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Nuke Sub Conflict Ramp Up As China Enters The Game Part One
Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 On March 8 a U.S. Navy survey ship, the USNS Impeccable, was harassed by the Chinese in waters off Hainan Island. The Chinese navy has built a major submarine base on the island, and the newest classes of Chinese nuclear submarines are based there. The Impeccable's obvious mission was to collect intelligence, including sonic and other "signatures," on the new Chinese submarines. Legally ... more China calls cyber espionage accusations 'lies' 
Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2009China Tuesday dismissed allegations that it was engaged in computer espionage worldwide as "lies" fabricated by people aiming to tarnish the rise of the Asian giant. "Some people outside of China are bent on fabricating lies of so-called Chinese computer spies," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists. "Their attempt to tarnish China with lies is doomed to failure." Qin ... more China, Iran earn poor marks for web freedom: rights group 
Washington (AFP) April 1, 2009China's "sophisticated and multi-layered" efforts to censor and control the Internet earned it a "not free" rating by a US rights group in a report released Wednesday. Freedom House, which examined web freedom issues in 15 countries, listed Cuba, Iran and Tunisia as three other nations it considered "not free" due to government control of online activity. Seven countries studied ... more Ethnic strife in the heart of China 
Niujinzhuang, China (AFP) April 1, 2009It began as a minor dispute in a Chinese village between Muslim and non-Muslim teenagers but escalated into a violent clash involving hundreds of adults wielding machetes, knives and clubs. Tension within Buddhist Tibetan communities is not the only source of ethnic unrest in China -- as recent riots in a county not far from Beijing appear to highlight. The youngsters had been celebratin ... more Chinese youths die in police custody: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2009Chinese prosecutors have accused police of torturing a young murder suspect to death, while two juvenile inmates have died under suspicious circumstances, state press said Tuesday. Prosecutors in northern Shaanxi province said high school student Xu Gengrong died on March 8 after police tortured him to extract a confession over the murder of a female classmate, the China Daily reported. ... more |
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London (AFP) April 1, 2009US President Barack Obama and Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao agreed to fight protectionism and work to improve military ties at their first face-to-face meeting in London on Wednesday. Obama also accepted "with pleasure" an invitation to go to China in the second half of the year, the White House said after the pair met ahead of the Group of 20 summit. The leaders agreed to "strengthen ti ... more New study gives spur for "clean coal" schemes 
Paris (AFP) April 1, 2009Scientists on Wednesday said they could ease a key doubt that clouds "clean coal" -- the dream of harnessing a fuel that is as cheap and plentiful as it is environmentally dangerous. China, India and other countries have ramped up burning of coal this decade to power their growth and brake their dependence on expensive imported oil. By doing so, they have also cranked emissions of carbon ... more Australia approves Chinese stake in Fortescue Metals 
Sydney (AFP) March 31, 2009Australia Tuesday conditionally approved Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group's billion-dollar investment in Fortescue Metals Group, as debate rages over China's moves into the country's resources. Treasurer Wayne Swan has rejected a takeover bid by China's Minmetals and the government is still considering whether to allow Chinalco's 19.5 billion dollar stake in Rio Tinto. "Consistent with t ... more Tibet exiles struggle to thwart Chinese hackers 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) March 30, 2009Tibet's exiled government said Monday it was trying to boost computer security systems after a report concluded they were being targeted by a China-based espionage network. Canadian researchers found that the network, known as GhostNet, had infiltrated government and private computers around the world, with Tibetan exiles based in the Indian hill town of Dharamshala -- including the Dalai La ... more |
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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 Arm of China sovereign fund to buy troubled insurer: report 
Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2009A subsidiary of China's 200-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund has received government approval to invest in a domestic life insurer plagued by an embezzlement scandal, Chinese media said Monday. Central Huijin Investment Ltd., which is wholly owned by China Investment Corp., will buy 38 percent of New China Life from an arm of the industry's regulator, Caijing magazine said, citing unname ... more Eutelsat defends choice of Chinese rocket 
Paris (AFP) March 26, 2009Eutelsat Communications on Thursday defended its decision to choose a Chinese rocket to launch its next satellite, saying it offered the best price and schedule. The head of European aerospace giant Arianespace, Jean-Yves Le Gall, had on Wednesday criticised the Paris-based satellite operator's decision to use a Chinese Long March rocket to send its W3B satellite into space. But Eutelsat ... more
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