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Obama, China's Hu to size each other up
Washington (AFP) March 30, 2009Barack Obama this week meets for the first time with President Hu Jintao of China, which is putting the new US leader on notice it sees itself as a power to be reckoned with. With both sides professing a desire to work together, few expect any fireworks when Obama meets with Hu on Wednesday in London on the eve of the Group of 20 summit on the global economic crisis. But under the surfac ... more China to reopen Tibet to foreign tourists: official 
Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2009Tibet will reopen to foreign tourists on April 5, an official was quoted on Monday as saying, in a sign that authorities may ease a crackdown imposed for the anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising. State news agency Xinhua quoted Tibet's head of tourism, Bachug, as saying tourist arrivals had been suspended in March "for the sake of travellers' safety" but would resume April 5. "Tibet ... more China energy arm plans to up nuclear capacity: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2009China's energy sector will table a plan to nearly double its 2020 nuclear power capacity goal and is urging firms to acquire uranium abroad to build a fuel reserve, state press said Monday. The country's energy administration wants to increase capacity to 75,000 megawatts, up from the 40,000 it had called for in a plan put forward in 2007, the Shanghai Securities News said. The revised p ... more Russia, China cooperate on new currency proposals: Kremlin 
Moscow (AFP) March 30, 2009Russia and China are coordinating proposals on a new global currency that could replace the US dollar as a reserve currency to prevent a repeat of the global economic crisis, the Kremlin said on Monday. "We have received proposals from our colleagues in China, detailed proposals," President Dmitry Medvedev's top economic adviser Arkady Dvorkovich said. "Our positions are very similar. "W ... more Chavez may visit China: reports 
Caracas (AFP) March 30, 2009Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez may add a stop in China to a trip this week that will take him to Iran and Japan, local media reported, citing unnamed sources linked to the president. Chavez was scheduled to visit Iran April 3 after attending a summit of South American and Arab leaders in Qatar. He was to arrive in Japan April 5. Venezuelan media said he may also make a brief visit to ... more |
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Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2009Trimble has announced that it has been selected by the National Development and Reform Commission, which is led by the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), to supply Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Continuous Operating Reference Station (CORS) receivers for the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC). Trimble will supply 295 NetR8 GNSS CORS receivers and GNSS Cho ... more China-based network infiltrates computers in 103 countries: report 
Washington (AFP) March 28, 2009A electronic spying operation based primarily in China has infiltrated government and private computers in 103 countries around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, The New York Times reported late Saturday. Citing a report prepared by Canadian researchers and due to be issued this weekend, the paper said the system was being controlled from computers based almost exclusively in Ch ... more China's leverage on North Korea limited: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) March 29, 2009China might be North Korea's only ally of note but its influence over Pyongyang - and its leverage - is limited, analysts say as the reclusive state prepares for an expected rocket launch. The United States, Japan and South Korea have expressed concern over North Korea's announcement that it will launch a communications satellite between April 4 and 8. The US, Japan and other allies be ... 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) March 28, 2009China vowed Saturday to "severely crack down on any separatist activities" in Tibet as it launched a new national holiday marking the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising in the Himalayan region. The Chinese flag was raised in front of the Potala Palace in Tibet's capital Lhasa as more than 13,000 people, most in Tibetan traditional dress, rose for the national anthem to commemorate "Serfs' ... more Tibet's Panchen Lama, Beijing's propaganda tool 
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure is increasingly being used by Beijing as a tool in its propaganda offensive against the exiled Dalai Lama, say experts. Rarely seen in public previously, but believed to have been educated in the Chinese capital, the 19-year-old Panchen Lama Friday expressed loyalty to Beijing, in stark contrast to the views of the ... more China insists on financial system overhaul 
Medellin, Colombia (AFP) March 28, 2009Chinese Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan on Saturday again urged for international financial reform in the face of the global economic crisis. Speaking at an Inter-American Development Bank meeting in the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin, Zhou said that current fiscal and monetary measures were useless if the international financial system is not overhauled. He said financial ... more Australia deals blow to China firm's plan to take over miner 
Sydney (AFP) March 27, 2009Australia said Friday a 2.6-billion-dollar (1.8-billion-US) takeover of debt-laden OZ Minerals by China's Minmetals cannot go ahead if it includes mines in a military zone. "OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill mining operations are situated in the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia," Treasurer Wayne Swan said in a statement. "The Woomera Prohibited Area weapons testing range makes a uniq ... more
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