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Clinton frets over Chinese, Iranian inroads in Americas
Washington (AFP) May 1, 2009Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday defended new moves to engage anti-US leaders in Latin America as a way to check what she called "disturbing" Iranian and Chinese inroads in the region. Clinton said President Barack Obama has had to take a new tack after his predecessor George W. Bush's efforts to isolate such leaders had only made them "more negative" toward Washington and more ... more China isolates about 50 Mexicans amid flu fears: Mexican envoy 
Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2009Forty-nine Mexican nationals were being held in isolation in different parts of China on Sunday even though they showed no symptoms of swine flu, Mexican diplomats in Beijing said. The group included 10 people at a hotel near Beijing's airport, about 30 at a Shanghai hotel and six at a hotel in the southern city of Guangzhou, an official at the embassy told AFP. In the capital, Mexican a ... more China has 'canceled US credit card': lawmaker 
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2009China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already "canceled America's credit card" by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said Thursday. China has the world's largest foreign reserves, believed to be mostly in dollars, along with around 800 billion dollars in US Treasury bonds, more than any other country. But Treasury Department data shows that investors in China have sha ... more Kazakhstan, China sign major nuclear power deal 
Almaty (AFP) April 29, 2009Kazakhstan on Wednesday signed a deal that would see it build nuclear power plants for China, as well as provide its energy-hungry neighbour with more than 24,000 tonnes of uranium. The deal between state nuclear agency Kazatomprom and the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) calls for the creation of a joint venture to build power plants for energy-hungry China, the Kazakh firm said ... more A Bright Future With Solar Lanterns For India's Poor 
Taiwan (SPX) May 01, 2009Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, who is Tata-Sadguru Visiting Chair, and Dr. Minna Hsu from the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Their study, looking at the benefits of solar lanterns ... more |
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Washington, April 27, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's first 100 days have very tidily disposed of most of the overseas resentments that he inherited from the Bush administration. Cautious gestures and offers to talk have been extended to old enemies like Cuba and Iran. Very little pressure has been exerted on old friends like the Europeans and Japan. China has been given a pass on its manipulation of its curr ... more Swine flu hits Asia in global march 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 2, 2009Swine flu continued its global march Saturday as South Korea confirmed its first case and Hong Kong and China scrambled to track down anybody who had been in contact with an infected Mexican man. But amid the spread of the virus, health authorities said the world appeared better prepared to fight an epidemic than a few years ago, and vowed that a vaccine was only months away. Hong Kong w ... more Solar flares affect Earth's magnetosphere 
Paris, April 29, 2009 The European Space Agency says scientists have found extreme solar activity drastically compresses the Earth's magnetosphere and modifies ions. The researchers obtained their findings from coordinated in-situ measurements by the ESA's four Cluster satellites and two Chinese-ESA Double Star satellites. The scientists said they are now creating a model to determine how the changes affect ... more Taiwan seeks seven passengers on Asian swine flu flight
Taipei (AFP) May 2, 2009Taiwan was Saturday trying to track down seven people who travelled on to the island after sharing a flight with the Mexican man who became Asia's first confirmed case of swine flu. The seven were among 26 people who had flown from Shanghai to Hong Kong on the same flight as the man, and who later flew on to Taiwan on six different flights, Health Minister Yeh Chin-chuan told reporters. ... more |
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Singapore (AFP) April 18, 2009Animal rights activists launched a campaign in Singapore Saturday against the consumption of shark fin, a status symbol when served at Chinese wedding banquets and dinners. The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) held the rally at Speakers' Corner, Singapore's only venue for outdoor assemblies and demonstrations, subject to strict guidelines. A large banner bearing the ... 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 Eighteen killed in China mine explosion: official 
Beijing (AFP) April 18, 2009Eighteen people were killed and three injured in an explosion at a mine in central China, an official said Saturday, in the latest deadly accident to hit the nation's coal industry. The tragedy struck Friday afternoon at a mine in Chenzhou city in Hunan province when a detonator and explosives warehouse blew up, an employee at the city's coal industry bureau, who would only give his surname ... more China planning huge navy upgrade: commander 
Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2009China's navy will develop a new generation of warships and aircraft to give it much longer-range capabilities, its commander-in-chief said in comments published Thursday. Admiral Wu Shengli told the state-run China Daily newspaper the Chinese navy wanted to develop hardware such as large combat warships, stealth submarines with abilities to travel further and supersonic cruise aircraft. ... more
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