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China's wild alligators to double in 10 years: report
Shanghai (AFP) April 19, 2009China's endangered Yangtze alligator population is expected to more than double to 300 in the wild within five to 10 years, state media reported Sunday. Currently there are more than 120 alligators breeding in a wider area than five years ago, Wang Chaolin of the Chinese Alligators Protection Nature Reserve, in eastern Anhui Province, told Xinhua news agency. "We have for the first time ... more China's poor hope reforms will fix health care 
Siziwangqi, China (AFP) April 19, 2009Wang Jun's eyesight is slowly deteriorating from suspected glaucoma, but there is nothing hazy about his view of China's much-maligned health system. "It's really lacking, really inadequate," said the retired 56-year-old former dairy farm worker, reflecting a view widely held in this country as he awaits treatment in a grubby clinic in northern China. China this month announced plans to ... more Bird flu found in Tibet: state media 
Beijing (AFP) April 19, 2009Chinese officials had confirmed the outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu among poultry in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state media reported Sunday, quoting the ministry of agriculture. The Xinhua news agency reported that the H5N1 virus, which can be fatal to humans, had been found in poultry sold at a wholesale market in Lhasa on April 12. "Emergency measures have been taken and the ep ... more 15 suspicious deaths in China jails this year: state media 
Beijing (AFP) April 19, 2009Stricter monitoring measures are being introduced in all Chinese jails after at least 15 people died in unusual circumstances this year alone, state media reported Sunday. The Supreme People's Procuratorate said about half those detainees were beaten to death, blaming inadequate supervision of police and negligence by prosecutors, the Beijing Times reported. Of the 15 reported cases, sev ... more Vietnam's China mining plans spark rare criticism 
Hanoi (AFP) April 19, 2009A plan to let a Chinese company build a bauxite mine in Vietnam has triggered rare public outcry from critics who say the environmental and social damage will far outweigh any economic benefit. Some even fear the plan, agreed to by leaders of the two communist countries without broader dialogue, could ultimately mean the de facto seizure by Beijing of a strategic region of Vietnam. Vietn ... more |
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Washington, April 20, 2009 From right to left, Washington's think tank senior economic fellows agree the capitalist system is broken. But few agree on what comes next. Borrow-and-spend must now give way to save-and-invest. Clearly, the mammon of profits-before-people has been knocked off its pedestal. Borrowing $2 billion to $3 billion a day from other countries -- mostly China -- to maintain the world's highest standar ... more China's recovery only boosting neighbours: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) April 19, 2009An emerging recovery in China is good news for the rest of Asia but the nation does not yet have sufficient clout to boost the global economy as a whole, analysts say. Data published last week have raised hopes that China could be the first major economy to disentangle itself from the worldwide crisis, providing new growth momentum for several of its trading partners. "It's one of the su ... more China must do more says EU as unsafe products hit record high 
Brussels (AFP) April 20, 2009The European Commission is not satisfied with China's record on dealing with consumer product safety, a commissioner said Monday, unveiling record high levels of dangerous goods. The comment came as the EU's executive arm released new figures on dangerous goods, showing that a record number were found throughout the European Union last year, with more than half coming from China, in particul ... more Automakers of the world vie to tap China market 
Shanghai (AFP) April 20, 2009Carmakers from China and around the world unveiled their latest products Monday at the Shanghai auto show, in a burst of glitz and glamour that contrasted with recent, more sober US exhibitions. From international marques like Mercedes to up-and-coming domestic carmakers such as Chery, more than 1,500 manufacturers were on hand for the first media day at industry show Auto Shanghai 2009. ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Apr 17, 2009China successfully launched its second navigation satellite early Wednesday, as part of the country's independent global satellite navigation system. The carrier rocket, Long March 3C, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 0:16 a.m.. An official with the National Engineering Center of Satellite Navigation told Xinhua, the succes ... more China, US to try to cooperate on Pakistan, Afghanistan 
Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2009The United States and China have agreed to work together on bringing peace to Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials said Thursday following a visit to Beijing by a top US envoy. Richard Holbrooke, US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, left China after holding talks with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and leading cabinet official Dai Bingguo during a two-day trip. "We came here to share view ... more US nuclear experts expelled from NKorea: Xinhua 
Beijing (AFP) April 17, 2009Four US experts monitoring the shutdown of a North Korean nuclear plant were expelled Friday from the isolated nation, Chinese media reported, days after they were told to leave. The four departed Pyongyang's Sunan airport for Beijing "under the DPRK's (North Korea's) expulsion order," Xinhua news agency said. North Korea on Tuesday pulled out of nuclear disarmament talks and ordered US ... more Analysis: China sells missiles to Jakarta 
Hong Kong, April 17, 2009 China's success in establishing a "strategic partnership" with Southeast Asian countries has relied heavily on its effective diplomacy with Indonesia, which it has pursued diligently in recent years. Indonesia had a strong anti-China policy in the 1960s due to China's backing of the Communist Party of Indonesia against the government. The two countries had no diplomatic relations from ... more
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