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Obama aims to broaden China relationship
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2009President Barack Obama has taken a big step to broaden the US relationship with China with the launch of a new dialogue, but some experts warn more symbolism than substance could be at play. The new US leader, visiting London for the Group of 20 summit on the global economic crisis, met with Chinese President Hu Jintao and agreed to "strengthen ties at all levels." The world's most power ... more Man dies after detonating bomb in China: police 
Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2009A man died Thursday when he detonated a bomb in an office building in China's Muslim-populated Xinjiang region, police said. Two office workers were also injured when the man, who was apparently owed money, detonated his explosives in the building in Urumqi, capital of the northwestern region, a police official told AFP. The incident did not appear to be related to ethnic unrest in Xinji ... more Military Matters: China clash Part Two 
Washington, April 2, 2009 The U.S. Navy may argue that a Chinese-American war is unlikely to start over harassment of a survey ship like that experienced by the USNS Impeccable in international waters off of Hainan island on March 8, and it would be right. However, surveillance missions such as the Impeccable's send a message that the United States sees China as a likely enemy. Such messages, if repeated ... more Taiwan, China to collaborate in Antarctic research 
Taipei (AFP) April 2, 2009Taiwan and China will cooperate on research in Antarctica for the first time, scientists said Thursday, in a further sign of closer ties between the two rivals. Taiwanese researchers are expected to join China's icebreaker and research vessel Xue Long when it sets off for Antarctica in late October or November, said Wang Wei-hsien, director of Taiwan's Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium. ... more Australians ride anti-China wave: analysts 
Sydney (AFP) April 2, 2009A wave of anti-China feeling in Australia over Beijing's interest in the resources sector reflects unease about the Asian giant's increasing power amid the global financial crisis, analysts said. Chinese state-owned companies have moved to snap up debt-laden Australian resources firms in recent months, including a bid from Chinalco to invest 19.5 billion US dollars in mining giant Rio Tinto. ... more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Apr 02, 2009China's first two satellites dedicated to environment and disaster monitoring were delivered to their users yesterday. Both Huanjing-1A and Huanjing-1B have two charge coupled device cameras, with a 30-m resolution and a 720-km width, each on board, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense said in a statement. The Ministry of Civil Affairs, in ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) April 1, 2009Police in southwestern China have detained an activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in last year's massive earthquake, a rights groups said Wednesday. The detention of Tan Zuoren comes amid a crackdown by authorities in Sichuan province ahead of the first anniversary of the devastating May 12 quake, Chinese Human Rights Defenders said in a stateme ... more Wanted: Mayor for polluted, accident-prone China city 
Beijing (AFP) April 1, 2009A city in northern China notorious for its pollution and deadly mining accidents is having trouble finding willing candidates for mayor and Communist Party chief, state media reported Wednesday. The two top posts have been vacant since September in Linfen, regularly cited as one of China's most polluted cities, when their former occupants were sacked over a mining disaster that killed 270 pe ... more Obama, Hu vow to battle protectionism 
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
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