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the second hyperpower |
 Tokyo (AFP) June 28, 2009 
South Korea and Japan "will never tolerate" a nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Sunday after talks in Tokyo with Prime Minister Taro Aso. Lee and Aso agreed to press North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme amid Pyongyang's continued sabre-rattling, and called for China to play a greater role in persuading its ally to disarm, they said in a news ... read more 
Taipei (AFP) June 28, 2009Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou is scheduled to leave for Central America Monday, his second visit to the region in a month, to shore up ties with allies there, his spokesman said Sunday. Ma will attend Panama's presidential inauguration of Ricardo Martinelli Wednesday, and then travel on to Nicaragua and Honduras, Ma's spokesman Wang Yu-chi told AFP. However, Chinese officials last week ... more
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Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2009Locations from the ancient city of Caral-Supe in Peru to China's sacred Buddhist mountain of Wutai were among 16 that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, while a German area was removed. The 16 sites, with half located in Europe, were named at UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain, the UN agency announced Sunday. All the committee's choices however ... more  
Brussels (AFP) June 26, 2009China, deemed vital to the fight against global warming, is now taking the issue of climate change "extremely seriously," EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said Friday. Meanwhile US President Barack Obama had effected a "sea-change" on environmental policy there, he said. China had become "fully and constructively engaged in the international negotiations, while domestically it was ... more  
Brussels (AFP) June 26, 2009The EU accused China of "unacceptable" Internet censorship Friday, as Brussels rejected Beijing's claim that an internet filter due to be introduced is instead aimed at blocking pornography. "The aim of this internet filter, contrary to what Chinese authorities contend, is clearly to censor internet and limit freedom of expression," the European Commission said in a statement. ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2009Dozens of prominent Chinese intellectuals and academics have signed an open letter urging the government to free dissident Liu Xiaobo, who co-wrote a bold petition calling for democratic reform. The letter, dated June 24, was circulated on the Internet and has been signed by 52 people, signatories told AFP on Friday. Liu, a 53-year-old dissident writer, was arrested on Tuesday for ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) June 28, 2009The scene where Shanghai's river meets the sea is a snapshot of China's battle against the financial crisis -- as well as the site of the port the country hopes can set the stage for the next boom. Empty container ships -- victims of China's export collapse -- line the river banks in Shanghai's port. Meanwhile, bulk carriers laden with raw materials -- a bet on demand rebounding -- wait ... more  
China Lake CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), with support from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, for the first time successfully tracked, engaged and destroyed a threat representative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while in flight at Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, Calif. A total of five targets were engaged and destroyed during the testing, also a first for the U.S. Navy. Members ... more  
Berlin (AFP) June 25, 2009Delegates from over 80 countries pledging to destroy their cluster bombs started a two-day conference in Berlin on Thursday to assess progress since a 2008 agreement banning the weapons. Absent however were United States, Israel, Russia and Georgia -- countries which have used cluster bombs in recent years and which refuse to sign up the agreement. China, India and Pakistan also stayed away. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2009China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, a senior official said Thursday. Feng Jianshen, a vice governor of Gansu province, told reporters that the province planned to expand the installed capacity of its wind power base to more than 20 gigawatts in 11 years, more than 10 times the current ... more |
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