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the second hyperpower |
 Seoul (AFP) June 3, 2009 
Two US women journalists will go on trial in North Korea's highest court Thursday on charges that could send them to a labour camp, amid growing international tensions sparked by Pyongyang's nuclear test. The pair were detained by North Korean border guards on March 17 along the narrow Tumen River which marks the border with China, while researching a story about refugees fleeing the hardlin ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) June 3, 2009Chinese police have smashed seven terror cells so far this year in the country's predominantly Muslim far-western region of Xinjiang, state media reported on Wednesday. The China Daily said the cells were uncovered in Kashgar, China's westernmost city and a key centre of culture for Uighurs, the Muslim ethnic group that has long bridled under Chinese rule. No further details about the ce ... more
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London (AFP) June 2, 2009A German student who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was cleared Tuesday of committing a public order offence as he defended his protest as a symbolic act of defiance. Cambridge University student Martin Jahnke told the court in eastern England that he was inspired by the notorious shoe attack on George W. Bush. Finding him not guilty, Cambridge Magistrates' Court judge Ken ... more  
Macau (AFP) June 1, 2009The latest giant Macau casino complex, City of Dreams, opened its doors Monday, a high-stakes test of whether a reclaimed swamp in the gaming haven can avoid sinking into obscurity. Backed by scions of two gaming dynasties, the 2.4 billion US dollar complex will eventually offer more than 500 casino tables and 1,500 gaming machines, as well as top-end restaurants, shops, hotels and a lavish ... more 
Washington (AFP) June 2, 2009Twenty years after the Tiananmen crackdown prompted vows to shun "the Butchers of Beijing," China is enjoying global clout like never before as its giant economy proves irresistible. The global economic crisis has even turned the tables to an extent, with China, long on the receiving side of criticism, now pressing the United States on the safety of its nearly 800 billion dollars invested in ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2009China ramped up security at Tiananmen Square days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on demonstrations there, questioning visitors and blocking journalists trying to report on Monday. The dramatically tightened controls appeared to reflect official fears of any attempts to commemorate the bloody crackdown that ended seven weeks of pro-democracy protests, leaving hundreds, perhaps ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2009Chinese steel mills have rejected a cut in the price of iron ore agreed by Rio Tinto and Japan's Nippon Steel, in a bid to force producers to offer a deeper discount, an industry association said. The country's steel companies said the deal between the Anglo-Australian mining giant and the Japanese mill cutting iron ore prices by between 33 and 44 percent did not go far enough. "It will ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2009China defended its economic data Monday after the International Energy Agency questioned the consistency between the nation's growth rate and its falling energy demand. Critics have said the country's growth is does not match up with its weakening oil and electricity demand. But Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy Administration, said this was due to a change in the nation's ... more 
Taipei (AFP) June 1, 2009China is sending teams to Taiwan to buy billions of dollars of goods ranging from food to television screens in a gesture aimed at boosting the island's sagging economy, officials said Monday. The first of three Chinese procurement delegations arrived Sunday, with two further groups arriving late June and next month, officials said. The unusual plan launched by China's authorities -- for ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 1, 2009Taiwan's Prime View International (PVI) announced Monday it had bought US firm E Ink Corp., maker of the electronic paper display for the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, for 215 million dollars. "Combining E Ink and PVI creates a single public company that is dedicated to electronic paper," said Russ Wilcox, the co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Cambridge, Massachusetts ... more |
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