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the second hyperpower |
 Beijing (AFP) July 13, 2009 
A Chinese businessman has bought the British satellite television channel Propeller and plans to use it to broadcast programmes promoting China in Europe, media reports said Monday. Ye Maoxi, chairman of advertising company Xiking Group, acquired Propeller in June after six months of talks, the City Express newspaper reported. Propeller, broadcast from Yorkshire via digital provider Sky ... read more 
Hong Kong (AFP) July 12, 2009Forty years after the United States landed a man on the moon, China's fledgling space programme is racing to get to the lunar surface before an American return and ahead of its Asian rivals. The United States - the only country to have sent men to the moon - is hoping to touch down on the lunar surface again by 2020, almost a generation after it first completed six historic manned lunar ... more
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Exotic pet trade thrives in China despite welfare concerns
Rights group warns of 'dystopian' Hong Kong after bookstore arrests CORRECTED: Crude tumbles, stocks rally on hopes for Iran war de-escalation Japan says Chinese embassy break-in 'regrettable' Crude tumbles, stocks rally on hopes for Iran war de-escalation US still deciding how to resume nuclear tests: official Iran, Israel trade strikes as push for talks intensifies Ex-Hong Kong policeman denies spying for China in UK trial War in the Middle East: latest developments China FM tells Iran counterpart 'talks better than fighting' 
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Seoul (AFP) July 10, 2009This week's cyber attacks on South Korea and the United States came from 16 countries, Seoul's spy agency said Friday, highlighting the problems it faces in proving any North Korean involvement. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told legislators the raids were tracked to 86 Internet protocol addresses in 16 countries including the United States, Japan, China and Guatemala, lawmakers ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2009The number of people injured in ethnic violence in China's Urumqi has risen to 1,680, state media reported Sunday, quoting the regional government. The figure was a marked increase from the 1,080 injuries reported on Tuesday by the official Xinhua news agency. The report gave no new update on the death toll, which currently stands at 184 -- 137 of which were Han Chinese, 46 Uighur, and ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 11, 2009Deadly unrest in China's Muslim-populated far northwest has highlighted deep tensions felt by dozens of ethnic groups across the vast nation that pose a growing problem for the government, analysts said. China's 55 minority groups make up nearly 10 percent of the population -- roughly 130 million people -- and many feel frustration at the economic dominance of the majority Han, as well as a ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 13, 2009A fresh aftershock jolted China's southwest Monday, three days after an earthquake in the same area killed one person, injured hundreds and directly affected two million people, state media said. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 4.9 quake struck a minute after midnight (1601 GMT) and was centred 95 kilometres (60 miles) east northeast of the tourist city of Dali in Yao'an county ... more |
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Frankfurt (AFP) July 10, 2009The regional premier of Hesse, the German state which will contribute to a bailout of the automaker Opel, opposes a bid by the Chinese group BAIC and backs Canadian rival Magna, he said on Friday in a press report. Opel cannot be run by a company that "produces 12,000 cars a year and does not even have the backing of the Chinese government," Roland Koch told the regional newspaper Hamburger ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2009China's urban property prices rose on year for the first time in six months in June, official data showed Friday, in a sign the sector is recovering thanks to government stimulus support. Property prices in 70 major cities increased by 0.2 percent year-on-year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement, following a 0.6-percent ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) July 10, 2009The United States signed up Friday the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, officials said, making it the last major country with diplomatic ties to China to join the event. A total of 188 countries have committed to the biggest-ever World Expo, running from May to October, which, alongside the Olympics, is designed to be part of a two-pronged demonstration of China's rising global clout. ... more 
New York (AFP) July 12, 2009US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday he is not concerned that the US dollar is weakening as a reserve currency, despite recent criticisms from China, Russia and France. "I actually don't worry about that," Geithner said in an interview on CNN. "In part because if you just look at the response of the world as we go through this period of time, when people are most concerned ... more |
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Japan to deploy counter-strike missiles closer to China
China says opposes any targeting of new Iran leader
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