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the second hyperpower |
 Shanghai (AFP) July 16, 2009 
The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, visible next Wednesday, has sparked tourist fever in eastern China, which according to experts is the best place to view the event. The total eclipse, expected to last about six minutes, will pass from southwest China across the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing to Shanghai and Hangzhou in eastern Zhejiang province, according to NASA's eclip ... read more 
Urumqi, China (AFP) July 15, 2009China issued a security alert Wednesday to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during ethnic unrest in this northwestern Chinese city. The warning came as China raised the death toll from violence on July 5 in Urumqi by eight to 192, in what was the worst ethnic violence in the country in decades. A hefty police presence remained ... more
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Taipei (AFP) July 15, 2009Taiwan will reduce the size of its armed forces by a fifth as ties improve with long-time rival China, a defence ministry official said Wednesday. The defence ministry hopes to cut the number of troops from 275,000 at present to 215,000 within five years, the official said, adding that around a quarter of the generals would also be phased out. But the official, who requested anonymity ... more  
Melbourne (AFP) July 15, 2009China has tried to stop Melbourne's International Film Festival from showing a documentary about a Uighur activist accused by Beijing of orchestrating unrest, organisers said on Wednesday. The allegation comes amid China's efforts to contain violence involving its Uighur minority in the region of Xinjiang and tension between Beijing and Canberra over the arrest of a mining executive accused ... more 
Urumqi, China (AFP) July 15, 2009Her face contorted into a tear-smeared mask of pain, Chen Yaping pours out the shock and grief of losing her husband in last week's deadly unrest in China. "My husband! I want to take you back home. Why can't I take you back home?" wailed Chen, 29, her knees buckling with grief as two female relatives held her up by the arms at a funeral home outside the city. Ten days after violence in ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2009The US government commission on religious freedom called Wednesday for targeted sanctions against China over the ethnic unrest in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom said it was "gravely concerned" about China's "repression" of the cultural and religious traditions of the Uighurs, the ethnic group native to the vast, arid Xinjiang ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) July 15, 2009Street-level air pollution in Hong Kong's busiest districts has soared over the past four years, official data has shown, despite a government campaign to curb vehicle emissions in the Chinese city. The government recorded a total of 1,066 hours of "very high" air pollution, equal to more than 44 days, in three main city districts in the first half of 2009 - a sixfold jump compared to the ... more  
Frankfurt (AFP) July 15, 2009The German heavy truck maker MAN unveiled a key Chinese investment Wednesday, saying it would buy 25 percent plus one share of the country's leading truck maker, Sinotruk. The transaction, part of a "long-term strategic partnership," would involve a capital increase in the Chinese group and was worth 560 million euros (787 million dollars) in all, a joint statement released by MAN said. ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2009The wife of a Chinese environmental activist called for help Wednesday over the plight of her husband and daughter who she said had been unfairly detained on suspicion of leaking state secrets. Hu Jianhong said her husband, Sun Xiaodi, 55, a former uranium mine employee and subsequent environmental activist in Gansu, was detained on June 16. Her daughter, Sun Haiyan, 25, was taken from Beiji ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2009China's economy grew 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the government said Thursday, in a startling turnaround for the Asian powerhouse fuelled by a massive stimulus package. Expansion in the world's third biggest economy picked up pace again after growing by just 6.1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, which was the slowest growth in more than a decade. "The economy is ... more |
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