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China's grieving quake parents search for answers
Juyuan, China (AFP) May 10, 2009One year ago, You Zhenghua's world disintegrated as she helped rescuers dig the broken body of her 14-year-old daughter from the rubble of Juyuan Middle School. The teenage girl, Zhong Suyan, was one of thousands of children killed in the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province when their schools came crashing down, often even as adjacent buildings were left standing. ... more China says to finish quake reconstruction ahead of time 
Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2009China promised Friday to step up the pace of reconstruction in quake-devastated Sichuan province and said it would complete the process a year ahead of schedule. Mu Hong, a top planning official, said on the eve of the first anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude quake that more than 50 billion dollars had already been invested in projects in the region. Mu said that under initial plans from ... more China reports first suspected mainland swine flu case 
Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2009China Sunday announced the first suspected case of swine flu on the mainland -- a man in southwestern Sichuan province who had recently returned from the United States, state media reported. The 30-year-old had just arrived in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu after returning from the United States via Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the Ministry of Health. ... more Dalai Lama sees long-term hope for Tibet 
Washington (AFP) May 10, 2009The Dalai Lama said Chinese rule was a "death sentence" for Tibetan heritage but stressed the future looked brighter for his people as China itself modernizes. In a CNN interview broadcast Sunday, the 73-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists also said his reincarnation would be found in the "free world" rather than in Chinese-occupied Tibet. Chinese hardliners were guilty of "cu ... more From exile, Kadeer steps up Uighur cause 
Washington (AFP) May 8, 2009It was a summer day in 1999 when Rebiya Kadeer headed for an appointment with US congressional researchers, who had come to the city of Urumqi to probe the plight of China's Uighur minority. Fearful she was being tailed, Kadeer took a taxi. A large vehicle lunged toward them, but the cab driver quickly swerved, and it instead smashed into a car behind them, leaving a hand dangling lifelessly ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao met Sunday with the visiting emir of Kuwait as energy-hungry China and the oil-rich Gulf state look to push economic ties to a higher level. Hu welcomed Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, with the Kuwaiti leader saying the two sides plan to see a number of agreements signed. "I believe these agreements will push ... more China hits back at Japan PM's nuclear comments 
Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2009China hit back on Thursday at Japan Prime Minister Taro Aso after he said Beijing's defence spending was not transparent and it was modernising its atomic weapons. "China's nuclear strategy and policy are very clear, and our advocacy of nuclear disarmament is widely recognised," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told reporters. "I wonder what aim the Japanese leader is attempting to a ... more 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 |
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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
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