monday. While in Beijing on her first overseas trip as US secretary of state, Clinton urged China on Sunday to keep buying US debt, saying it would help jumpstart the flagging US economy and stimulate demand ... more Clinton wraps Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 22, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday urged China to keep buying US debt as she wrapped up her first overseas trip, during which she agreed to work closely with Beijing on the financial crisis. Clinton made the plea shortly before leaving China, the final stop on a four-nation Asian tour that also took her to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, where she worked the crowds to try to ... more China slams Russian attitude to sunken ship: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 20, 2009China's foreign ministry said Friday Russia's attitude to the sinking of a Chinese cargo ship by a Russian warship was "unacceptable", according to Chinese state media. Eight of the 16 crew members on board were killed when shots from a Russian naval vessel sank the Chinese-owned cargo ship the New Star off Russia's east coast on Sunday. Russia has blamed the cargo ship's captain for the ... more
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