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Obama's crisis diplomacy hits North Korea hiccup
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2009President Barack Obama's vaulting rhetoric over North Korea's missile launch ran into familiar resistance at the UN, exposing the cold reality confronting his vows of a new diplomatic dawn. The Stalinist state's weekend launch of a long-range missile came just days after Obama's first talks with the Chinese and Russian presidents in London, posing an early test of the leaders' declared aim f ... more Japan Says NKorea Space Program OK After Denuclearisation 
Tokyo (AFP) April 7, 2009Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Tuesday that North Korea had the right to develop a space programme -- but only after it denuclearised and no longer posed a threat. Nakasone was speaking in Tokyo hours after China said Pyongyang had the right to "peaceful use of space" and refused to condemn its communist ally's rocket launch that passed over Japan on Sunday. North Korea ... more NKorea's Kim 'weeps' as US urges response on rocket 
Seoul (AFP) April 7, 2009North Korea hailed its controversial rocket launch as a famous victory Tuesday but said reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il wept tears of regret that the money could not have been used to help his people. As world powers struggled to agree on a response, with China and Russia both urging restraint, the North's media boasted of the "historic" achievement of putting a satellite into orbit that was no ... more China wary of 'G2' with US: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009A week after some saw the advent of a new world order at the G20 in London, the idea of a "G2" that would put the United States and China at the head of international affairs is gathering momentum. But analysts say the concept of "Chimerica," meant to reflect a new geostrategic situation created by China's unprecedented rise in power, is neither realistic nor likely to appeal to Beijing. ... more Obama Guantanamo policy may get Supreme Court test 
Washington (AFP) April 7, 2009For the first time since taking office, President Barack Obama will see his Guantanamo policy tested before the US Supreme Court after 14 Chinese Uighurs detained without charge lodged a petition for their release. The nine justices will decide this summer whether to hear the case that was filed Monday by the men asking the country's high court to lift a bar imposed on their release by a fed ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009China said on Tuesday that news outlets and publishers would be forced to stand on their two feet financially under a reform plan designed to create a more competitive media sector with a global reach. The nation's industry regulator framed the reforms as a response to the financial crisis, but they come amid a media expansion strategy that experts say is aimed at increasing the global influ ... more China launches sweeping health care reform plan 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009China launched a landmark health care revamp Tuesday that aims to provide basic care for all by 2020, reforming an unpopular system seen as costly, badly funded and providing shoddy treatment. The programme seeks to provide "safe, effective, convenient and affordable" health services for every one of the country's 1.3 billion people, the State Council, or Cabinet, said. In a policy docum ... more World Bank sees shrinking China exports in 2009 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009China's exports are likely to shrink in 2009 due to the effects of the global crisis, but the economy as a whole will probably pick up in the second half of the year, the World Bank said Tuesday. The World Bank said in a regional report that the Chinese government was in a good position to increase fiscal spending and loosen monetary policies to make up for the contraction of key markets abr ... more Oil on the agenda as Chavez visits China 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was set to arrive in China Tuesday on a visit likely to deepen already strong ties that focus on oil but branch into areas stretching from the military to the media. China buys 300,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude every day, and is eager for more from the Latin American country as part of its global quest for as diverse a range of energy supplies as possible. ... more |
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Dandong, China (AFP) April 6, 2009Trucks loaded with food, electronic goods, clothes and household items line up every day at the custom house here, awaiting final approval to cross the Friendship Bridge into North Korea. Cross-border trade between China and North Korea is rising quickly in the frontier town of Dandong, despite the political and diplomatic problems that Pyongyang's erratic behaviour has created for Beijing, ... more Guantanamo Uighurs take case to US Supreme Court 
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2009Fourteen Chinese Uighurs who have been detained at Guantanamo prison without charge for seven years on Monday petitioned the Supreme Court for their release. The case would be the first to deal with terror detainees that has come before the Supreme Court since President Barack Obama came to power in January. The men -- captured in Afghanistan -- have asked for the top court to lift a bar ... more Wine producers pin hopes on China in tough times 
Shanghai (AFP) April 7, 2009Wine producers are pinning their hopes for growth during the financial crisis on a country that only recently entered the ranks of the world's top ten wine drinking countries -- China. Wine bars and specialty wine stores have flourished in Shanghai, which prides itself of being the nation's most cosmopolitan city, and have quickly become part of the landscape. "More and more people are ... more Russia-China pipeline ready in 'a few weeks': Putin 
Moscow (AFP) April 6, 2009Russia will finish an oil pipeline connecting Siberian oil fields to energy-hungry China in several weeks, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "As I have just been told by the management of Transneft, within just a few weeks the phase of reaching the Chinese border will be completed, and we will move on further to the Pacific Ocean," he said a speech to Russian lawmakers. Puti ... more
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