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US reiterates desire to negotiate with NKorea
Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2009The US envoy to North Korea said Thursday that Washington was willing to negotiate with Pyongyang, as he began a trip aimed at convincing the reclusive state to resume nuclear disarmament talks. "The United States reiterates its desire to engage both multilaterally and bilaterally with North Korea," Stephen Bosworth told reporters after a meeting with China's foreign minister Yang Jiechi. ... more Obama and Hu discuss North Korea, Pakistan 
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2009President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao and shared his "concerns" over security issues including North Korea's nuclear program and deteriorating conditions in Pakistan, the White House said. The phone call is the first publicized direct contact between the leaders of the world's largest economy and the world's most populous nation since the pair met in ... more 5,335 students dead, missing in Sichuan quake: China 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 7, 2009China said Thursday that last year's massive Sichuan earthquake left 5,335 schoolchildren dead or missing, releasing its first official tally just days before the anniversary of the disaster. The number of children killed in the May 12 quake is highly sensitive as many bereaved parents say school buildings were shoddily constructed and collapsed too easily when the quake struck, while struct ... more Record China auto sales estimated for April: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) May 7, 2009China's auto sales are estimated to have hit a new record high of 1.15 million units in April as government stimulus measures helped fuel demand, state media reported. Government policies encouraging consumers to buy small vehicles continued to boost sales last month, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing estimates from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. ... more China says US naval vessel violated laws 
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009China said Wednesday a US naval vessel involved in an incident with Chinese fishing boats in the Yellow Sea had violated maritime law, and urged the United States to take steps to avoid a repetition. The incident followed two tense standoffs between US and Chinese vessels in the South China Sea in March, which triggered accusations by the United States that China was behaving in an "aggressi ... more |
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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 Watching Solar Activity Muddle Earth's Magnetic Field 
Paris, France (ESA) May 05, 2009Scientists have found that extreme solar activity drastically compresses the magnetosphere and modifies the composition of ions in near-Earth space. They are now looking to model how these changes affect orbiting satellites, including the GPS system. The results were obtained from coordinated in-situ measurements performed by ESA's four Cluster satellites along with the two Chinese/ESA Dou ... more Australia says military boost due to shifting dynamics 
Melbourne, Australia (AFP) May 3, 2009Australia's defence minister denied Sunday that the country was massively boosting military spending solely because of China's emergence as a global power. Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon unveiled plans Saturday to spend more than 70 billion US dollars in the next 20 years boosting Australia's military capability. Fitzgibbon said the move was prompted by global power shifts which meant ... more |
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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 US, Japan press China on computer rules 
Washington (AFP) May 4, 2009Top US and Japanese trade negotiators pressed China on Monday to scrap rules on foreign computers and appealed against protectionism amid the global slowdown. Toshihiro Nikai, Japan's trade minister, and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said after a meeting in Washington that China should drop its plans to require certification of IT products to be used by the government. Such rules "are ... more China triples wind power capacity goal: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2009China has more than tripled its target for wind power capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2020, likely making it the world's fastest growing market for wind energy technology, state press said Monday. China is aiming for an annual wind power growth rate of 20 percent for the foreseeable future, Feng Junshi, an official with the National Energy Administration, told a Beijing conference, according to ... more
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