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China calls US report on military 'gross distortion'
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2009China said Thursday that a Pentagon report warning of Beijing's growing military power distorted the truth and urged the United States to stop issuing the annual assessment or risk harming relations. "This report issued by the US side continues to play up the fallacy of the so-called China military threat," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists in Beijing. "This is a gross ... more Analysis: China can't buy Sukhoi jets 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 25, 2009 Some Western media have reported that China is negotiating with Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi Co. for the procurement of 14 Su-33 shipborne fighters, claiming that the contract on the deal will be signed soon. However, Boris D. Bregman, first deputy general director of Sukhoi, said the talks with China are still only at the consultation stage. While confirming that contacts were ... more Analysis: EU crisis sows political chaos 
Berlin (UPI) Mar 26, 2009 Besides shattering Eastern Europe's economies, the financial crisis has also sowed political instability in a range of countries in the region. Now even the government of China -- not exactly known as a caring mother to her family of 1.3 billion -- is warning its people from seeking work in Eastern Europe. Chinese workers should avoid going to Romania, Ukraine or Poland, a statem ... more Filthy hospital blamed for infant deaths in China 
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2009Five babies have died from infections they acquired in a filthy hospital in northern China, state press reported Thursday, amid a scare over a highly-contagious disease among children. The five babies died because of sub-standard conditions at a clinic in the city of Tianjin, and even a transfer to a better-equipped children's hospital in neighbouring Beijing could not save them, Xinhua news ... more China court rejects appeals in tainted milk scandal: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2009A court in northern China on Thursday upheld a sentence of life in prison for the former head of the company at the centre of last year's scandal over contaminated milk, state media reported. Xinhua news agency said the court in Hebei province also struck down appeals by two men sentenced to death over the scandal, which killed at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others. Ti ... more |
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Singapore (AFP) March 26, 2009Rio Tinto's long-term future is better served if China's Chinalco can double its stake in the Anglo-Australian mining giant to 18 percent, a senior company executive said Thursday. "As a value proposition, this is absolutely favourable," Rio Tinto's chief financial officer, Guy Elliot, said at a mining conference in Singapore. A deal with Chinalco would give Rio Tinto better understandin ... more China central bank chief says economy turning around 
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2009The head of China's central bank said Thursday data showed that a slowdown in economic growth has hit bottom and a national recovery was imminent thanks to government stimulus measures. An article by People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan posted on the bank's website also said plans to shift from reliance on exports and toward domestic demand will make China a "stabilising force in t ... more Why So Many Spaceports 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2009Just last week it was reported that China would soon start construction of a new space launch center in the southernmost Hainan Province. Apparently, the State Council and Central Military Commission approved the new spaceport in late 2008. According to the report this new site will boast high capacity and low costs. One might think this new launch site is badly needed due to high launch ... more China To Launch 15 To 16 Satellites In 2009 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2009China plans to launch 15 to 16 satellites this year, Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project, said here Monday. "Though the global financial crisis is taking toll on world economy, it has no impact on China's space programs," Zhang, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, told media. China is at present "batch-producin ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 25, 2009China's pursuit of "disruptive" technologies for nuclear, space and cyber warfare is altering Asia's military balance, the Pentagon said in a report Wednesday. China has kept up major investments in its armed forces and made advances in hi-tech weaponry that outpaced other countries in the region, the Defense Department said in its annual report to Congress on Beijing's military. Chinese ... more US House gives Taiwan 'unwavering commitment' 
Washington March 24, 2009The US Congress on Tuesday pledged "unwavering commitment" to ensuring Taiwan's security, defying protests from China which claims the island. Congress reaffirmed its stance 30 years after the United States broke off relations with Taiwan, which recently has been reconciling with China but still counts on US guarantees of protection. The House of Representatives in a voice vote approved ... more China fights gerbil plague with 'the pill' 
Beijing (AFP) March 25, 2009Authorities in northwestern China have resorted to using a contraception-abortion pill to rein in a plague of gerbils which is threatening the local desert ecosystem, state media said Wednesday. Forestry officials in the city of Changji in the vast Xinjiang region began distributing the pellets last May to curb the exploding gerbil population, Xinhua news agency said. The gerbils' large ... more Dalai Lama envoy says China lying to Obama 
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2009The Dalai Lama's chief negotiator said Wednesday that China lied to President Barack Obama on Tibet and said the spiritual leader would set the record straight when he visits the White House. Obama, meeting this month with China's top diplomat, nudged Beijing gently over its treatment of Tibet and voiced hope for a renewal of talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives which broke down in No ... more
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