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China says planning more dams on troubled Yangtze
Beijing (AFP) April 21, 2009China will build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects in the Yangtze river system by 2020, the government said Tuesday, despite growing concerns over dam construction there. The figure was contained in comments by a top water resources ministry official on plans for the Yangtze, China's longest river, and its upper reaches that were posted on the ministry's website. ... more Taiwan probing military bribery claims 
Taipei (AFP) April 21, 2009Prosecutors in Taiwan said Tuesday they are probing allegations that a clutch of senior military officers bribed their way to the rank of general. The United Daily News, quoting unnamed prosecutors, said they would centre first on around 30 generals promoted by former president Chen Shui-bian. However, hundreds of other lieutenant and major generals promoted under his eight-year presiden ... more Jackie Chan 'freedom' comments spark widespread ire 
Hong Kong (AFP) April 21, 2009The backlash over comments by Jackie Chan that Chinese people "need to be controlled" escalated Tuesday with everyone from academics to politicians censuring the Hong Kong film star. One group on social networking site Facebook even called for the martial arts legend to be exiled to North Korea. Chan, best-known for his comic action movies, told an annual meeting of governments and busin ... more Air China says yet to receive state aid despite request 
Hong Kong (AFP) April 21, 2009Air China said Tuesday it had asked for state aid to cope with high fuel costs and weakening demand, but Beijing had not yet provided a cash boost to the flag carrier. Chairman Kong Dong said the company had lodged the request at the same time as the other two major Chinese carriers, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. But Air China was the only one that had not yet recei ... more Luxury carmakers trying to create Chinese dream 
Beijing (AFP) April 21, 2009The world's top names in luxury cars are racing to establish their brands at Shanghai's auto show as the best China's new rich can buy. Defying the gloom of the economic crisis that has seen many other carmakers focus on budget models, Porsche, Ferrari and Rolls Royce are showing off cars that will set aspirational Chinese back hundreds of thousands of dollars. Taking into account high ... more |
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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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