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Tibet threatened by global warming: state media
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009China's top weather official warned Wednesday that Tibet was threatened by global warming, which could cause floods and droughts endangering millions in the nation's west, state media reported. "The impact of global warming has accelerated glacial shrinkage, and the melting glaciers have swollen Tibet's lakes," Zheng Guoguang, head of the China Meteorological Bureau, was quoted as saying by ... more Philippines typhoon kills 27, new storm approaches: govt 
Manila (AFP) May 6, 2009The death toll from a typhoon that lashed the Philippines rose to 27, with over 54,000 people left homeless, the government said Wednesday, as they warned of a new storm gathering in the South China Sea. State weather forecasts said Typhoon Kujira has now blown out of the Philippines after dumping heavy rains and causing floods and landslides in the eastern Bicol region at the weekend. ... more 'Humiliating' treatment by Chinese officials: returned Mexicans 
Mexico City (AFP) May 6, 2009Some of 136 Mexicans repatriated from China Wednesday spoke of "discrimination" by Chinese officials who feared they could be carriers of the swine flu virus despite showing no symptoms. "In my case there was discrimination and humiliation," said Myrna Berlanga, one of five repatriated Mexicans who gave a news conference. She complained of the way the Chinese "took us off the plane and ... more China says global flu situation worsening: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009China warned Wednesday it faced a growing risk of swine flu infections despite officials elsewhere saying the virus was on the wane, state media reported. "Chinese medical experts believe the global epidemic situation is still worsening and China has to give continued high attention," Vice Health Minister Zhang Mao told a video conference on the prevention and control of the disease, accordi ... more China's economic recovery 'still not solid': central bank 
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009China's central bank warned Wednesday that the nation's economic recovery was still not on solid ground as the global financial crisis continued to hit. "The foundation for China's economic recovery is still not solid, the spread of the international financial crisis has led to external demand continuing to shrink," the People's Bank of China said on its website. "Downward pressure on th ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) May 4, 2009Taiwan Monday announced that it would spend more than 200 billion Taiwan dollars (six billion US dollars) on a six-year project to upgrade its sewerage systems. The project aims to divert wastewater from 35.77 percent of Taiwan's households for treatment before being released into the rivers and oceans, said the cabinet-level Construction and Planning Administration. Critics say Taiwan h ... more EU, Japan team up to fight climate change 
Prague (AFP) May 4, 2009The European Union and Japan decided to join forces in the battle against climate change and invited large countries to follow suit at a summit meeting in Prague on Monday. "Japan and the EU are aiming at building a low-carbon society. We believe that it is necessary for the United States, China, Russia to participate in a responsible manner," Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told reporters. ... more China denies discriminating against Mexicans 
Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2009China on Monday denied discriminating against Mexicans with its strict flu control measures, but quarantined travellers from Mexico questioned aggressive Chinese steps that have sparked a diplomatic spat. "The relevant measures are not directed at Mexican citizens and are not discriminatory," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in a statement posted on the ministry's website. The s ... more Walker's World: China's growth puzzle 
Washington (UPI) May 4, 2009 The official figures say the Chinese economy, bolstered by the announcement last November of a massive $586 billion stimulus package by the Beijing government, grew in the first quarter of this year at an annual rate of 6.1 percent. The question remains how far those figures can be trusted because some official Chinese statistics have proved questionable in the past and because some cru ... more |
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Melbourne (AFP) May 3, 2009Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan Sunday accused the opposition of running a "reds-under-the-beds scare campaign" against Rio Tinto's proposed 19.5 billion US dollar tie-up with China's Chinalco. Conservative opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull last week spoke out against the deal, saying it would give Beijing access to vital data relating to the debt-laden mining giant's production, costs, pri ... more Australia to boost military might: government 
Sydney (AFP) May 2, 2009Australia will spend more than 70 billion US dollars boosting its defences over the next 20 years in response to a regional military build-up and global shifts in power, the government said Saturday. A long-term strategic blueprint for the future of Australia's armed forces warned that war could be possible in the Asia-Pacific region in the next two decades, as emerging powers such as China ... more 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
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